"Mommy! I know, okay? Laura's been a very good girl. If you don't believe me, turn around and ask Teacher Silver Fox!"
On the western wilderness of Texas, outside the innermost Mirror Dimension that divided the battlefield, the mages had set up another relatively simple illusory barrier, blocking the view of ordinary people and any planes that might pass overhead.
Seven days and nights had already passed. Emma Howlett had just spoken with the Academy on the phone and, still worried, reminded her daughter Laura of a few things. She looked back toward the mirror world. If not for the miraculous isolation of the Mirror Dimension, the battle inside would likely have already burned an entire city to ashes.
"Done!"
The little wolf girl hung up the satellite phone and immediately shed her sweet, obedient expression. Grinning mischievously, she threw an arm around her nephew Kurt and said to the few little companions beside her:
"Hehe, Mom's inspection is over! I'll give you guys a chance to offer some ideas. Where should we go have fun? Grammar class is so boring—more boring than arithmetic!"
Laura wore a little denim jacket and black ankle boots. Besides her roommate Jean Grey and her nephew, the "Little Blue Devil" Kurt Howlett, she had also pulled in Kurt's roommate Warren Worthington and a Chinese American girl, Jubilation Lee, who was also called Li Qianhuan.
The children, all six or seven years old, were among the youngest students at the Superhuman Academy. Yet under Laura's leadership, they had become the most untouchable little clique in the entire school. With Principal Emma away, the little wolf girl had completely cut loose.
"Isn't it bad to skip class, Laura? Your arithmetic is already failing. If your grammar is too—"
Jean sat obediently on the edge of the