The Academy begins...

Class is in, the students have had time to settle and it is now time for the school term to get underway, but there is a darkness hanging over the school Jake and Mistress are being hunted by his sire and on top of the Ferro has a beast living inside him that wants to destroy them all....

Students get together to fight these creatures and bring the team together.

1. You have had time to build your relationships use them to play together
2. All areas are split for all classes except sport where we all come together
3. There is a beastie in Ferro that will come out and cause issue
4. Your first post should be along the lines of class etc.. but those who can, sense something is watching... etc

have fun any questions ask MR or Rina

Felix groaned as the sunlight shined down on him through the open blinds of the window.

“To earrrrrly.” He drags himself from the soft, warm sheets of the head boy’s bed began trudging over to the bathroom. He still wasn’t used to his new position, and still couldn’t believe he had been chosen for it. It had only been a few days ago that Nate and Vanessa had left the school. He could still vividly picture the Headmistress telling he and Maya the news, and that they would be taking the jobs. But most of all he remembered the venomous looks he and Maya had exchanged less than a second later. “That whole school unity thing is REALLY coming along now.” The thought dashed through his mind as he closed the bathroom door behind him. Reaching for his toothbrush, he squeezed a dollop of Toothpaste onto it and drowsily began brushing. Finishing, he spat into the sink and filled a small cup with water, gargling with it. Next, he removed his pyjama pants and climbed into the shower.

The warm water running over him almost put him to sleep again. Taking unusually long to finish, he climbed out and wrapped his towel around his waist, stopping for a moment to look in the mirror. His metal body reflected the sunlight so that it danced along his muscular build. He wasn’t looking at that though. He was looking at his eyes. There had been something strange about them ever since he had arrived at the Academy. Suddenly, a shrieking pain took hold of him and he fell to the floor, grasping at his sides. A demonic voice filled his mind. “This is only the beginning...” Then it was over, and he was lying on the floor in his towel, staring at the ceiling. “Oh my god...”

Getting up from the floor and leaving the bathroom, he began putting on his uniform. Going to the mirror, somewhat tentatively, he looked himself up and down and decided that it just didn’t suit him. He glanced over at the clock for a moment. “Oh crap! I’m going to be late!” Dashing towards the door, he pulls his tie off and tosses it back into his room as slams the door shut and rips down the stairs. “Okay, okay, okay! Think! Where is your first class?” he thinks frantically while sprinting through the hallway. “Nova!” creating a spike in his hand he jabs it into a stone pillar and swings around it, hurtling around the corner to Professor Nova’s classroom. Screeching to a halt just outside the door, he stumbled on the cobblestones and falls through it. He lands in a heap on the floor. “Um, hey, people. How’s everyone’s mornings been so far?” He picks himself up off the floor and looks around the room as he dusts off his clothes. Seeing the clock on the wall, he curses to himself. “Crap! I’m ten minutes early!”

Getting over it quickly, he scans the people’s faces for any familiar ones in the room so far. He muttered under his breath as his eyes wander from face to face. “Nope, doesn’t look like anyone I know... Oh!” He smiled as he saw that Maya was there. They probably weren't close enough to be called friends, but he had spent more time with her than any other person in his house. "Always better to go with the evil you know on the first day out." Navigating through the desks and chairs loosely scattered across the floor, he made his way to the one next to the Diamond head girl. “Good morning, Maya. How are you?” He looks to the front of the classroom before turning to face her again. “God, I’m glad classes finally started. I was beginning to wonder.” He sat back in his chair, relaxing now that he knows he isn’t late and can sit next to someone he actually knows. The memory of what happened to him earlier that morning comes back, though, and his eyes widen slightly. Once again he turns to face the telepath, more slowly this time. “Uh, Maya?” His voice was tentative. “Can I talk to you about something after class? I, uh, kind of have a problem...” He did not entirely trust his fellow Diamond, but she already knew about his problem and he needed to talk to someone. Before he had a chance to go into greater detail, the bell rang for class to start. “Well, here we go.”

