My First Class

I enter the lecture hall and take a seat at a desk in the front row . The classroom is dimly lit by candles set in iron wall sconces and a large chandelier hanging from the ceiling in the center of the room. In the center of the front of the room is the professor's desk and chair. Other students begin to file in and take their seats, some I recognize from my dormitory and some I don't.

Once everyone is seated a voice calls out from the left." Greetings students. You may be wondering who I am. That one's easy, I'm Professor Janus MacAvee your instructor. Now for the harder question, where am I? A girl I don't recognize confidently raises her hand. "You're to the left of us next to the tapestry of the dragon."

"Buzz! Wrong! C'mon ladies and gentlemen where am I? "One of the boys, an elf named Bartol raises his hand." You're over by potted purple roses on the left side of your desk."

"Nope guess again!"

I raise my hand. "You're sitting at your desk. You've used an invisibility spell and you're throwing you're voice to the left side of the room."

"Ding ding ding! Righty- oh young miss!" Suddenly he appears sitting at his desk. A rotund elderly man with long grey hair and a long beard reaching down to his chest. "Tell me young lady how did you deduce my whereabouts?"

"I could hear your breathing." Actually that's a bullshit answer, the truth is I guessed.

He didn't buy my answer." Really I think you're full of it. You're trying to deceive me."

"Not entirely. I knew for certain you were throwing your voice, an ability an expert illusionist would use. As far as knowing your whereabouts yes I did try to deceive you. The truth is I guessed." I quickly add. "However deception is also an ability an illusionist must master-- an ability I confess I need to work on."

He let's out a hearty laugh. "Yes you're right. Illusion is the art of deception. From spells, slight of hand and the ability to tell an effective lie. Tell me what's the best way to find someone who's invisible young lady?"

I answer. "By using a detect life spell or if you're going against an undead illusionist a detect unlife spell."

"Very good young lady. Tell me why didn't you use either spell to detect my whereabouts?"

"Because I didn't think using a different discipline of magic would be allowed, I thought it might have been seen as cheating."

Do you know those spells?"

"Yes I do."

"Alright than. I'll turn myself invisible again and muffle my footsteps and you go ahead and use your detect life spell to find me. Give me a head start. I'll only need a minute. Okay let's go."

He turns invisible again and I give him a head start.

Using my detect life spell I'm able to find him standing by the right side rear door of the lecture hall.

"Very good young lady. By the way what is your name?"

"Ariadne Chapman."

He walks over to his desk and removes some scrolls, one for each student. He then has me pass them out to the rest of the class.

"The scrolls Ariadne is passing out contain the invisibility spell I was using. I want you all to practice this spell as well as write an essay on it's strengths and weaknesses. Oh and while detect life and detect undead are from the schools of mysticism I would strongly suggest you learn them. You can purchase those spells at Elywhen's Mage's Emporium in town. Well that's it for today. I'll see you all again in a few days. Those essays are due than."

Since I don't have any classes today I head over to the practice hall to work on my knowledge of my new spell.

I'd say my first class went well