Snippet #2362154

Connor had to slam his head onto his desk to keep himself from laughing. Kieran had openly challenged Ms. Brumfield in front of everyone. Further, he turned into that silly little dragon of his and was making a total arse of himself earning a shocking bolt to the face from their teacher. "Yup. That little chibi is my brother all right." Connor said, barely able to answer Jaxon before burying his head in the crook of his elbow. Connor had to cover not only his mouth, but his whole face to contain his laughter. It hadn't even been day one and Kieran was already up to his fantastic hijinks. While Connor was down for the count, Hans paid attention to everything around them. He noted that their partner was Miss Melody. She was, according to his knowledge, stubbornly lazy, so her battle style and magic type were completely unknown to Hans. 'I really wish that idiot would stop encouraging his brother's foolish pranks and pay more attention. He'll never amount to anything like this. He's so talented, it's a waste for him to not use his gifts.' Hans thought, shaking his head in disappointment. 'We don't know anything about her and yet he's taking it this easy? Either he's too confident or... Or he has no intention to fight her. What an idiot.'

Finally, after a solid six minutes of eye-watering, wheezing, and completely unrestrained laughter, Connor finally managed to calm down enough to see that two things had happened. The first was that their teacher had given them a partner for dueling with, secondly, a new student had walked in. Connor waved to the new student, a huge smile on his face. Hopefully he would feel welcomed here, after all, it was a rather scary place. Turning towards the board, Connor noted his partner was Melody. Connor whipped his head around, noting the blonde girl sitting in the back of the class. It was her wasn't it? Connor made a silly face, pulling down his left eyelid and sticking out his tongue before smiling and waving. However, she completely ignored him. Connor mock pouted, whining like a puppy. Regardless, he really didn't feel like fighting.

Connor was never in the mood to fight, he only did when Hans pushed him too hard or people started being mean to Kieran. In fact, the first time Connor ever remembered transforming was when he had to protect his brother from some bullies. They were picking on him after school, and like always, Kieran never fought back. He just stood there, taking the hits until Connor noticed it. He didn't know what, but something snapped within him. He rushed to his brother's aid, his vision becoming red and narrowing. The next thing Connor knew, he was sitting on the ground, the bullies cowering before him, teeth marks ripping up with shirts. Connor had transformed into a dog, specifically a German Shepard. He hadn't hurt anyone, only torn up their clothes a bit and barked at them.

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After a while, the students made their way over to the arena. Connor gasped. It was so big and cool. Suddenly, he really wanted to fight, but at that same time, it made him kind of sad. There was a place specifically for fighting here. It just wasn't what Connor would have expected for a school where fighting was prohibited. Regardless, he walked over to Melody, nudging her with his elbow. "So, I guess we're up, eh?" He asked, a grin on his face. 'Please don't want to, please don't want to, please don't want to...' Connor thought fiercely. "I'll pass." She muttered. "Awes- I mean, cool. Me too." Connor said, shrugging and placing his hand on the back of his neck. "So, uh... Ms. Brumfield, we pass! If we're not allowed to, then I forfeit." Connor said, a goofy look on his face. Though Connor appeared entirely composed, albeit silly, his mind was racing furiously. 'If I fight, then I'll have to use it, but I don't want to use it. How can I get out of this?' Connor thought, his mind burning with impatience and restlessness. All the while he appeared completely composed.