Guardian Angel Academy by C V Ricks

my friends had made it to our seats and that we had taken the time to practice.
    “Well, I simply cannot wait any longer,” said Professor Samuel floating near the door.  “We need to get started on today's lesson. There's really no time to waste.  Either come in or I must shut the door.”
    “But the snakes will get us,” said one of them, trembling.
    “Oh, is that all you are worried about?” Professor Samuel laughed.
    The students nodded.
    “I assure you those snakes are merely a mirage I have created to scare you.  Nothing more.  Now come in and join us.”
    The students slowly walked in and through the snakes.  The snakes were an aborition, but that didn't make them any less scary.  Professor Samuel pressed a button and the snakes disappeared.  “See,” he said.  “Like the movies we show, they were simply a vision.  Not real.”
     

 
     
     
    Chapter Eight
     
    As we walked toward our final class of the day, the bright blossoms and neat rows of flowers and shrubs along the path caught my attention. Fountains and statues of famous guardian angels seemed to be expecting us as we neared each one. Some of these angels we were learning about in our classes. Funny that I could go through life on earth never hearing about any of them. I loved to take in the sweet fragrances and watch the colorful birds as they sipped from the fountains.
    Only the freshmen walked along these paths, the other students were floating in the air. Some of them flew quickly, some slower, and some floated just above the walking path so they could enjoy the beautiful flowers and bushes.
    Journey spoke up. “That was brave of you, Josie, to go first.”
    Felix and Kevin agreed.
    “They didn't call me Annie Oakley for nothing!” I laughed. “But seriously, I don't know if it was bravery or stupidity. I had no idea there were a bunch of venomous snakes awaiting me. Who would think a teacher would do that to his students?”
    “Well, at least they weren't real ,” said Journey.
    “They weren't, but they sure scared the living daylights out of me,” said Felix.
    Kevin laughed. "Living daylights? That's a good one.” Being he had never been to Earth, Kevin hadn't heard some of the cliches we used from time to time. “I wasn't scared. Poisonous snakes are not something I'm familiar with.  We don't have them in heaven. But I suppose the method was effective. The students who didn't do their homework really regretted it. Now I doubt that they will be playing flotation ball and eating Angel Food cake if they hadn't yet completed their studies.””
    “Speaking of flotation ball,” I said. Now that we can float, flotation ball will be a lot more fun because we will be able to play while floating instead of standing on the ground.”
    “I know what you mean,” said Kevin. “We had to play it on the ground at first, but now we'll be able to stay in the air to play it, except for occasionally touching ground.”
    “Why don't we try floating instead of walking between classes?” asked Felix.
    “Okay,” I said. “But I will have to touch ground from time to time and walk when I get tired. I can only float for short distances at once.”
    The others agreed. “But a little floating is better than none.”
    When we entered the Invisibility class, once again Professor Occult was nowhere to be seen. The students were on their best behavior, however, because like last time, the professor could be standing right in front of them, only invisible. So, we waited patiently at our seats for the class to start. After the starting bell rang, some papers rose into the air. After that, a ball came whirling through the air toward the door.
    Finally the professor came into view. “As you see, you can do things while you are invisible and it will look like those things are moving on their own. You do not always need to use Controlling the Elements to move things. If you are invisible, you can throw or touch things with your own hands and