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The Village of Lovelock

DISCLAIMER;; the two characters below are mine. The storyworld is not. @luyciel is the creator of the world and the other characters in this short. ty for ur time

Jaxel "Jax" Valkyre

An 11 year old Enchant with pale skin, blond hair and piercing blue eyes

Lives in the Lovelock orphanage with his sister, Selah

His parents mysteriously disappeared at the age of 7; he managed to keep himself and Selah alive for a few months until the orphanage found them

He enjoys pranking people

Selah Valkyre

A 7 year old Enchant with pale skin, blonde hair and vibrant blue eyes

Lives in the Lovelock orphanage with her brother, Jaxel

She was 3 when she went to the orphanage and doesn't remember much about life before

She is still learning how to use magic, and sometimes gets herself into trouble. Jax is helping train her. Her current obsession is learning how to walk in people's dreams

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squaaaaack. The sound of a crow blaring into the window awoke Jax from his slumber. Draco was usually Jax's alarm clock, but this squack was different. This was the squack of news. Jax held out his arm, and Draco flew to it. With a stare around the room, Jax made sure all of the others boys were still asleep before getting up, and making his way outside to hear what Draco had to say.

"All right, what is it?" he asked the bird, who in response began to recall the news that had been shared around by the other crows throughout the night. New queen, new queen! Jax's brow furrowed slightly, confused by the news. "Why does a new queen matter to us, Draco?" Draco only moved closer. Bastard child, bastard child! And that's when it hit him. This new queen would change everything for his friend, Elara. Elara was the bastard child of the King, and she lived with her mother in town. This new queen might make it very difficult for Elara to ever visit her father in the castle. How was she dealing with this? Did she know? "Go wake Selah," he ordered the bird. Draco took off towards the girls room.

Thinking quickly, Jax ran back upstairs, changing quickly and grabbing anything he needed for the day's events. He truly wasn't sure if he'd be going to school, or skipping the day. Once he was changed he walked to the common room, meeting Selah there with Draco on her shoulder. "Good, you're ready to go. We're on our way to Elara's. I'll explain on the way."

Selah looked up at Jax, confused. "But we have school today."

Jax shook his head. "School isn't as important as friends. Like I said, I'll explain on the way." He held out his arm for Draco again, who happily hopped over. "Draco, fly ahead to Elara's. She'll know we'll be there soon if she sees you." With a glimmer in his eyes, Draco took off towards Elara's.

"Keep up," Jax said sternly to Selah, setting a fast pace towards their friend's place.

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Upon entering Elara's house, Draco appeared once more and landed on his shoulder. Before he entered Elara's room, he heard another voice in there, and decided to pause, listening in...

"Klauss, get out of here. Seriously." Oh, it was Klauss... the Mayor's boy.

"Oh come on, just checking up on a friend. I know, you're a daddy's girl, so you must be so devastated," Jax decided that he had heard enough after Klauss made that comment.

Jax walked through the door with Draco back on his shoulder. "Giver her a break," he stated, not even casting a glance at the other boy. "You and I practically grew up without real parents. She's essentially losing one right before her eyes. It's different for her," Jax didn't really know Klauss that well yet, but he knew of him. He knew that he was being raised by the mayor, but that's about it. They hadn't really gotten much of a chance to talk, which was strange given that they were the same age.

Selah walked in behind her brother, her eyes starting to tear up as she learned what was happening. Without even thinking about it, she ran up to Elara and gave her the biggest hug she could. "We'll always be here for you!"

Jax sighed at Selah's antics. "Selah, I'm not sure that's what she needs right now. We came to check up on her, not to embarrass her or upset her any more than she probably already is."

Selah still didn't let go. "I'm just giving her a hug! There's nothing wrong with that!"

Jax just rolled his eyes. His sister was only 7. She would learn someday.

"Truthfully you all should just go to school. It's fine, and I'm fine." Did Jax believe Elara's words? Not one bit. He was about to make a retort back, but out of the corner of his eye he saw Klauss pick up a piece of paper and start reading the words on it.

"What a shame that Daddy has picked his new wife over you. Welcome to the club of being abandoned by your parents." This angered Jax, and he took a step forward before he heard Elara speak again.

"Just go. Jax, I really appreciate you coming here. You too, Selah, but don't miss school because of me." Although he could tell her words were sincere, Jax could still see the glistening of unfallen tears in her eyes.

With a grunt of disgust, Jax ripped the paper out of Klauss's hands. "If you're not here to be supportive, you may as well get out," he growled. He threw the paper into the nearest trash bin. "As a child of abandonment we should be sticking together, not tearing each other down." He then leaned against one of the walls, staring back at Elara. "Where you go, I go," he decided. "And where I go, Selah goes. I'm not leaving you alone after finding out this news. So. Are we going to school, or are we ditching today? Your choice, princess," Despite everything, Jax still decided to use the word 'Princess'. Because that's what Elara would always be.

Selah tentative let go of Elara, staring into her eyes as she tried to wipe her own tears away. "Yeah! We won't leave you. Friendship is more important to me than school will ever be. I just want you to be okay." Selah felt sad that her friend had to go through this all by herself. She had grown up without knowing her parents. All she had was Jax. And the orphanage. But otherwise, she didn't know what it was like to have a parent, only to lose them.

