Hi my name is Nathan

The headmaster’s office was silent as you sat opposite the headmaster in a comfy blue chair. The headmaster a tall man with a long wooden staff and greying beard sat across from you analyzing you with his eyes before the tense five minute silence was broken.

“Well then for the record state your name Mr. Blackthorn.” The headmaster said with a pencil and notepad floating to the right of him.

“Headmaster don’t you already know my name?” The headmaster smiled before replying. “Its just standard procedure just go with it now your name?” He asked again politely.

You sighed before speaking again. “My name is Nathan Blackthorn.” You stated as the floating pen began to write onto the floating notepad.

“Good how old are you?”

“19”

“Place of birth?”

“I don’t know?”

“Who are your mother and father?”

“Stephanie and Ambrose Blackthorn”

“Alright then now thats out of the way lets begin Counseling Session one and the floor is yours Mr. Blackthorn.”

“I thought your supposed to ask me a bunch of questions aren’t you?”

“Do you want me to lead the discussion then Mr. Blackthorn?”

“I guess I don’t know I really don’t get how this is supposed to work.” You said looking down at the ground

“Very well then let me ask you why do you think your here Nathan?”

“Because its an excuse for you to not do that giant pile of paperwork on your desk for an hour?” You said pointing to the headmaster’s desk where half of it was covered with a tall tower full of paperwork that almost reached the ceiling.

“Ahem this isn’t about me this about you now Mr. Blackthorn specifically to make sure that your okay.”

“Well I feel okay I have a girlfriend, my aunt and somewhat of a family, I have wealth thats of my own making. I’d say I’m happy.”

The headmaster leaned forward a bit before speaking again. “Yes thats all very true Nathan but not many students grow up in the south half of Wellington where the average life expectancy is age 10, where rape and murder are treated like an everyday thing. At least not without serious damage.” The headmaster leaned back with a small frown.

The room was silent as tension began to build up once more in the room. “Many young adults like you would be traumatized, broken, damaged even, and yet here you are, your scorned, you operate on the fringes of the school with little to no interaction between the students, facility or staff nor do you make an effort to do so why Nathan?” The headmaster asked you relaxing against the chair once again

You sat silent closing your eyes to release a breathe you had been holding before replying “Its easier that way headmaster short of seeing the same things that Harmony saw which she will be only one to see it and she will never tell anyone what she saw none of you would understand what I went though the first few years of my life nor would you ever comprehend it”

Unbeknownst to you however you had begun to unconsciously channel void magic much to the headmaster’s surprise. Purple streaks of void light began seep into the air around you as you continued to speak.

“I had nothing going for me except my will to survive and the scars that lay hidden on my body headmaster so when you come along and ask me to explain how the fuck I made it out of South Wellington alive I don’t know what hell to tell you after all only one person understands my pain and frankly she’s the only one that will ever need to understand.” You angrily finished as the headmaster’s egg timer began to ring signaling the end of your session.

“Wait Nathan I-“ you didn’t let the headmaster finish as you clicked your pocket watch and froze time then and there. Right now the last place you wanted to be was here and the only person who’s business it was to know about your life was her. Sighing you knew you ran the risk of getting in trouble for your language but who cares its not like you weren’t accustomed to pain. You took one last look at the headmaster before walking out of his office.