In the class room where he would be teaching Vann sat leaned back in his chair spining it back and forth while his leg rested crossed upon his desk. The light from the sun beamed through the window casting the shape and patern of it along the floor. He lifted his feet from the desk and place them on floor before standing and walking over to the window,  an echoed filled the empty class room with each step he took until he reached the window. Placing his arm against the window Vann rested his head on his arm and took in the scenery that Castle Stone provided, as he let out a soft wondering if he could really teach a class seeing he wouldn't be to much older then most of his students.

Wow what did I get myself into this time?

Asking himself this out loud he remember the letter he received from his old friend Gwendolyn known to most as Mistress Redhead. The letter had explained how T.J. Magnum had to leave his position as on of the faculty for reasons undeclosed to the ninja, and how he was choosen to fill the open slot in Opal with Gloom as his colleague. At that time he was excited at the chance of being a professor and seeing that it was for a close friend he quickly accepted the invitation. Once he reached the facility the feeling of uneasy but he brushed it off since he was already well known by most of the faculty like he's fellow Captains of WAL Feral Nova and Obi Wan Kenobi, and most of the students were offsprings of his friends or members of teams he was apart of. He let out a another soft sigh as he turned around and walked back over to his chair, and sitting back down he let the chair spin in a circle a few times before stopping it and picking uphis roster.

So lets what this semester will look like.

He read through the roster look at each picture of the students in Opal, see that they would be the main ones that he would be interacting with this year. As he read through their powers and grades from the perivous semester Vann tried to get a feel of their attitudes and who would be needing the most work. Reading on the alarm of his watch went off, he had lost all track of time preparing himself for the class to began. Closing his roster book Vann sat it on his desk and spun his chair to face the board as he stood up and began to write his name on it.

Ugh! Almost show time and first impression, oh how I hate making first impressions

The young Mathews had officially established in the school as a Opal student, Always having in mind the promise he made his mother to make this school work for him. Mathews had the goal of been one of the academy’s best students. The alarm clock started beeping over and over again, but Mathew had already showered and was getting ready for class. Looking at his reflection on his mirror while clipping his lucky tie on he smiles and puts on his glasses. “That’s it!” he turns around and grabs his physics book and comics along with his little backpack and ran out the door headed to the classroom forgetting to turn the alarm clock off. “On to class, bye Loony!” He yells to his pet Chameleon before closing the door.

Mathews wish to be the first student on the classroom in the very first day, he was running on the hallway cutting through the other students “Excuse me going late!, move it or lose it pal, have no time to waste, move out of the way people!” he shouted while he ran and jumped all over the walls evading the student traffic. All the other students were giving Mat the “weird look” as he keeps running to his class room. Matty turns on the corner and keeps running drawing a lot of attention to himself without wanting too. He reaches his classroom but notice the Opal classroom door was still close.

“Huh?”

He checks his program and it seems like he is on the right place. “Lazy teachers.” Mat drops his bag and sits right next to the door waiting for the teachers, he also notice none of the other Opal students are around. “What a bunch of snoozers, if they had gone early to bed they would be here already” sighs, Mathews opens his comic book and begins reading while he waits for the teacher and the students. Little did he know he was in the wrong floor.

Annoyed at her mother Rina rolls over in bed and looks at the clock, her alarm had startled her over a lovely dream about Sun Hope. Groaning she swung her legs over the side of the bed and hit the cold floor, she strethced and mussed her hair. Looking around her room she smiled to herself, it was awesome having her own room, as head girl she was allocated her own room and she revelled in holding it over the other kids.. though this was a past time Rina often enjoyed.

Looking at her desk she frowned again, thinking of the conversation she had had with her mother the night before...

