Chapter 6
Who can you trust?

“Wait, so you’re telling me that you’re actually going to meet with one of our enemies?” Vexus asked Chandra.

“First off, his name is Ezekiel Young and second off, he might not be our enemy!” Chandra said looking out the window

“You can’t just assume something about someone without getting to know them first,” William Lunicon said taking a seat next to Chandra.

“Thank you,” Chandra said looking at William.

“No problem,” William said.

“Wait, you aren’t serious about meeting him are you?” Vexus asked.

“Well, maybe…why not?” Chandra asked.

“Well, it’s against the rules,” Adair said.

“You’re telling her its against the rules? You break the rules all the time,” Lorne said looking at Adair suspiously.

“This rule is different,” Adair said. “I’ve never broken this rule before,”

“Why is this rule different then all the others,” Flora looked up from her book as Lorne spoke.

“It’s because he doesn’t read,” Josephine said with a smirk.

“What do you mean?” Lorne asked.

“Well, since Adair never steps foot into the library then it makes since why the only rule he follows is to keep out of the library after dark,” Josephine said.

“Hey!” Adair said. “That is true!”

“Told ya so,” Josephine said with a smile.

“So, maybe I could just ask him to meet me before midnight,” Chandra said.

“It is also against the rules to talk about the Dark Ones,” Cecilia said.

“Well, Kingston here broke that rule last year,” Vexus smirked only to be kicked in the shin by Ammy.

“Last time I checked you didn’t care if I broke that rule!” Chandra glared.

“Okay, okay, I get it!” Vexus said.

“If you talk to him it will also be your death wish!” Alden said smirking. “Maybe you just really want to die!”

Chandra rolled her eyes and looked out the window ignoring the boys.

“There’s one thing that you should ask yourself before you go to meet him tonight Kingston,” Magnem said.

“What’s that?” Chandra asked.

“Can you trust him?” Magnem asked before returning to his seat.

Chandra looked out the window thinking about that Magnem might be right. She knew nothing about Ezekiel so how could she trust him? The classroom door slammed shut causing Chandra to turn her attention back to the class.

“Alright class! Let’s begin!” the teacher said walking into the room.

Chandra looked at the teacher. She had long dark red hair with black eyes. She wore a black witch outfit with a skull and crossbones brooch in the center. There was a black raven on her shoulder.

“My name is Professor  Moonshire and I will be your Curses 101 teacher,” the professor said looking at the students.

“Curses, interesting,” Amelia said with an evil smirk.


“I am only going to say this once and only once so you better listen good,” Professor Moonshire said. “This class will be the most challenging of your school year and if you think about screwing up then I will be sure the rest of the year will be the worst year you’ve ever had!”

“Oh, very scary!” Adair said sarcastically leaning back in his chair.

“Shut up dorkwad!” Ammy hissed under her breath.

“Oh, it seems we have a funny guy in the class,” Professor Moonshine said turning to Adair and walked over to him. “Listen Mr. Vexing, if you don’t start taking this class and me seriously then I will make this year the worst year you’ve ever had at Belli-Rose!”

“Try me teach!” Adair smirked. “You may have your curses but nothing can stop me!”

“We’ll see about that!” the professor smirked at him before returning to the front of the classroom.

“Smooth move!” Magnem said.

“Alright class, today’s lesson isn’t about curses it’s about trust!” The professor said.

‘Trust?’ Chandra thought looking up surprised.

“May I have a volunteer please?” Professor Moonshine asked looking around the class.

The class hesitated. Chandra noticed that even Adair looked pretty spooked about the teacher.

“I’ll do it,” Chandra said standing up.

“Oh, well, thank you Miss Kingston,” Professor Moonshine said surprised by the girl’s confidence. “Come stand up here please!”

Chandra walked up to the front of the classroom. Ammy looked a bit confused. She knew that Chandra would never volunteer for a magic demonstration. She smiled and realized that this was a different Chandra from the one she met last year.



“Alright class, pay close attention! I am going to cast a curse in Miss Kingston’s direction, it is going to be her job to trust me that I will not hurt her in anyway!” Professor Moonshine said laughing at Chandra’s wide eyes when she heard the words in her direction.

“What a load of baloney!” Matthew Scorn said.

“You have something to add Mr. Scorn?” the professor asked.

“Oh no, please continue your stupid lesson teach!” Matthew said smirking at the professor.

The teacher turned back to Chandra and pulled out her wand. Chandra was starting to have her doubts about being the volunteer for this lesson.

“Are you ready?” The professor asked.

“I guess so,” Chandra said gulping.

The professor muttered the curse under her breath and threw back her wand sending a black light at Chandra. Chandra cringed before the curse could reach her. It was sent into the wall directly beside her. Chandra opened her eyes to see the professor frowning a bit.

“You hesitated!” she said before putting the wand back in a box that was in her desk. “Alright class, no homework tonight but take a look at the curses in your textbook!”

The class turned and left. Chandra was the last one in the room. She picked up her stuff and turned towards the exit.

“Miss Kingston, do you know why I picked you to be my volunteer?” The professor asked causing Chandra to stop.

“Uh…” Chandra said.

“I know that you are debating weather or not you can trust one of your classmates!” Professor Moonshine said.

“H-how did you know?” Chandra asked.

“I can sense these things,” The professor smiled before turning back to her desk.

Chandra nodded and left the room. She felt a sharp, cold chill in the hallway. She turned to see that no one was there except for the empty hallway and a few papers on the ground.

“Hmm, weird,” Chandra said but she knew what that chill was and she thought to herself nervously. ‘I know that chill it means a Dark One is close by!’

The sudden image of Ezekiel filled her mind. Chandra looked at her feet.

‘What should I do?’ she thought to herself. ‘Can I really trust him?’ She turned and ran down the hall not noticing Matthew Scorn and another boy looking at her before disappearing down the hall.