Days leading to Disaster - Part 1

The rest of the school week goes by pretty casually for me, however Miyazawa seemed to be getting the cold shoulder from the rest of the class. When I wasn't spending my time in other world I would give her my attention and occasionally help her with our studies, but now that I think about it I may have only made things worse for her what with my bad reputation amongst my peers extending to her as well.

Things weren't going much better in the other world as things were getting a little more hectic than usual, not to mention my partner Kiru constantly hounding me for attention and begging for me to travel the world with her. Honestly if I didn't have ties to this world I'd probably take her up on it but as things stand for now, my focus is graduating and getting into and through college (even though I feel like I already did so years ago).

After a 50 day adventure over the weekend I return to school to find that I've inadvertently trapped myself inside the school building itself. Running through the hallway to the exit the doors barely budge as I try to push my way out to no avail. Seeing the stars and moon in the sky through the glass i realise its still:

"THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT!"

My voice echoes through the hallways and I can't help but facepalm at my own stupidity, taking out my phone I check to see that its some time past 2am. 'I came back way to early, gotta pay better attention next time', admittedly its easy to lose track of time whenever I get pulled over. I take an unsteady step away from the entrance and nearly stumble as my body feels completely exhausted from the transition.

My best and only real option now is to find a bed to sleep in, the only place I can find one of those is the nurse's office. Even though I reach for the door I can't bring myself to open it lest I trigger the wrath of the witch residing within, taking hold of the handle I slide the door open as quietly as I can and sneak inside.

Constantly scanning the room and checking the beds I catch sight of the nurse herself sleeping on the bed closest to her desk, despite my eagerness to avoid a confrontation with her I can't help but stare at the sleeping woman. Looking down at her beautiful sleeping face it's hard for me to believe that we once tried to kill each other or the fact that this woman is over 300 years old.

My eyes drift towards her large heaving chest and I can't help but wonder if her body formed this way naturally or if she adjusted herself to look the way she does, after several moments I realise I'm staring so with a head shake I snap myself out of it and make my way to one of the other beds, carefully pulling the curtain I climb under the sheets of the bed I lay my head onto the pillow and before I know it I fade into a deep sleep.

'wake up, wake up. Wake Up!' Through sheer reluctance I struggle to open my eyes to see a pair of golden eyes staring into mine. Any remaining sleepiness I had vanishes at the sight of the woman crouched beside my bed staring at me like a beast ready to devour her prey.

"Good morning, were you having a nice dream?"

Her tone is so gentle and caring it only serves to unsettle me more because the woman in front of me has never behaved in this fashion even with the other students of the school, less so with me considering I'm the reason her life was turned around and she ended up both a school nurse and permanent resident of the school itself.

"Good morning Vestra, no dreams but I am currently looking at a living nightmare."

"Aw, its so sweet of you to think of me that way, but in all seriousness. What are you doing in my office?"

Her tone has shifted back to her casual disinterested one which seems to relax me more than her supposedly friendlier tone did, I get out of the bed while she grabs the seat by her desk. I take a look at my phone and note the battery's low charge and the time on it displaying 7:39, seems all I managed to get in the way of rest was a nap so I'll have to prioritize staying here and getting some proper rest at home today, but first I had to get though the day.

"You know you can stay and get some more rest, its obvious you're in need of it right now."

I look to Vestra who seems unusually comfortable sitting in her office chair that both screams about and really shows off her sex appeal, wearing large white doctors coat over a grey cable knit sweater that really accentuates her chest, her legs cover by a pair of dark jeans that hug tightly onto her slim but curvy figure all the way down to the white flat shoes hiding her feet. Combined with the red nail polish on her fingers and her wavy dark chestnut hair reaching just below her shoulders, with her looks alone she demands the attention and fantasies of all the boys in the school and with her often harsh demeanor towards everyone she portrays herself as a woman to be served and obeyed.

"While I appreciate the offer, I'm not sure if it would be safe for me to do so this close to morning classes, or with you still in the room."

"Why, worried I'll invade your dreams, Steal your soul, Your first kiss maybe?"

"Well, you don't have the power here that you had in other world so its likely impossible for you to steal soul or invade dreams like a succubus. Not in a mental state to care about a first kiss considering I've already had one. So my main concern for you would have to be the pull into the Other World, given enough time I'm guessing all you'd figure out a way of latching onto me and hitching a ride back there."

'While I know I'm poking the beast here I can't let myself relax around her just yet. Its only been a couple decades and she's still well known in Other World and everyone believes that I'm the one that killed her, if she did somehow make it back there's no guarantee she wont go back to her vicious and destructive ways again and I'd lose all credibility.'

"Come on, don't you think I've changed by now. Since you brought me here I've been devoted to helping you and your fellow students, doesn't that count for something?"

"A few months in another world doesn't excuse centuries of murder and theft. No one changes that fast and while I believe and hope you are capable of doing good things and changing your ways, I cannot trust that if you made it back you wouldn't go back to being the monster you were and I'd have no choice but to kill you. And believe me when I say this, I don't want to do that."

"But you already did that, when you pulled me into Your World, all of my magic powers and enchantments were destroyed. My life extensions are gone, even I don't know how long I've got to live in this world but I don't expect it to be anywhere near what I had before."

"You're a 300 year old in with the body of someone in their mid 20's, even if you did age a little faster you'd still have another 60+ years ahead of you."

Having spent enough time in the nurse's office and said my piece to Vestra, I wish her a good day and tell her goodbye, then with our discussion still swirling through my head I walk upstairs towards the classroom to prepare for homeroom and maybe rest my eyes a little longer in there before the first bell. To my dismay, I didn't get that chance.