Rina, honey.. As head girl you have a responsibility to look after the students under you, as part of taht you need to get them moving in the morning"

Groaning at the memory of her mothers words she jumped down off her bed and headed for the bathroom. After a long shower and a lengthy make up session she came out looking fabulous as always, the dark makeup and goth ensemble often annoying her mother but she liked it and she stuck to it. Heading out into the common room for the rubies she noticed none of them were awake yet. She smiled at this and headed down to breakfast, buggered if she was going to wake them up.

After a decent breakfast she headed back up and saw that most of the Rubies had managed to find their way to class. Smiling to herself she grabbed her books and headed down to Professor Constantines first class, she was not sure what she would be learning but new that it would be interesting. She liked Con, he was a cool guy and she knew him well, often busting each other smoking outside he seemed to respect her and treat her as an adult. Course she would have preferred to be in Obis or Uchis class.. having young teachers was awesome... oh how nice they were to look at, strong ninja and jedi bodies. hmm.. dazing out she bareley noticed as one of the diamonds slammed into her, apologising as they ran off to their class.

Opening the door to the class she stood in the frame for a moment before selecting a seat at the back.

Stephanie sat on her spinning chair behind her maple wooden desk, it was clean and organized, for now. Things always seemed to be organized the first day of school, then after that, everything goes down the drain. "Lets see how long I can keep this desk clean." She said to herself as sighed, tapping her finger on the desk. It had been a few days since the orientation of the school, were she made her first impression on the students. She prayed it was a good one as she could see the students walk in one by one. She saw some familiar faces and some not so familiar faces. "Please, sit were where ever you like, there is not seating arrangement, unless you give me a reason to give one out." She said with a yawn as she reached up above her, stretching her arms out. She looked up behind her were the class clock was at, it was about ten minutes before the first day of class would start. When she was younger she could remember going to class in high school, she hated high school. She was always picked on because she was always the new girl. Because her parents were traveling all the time because of their occupation, she was always changing schools at least twice a year. She was broken out of her train of thought when foot steps came rushing into her room.

"Ugh, I hate school," Gloom mumbled as soon as her alarm clock began to emit shrill noises. She rolled around in her bed and hit the annoying piece of technology with her left hand, smiling groggily when the noise ceased. She allowed herself a few more minutes in bed to properly wake up and then proceeded to get up. Opening the black curtains that covered her room's only window, she sighed, knowing that this would be a big day. Twenty minutes later, she had showered, eaten, gotten dressed and prepared everything she needed for her first class. Standing in front of her bathroom mirror, she hurriedly passed a hand through her long, raven hair, which had the amazing ability to behave in the most irksome ways at the most inopportune times. Once her hair had come to look somewhat satisfying, Kate grabbed her papers and left her room.

Katelyn hadn't exactly had the best time in high school. It was the time during which her powers and her personality had developed the most, both of which had made her feel and seem like an outcast. Today, however, she felt different as she walked through the halls of Castle Stone.  Most people still stopped to stare as she passed them by, and perhaps it was because of her snow-white skin, her pitch black clothes and hair or her generally unusual look, but she liked to think that it may also be because of her warm smile, her kind, dark eyes and her uniqueness. She felt surprisingly confident as she strode swiftly to avoid being late, skillfully dodging a football thrown by a Diamond boy to another, waving at the few students she recognized and helping confused students find their way. The latter category included young Matthews Rome, who was patiently waiting for a random classroom to be opened. Katelyn kindly informed him of the fact that he was on the wrong floor and gestured for him to follow her as she finally made her way to her own classroom.

The room was filled with desks, with Opals students sitting at them, excitedly chattering amongst themselves. Gloom walked to the front of the class, where she sat on her own wooden desk instead of her chair and crossed her legs. Silently, she observed the students that had been assigned to her, her silver Ankh hanging from its delicate chain around her neck. Voices turned to whisper, which, in turn, faded away as the teenagers waited for their professor to start the class.

