Section 1 - "I love children. Really."

Renna stood before the children who sat upon the Gym?s wooden floor, a clipboard in one and a pen in the other, wearing what could be only described as a sports bra and extremely tight shorts showing off various scars riddled across the bare flesh of legs, arms and stomach. ?Good morning class. My name is Miss Renna and I will be your P.E Teacher. I am sorry for skipping a fair few of our previous lessons have I had to return home to visit old friend. However due to my position you will call me ?Miss Whipper the Child.? Understood??

Deathly silence ensued? All Renna caught was the nervous glances between each child.

The teacher had visibly twitched. Her joke didn?t get to them. ?It was a joke?? Still she didn?t get any laughs. Only a stifled cough? ?Anyway? Apparently I am supposed to take a register to see who has attended today, so, when I call your name out I want you to stick your hand up.?

?Yes, Miss!? One pepped up. This one was sat at the front ? a rather thin child with glasses and no doubt, the geek of the class. If you could call it a class, there wasn?t that much in it to begin with.

?Carey Gardener.?

No hands went up.

?? Carey Gardener?? Renna spoke louder this time.

Still, no hands?

What a great start, she thought. ?Where is she then??

A voice from the crowd: ?She?s ill!?

?Sick enough to skip my class? She better be dying or have a good excuse ? okay then, moving on? Next we have?Bill Ted?? She made a face at the clipboard. That boy?s parents must have hated him to name him that? Poor kid, Renna almost felt sorry for him.

?Aye!?

?What?? Renna remarked, eyes searching for the culprit. ? ?Aye? what??

?Oh? Uh? Aye Miss!? The centre of the back row, the voice had come from, and he was ducking to hide his face from her after his mistake. Renna will get him? One day.

Renna ticked the box next to the name. ?That?s better.?

?Ss? Sssus? Sussues?? Renna stuttered with this one. What kind of name was this? She turned the clipboard side to side as if that would help determine how to say the name, then, glanced up at the children ? searching by face who could possess such; ahh-ha! There?s a Drow child in the mix. ?You know what?? She regarded the class with squinting eyes, ?Does anyone see someone missing from the class today??

They all looked about as if puzzled by the request from the older woman.

?No? Good.? She ticked all the boxes as present, and tucked the clipboard under her arm, feeding the pen behind her ear. ?Right then, today we?re going to-?

One hand goes up. A small girl ? blonde hair, blue eyes ? a horrible smile that screamed youth? She was probably going to grow up to be a very beautiful woman of eight kids. Renna felt almost jealous already.

?Mommy says you?re a bad person.?

Renna?s eyes narrowed on the girl, ?Ten star jumps.?

?B-but-?

Renna tapped her foot impatiently, ?Ten star jumps or ten laps around the city on your hands, your choice.?

The child slowly stood up, and proceeded with the unfair justice, counting as she did each one.

This was going to be a horrible day. It just couldn?t get any worse than teaching kids how to get off their lazy backsides and do some physical exercise ? she heard the rumours, and the chances are they were going to groan at her next demand. ?You are strictly prohibited in using your powers ? if you have any that may aid you in physical education that is. If I catch you using them, you?ll be sent into the naughty cupboard. There are spiders and various other beasts in there so I wouldn?t recommend disobeying this rule if you don?t wanna be in there,? She smiled, ?Okay? Okay! Good? Alright then! While Goldie Locks there continues her jumping we?re going to do some warm-ups.?

The Betrayer placed the clipboard down and then stood up straight, ?Everyone stand up straight-? She glanced to make sure they were following her movements, ?And sloooooowly bend down to touch her toes. Like this? There.? Renna was flexible enough to touch the floor, because she ironically was using her control over her body to increase the stretchy sinews in both muscle, and ligaments. So in reality SHE should be the one in the naughty cupboard right about now.

A few of them fell over. Probably because they have horrible balance, or were just playing around. While few actually managed to touch their toes. Which was expected ? children ARE more bendy and malleable than most adults.

?Aaannnnd stand up straight ? goooooooood? Right then?? Renna trailed off her words and glanced to the finishing Goldie Locks, who now looked weary after her ten star jumps she near sat on the ground, and Renna grinned. ?Next we?re doing twenty star jumps. Ready? Go!? Sometimes she can be such a bitch. But at least she can claim it is in the good of the children.

The golden haired girl looked about as if in disbelief, then joined in with the others.

Renna had hardly noticed The Headmaster, and she was blinked into a stun. Twisting her head to the side she quickly made a: 'oh shit' face. Did she do something wrong? Granted she's strict - obviously, but... A nervous glance was given to the ground as she watched the child run off to him.

"Oh; uh..." Renna stepped back and offered a hand to the side, "Of course..."

Intense, silent moments as he spoke. She rung her hands a little in front of her. Renna can't afford to loose the job. But she was even more stunned to listen to The Headmaster's words. She felt a sudden urge to defend them - her mouth opening, but clamping shut as to not interrupt.

