Brief.

"C'mon, new girl, wake up," a girl's voice was saying. Something was shaking me. I opened my eyes. "Took you long enough." A girl wearing all black (to match her long, black hair) was standing next to me, shaking my shoulder with her foot. I saw Eric sitting on the ground a few feet away, rubbing the sides of his head and wincing. "Up," the girl commanded, grabbing my arm and pulling me up.

"See, Luna? Mind powers are very powerful," the blonde woman said again. Eric snorted. "Jeff, would you like to demonstrate your power too?" The boy who had gasped my name earlier jumped up eagerly. Before I could process what he was doing, his hands were on the sides of my head, and the room faded.

I was reliving old memories. The day I met Emma. One day when one of my classmates pushed me down the stairs, and the pain went away when I was with Emma. All the time Emma and I had spent together as kids. Watching Emma leave me. Emma saving me. And the night Emma flew. That last memory lingered longer than the others. I could feel my heart rate speeding---

And then the room suddenly reappeared. Eric was pulling Jeff away from me. "Not every memory is yours to see!" he spat at the boy. I was suddenly amazed by Eric. Why was he so concerned with protecting me and my privacy?

"Mr. Hain! Jeff was helping teach. Are you trying to hinder Miss Zane's learning?" the blonde woman asked Eric.

"You're mental." Eric seemed to be listening to her thoughts for a moment. "What? No. I won't do it." Pause. "Stop trying to blackmail me, Notting." Pause. "No, that's not possible." Pause. "That's none of your business!" A longer pause. "I'm done with all of that." Long pause again. Eric sighed. "It's just not right any more." Pause. "Maybe I just grew a heart finally." The two just looked at each other for awhile longer. It was silent.

"If that's your choice, Eric, I can't stop you," the woman sighed finally.

"It is. Try to see it through my eyes, Notting." Their conversation was over. Notting, the woman, turned to the other students.

"Pen. Paper. Take notes." And then she launched into a long lecture about how mind powers work, and whatnot. It was all way too confusing for me to take in, so I just wrote down as much as a possibly could for the rest of the day.