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My French Teacher is an Evil Sorcerer

It was the last ten minutes of the last and longest class of the day, French. Terri sat, drawing up a storm and worrying about color when Mr. Grant wasn't looking. Tanya sat to her right, watching her at work and wondering about story ideas, knowing full well that if she ever wrote them down they would come true as though it were a wish placed upon a star. She intended to write them anyway.

The poofy haired teacher was doing his rounds around the class, trying futilely to get everyone working on their class work. "His emotionless, "Quiet please!" spread across the room without any reaction.

Agonizingly long minutes passed until there was but one left. After a few tries, Mr. Grant finally made his announcements to the class and looked around to see that everyone had already packed up. The bell went seconds later and there was a mad rush to leave.

"Terri," Grant called, "Tonya, I've finished marking your project."

Tanya winced in annoyance when he said her name. He could never get it right until he was corrected a few times, and even then he would forget after a few minutes. Never the less, both she and Terri reported to his desk, anxious to see their mark.

"Oh!" he exclaimed. "I left the tape in the photocopy room." He hurried out of the room, leaving the two girls on their own.

"I wonder. . ." Tanya said to herself, but quickly dismissed the thought. Her story wasn't finished yet, so it couldn't be happening now.

Mr. Grant returned with another teacher at his side. He was shorter than the teacher than he was replacing but Mr. Fadam was still a good five feet tall. He had dark hair and eyes and a darker disposition.

Tanya met his eyes for an instant and he smiled evilly. Her eyes widened in recognition and a touch of fear. "Terri, run," she said calmly to her friend.

"What?" Terri asked skeptically, looking at Tanya as though she had gone crazy.

"No seriously Terri, get ou-aw shit." A brilliant light flared around them and Tanya found the herself and Terri is a familiar transparent blue box with no holes, no door, no way out.

Terri reached her hand out tentatively and quickly pulled it back once she touched the wall. "What is this thing?" she asked no one in particular.

And then she went eerily still. "What do you want, Merlin?" Tanya asked Fadam, recognizing the sorcerer beneath the disguise. "No wait, I know that already. Oh, I got it, how the hell did you get out of limbo?!"

"I never made it to limbo. I slipped out in the middle of a desolate wasteland and was stuck there, thanks to you. I was lucky that I got out of there and that I found others that knew where you were and were ready to hand you over."

"Ha ha, Mr. Grant's a minion."

"I'm disappointed," Merlin said. "You seemed so scared last time."

"Get over it," Tanya retorted. "And let Terri go, she has nothing to do with this."

"Oh no, That's the beauty of it. You can't use magic now, because then she will know and she will tell everyone. No one trust a witch. If you'll excuse me, I have detention kids to watch."

"Have fun," Tanya said, falsely sweet. "Check on them and get the rest of your lackeys together. Change into your robes, but leave time frozen. Don't forget to release Terri, though, or else your little plan won't work."

"I believe I will," Merlin agreed. "Grant, watch them." Merlin left as Terri began moving once more.

"What's going on?" Terri asked, not aware anytime had passed.

"I'll explain in a minute," Tanya said before muttering something under her breath. "Mr. Grant!" she called. "Don't you have some photocopying to do? And don't you want to change into your robes now? There is no way the two of us going to escape from this."

"Yes," Grant said. "I do have other things to do."He left with a few binders under his arm.

"What did you do?!" Terri demanded. "I'm dreaming, right? I fell asleep in French."

"Why do people always automatically assume that? Okay, how can I put this simply? Mr. Grant is an evil sorcerer, so are a couple other teachers in this school. They are all under Mr. Fadam, aka Merlin, who wants to destroy me because, surprise, I have magical powers. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to change the parameters of this spell."

"Ha!" Terri exclaimed. "I've been pulled into a really messed up fairy tale."

"Hey, this is one of my stories! That's the bulk of my power, writing stories and having them actually happen. Laurissa!"

"Where are you?" a familiar voice called from outside.

"In my French portable. Go get Jaci and Tara, but don't run into Fadam, Rajala or Sexton, got it?"

"I wouldn't want to, anyway,"she called back surely.

"Jaci?!" Terri screeched. "What's she gonna do, whine them to death?!"

"Still think you're dreaming, huh?" Tanya asked. "Whatever. Do me a favor, when the genie appears make your first wish, 'I wish for the genie to make my wishes.' Got it?"

"Okay."

"Tanya, I'm borrowing your power for a bit," she said to the ceiling. "Mishnu karana I'm a genie in a bottle baby, come on and let me out kilomalano."

In a puff of smoke, she was gone and replaced by a small, delicate looking bottle. Terri picked it up and gently rubbed it, despite the urge to smash it into a thousand pieces.

Smoke curled out around the stopper and swirled round until Tanya's head was visible and her torso was nothing but smoke floating above the bottle. "I am the genie of the bottle," Tanya announced. "You have three wishes."

