Chapter 4: Fooood fight!!!

Griffin and Daire headed to the office on the second floor. There were hundreds of students flowing in and out. They shuffled through the crowd which sounded as if they were in a stadium. They noticed a woman with stubby horns in a panic giving out forms and managing the office itself.

"The first day is always the worst! First years get your subject forms and timetables on the right. Other issues come to the right. Wait no, my right… so left," she exclaimed.

"That must be Ms Tarlia," Daire pointed out. They both moved forward. Daire through the mess of people grabbed 2 sets of documents for Griffin as well. "Let's go to the cafeteria, it should be at the end of both wings of the floor," Daire spoke.

Griffin was staring at the woman working the desk. "What is she?" Griffin asked mainly looking at her legs confused. "Satyr, now let's go before the papers get crumpled in the crowd," Daire replied. They both shuffled through the crowd to the cafeteria.

On their way, Daire handed Griffin the subject applications, an empty timetable and a paper that listed off the locations of classes and areas, and the names of teachers. "Thanks," said Griffin as Daire nodded.

They both looked at the available subjects for their 1st years and their times, as they headed into the cafeteria. Daire led Griffin to the lunch lady who was serving bloodfruit.

"What is this?" asked Griffin. "Oh sorry, it's bloodfruit. You'd probably eat what the witches eat," Daire replied. He sniffed out where the witches were and "there," he pointed.

They headed to the witch food area where Griffin grabbed chicken sandwiches. They both headed to an empty table and sat down to fill up their forms.

Heston was sitting across the room with a group of vampires eating bloodfruit. He wasn't talking to anybody nor did he even make eye contact. He sat there for the sake of sitting there.

Callidora had just entered the cafeteria. She picked up a tray and grabbed a couple of chicken sandwiches and some bloodfruit. She held the tray looking at a posse of vampiresses all sitting at a table. There was an empty seat which she could take. "Okay Cali, just sit down and socialize. They wouldn't remember me anyway," she took in a deep breath.

Just as this was happening 4 wolves rocked up behind Griffin and Daire who were planning their timetables. "What is that anyway?" Griffin pointed at Daire's bloodfruit.

"Whenever the isles were created these magical fruits were already producing fruit so that creatures that consume humans or human blood could survive," Daire replied. "That would explain why a vampire hasn't sunken his teeth in me yet," said Griffin as he sheepishly looked around.

"That and they don't want their lives to be cursed by the Council of the Dead probably-" before Daire could finish his sentence a werewolf sat tightly to the left of him squeezing him into Griffin.

Another werewolf sat beside Griffin squeezing him in as well. Two wolves sat directly in front of them; it was the alpha, Vince and other senior betas. The wolf next to Daire grabbed the bloodfruit off Daire's hands and took a big bite.

"Why didn't you come for the pack meeting? Don't tell me you didn't hear the howl like the langnum," Vince interrogated. Heston caught the conversation with his hearing.

Griffin and Daire scanned the room to see there were no other wolves. "What howl?" Griffin asked. "I heard it faintly when we were in the crowd near the office. I'm so sorry! I forgot!" Daire replied lips quivering.

Vince grabbed Daire's wrist held it forcefully and said, "Then you better stop messing about with the langnum and focus on your pack!" He continued tightly gripping his wrist as he talked. Daire gritted his teeth tight until he let out a slight "Ow!" Griffin held Vince by the wrist and tried to push it away saying, "Stop! You're hurting him!"

Vince flipped off Griffin's hand and got up. "Don't touch me langnum!" he said. "What are you talking about? I'm human!" Griffin replied. All the wolves got up and went behind the both of them. Griffin and Daire got up and turned around in fear of what might happen.

Vince glared at Griffin and flicked him in the forehead. "Listen langnum, you stay away from my pack got it?" They had the entire cafeteria's attention to a point where one of the lunch ladies left her station and walked out of the cafeteria.

Something clicked in Heston as he saw this; something about his past. Before anyone could see he used his speed to throw a bloodless bloodfruit at Vince's face from across the room. "SPLAT!" the grey slob dripped down his cheek.

"Who threw that!?" Vince yelled across the room. Heston acted like nothing happened but his adrenaline levels were pumped. All the wolves sniffed and edged closer to the group of vampires Heston was in. One of the beta wolves pointed out Heston's heartbeat and his still red lips from the bloodfruit, "It's him!"

Vince approached him and grabbed him by the collar, carrying him up. "I can smell the scent of guilt on you…" "Oh great, you wolves can smell my new cologne. I think it was from Guilt Trip magazines," Heston replied.

"Funny guy, eh? That's going to cost you…" Vince replied while pulling his fist back as his eyes turned red. Griffin looked around his table and grabbed two bloodfruit from Daire's tray. He threw them towards Vince. The fruit flew in between Vince and Heston hitting a witch in the face who was sitting on the other side.

Daire and Griffin wide eyed, "Why did you do that?" Daire asked. "I was aiming for the alpha," they both stood discomforted. The witch grabbed the fruit off her face and as well as her food and threw it across the room which Griffin and Daire both dodged as well as Callidora.

She glanced over after bending back, almost dropping her own food. The projectile hit a vampire on the other side of the room. "Well," Heston said grinning.

Vince punched Heston in the face hitting him to the ground but another food projectile flew across the room hitting Vince. "Ow!" Heston yelled covering his left eye. Vince turned around, eyes red and teeth exposed.

It continued into chaos as food started flying all over the cafeteria. Almost every student throwing consumables, it degraded into a full-fledged food fight. "You wolves think you're so strong, fight me when it's a new moon you dogs! I'll throw you out the windows!" Heston exclaimed still on the floor with both eyes closed and covering his left eye.

"What do we do!?" Griffin asked Daire as they both ducked when food flew at them. "Hide!" Daire yelled and jumped under the table. Griffin shook his head and blinked a few times and said, "Good idea!" before jumping down and joining Daire.

The witch who got hit first took the food next to her and threw it too. "Tessa! That's MINE!" her sister shouted. "Sorry Vara!" Tessa replied. "You're always sorry! Why don't you not do it in the first place!?" Vara exclaimed. "Plus, we have spells!" Vara continued.

"We aren't that advanced Vara! Plus we can't just use random spells without a teacher's supervision!" Tessa argued. "Globus Igneus," Vara, eyes glazed over, glaring at Tessa, scattered balls of fire through the room. "VARA!" Tessa yelled grabbing her hand. They both started arguing, paying little mind what was happening around them.

One of the fire balls caught onto Callidora's blouse. Her shoulder started catching on fire, "Not again!" and she started beating the fire out with her hand. Everyone was scattered around the room until Vince heard footsteps coming for the cafeteria; familiar ones that normally meant discipline.

Vince howled which sounded like a roar to anybody who was not a werewolf. The wolves all ran through the right exit seeing the footsteps were coming from the left.

Soon enough, all the students caught on and ran out the front and right exits, escaping the scene. Heston got up and opened his eyes to reveal a black eye. He noticed that almost everyone was missing. Heston ran for the left entrance and stopped immediately as he saw a figure standing in front of him.

Mrs Blaidd with the lunch lady was standing there; with her arms crossed looking at Heston. She surveyed the area to see Callidora's slow healing burnt shoulder, Tessa and Vara still at each other's throats, Daire and Griffin coming out of the tables, stumbling to get out and a mess of food for the ages. "Umm… It's not what it looks like…?"