The Hidden Princess At All-Boys Alpha Academy

The rest of us burst into laughter as Jesse skitters like a wet cat, panting as he looks down at himself, soaked to the skin with freezing water.

"Anyone else?" Cora asks, grinning around at the group of us. We all just keep laughing, shaking our heads no, I think all kind of thrilled at the change in professors. I mean, I know that Cora and mom don't know much about the practical theory of magic - at least, as far as I know - but we do know that they care and will try their best.

"I will have my revenge on you, mother," Jesse snaps, flicking water at her with his fingers as he strides away towards the bathroom, his boots squelching ridiculously as he goes, sending the rest of us again into another collective fit of laughter. "I have shadow magic now!" Jesse calls over his shoulder. "I'll...do something with that!"

"Can't wait to see what you've got, baby," Cora calls to him, dry, as she waves over her shoulder.

Rafe sighs and heads over to Jesse's chest of drawers, clearly planning to get him a dry uniform to change into. "We're all having a very nice lunch and all," he says, dry. "But could we please try to come up with a plan? Ariel was seriously attacked by a dark god this morning," he reminds us, his voice a little frustrated. "We need to...think about what it means that he was here, this whole time, apparently lurking and learning about what the five of us can do."

We all turn back to each other then, properly chastised as Rafe carries the clean uniform to the bathroom and raps on the door, trading the clothing to Jesse for a towel with which to sop up the water on the arm chair. But to his surprise - to all of ours, really - Cora just flicks her hand and evaporates the water on the chair into another little rain cloud and then sends it whipping towards the window.

open that, Rafe?" Cora asks,

opening it and letting the little cloud zoom out. "I didn't know you could do that," he murmurs, watching the

Jesse comes back out of the bathroom, changed but with bare feet. She looks around at the rest of us

every detail of what happened this

down into his lap more frustrated than the rest of us. sigh, looking at my brother, hoping his frustration at being the only one who hasn't developed his gift yet isn't eating away at him too much. Mont puts aencouraging hand on his knee but otherwise ignores him, I think realizing that to

so cute," my mom says, beaming around at all of us and shaking her head. "And so powerful and

Jesse says, comfortable again and lounging across his chair with one leg over the arm like he usually does. "It's

Plus, you all really are so cute." She clasps her hands beneath her chin

creeped out," Jesse says, pointing at Tony. "So is