"Um, hello everyone. My name is Katelyn Torres- and here I could make a joke about how I don't want to be called Ms. Torres because that's my mother and it makes me feel old, but I won't- and I'm your professor. Around here, most people call me Gloom, and if you want to, too, that's fine with me. You came here at Castle Stone to complete your studies and master you abilities, and I'm sure you're all looking forward to exciting classes like Self-Defense, Dark Arts, Combat Training, Psionics and everything, but, sadly, Rome wasn't built in a day and I'm sorry to tell you that this is not what we'll be doing today. Learning to use your powers will take time, discipline, perseverance and willpower, and you can be sure that my fellow teachers and I will do everything in our power to help you, but today we are going to start with some simple exercices. But first, let's take the attendances to see who's here and who's still lost and wandering around the castle..."

Some students gave a few polite chuckles and Katelyn felt a huge wave of relief wash over her. Maybe this won't be so hard or scary after all, she thought to herself. After the attendances, the students and Kate alike went through little presentation exercises during which they spoke of their family, their powers and where they came from, so that she could get to know her students better and they could get to know each other and their teacher. Having had a hard time in High School herself, it was very important for her that her students felt at ease with their fellow Opals, and she hoped she could help with that. A few minutes before the end of the class, having gone through everything that she had prepared for her students, Gloom gave in to the requests from some teenagers that she show them her abilities. She roughly explained what her abilities were, trying her best not to make them sound scary or anything, and then proceeded to perform a little demonstration for he whole class, summoning shadow constructs and entertaining the Opals with a few simple spells. When the bell rang and the students began to leave, Katelyn felt pretty happy about how the class had went, and, once everyone but herself had left, she closed the classroom door behind her with a smile on her face.

Ryan sat on the sill of one of the castle windows, watching the sun rise. He hadn't slept a wink during the night, the habits of a thief were not easy to shake off, and so had found himself restlessly prowling the school halls looking for something, anything to grab his attention. He had found nothing, although resisting the urge to pilfer the silverware left out from the meal the school had shared the night before kept him occupied for an hour or so. Now the first rays of the sun touched the castle, illuminating his face with a soft yellow glow that really brought out the striking colour of his eyes and made his hair seem almost green. With a sigh he flicked the butt of his cigarette and headed back to his dorm for his stuff. Inside the Opals were dragging themselves awake for the first day of school, complaining and talking among themselves. Ryan didn't know any of them very well and had no intentions of rectifying that situation. As far as he was concerned the school was a prison, he needed to escape not socialize.

Pulling on a dark hoody over his t-shirt and jeans from the night before he headed out, snatching his bag from the stand by the door as he left. The corridors bustled as first period approached and he found himself falling back into his old habits. Making himself inconspicuous and moving quickly, his head low. Nobody paid him the slightest attention. Spotting the dark haired woman who was one of his house professors he fell into step a few meters behind her, following silently to his first lesson. The classroom was fairly standard, reminding Ryan of those at the Hellfire institute and sending a pang of emotion through his heart. Feeling angry with himself he pushed it away and chose a seat at the back, out of the way of the other students.

"Um, hello everyone. My name is Katelyn Torres- and here I could make a joke about how I don't want to be called Ms. Torres because that's my mother and it makes me feel old, but I won't- and I'm your professor. Around here, most people call me Gloom, and if you want to, too, that's fine with me. You came here at Castle Stone to complete your studies and master you abilities, and I'm sure you're all looking forward to exciting classes like Self-Defense, Dark Arts, Combat Training, Psionics and everything, but, sadly, Rome wasn't built in a day and I'm sorry to tell you that this is not what we'll be doing today. Learning to use your powers will take time, discipline, perseverance and willpower, and you can be sure that my fellow teachers and I will do everything in our power to help you, but today we are going to start with some simple exercises. But first, let's take the attendances to see who's here and who's still lost and wandering around the castle..."

