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Taylor's tail swished back in forth slowly and monotonously, a reflection of her current state of deep concentration. Between her two paws was a light magenta Rune Stone, which was hovering, as a small breeze gently swirled around the Vixen right where she sat at her desk. Currently, she was in her Remedial Energy Manipulation class, with Jeremy excitedly whispering words of encouragement to her. She had moved on from the simple studying of the runes on the stones themselves, and had moved on something Magi Bloome referred to as Energy Manipulation Stabilization.

Taylor's purpose for keeping the Wind Rune Stone hovering between her two paws was an exercise in learning to maintain control over a continuous source of energy via intense concentration. Her assignment today was to keep the stone and the slight swirling breeze going for a full three minutes without break, something Taylor had learned was a bit more difficult than what she was initially expecting. If a stray thought proved to be distracting enough, the stone would wobble, and the swirling breeze would either increase or decrease in intensity.

"Just thirty more seconds Taylor!" Jeremy coached excitedly while looking between her and his watch. The sudden exclamation almost broke Taylor's concentration, as was evidence by both the sudden wobble of the stone, and the brief gust that scattered a few papers from nearby desks. Taylor's brow furrowed as she tried to clear her mind and focus on the Rune. The stone stopped wobbling, and the breeze became more mild.

"And that's three minutes!" Jeremy said, smiling wide as Taylor stopped focusing and caught the stone just as it started to fall, setting it down next to her other stones. Taylor felt a little tired, as though she had just been jogging, but otherwise was completely elated.

I can use magic! She thought, her tail wagging.

"You did it Taylor!" Jeremy said, the wings folded into his backpack were squirming around even more than usual.

"Very good, Miss Nicolo." Mr. Bloome praised. "You're almost caught up! Now, for the rest of the class, I just want you to take it easy, and simply study the runes once more. And for homework tonight, I want you to practice with another three runes just like this one, to really familiarize yourself with the different energies. But the fire one I would recommend you wait until some proper supervision before attempting." Taylor nodded and leaned back a bit in her chair. Taylor looked over to Jeremy, and thanked him for coaching her.

"Uh...N-N-No problem Taylor." Jeremy said, blushing. His blush reddened even more beneath his brown fur as Taylor couldn't keep from giggling.

"Mr. Myotis," Jeremy snapped to attention as he was addressed by Mr. Bloome, "how has your practice involving your Controlled Energy Fluctuations been coming along?"

"O-Oh...uh...f-fine Mr. Bloome."

"Care to show me?"

"U-Uh y-yes sir!" The bat boy stammered as he reached around and rooted around his backpack for his satchel of Rune Stones. As this was going on, Taylor was looking at each of her own Rune Stones and concentrating on each Rune, associating each symbol with the energy she had learned to sense, which was lightly emanating from each one. The rest of the class passed by uneventfully, and Taylor was soon off to her next class, with Jeremy accompanying her once again.

"I can't make any sense of these changing class schedules." Taylor said as Jeremy politely held the door to Enchanting 101. Since she first started the semester, she had yet to be assigned to this class, until today. Shaun had explained to her that some classes only became available based on progression in other classes, when she had received her newest schedule that morning at the breakfast table.

"It takes a little getting used too." Jeremy admitted, barely containing his enthusiasm at getting to share another class with the vixen. Taylor blushed a little when Jeremy took a seat right next to her, yet again. "But each schedule is based off on each individual student's assessment tests, so the general census is that the Magi and the Guru Kepala know what they're doing."

"That makes sense, I guess." Taylor said as she nodded slightly, as the rest of the students filed in. The bell rang, and the Magi, a tall and well-muscled panther in a grey suit and tie, entered. He had a slight smirk on his muzzle, his bright amber eyes twinkling a little in the light. Taylor saw the plaque on his desk and read Magi DeLoge.

"Alright class," His voice was deep and slightly gravely, "I can already see that everyone's here, including our newest addition, so let's skip the roll call and hit the ground running." Taylor looked around and was puzzled to see so many empty desks. After counting herself, there were only seven other students in the class.

"For the more advanced and intricate classes, they like to lessen the student to teacher ratio." Jeremy said softly, having naturally noticed Taylor's confusion while he stole glances at her.

"How hard is this class?" Taylor asked, now starting to feel a little worried.

"Only a little more so than, say, Alchemy." A deep voice directly in front of Taylor and Jeremy said, startling the two. They both looked up to see Magi DeLoge smiling mischievously down at the two of them. With him this close, Taylor realized just how imposing a figure the Magi posed. In addition to his stunning height, his build was best described as massive. Beneath his suit, Taylor could easily make out his muscles, and blushed while looking down.

"You must be Taylor." The vixen continued to blush as she silently nodded. "I've heard good things from Magi Bloome." He said, giving the two a wink, and heading back to the marker board.

"Now, today is going to be a review day." DeLoge said as he drew a diagram on the board, of what appeared to be a rough drawing of a sword, with several small algebraic equations connected to lines pointing to different parts of the sword.