"I wish for the genie to make my wishes," Terri said after a moments hesitation.

"Great,"Tanya said, her personality returning. "I wish for Terri, Tara, Laurissa and Jaci to gain the abilities, skill and otherwise from their counterparts from Jira's land except Laurissa must be on our side. Understand, they do not gain the memory of their counterparts. Last wish, I wish for the genie to revert back to her normal form with her full powers."

There was another puff of smoke and Tanya was once more herself.

"I'm sorry, but that was the stupidest spell I've ever heard," Terri said with a hint of laughter in her voice.

"Yeah, but at least it worked."

"So, about your story that we're trapped in. You finished it, right?"

"Hey, Laurissa's here with Jaci and Tara! God, they look spooked."

Terri eyed her skeptically. "Hang on," she said, looking past Tanya and her other friends. "Why aren't those guys moving?" Outside the guys they normally hung out with were completely still. Matt was even tripping, but not moving.

"Frozen in time," Tanya explained simply.

"What's going on?" Jaci asked with her usual whine.

"T?" Laurissa asked curiously. "What-?"

"X-nay on the ee-tay," Tanya said insistently, "but Tanya's not here, no."

"Did you know she has magical powers?" Terri asked.

"Yeah right!"

"No way!"

"Yeah," Laurissa admitted. "So?"

The three stared at her in amazement as Tanya smiled inward. "I have two minutes to explain everything. Okay, I'm getting you guys to go up against Fadam, Grant, Rajala and Sexton but I don't know which one's Merlin. God damn him and his body switching. They're all evil sorcerers out for my blood. I gave all of you the powers of your counterparts in my story. Jaci, stop whining, in my story you can fight. Now, I'm gonna try and break us out of here."

Tanya charged her finger and attempted to cut through the clear blue walls. As her finger penetrated the surface of it, a shockwave spread through her, causing her to writhe away in pain. Some how she managed to stay on her feet. As her head cleared, she could hear the worried voices of her friends.

"He did his homework," Tanya commented. "Magic-proof cage this time. Man that packs quite a. . . ugh."

Terri moved quickly to steady her. "You gonna be okay?" she asked worriedly.

Before anyone knew what was going on, Tanya and Terri began to sink through the portable floor. Jaci began to panic slightly and looked on the verge of crying. The pair disappeared completely for a moment before coming up in front of them.

"Don't look so shocked," Tanya said. "She told you I have magic. Now-"

"Now you die." The group of them turned to see the doorway, now filled with their teachers in long wizard robes.

"Yeah, I think not," Tanya said calmly. "Meet my friends, who will see to your downfall, no prob."

"Them?" Mr. Sexton asked skeptically. "Ha! This should be fun."

"For us, anyway. Let's take this outside." Instantly, they fond themselves in the middle of Shield's field. Though the girls seemed utterly disturbed by the sudden relocation, the sorcerers and Tanya remained perfectly calm.

"Tanya I'm not so sure about this. . ." Tara said shakily.

"You'll be fine," Tanya reassured her. "Oh, and this is not a dream!" She shocked each of them in turn to make sure they knew that she was not kidding. "Okay, Tara, Wissa, here are your necklaces." After a strange gesture with her hands a necklace appeared around the two girl's necks.

"What are you going to do?" Terri asked.

"Hold the spells together," Tanya replied simply. "Wouldn't want Jaci to lose her nerve in the middle of a fight. You can fight!" she snapped suddenly at Jaci.

A bombardment of random spells rained down and tossed them ten meters away from their friends. Laurissa and Tara were faced with and backing away from their respective socials teachers, Mr. Fadam and Mr. Rajala. Terri held her ground as Mr. Grant advanced and Jaci kneeled on the grass, too scared to move as Sexton came forth.

"You had better damn well be sure we can do this!" Terri called to Tanya.

Tanya now sat in the middle of the semicircle created with her legs crossed and a look of deep concentration on her face. She brought up her arms, crossing them across her torso without allowing them to touch anything but air. "Wissa, Jaci! Catch!"Tanya closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. "Slicartum!" she commanded and two weapons appeared beneath her arms and shot out.

A dagger raced past Laurissa's head. She grabbed the hilt as it past her ear and began using it immediately to block the boulder heading her way.

Jaci leaned back at the last possible moment before it nailed her in the arm. As her hand touched the hilt, she went through an amazing transformation. As she spun the broadsword to fit her grip, her eyes changed from tear-filled to those burning with a cold fire.

"What the hell did you do to her?!" Tara screamed as she dodged anther spell dealt out by Rajala.

Seeing that she and Tara were growing tired from dodging, Tanya decided they would need a brief tutorial. "Tara, you can fly, you can shoot fire from your hands and when you do both at the same time you turn into a phoenix!" Tara tested the powers and found them to be true. She excitedly began pelting Rajala with fire and flying out of the way when he retaliated.