Ryan zoned out during the little speech. He was almost certain that he was smarter than everyone in the room and unfortunately this affected his attitude. After that they each had to give a short presentation on themselves, detailing their family, powers and origins as well as any other bits and pieces they wanted to throw in. When it came to Ryan's turn he got up quickly and moved to the front of the class, feeling everyones eyes on the back of his head.

"My name is Ryan Winters and Im a thief. That means that unlike all of you, I'm here against my will. I dont know anything about my family as I was separated from them at a young age and I don't have any powers. What I do have is a high I.Q and a certain talent for going unnoticed. Anything else remarkable about me is ex machina, from the machine."

He sat back down and the lesson moved on, with Proffessor Gloom performing a few tricks for them with her abilities. Finally the bell and he headed off to second period. Judging from the gossip he was overhearing the professor who ran the next lesson was very young. Interesting, but not as interesting as his previous occupation. Rumor had it that the man had been a shinobi, a freaking ninja before coming to the school. Ryan smiled to himself, maybe he could learn something after all.

Rome was reading his Alter-man comic book while he waits for the Opal teacher to arrive. Mathews was feeling sleepy as he read the comic. The foot steps of a woman approach the young Mathews, he looks up and notice the very dark looking lady and gets a bit frighten at her appearance, the woman looks at him and seem to have notice he was a Opal student. “Little boy are you lost?”  Mathews kept staring at her yet he notice her voice was not what he expected, he expected a evil demonic voice. “I’m-I’m waiting for the teacher to get to the class room, that lazy bum must have overslept” the woman seem to realize matt was in the wrong floor and even if Matt not knowing she was the teacher, he practically insulted her but yet she still help him notice he was in the wrong place. “Oh..” Mathews stands up and grabs his stuff, the lady signals him like saying “Fallow me” and kept walking. Mathews was not a fan of fallowing creepy people but still he felt right about this one, having some distance he fallowed the woman and she walked right into the real Opal classroom.   

Mathews walks to the door and sticks his head in the room. The room was filled with desks, with Opals students sitting at them, excitedly chattering amongst themselves. He then notice the woman walking in front of the class and sit behind the desk, Mathews slapped his forehead, gasped and open his eyes realizing what he had done.  He had called the teacher a lazy bum right at her face.

Mathews gulps and walks in the room holding his backpack wearing blue jeans black T-shirt and glasses, he walks through the back to keep a low profile and sits in the very last seat feeling embarrass because of his late mistake. Mathews sits at the very last desk. “great first day of school and I probably got the teacher mad already.” he thinks to himself while he sat and leans forward putting his crossed arms on the desk and resting his head on them. The teacher seems to be ready to speak and the mumbling students shush awaiting for the teacher to begin class.


"Um, hello everyone. My name is Katelyn Torres- and here I could make a joke about how I don't want to be called Ms. Torres because that's my mother and it makes me feel old, but I won't- and I'm your professor. Around here, most people call me Gloom, and if you want to, too, that's fine with me. You came here at Castle Stone to complete your studies and master you abilities, and I'm sure you're all looking forward to exciting classes like Self-Defense, Dark Arts, Combat Training, Psionics and everything, but, sadly, Rome wasn't built in a day and I'm sorry to tell you that this is not what we'll be doing today. Learning to use your powers will take time, discipline, perseverance and willpower, and you can be sure that my fellow teachers and I will do everything in our power to help you, but today we are going to start with some simple exercises. But first, let's take the attendances to see who's here and who's still lost and wandering around the castle..."

Mathews thought she had said Rome as in Rome his name, “Oh! This is going to be a bad day, sooner or later she is going to say something about me calling her a bum.. Why do I have to run my mouth!” Mathews was sweating he was really nervous, he grabs his book bag and grabs a little towel and dries his face “I just had to talk, wait maybe if I behave she might forget about it!” he thought .

“Mathews Rome”