"Now, Miss Nicolo," Taylor blushed a little, "while the mathematical formulae can make enchanting seem daunting, it's actually quite a simple concept once you learn the basics. Now, firstly, enchanting is the process by which non-magical objects can have magical attributes incorporated into it." Taylor nodded as she pulled out her notebook and started copying down everything on the board.

"This can actually be accomplished a number of ways. However, since this is just an introductory course, we will be focusing on the simplest method, known as the Krashcelov method." The Magi wrote the word on the board, followed by the definition, which he also spoke out loud.

"The Krashcelov method of enchanting involves a special mystical board known as a Chaos Board. A Chaos Board serves as a sort of focal point for many different mystical energies. It's what enchanting novices use to enchant items. Granted, an enchanted item made with a Chaos Board will not be anywhere as powerful, nor as effective as ones crafted from the other two methods, but it will be guaranteed to be the most stable."

"Now, this is what a Chaos Board looks like." Magi DeLoge said, waving a paw over a section of the marker board, which shimmered and changed in color, showing what appeared to be a picture, like a photo. On it was a color picture of an octagonal shaped dark brown board. On it were some carved white intricate spiral patterns that together looked similar to the netting design of a dreamcatcher. At each corner of the board was a crystal, each one a different size, all ending in sharp-looking points. At the very dead center of the board was a circle, that appeared to have a sapphire in it.

"Later on in the semester, you are each going to use one to perform a basic enchantment. But that's later." Magi DeLoge waved his paw again, and the image disappeared, becoming a regular marker board face again.

"For now, our focus shall be on formulaic theorem of the different types of enchantments. On the board here is a diagram of a sword with six different enchantments on it. For your review today, I want you to determine what each enchantment is, how it affects the section of the sword that it is indicated on, and how they are affected by the other enchantments."

Taylor's head was swimming a little, before the Magi came and sat down next to her.

"Now Taylor, since you are still playing catch up to the rest of the class, instead, you and I are going to be going over some rather more basic equations, to get you more familiar with mathematical equivalents of the enchantments themselves." The Magi said softly as he strode up to Taylor, while the rest of the class was furiously scribbling away in their notebooks. The large panther smiled down at Taylor reassuringly, before going back to his desk and wheeling his chair over, to sit across from Taylor at her desk. The vixen couldn't help but stare at his muscular arms, and what she now realized were his pectorals, instead choosing to stare down at her notebook, her face heating up.

"Alright then Taylor. First and foremost, you should know that there are literally thousands of officially recognized categories and sub-categories for the different branches of magic. However, there is always a root to each and every one of them that can link them all together. From there, you have what are known as the Pollesti, which is just basically a name for another way to categorize the different energies. Now the reason that we don't simply use the Pollesti instead of the thousands of categories and sub-categories, is because magic is more...fluid than the equations and formulae would suggest."

While at first, Taylor seemed utterly lost on the subject, the ore the Magi gently walked her through a few equations, it started to make a bit more sense. She clearly was not yet ready for assignments like the one on the board, but by the end of the class, it no longer seemed as daunting to her before. The other students had signed and placed their finished assignments on the Magi's desk, before rushing out to lunch. Taylor and Jeremy were the exception to this, as they made their way to the cafeteria at their own pace.

"You know...Taylor..." Jeremy said, looking away to rub the back of his neck, before continuing, "i-if you wanted to...y'know...spend some time a-after school...uhm...studying...I w-wouldn't mind...uh...helping you to study..." Jeremy said, blushing. Taylor smiled at him.

"I would like that. But I think that I'm going to have to ask my...uhm...guardians first." She replied, giggling a little at how Jeremy's face broke out into an excited grin.

"You mean it?!"

"Sure." Taylor said, noticing Jeremy's backpack squirming more now than at any other time. Before they reached the double doors of the cafeteria, a very familiar mouse, lioness and silver fox trio came from around a corner, essentially barring their way.

"You never gave us your answer before our last match Taylor. That's not a good start." Jenna Silverbright says icily.

Taylor frowned, and bit back a natural growl as she felt the fur on her neck all the way down to her tail puff up a little.

"Sorry about that. It, and you, just slipped my mind entirely." Taylor said with a smirk. She noticed that the other vixen's hackles were now slightly raised.

"I see. Well, that's very unfortunate Taylor." She turned on her heel and stormed off, with her two sidekicks flanking her.

"Oh wow." Taylor turned to see Jeremy staring at her with a look of awe in his eyes. "No one I know has ever just brushed Jenna off like that!" He practically exclaimed.

"I've dealt with the likes of her before." Taylor said, thinking back to her old world, and her old life. Taylor had always been quick to stand up to any and all bullies, letting them know that they would have to look elsewhere for someone to just roll over for them. Taylor was brought out of her reflection as she got into the lunch line, selecting a tray with a plate of nachos. Jeremy had grabbed a tray with a burger and fries on it. The two made their way to the table their friends were currently sitting, choosing to take up the empty spot next to Lily.

