With finals coming up in a week, class has been separated into two parts; Practical and Paper.
The practical half involves an athletics test, a measure of our stats and making sure they're up to par for our grade level.
The paper half is your standard paper exam in everything we've learned throughout the year, the more questions you get right, the higher your score.
Mr. Connolly begins handing a sheet of paper, practice for the paper exams, however when he gets to me he hands me a paper from the bottom of the stack.
It's flipped over, as we're not allowed to see the test until Mr. Connolly says we can begin, but I can vaguely make out what is says.
Before I can fully read it Mr. Connolly shouts to begin the test.
I flip the paper and on it is one question, all it says is "Can you read this?"
There's two options; Yes and Yes
Strange.
I circle yes and the text fades away, replacing it is a normal looking test but with all the answers filled out.
Even stranger.
I look through the questions and all the answers that are filled in seemed correct.
What happened? Did I blank out and forget I took the test?
I look up at the clock and see there's still 30 minutes left, so no, I truly did somehow finish really fast.
Mr. Connolly patrols past my desk, he does this on every test to make sure no one is cheating, and when he looks at my paper he has a shocked expression on his face.
I feel the same way Mr. Connolly, I have no idea how I did this either.
Soon, the test finally ends and Mr. Connolly asks me to step outside.
Great, he thinks I cheated.
I step outside and a few minutes later Mr. Connolly follows.
"I know you cheated on the test."
What? I'm pretty sure I didn't, well consciously at least.
"No sir, I swear I didn't."
"Okay, then how did you answer that question?"
That question? Was there a trick question I missed that I wasn't supposed to know about?
"I'm not sure which question you're referring to sir."
"You know which one, the one about my innate skill."
Mr. Connolly has an innate skill?
"You must've had the help of someone on staff to have gotten that right, there's no way otherwise."
That's right! I remember reading that question, now what did it say?
It said Transfiguration?
"Oh yes sir I remember now, you see what happened was…"
Suddenly a huge boom came from inside the classroom, both Mr. Connolly and I quickly run inside.
A student had been changed into a giant octopus monster and began fighting the students of our class.
Evan quickly kicks the octopus monster and easily dispatches is, if he put all of his stats into his strength the stat would easily reach nearly 100.
A kick of that strength was enough to blow the head off of the octopus monster, keep in mind this WAS a student.
School security quickly arrived at the classroom, and seeing what was present they hastily arrested Mr.Connolly.
"I SWEAR ON MY LIFE IT WASN'T ME"
But the guards didn't seem to listen, just as swiftly as the arrived they had departed with Mr. Connolly in cuffs.
No one knew why they suspected him, no one but me.
Why would he keep his skill hidden though? If he hadn't maybe some students could've advocated for him.
Wait, why didn't I advocate for him?
I look down the hall and I can no longer see security.
I'm running out of time.
I dash through the school to reach the entrance, and just as I arrive a police car drives away with Mr. Connolly inside.
This is going to be a long day.