Tanya threw a shield up around Terri to block the onslaught. "Terri, you're a freakin' dragon child! Turn into a dragon or something and cast a spell!" Within moments, Terri had taken the advice and was replaced by an obsidian black dragon. Withdrawing the shield, Tanya watched as Terri slowly got used to her new form and the powers that came with it.

Tanya's concentration was stretched to the brink. All she could do now was watch happily as her friends held their own and even got the better of the sorcerers. Tara had gotten the hang of the firebird form and Terri turned back into herself but retained the wings for better maneuverability. Tanya marveled at the similar fighting style Laurissa had to her bodyguard/assassin counterpart. Jaci had reverted back into a warrior of such skill she had never before seen.

As Tanya's eyes wandered across the epic battle raging, she saw a flash of pitch black magical energy. "Terri, be careful!" she called. "Merlin's in Grant!"

The fight continued on and neither side showed any give or take. The sorcerers were, however, growing visibly tired with each passing moment and got incredibly sloppy in their tactics. Ten minutes later, the four were completely at the mercy of their students.

Each took pleasure in throwing their respective teachers face down on the grass before Tanya. "What now?" Laurissa asked as she eyed the sorcerers suspiciously.

"We have a little Q and A while I decide whether to kill them or strip them of their powers," Tanya replied shakily. She was obviously growing weaker by the minute, regardless of how much she tried to act like nothing was wrong."You first."

The sorcerers clamored in an attempt to beg for mercy. Grant hissed at them and they fell silent. "It's pointless to ask for mercy from her," he raged. "She's the most powerful being on the planet now! I want to know how you can have so many spells going at once. Tell me!"

"Four of them were wishes so I get outside help for those. You should know that. I didn't realize the wish wouldn't kick in until they began using the magic or wielding a weapon. That's how I transformed you," she said, turning to her friends. "Tara became the girl who absorbed a fire spell with a flight pendant. Terri is now the last of her clan and has rediscovered her dragon heritage. Jaci became the great general of against Niteshade's last resistance. Laurissa, now Wissa the assassin and personal bodyguard to Niteshade herself. All I had to do was make sure no one would kill any one else, keep the time freeze going, and put enough magic energy to keep the wishes strong."

"What?!" Grant exclaimed. "Where's outside help?!"

"Nuh-uh," Tanya interrupted. "My turn now. Why didn't you go into Grant first? Or Rajala, for that matter?"

"It was all I could do not to kill you on the spot! I was nearly trapped in limbo for all eternity because of you. That waste pit wasn't much better, though."

"Why are they so quiet?" Sexton asked nervously. "During class she never shuts up."

"Because I'm making the spells part of them."

The four girls did a double take. "You WHAT?!" they exclaimed in unison.

"Oh, don't worry. You won't feel a thing and you'll only be able to use it when time freezes. Besides, it's just a little mark where your collar bones almost meet."

"Mark?" Tara asked skeptically.

"Yeah, you get a phoenix wing. Wissa, you get your pendant and a dagger. Jaci, a broad sword and Terri, the dragon's crest of tooth, claw and dragon's breath. Besides, it only shows when time doesn't exist and only activates when you touch it and wish for it again."

"How can you be so calm about this?" Terri asked.

Tanya was now breathing heavily. Slowly, she lifted her hand to display that it and her arm was now composed of intricately woven twigs and a few leaves. "It's not as hard as you might think," she panted.

"Okay, we gotta get Tanya here now!" Laurissa demanded.
"But that is Tanners!" Jaci whined. "What's happening to you?!"

"The truth is," Laurissa began, "the real Tanya is in another dimension and this is her double she made from a plant so no one would miss her. Don't get me wrong, T may be a plant but she's a sorceress in her own right."

"Damn straight. And we ain't telling Tanya nothing!"

"I hate to interrupt this," Merlin began, "but I must take my revenge now." Their attention swerved back to the sorcerers. Grant was standing amidst the bodies of his former companions. "Oh, don't worry," he assured the girls when he saw the look on their faces. "They're still alive, just magicless and doomed to live a life of normality."

Grant smiled cruelly. "Now I have enough power to take on those elemental kids of your's."

A fury leapt into Tanya's tired eyes. She jumped towards him to attack, but was caught at the throat. She choked and struggled to breathe as his grip held fast. Endless moments past as Tanya slowly gave up. No one moved, petrified by the scene.

Out of nowhere there came a brilliant blinding flash of magic and all went dark.

It was the last ten minutes of the last and longest class of the day, French. Again. Terri felt as though she were having a serious deja vu experience. She looked at Tanya who was resting her head on the desk.

"Tanya, did I just imagine that whole thing?" she asked.

Tanya turned her head to look at her and lifted it wearily. "Forget about it," she said. By the time the bell rang ten minutes later, she had done just that.