The meal was largely uneventful, and soon Taylor was making her way to the locker room. For the most part, her experience with Gym class was pretty standard, aside from her near constant blush around the other undressing females. By now, while still feeling a little like a pervert, Taylor felt a little more comfortable changing, granted, after the locker room was mostly cleared out.

After slipping her uniform skirt off along with her blouse, Taylor reached into her locker to grab her uniform grey gym shirt and deep blue gym shorts, when she felt a sudden pain on her rear, accompanying a loud CLAP sound. She whirled around, her paws shooting to her pink panty-clad rear, and saw the three girls from earlier. There was Jenna in the center, holding what appeared to be foot-long wooden paddle.

"Hey there Taylor." Jenna said with a poisonous grin on her muzzle, "It would seem that you're in desperate need to learn some respect. Don't worry, we'll be more than happy to teach you."

Before Taylor could respond, the mouse girl rushed forward and clamped her paws down on Taylor's muzzle, while the lioness pinned Taylor's arms behind her back and held her down on a nearby locker room bench. Taylor tried to scream and kick her legs, but all for naught. She then looked back in time to see Jenna grab her tal and move it out of the way, before raising the paddle again, which only now she noticed had a series of glowing symbols on it.

Taylor's head was pulled forward so that she couldn't see. Then the first smack came. There was another resounding CRACK as the paddle came down on her rear. Then another, and another, and yet another. Each spank felt more painful and humiliating than the last one, and by the time the count in her head had reached thirty, she was on the verge of tears. After one more good smack, Taylor was let up.

"Silence!" Jenna commanded just as Taylor opened her mouth to call out for help, but found her jaw automatically clamping shut of its own accord.

"Stand perfectly still." Jenna said, and Taylor's body complied, while in her mind she was screaming out.

"Well now see, there we go." Jenna said with a smile to her two companions, who snickered. "A little discipline, and maybe a special little enchantment, is all that's needed to get someone to fall into line." Jenna then turned back to Taylor and sneered.

"This could have been so much easier for you. Oh well. Since you've gone and missed the deadline for joining my team, I'll just have to settle for enjoying making you do whatever I tell you to from here on out." The silver fox approached menacingly and held Taylor's gaze.

"What I just disciplined you with was my personal Resolof bat, which I took the liberty of...modifying. Basically, you're now going to find not obeying whatever I tell you to do to be quite...impossible. Now, you are not to speak of this to anyone, ever, understand?" Taylor nodded obediently, despite internally struggling.

"Good girl. Now, in about a week, there's going to be some cheerleader tryouts. Since you can no longer be on the team, you are then going to have the privilege of cheering us on instead!" Once more, Taylor found herself nodding.

"Wonderful! Look how obedient she is!" Jenna said to her giggling friends, before they took their leave. A tear rolled down Taylor's cheek as she started to dress for gym like normal, intent on telling the Magi, until she felt her jaw lock up simply at the thought of doing so, her tail tucking itself between her legs.

Mind control?! There's gotta be a way around this! Taylor thought as she dressed.

"Oh my gods! Tay-Tay!" Taylor froze as she slowly turned to see the worried expression of Lily, before the wolf threw her arms around the vixen and hugged her closely. "I can't believe that someone would do that to my baby sister!" Lily snarled angrily.

"I don't know what you're talking about Lily." The words just calmly fell out of Taylor's mouth as she shed another tear.

"I'm so sorry that that happened, and that I let it happen." Lily said, now on the verge of tears herself.

Why did she let that happen?! Taylor thought, starting to feel angry with the wolf.

"You're probably wondering how I could let that happen to you...I swear I had no idea what those three were up to! I saw them enter, and I was planning on playing a little joke on them. But while I was...getting some things ready...they had already cursed you...and...I..." Lily broke down in tears.

"I'm so sorry Tay-Tay!" Lily said, sobbing now, hugging Taylor closer. Taylor was furious...however, she whimpered a little, and hugged Lily back.

"C'mon!" The wolf said, pulling Taylor by the paw, out of the locker room. "They won't be expecting me to drag you straight to a Magi about this!" Taylor said nothing as her body tried to rebel, again of its own accord, but Lily wasn't letting up, and dragged Taylor straight to the front office.

"Miss Spring? Why are you pulling Miss Nicolo behind you?" Magus Sally said, standing up from her desk.

"We need to see the Guru Kepala immediately! Taylor's been cursed!" Lily exclaimed, near frantically. Magus Sally narrowed her eyes at the wolf girl.

"Lily Spring, what have you done now?"

"Wha?! It wasn't me!"

Magus Sally crossed her arms and tapped her left foot.

"I swear!"

Oh geeze Lily. Taylor thought as she rolled her eyes, while the rest of her body continued to struggle with attempting to get away.

And there we have it everyone! I certainly hope that you enjoyed this chapter! As always, feel free to leave me a review!