After the splash day event, classes resumed and assessment tests for the semester is just in few days time, valzella took her studies more seriously, so serious that she gets lost in her studies most times especially because she studies with her pal Theodulf.
Over time, they have gotten super close to each other, Theodulf shared stories about the northern province with her and she got to know him more, they fought and argued as friends, the whole Balwinder-Ilcynder-Feliene fellowship grew fonder. Valzella and lupita enjoyed the bully free environment hanging out with the ilcynders created.
Lupus wasn't finding it easy seeing his destined mate with another werewolf, it hurt him really bad.
Over time he fell in love with valzella, especially after the full moon event, he perceived a strong inner strength in her he has never smelt on any werewolf before, he wished he could erase the past and start over, he regretted dating luna and all the other girls he went out with just to spite her.
He struggled with his studies due to the times he hung out with luna, he needed to get his focus back.
Studying more could handle it but he deployed a plan that would get him closer to valzella. His plan was to do poorly in his tests which would lead to him being assigned a tutor which hopefully would be valzella.
"Hey pretty boy." Luna always tried to flirt with him every chance she got, she couldn't accept the fact that he was through with her for real.
Being the hottest looking girl in school, she selected whom to go out with and dumped him the moment she was bored but with lupus it felt strange to not be together, she thought he would get over his sorry feelings and beg to come back together with her, she resolved within herself to make school really ugly for whoever has stolen her spot in lupus' world.
The tests begun finally, results came out two days after a course. So far, most did well except for few who had did badly, those few includes lupus, he was happy cause failing in the test was the first phase of his plan, his lecturers took note of his performance and brought it to the notice of the lecturer in charge of his class.
"Your scores are worse than average, if it goes on like this you may have to do the extra school time to make up for your grades. One thing this school is recognised for asides being a school for mythical creatures is excellence which is acquired via good grades. You may be the strongest werewolf, elf or mer person and be commended for it but if your grade is poor, it is a shame that you would be recognised for too. It would be a shame if this comes to your father's notice. So son, what is it going to be?" His head lecturer Mr fredrick (a faun) asked after inviting him to his office after school.
"I'll do better sir!" Lupus replied without wasting time.
"That doesn't sound reassuring." He sniffed lupus who gave him a weird puzzling look. Fauns are known for their good sense of smell and judgement, they have the ability to sniff emotions and thoughts of others. He glared at lupus for a while then said "i know just what you need."
Lupus moved closer to him and asked in a whisper "what do i need?"
"A tutor." Mr Fredrick said.
"Yes!" Lupus said in a triumphant hushed tone.
"What was that?" Mr fredrick's eyes furrowed.
"Nothing sir, i was just uh...sneeze, i sneezed...yes!" Lupus diverted the question.
"Whatever, i will assign you to our brightest student on campus, see to it that you listen to her, she may not look like it but trust me, there's more to her than meets the eye. That is all for now, you may leave." He adjusted his glasses.
Lupus thanked him and left the office, he was overjoyed that his plan had worked, he did a victory dance in the hall way and looked forward to meeting his tutor valzella, so he thought.
After class the following day, mr fredrick called lupus to his office to assign him a new tutor, lupus hurried to the office with a bright smile on his face.
"I'm here sir!" He announced excitedly as he walked into the office, he didn't even wait to get a response before he entered.
"Good, i would like you to meet our campus finest student who will be in charge of raising your grade if you cooperate with her." Mr fredrick announced then gestured to a lady seated facing his table.
Lupus excitedly extended his hand for a shake but his smile turned up side down the moment he saw the lady's face.
She shook his hand and smiled sheepishly at lupus.
The girl is not who he was expecting, she was a siren.
She had long thick wavy hair that flowed down her feet when she stood, wide greenish eyes, razor sharp teeth, tiny nose, gills sticking out her neck and scales on her hands, neck and forehead.
Lupus was not just shocked, he was grossed out. He attempted to talk the lecturer out of his decision but the girl dragged him out of the office before he could say a word.
"That's the academic spirit of FIMCI!" Mr fredrick announced in an excited raised tone after them.
Lupus regretted his decision, his plan has failed. How would he get close to valzella now?
The days that followed were dreadful. He avoided the siren as much as he could but somehow she always sniffed him out of his hiding places with her special siren powers.
Sirens are special water and land creatures, they possess great ear shot that could filter and separate sound vibrations to pick out a particular vibration or wave they needed to when they have to, no matter how great the distance, their extremely huge eye balls possesses a super retina that sees through hard objects like walls, doors, even clothing materials though they were banned by the school from using that power by putting a special potion in the water that stops them from tapping into that ability, their songs could hypnotize the strongest mind and put it in a state of delusion or hallucination for a period of time.
They can survive both on land and in water among other special uniqueness. Lupus was having a hard time coping with her for many reasons.
One, he didn't like sirens, they smelt like seasalt and werewolves possessed a heightened sense of smell that made the seasalt odour more offensive to his nostrils. Two, they were always moist. Three, he wanted valzella not lucy the siren. He couldn't take it anymore, one afternoon he barged into Mr fredrick's office with rage and frustration.