Waking up late was unusual for Devon,but due to not being able to stop thinking last night he went to bed late, and thus woke up late causing him to rush through his morning routine. After finishing up breakfast and hurrying along to school at a semi uncomfortable pace, he finally arrived just in time for the morning announcements, in which the only noteworthy thing was that magic based classes were on course to start next week.

  Afterwards was homeroom normally this would be used for catching up on school work but since Devon had been able to keep up easily, this period was basically just free time for him. He was sitting next to Mya who was working on some math sheets.

  He wanted to talk to her but Mr. Zephyr was making sure to keep the room quiet, or at least that was until the speaker system came on “would Mr. Zephyr please report to the principal's office. That’s Mr. Zephyr to the principal’s office. Thank you.”

  “Huh. Wonder what that’s about?” Mr. Zephyr said. “Well while I’m gone there better be no funny business happening.” and with that he exited the room.

  As soon as he left the tension in the room eased up almost completely and gave the students a chance to interact. Despite that Mya was still focused on her math work, seemingly struggling.

  Now what Devon had come to notice when it came to the mundane classes was that they were a few grades behind what he was learning, so because of that Devon figured he could help “You want a hand Mya?”

  “Sure,” she responded, “If ya think ya can, math is not my strong suit.”

  The problems were on basic algebra which was being taught this year, and while to Devon this was an easy set of questions, he had trouble at first with explaining how to solve them. Eventually he and Mya managed to make it through the whole sheet with Mya doing the last few questions on her own.

  “Thanks for the help Devon.” Mya said.

  Devon simply replied “No problem.”

  Mya seemingly remembering something went on to ask “So ya got any plans for the weekend?”

  “Not that I know of, why?” Devon asked.

  “Well my sister wanted to thank ya for showing up at the club and wanted me to ask if ya wanted an early lesson on casting. It’d just be going over the basics but, seeing how interested ya seemed in magic, she thinks it might help hold ya over till the class gets to the point of actually trying to cast things.”

  “Sounds awesome.” Devon said “What day and time would work best on your guy's end?” and after agreeing on a day and time and being given Mya’s address the bell rang and Devon headed off to his net classes.

  After history class, which Devon both liked and was bad at due to not knowing some proper nouns, and science, which was easy for him at this point, came lunch. This meant he had to make his way to the cafeteria of course.however this time was different. He was alone, or rather he had no one who he could rely on to look out for him there as Cole had Gotten in trouble for causing a disruption and Mya was called to the principal’s office near the end of class.

  For a normal student walking without friends was nothing to worry about but for Devon, an outsider who was looked down on, it was always a tense question of is today the day they try something. Who were they, well they were anyone and everyone. Unfortunately today the answer was yes, and the they were a group of three.

  “Hey, Human!” yelling at him from behind was someone Devon recognized, Sir Tytus Runerood, the others were people he didn't know the names of but saw constantly hanging out with him.

  “What do you want?” he responded, turning his head but not stopping.

  Sir Tytus responded “Aw, don't be like that. We just want to have some fun and figured you might like to join in.”. All of a sudan devon felt himself being lifted into the air and was dragged back towards the group of three. “Well now that’s better ain’t it. There's no need to yell at this distance.” he said, smirking insanely. “Honestly if you were just another lowborn I woulda just ignored ya, but you’re not. Instead you’re simply a piece of human trash.” Upon saying that it was clear he came up with an idea “You know I’m a decent guy so I’ll do my civil duty and drop you off where you belong. I think I heard that the janitor keeps the dumpster out back open and with a lock nearby, as it helps keep the overflow in.”

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  “Knock it off Sir Tytus.” a voice came from the direction Devon was originally heading. The voice belonged to Kane who seemed annoyed but calm “don’t you have to get going to the meeting for the noble houses.”

  Upon being asked this Sir Tytus sighed “Actually yes, I probably should be going now.”. With that he dropped Devon back to the ground.and headed off saying “Honestly don’t get what ya see in him kane.”

  “You ok devon?” Kane asked, seemingly genuinely concerned.

  Devon simply responded “I’ve had worse done than what they were going to do, but seriously thanks for the help.”

  “Eh, don’t worry about it, anyway I actually have to head off to hope you enjoy your lunch.” and with that they parted ways putting Devon back in the position of asking that question.

  Despite the one incident, the rest of Devon's school day went smoothly. He decided to stay in the cafeteria near some teachers for the club section today and Mya and Cole decided to join him. After some casual banter it was eventually time for them to head home and so Devonwent to look by the front gate for Leonardo.

  Upon finding him he said “Ah, sir Devon, come along now something has come up and we must get you home as soon as possible.”

  worried Deon asked “Did something bad happen?“.

  Leonardo simply responded “It is nothing bad per say, however it will be easier to explain when we arrive so let us hurry along now.”

  After once again rushing at a semi uncomfortable pace they arrived back home and Leonardo finally explained “Now Devon, we have a very important guest who wants to see you so, while I doubt I need to say this, I suggest you be on your best behaviour.”

  Upon entering and heading to the living room Devon was greeted by Lady Jasmond and her guest. The guest was bulky to say the least, having muscles an action hero would be jealous of. They had deep red skin with piercing black eyes and scarlet hair. They wore a black suit and dress pants with a red tie.

  “Hello there. You must be Devon.” they said, voice supernaturally deep “I am Sir. Asher Vint Barbast the great.”.

  Upon hearing that Devon started to worry not only was one of the rulers of the underworld here but the one whose son was in his class, leading him to believe he must have offended them somehow.

  “Seems you know who I am, good since I won’t need to waste time explaining that we can get to the point. You being here in this way, well it just doesn’t sit right with me.”

  This made Devon even more panicked at the thought of what might be done with him but he just continued on talking ignoring the obvious signs of how Devon was feeling.

  “Now, technically there's nothing inherently wrong with you staying here as a citizen of sorts but I am going to be honest the process would take a lot of time, energy, and resources. Now I was going to just offer you a way back to your world, but from what I have learned that would be a waste of time, and also my son has seemed to take an… interest of some sorts in you. I could just forcibly send you back but instead, here's what we're going to do. In 3 months time I will be back to check in on you, and in that time I will prepare a test for you. Should you pass this test you will be granted citizenship if not you will be sent back to your world. Understood?”

  Barely managing to speak Devon let out “Y… Yes sir.”

  he simply said “Good then I shall take my leave.”

  After he left and the tension subsided Lady Jasmond finally spoke “Well, good news is, you’re safe for now. Bad news, we have no idea what this test might be and I doubt he would have explained even if we asked.”

  “What do we do? Can we even do anything?” Devon asked, rightfully worried.

  “Honestly,” Lady Jasmond said “I do not know, but we will need to come up with a plan so… I think I may need to ask my family for help. Luckily I was planning to take you to see them this saturday since once they heard about you they’ve been asking to meet you non stop. We should also get you a professional tutor for magic.”

  Upon hearing that last part Devon remembered the visit he planned with Mya and after explaining it she said “Well that’s a start I do not know if she would be able to do that full time but I think we should at least see if she has any recommendations for one.”

  After sitting in silence for a while Leonardo decided to break it by saying “well empty stomachs and tired minds will do you no good, why not have something to eat and head to bed for tonight, you both seem tired to say the least.”.

  Following that suggestion the two had a meal and headed to rest for the night hoping for a miracle to save them.