Chapter Two - The proposal

Hey Guys! How are you? Well as promised, I came up with a new post on my "book". This second chapter is a little bigger than the first one, but I had to many things to explain. If you read the last post and wanted lots of answers, I must warn you, there are only a few of them in this chapter. I'm willing to give just a few in each chapter, so that the story doesn't lose the mistery =D

I hope you like it, because I'm really excited about writing this project.

Enjoy!

Chapter Two – The proposal

- So you are saying that I’m a lizard?

- No, not a lizard, a wizard! – Said the stranger in a laughing voice.

The principal’s office was now crowded, since it was just a small room and there were three people and a noisy raccoon inside it. The stranger was tall but thin. He wore round glasses and looked like a young university teacher. He was wearing a dark brown blazer in spite of the heat. Mr. Daniel Holton was quite and shut. He was still trying to understand how that guy knew about the boy and the raccoon, and where he came from.

- By the reaction of you principal I would say that you are the first wizard appearance in this school, and by virtue of that this institution probably isn’t prepared to any of your wizard issues.

- What do you mean by that? My school is prepared to anything! – Said Mr. Holton, finally getting out of his long trance.

- Oh, really? And what do you intend to do in relation to this raccoon and to this boy?

- I… I… I… - Stammered the principal

- That’s what I thought.

At this point Willian started to feel ignored in the conversation and decided to take some more action.

- I’m sorry but it’s me you are talking about, and I’m not being consulted. By the way, we don’t even know your name Mr…

- Oh, I’m sorry. Where are my manners! I’m Boltstare. Professor Henrick Boltstare.

- So Professor Boltstare. Are you trying to say that what happened here was magic?

- Yes, this is indeed what I’m trying to say.

- And that I did it because I’m a… What’s the name again?

- Wizard.

- Right… a wizard. And you are quite versed in wizardry, aren’t you?

- I wouldn’t say I’m versed, but, yeah, I know a little bit about it.

- So, what do you suggest? I mean, we still have a raccoon here and I have no idea of what to do…

- There’s something worse. Maybe you haven’t thought of that yet, but I imagine you have no idea of how did you do it, do you?

- Actually, now that you mentioned it, I don’t! I just thought he wouldn’t feel so empowered if he had a raccoon face and it happened…

- Well, that’s how it usually starts. The problem is that if you don’t learn how to control it, it’ll keep happening more and more often.

- What leads us to my question… What do we do now?

- Well, that’s a big issue… The best option is for you to move to another school. As I said, this institution isn’t prepared to deal with this kind of situation. We’re gonna have to explain this to your parents, turn the raccoon back into a teacher, deal with the transfer, and finally decide what to do in relation to Mr. Holton…

- In relation to me? Wha… What do you mean?

- Well… there is a reason why you usually don’t see people talking about wizards all around… We kind of like keeping our existence a secret. But that’s not the most important thing right now. Willian, would you like to be instructed in magic, even though this means you are going to leave your school, your friends and your previous life?

At this moment, you, reader, might think Willian will have lots of doubts before answering this question, but for you to understand his quick acceptation of the facts you got to understand his life.

Willian was a regular boy who chose not being popular. This way he wouldn’t have lots of friends, but he would be sure that all his friends were true friends. Unfortunately his tactic didn’t work really well. He was feeling let aside by his best friends and didn’t know how to deal with it. As if this wasn’t enough, he had no great skills and the teachers didn’t like him. His parents were always comparing him with the rest of the family, which made him feel he was inferior. Then, all of a sudden he discovered he had magical powers, turned the teacher he most hated into a raccoon and was given the opportunity to restart all his life. Ain’t that a kid’s dream? Why in the world would he say no to the very first good gift he has ever received?

For all those reasons Willian eagerly answered positively the proposal that was being made to him.

Cheers,

Shimabuko