Snippet #1416463

Tirka was so bored. She had read most of the books the teacher was talking about. She blunk a couple of times and sat up straighter when a note landed on her desk. She looked around, and a girl was looking at her. Me? Tirka mouthed, and the girl nodded slowly, as if she thought she was stupid. She opened the note, and read. it. I saw you change. Are you a lycanthrope? Tirka looked up again, and nodded. The girl raised her eyebrows, and scrawled another note, flicking it neatly onto the desk. That's a lousy power. I can fly. Tirka looked at the girl again. She was smirking. A little alarm bell went off in her head. Snob alert! she thought. Keeping her eyes fixed on the girl, she crumpled up both notes in her hand, held them up so the girl could see them, and set them alight with a thought. The girl's eyes widened, and she turned back to her work. Tirka did the same, fighting the urge to laugh.