After what seemed like a millennia, Elara finally spoke again. "Let's just go to school, I don't want them looking for us or you all getting in trouble because of me. Selah, wanna hold my hand while we walk to school?"

Before Selah could agree or disagree, Klauss raised his voice again to say, "You all have fun at school, I'm ditching." And just like that, he was gone. Good Riddance, Jax thought.

Selah watched after Klauss for a moment, then turned back to Elara. "Yes, please!" Selah loved walking with Elara. She felt safe walking by her side. She was probably the only other person aside from Jax that she trusted completely. Selah smiled up at Elara, and took her hand eagerly.

Jax frowned. "Are you sure you'll be okay to go to school?" he wondered, mumbling half to himself. He knew the kids at school would be less than kind once they heard the news. But then again, Jax always thought the worst of everyone. "As long as you're sure. But if that's the case, then we'd better go,"

Smiling at his sister seeming so happy next to Elara, Jax let out a sigh that he didn't know he was holding. "Alright. Let's head out then." He led the way out the door.

To Be Continued...

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daniidreamss · 2 years ago

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Monday, October 23, 2023

I couldn't sleep last night. I guess I just have too many thoughts ravaging around in my head. Some may say it's wedding stress, some may say it's life in general. But those people aren't me, and those people don't know what is really going on inside of my head.

It's like this...I have a bachelor's degree in Television and Digital Media. I absolutely loved working on television and film sets, and editing audio was my passion. The problem? I graduated in May of 2020. There...wasn't exactly going to be any companies hiring at that point in time. Not for lack of trying, though! I searched far and wide, high and low, even considered relocating across the country just to find a job in my dream career! But... it was no use. There was absolutely nothing. Anything that was hiring, wanted more years of experience that I just could not give them as a recent college graduate. It was hard, and I was devastated. So, I took a semester off to figure out some new plans.

One semester later, I decided to try for a new goal. I was very much inspired by all of the teachers during COVID-19, and I decided that I wanted to be like them. So... I enrolled in a Master's program, and started my journey towards a Master's in Education. I have a semester and a half left to go with that. However, I did get fully certified as of last May! My certification is in Social Studies, 7-12. I just need to finish a few more courses for the actual Master's Degree. I can still teach though! I applied for jobs all summer long. With the teaching shortage, finding a job should be easy, right?

Wrong. The amount of times I was turned down...felt like insanity. Every interview I went on asked new questions that caught me off guard that I just did not know how to answer. These school districts wanted more than just student teaching experience. But how am I supposed to get more experience, if no school district will hire me to get that experience? Application after application, interview after interview... Eventually, September came around, and I was still jobless.

It doesn't end there. I decided that I needed to make money. I mean, I have a wedding to help pay for, after all. I applied to be a substitute teacher at one of my local school districts. I was accepted there immediately, thank god. It's a decent gig, I mean, I can choose when I want to go in, when I don't want to go in, what classes I want to be in for, stuff like that. The problem? I have been a substitute for 2 months now, and I have only be in the Junior High School once. Every other school I have been in has been elementary schools, which I am not certified in whatsoever.

Okay Dani, so, why is this a problem? Well. I have been getting sick. Every other week. Because of these kids. I was not an Elementary Education Major, so I was not warned about that part of the profession. I just missed a whole week of work last week due to a double ear infection that I no doubt caught something from the kids that I've been with. Which means, I'm missing work anyway and not getting paid. Am I even working at all?

Along with that, I'm starting to second guess my choice of being a teacher in general. The teaching profession is only getting worse. Admin do not care at all about the lives of teachers or their mentality. They really only care about themselves. They let violent children in classrooms without a BHT. I once had a violent child throwing things at me, and nobody did anything to help. I just had to stand there and wait for him to calm down. I am not trained in that sort of thing. I should not have to deal with that. Nobody should.

Teachers constantly have to bring work home. Grading, lesson planning, writing emails to parents and responding to admin. Not only that, but they don't get told things until the last possible second. I may know that I'm supposed to be in a classroom a week in advance for a teacher to do extra training, but that teacher won't know until the night before, and have to scramble to put a lesson plan together for me, the sub, which 9 times out of 10 is incoherent and I just have to do my best. But I can't blame the teacher for that. They didn't have the time to properly write things out for me.

Also as a teacher, I will be spending more time with other people's children, then my own someday. It just does not seem fair in the slightest bit.

I love teaching, don't get me wrong. But I hate everything that comes with it.

So now I'm left here. What am I supposed to do now? I am 25 years old. I can't go into more debt to try to figure out a different career path. I do know that I love being creative. I love creating things. But I'm just not sure where that can get me. I can't just... become a content creator, or an author, or something like that. I feel like I have let a lot of people down because I am failing at a second career. Even just now, I checked my sub portal, and a job popped up...and the name of the teacher is actually one of my classmates who also just finished her certification. If she was able to land a position, why couldn't I? Why am I having so much trouble?

I apologize that this post was so long. I honestly just have so much on my mind that I needed to get out somewhere. If anyone has any thoughts, ideas, advice, anything at all, do not hesitate to comment or message me or, idk, give some words of encouragement. I'm going through it right now.

#teacher problems #send help #mental health #stress #mentally fucked #struggle #burnout #rant post #personal rant #rambles #ramblings

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