And as he came close, she reached up and scratched behind her head. "Sorry, I don't mean to do it. It just kind of comes-" She trailed off glancing to someone who stopped, talking to another classmate, "OI! Don't talk when the teacher's are talking!"

Renna winced. She looked back to The Headmaster with a slight smile, "Uh, I'll try and keep it in mind, Headmaster."

"Sure. Thanks Headmaster..." Renna turned to reach her hands to rest behind her head, pillowing her head as she returned before the glass who were all standing and waiting, one or two just finishing the latest bit of star jumps.

"Alright kids. Lets do a few laps of the gym and then we'll play something which might be to your liking." She clapped her hands, "Chop-chop!" And as the children took off, some grumbling, Renna took up the last position, jogging behind them so that she could keep an eye on them.

Renna wasn?t even drawing a single breath. It must had been slightly unfair for the children, because she could on running around this Gym all damn day and not get a little bit breathless. That?s the advantage of being neither a little bit living nor dead... Her scarlet eyes kept an eye of those that ran well ? way up front, and those who lagged behind.

And then Shauri appeared? Although Renna smiled in her direction as she ran past with the other kids once or twice as observed, the question to her by one of the children left her a touched angry, covering up the fact she was disheartened by the fact the children might prefer that woman, than her.

When she had come out of state of self disappointment she alerted the children to the next command. ?Alright kids come to a slow stop. Walk it off. Don?t stop suddenly.? They did as they were told, because they didn?t want to incur the wrath of their rather new scary teacher, after all.

She turned to talk to Shauri then, but found she had disappeared. Moving her hands onto her hips Renna frowned, ?Thanks for the hello.? She muttered before turning to the class who were panting. Some actually were fit enough to stand up straight and breathe at a normal rate, which surprised her because they were but children, ?Alright kids, rest up for ten and then we?ll player a game. If you need the toilet go now, and return quickly.?

Clapping her hands instinctively, and almost frowning at herself for doing it, she snuck off for five while the children erupted into conversation once she was out of sight. Voicing just how scary she was, mostly innocently poking fun at the multitude of scars she had riddled on her body.

Renna was outside now, pulling one of her grim faces at the building in front of her. She had snuck into a place that was relatively hideen on the grounds ? luckily no children were about yet, playtime not exactly for a while it seems. The cold air was nice, but not as much as that cigarette she quickly puffed away into non-existence. She rarely smoked, but it seems right now she needed it. More so she needed some vodka? Shame she left her hidden stash in that coffee flask back in the staff room?

Snuffing out the butt, she blew the smoke above her head to prevent smell to attach to her, and quickly made her way back into the gym where she found? A riot??

The kids not only had dragged the crash-mats ? large puffy mats which was used to land on to cushion the fall from a rope climb for example, and a trampoline, and were catapulting themselves onto the mat.

Her hands lifted to her head? Five minutes! She left for five minutes! ?F*ck it.? She muttered to herself, she?ll let them get away with it today. She sat on the sidelines watching, making sure no one did anything too stupid that they'd end up hurting themselves.

She didn't freak, though her heart(s) did jolt to the sudden disembodied voice somewhere next to her. Renna is not used to people sneaking up on her who evade her greater sense of smell, so it did startle her some.

"You know how to make a woman jealous." In regards to how much the children love her, "Though I'll get over it. Yes, they are tough. But I am tougher. And uglier."

There was a glance in the direction of the voice, "I know, I will. But I was hard on them... Earlier." She glanced at the kids making a mess of things, and suddenly she raised her voice.

"ALRIGHT!" Renna's voice boomed, which scared the kids to dropping almost everything they had, "Put all that away right now, otherwise I'll tell the Headmaster you'll all be joining me after hours, for a run around the city!"

They scattered quickly, like hell will they be staying with her!

Softly, "Just tell me if I am doing something wrong. I hate not knowing."

The noises they made putting back the equipment could have been as bad as when they were playing with it. Her arms moved to cross limply over her stomach, as that million dollar question came into play for the first time. She was the first to ask her so bluntly, and she rather it that way, too.

"I've given birth twice. Raised a child that wasn't mine." She kept her voice low, "The truth is, I am incapable of looking after my own. All my spawn, are dead." She left that hang, but quickly she smiled. "A promise to someone has brought me here."

She wanted to confess to the woman right there and then the knowledge already known by but a few. Renna killed her own children. Two of which had turned against her, and to overthrow her dominance. There was only ever one child that of the three that knew her place and that was her first blood born.

But even then, Renna had to end the girl's life. For what reason? Who knows.

"I'm inclined to say you don't know how I feel... Because you're not like me. No one is." There was an ounce of guilt in her eyes, "But that's why I am here, partially, besides the promise."

Renna tilted her head and nodded to Shauri, even though she wasn't exactly there, to be seen. "M'mm. Yes I do. Sort of."

"Perhaps." Renna muttered, hearing the creak but making little effort to show that she heard it upon her features... Once Shauri was away, she returned to her duties. Meaning she had to herd the kids in and get them dressed for other classes.