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Matt
Zach’s woundsfrom his test were already gone. As he’d been told, the magic wore off and it was as if it had never happened. But that didn’t make me feel any better about going into my own test with Professor Halifax.
And of course, I had the first appointment of the day, so there wasn’t even another student I could ask about how theirs went. At least Raven had a few more days before she had to go. After everything she’d been through, it wasn’t fair to ask her to have to participate in something that would put her through it all again.
I stepped into the familiar classroom. For nearly two years, I’d learned a lot in this room. Despite Professor Halifax’s descent into evil, or whatever the fuck that was, she had been a good teacher.
“Mr. Obscura,” Professor Flora looked up from where she was sitting behind her desk.
“Good morning, Professor.” I flashed my most respectable smile.
She pursed her lips as if she wasn’t impressed by me. Or maybe I was reading too much into it. She stood and walked around the desk, her long gray dress dragging behind her across the stone floor as she walked.
“I hope you prepared satisfactorily,” she said.
“I’ve been studying since it was assigned,” I said.
“We’ll find out soon enough.” She walked toward the door and then flipped off the light switch leaving only the faint glow of the emergency light on. “You might want to sit down, Mr. Obscura.”
I walked over to the rows of benches and took my usual seat. It felt empty and strange without Zach and Raven by my side.
When I looked back to where Professor Flora had been standing, she was gone. Thankfully, Zach had warned me about her vanishing right before the wolf showed up to attack him.
I took a deep breath. The test was likely already started. I had no idea what to expect as my topic had been dream walking, which happened in sleep. And I wasn’t sleeping. At least I didn’t think I was.
Footsteps came from nearby and I turned to see someone I didn’t recognize walking into the center of the room. He had long blonde hair that was tucked behind his ears. Both of his ears had gages in them, stretching the lobes more than usual earrings.
His face was familiar, but I couldn’t place it.
“So, you’re the one who has been sharing his girlfriend with my little brother,” the man said. He smirked and I thought I saw a flash of red in his blue eyes.
“Who are you?” I asked.
“I’m surprised the family resemblance isn’t tipping it off,” he said.
I narrowed my eyes. He looked so familiar, but I couldn’t place it. Then, it hit me. This was a test on dream walking, which was incubus territory. This man looked strikingly similar to the only incubus I currently associated with. And as he mentioned, I was sharing a girlfriend with. “You’re Luka’s brother?”
“You can call me, Drake. I haven’t been topside in a while,” he said. “But when asked if I could come and test one of the Obscura twins?” He laughed. “There was no way I’d miss that.”
“Alright, so you’re giving me the test?” I asked. “How are we doing this?”
“We already started, little mage,” he said.
My brow furrowed. All we’d done was talk. That wasn’t much of a test so far.
“Turn around,” Drake said.
I obliged and my mouth dropped open in surprise at the sight of myself sleeping on the stone bench. I looked at my hands. I was solid. I wasn’t dead or anything. But this was fucking surreal. “I’m asleep?”
“Watch this,” Drake said. “Stand up and dance, little mage.”
I shuffled to the side as my sleeping body rose, eyes still closed, and started moving around.What the hell?
“What are you doing?” I asked.
“It’s a gift,” he said. “I can make you do whatever I want while you’re sleeping.”
