I am on my way to my new school "The Stonewich Academy". Am I nervous? Hell yes. Student fears? No,I am not a student. Then why? I am a teacher. What's the problem in that? That's what my problem is. I am a human teacher in a school of magical creatures. Is this some sort of joke? I wish I could tell that. But no, in the past twenty years our world had changed drastically. The magical and the supernatural creatures came to light. They claimed their own part of the world. The human world fears to interfere the supernatural world. No human dares to enter the supernatural territory without any acquaintance. Stonewich is a part of the supernatural territory. The Stonewich Academy is a school of magic. They teach the vampires, werewolves, witches, warlocks and dragons. Then you should be wondering what I am going to teach them when I am merely a human. The blame is totally on the supernatural law which suddenly decided to add humanities as a subject in the school of magic. So the Stonewich academy needed a human teacher to teach humanities in their school. Since I was one of the best teachers in the human world, without even my consent I was transferred to The Stonewich Academy. Why do they even need to learn humanities when they can gain anything from the humans just by using their powers? I guess they are finally trying to understand and respect the humans. Probably no. They may learn it to torture the humans in the future more than right now.

I have never interacted with any supernatural beings in my entire life. I have only seen them in pictures. When I told my family about this job, they were totally terrified. My mother cried continuosly and my father begged me not to accept it eventhough he knew I didn't have any choice. It took me days to finally convince them and leave my home. I know I am walking straight into a death trap willingly. But I don't have a much of a choice. If I don't accept this job, the whole supernatural community will haunt my whole family for disrespecting them. I was so lost in thought that I didn't notice that I have reached the entrance of the Stonewich academy.

The Stonewich Academy stood so tall and magnificent. The quote " The place where magic happens " were embedded brightly on the entrance of the hallway. I entered the hallway after praying for the millionth time that I shouldn't be burnt to ashes by a dragon or completely drained out of blood by a vampire or possessed by a witch or bitten to death by a werewolf.

Everyone in the hallway became still as I made the appearance. People gawked at me like I was an alien. But technically, I am an alien in this supernatural world. Silent whispers were heard throughout my way to the headmistress room. Not only the students but also the teachers were whispering about me. I finally reached the headmistress room and knocked it.

"Come in" the headmistress Mrs.Matilda Duncan said. Although she is an old woman, she is one of the powerful witches of the supernatural society. Her long white hair was tied up neatly and her spectacles rested at the tip of her nose. Her presence radiated power. I can tell anyone would be scared to death by a stern look from her.

" Hello Mrs.Duncan. I am Phoenix Emerson, the new humanities teacher." I told her calmly trying to hide my nervousness.

"Hello Ms.Emerson. It's nice to meet you finally. I have heard so much about your teaching. We are very glad to have you here. Welcome to The Stonewich Academy" she said with a smile.

"Thank you Mrs.Duncan. I am happy to be a part of this prestigious institution" I said returning her smile.

"Here is your schedule Ms.Emerson. You will be joining tomorrow. Now Mr.Hart will show you to your room" she said and called Mr.Hart.

"Thank you Mrs.Duncan. I'll do my best to not disapoint you." I said to her before leaving the room.

Though Mrs.Duncan was polite to me, Mr.Hart didn't even acknowledge my presence. I tried to make conversation with him on the whole way to my room. He rudely ignored me. As he was a strong werewolf, I don't want him to go all big bad wolf on me. So wisely I kept my mouth shut. On our way to my room, we crossed many vampires, dragons, witches, warlocks and werewolves. I couldn't help but stare at their physique. Though they were highchool students, they looked strong and well built. While passing the training grounds, I saw some werewolves and dragons training. Their supernatural appearance was so teriffic. I couldn't help but shriek when one of the big werewolf caught me staring at him.

When I finally reached my room I collapsed in my bed. I still couldn't believe that my darkest fears have come true. I should now face not only one but thousands of supernatural beings everyday. Will I ever be accepted by them whole heartedly? Will they ever treat me equally? Will I even survive through tomorrow? I don't know. With those scary thoughts I drifted off to a sleep filled with my worst nightmares.

The next morning I was informed by the headmistress that I should be joining the morning assembly. I entered the great hall with the little courage left in me. As soon as I entered all the heads in the hall snapped towards me. I somehow managed to reach the stage with everyone gawking at me.

"This is Ms.Phoenix Emerson, our new humanities professor. I expect you all to treat her with respect and kindness. Now please give her a warm welcome" Mrs.Duncan announced with a applause. The irony was only the headmistress applauded and greeted me with a warm welcome. The rest of the people in the hall were simply staring at me. The headmistress cleared her throat loudly. Only after that, a few people started applauding with a scowl on their face.

After the assembly, the headmistress left the hall along with all other professors. I was also trying to leave the hall but suddenly I was cornered by a group of students. A vampire, a werewolf, a dragon, a witch and a warlock was standing at the front. It seemed like they were the leaders of their kind. They were all staring at me intensely. "Okay, this is the moment I am going to die" I said to myself. I closed my eyes and waited for the impact. Minutes passed but nothing happened. I finally opened my eyes with confusion and saw everyone staring at me with a scowl on their face.

"Why are you all waiting to kill me?" I asked them with confusion written all over my face.

"Kill you? What are you talking about?" the vampire asked me.

"That's why you guys have cornered me right? I am a human. You all don't like me. That's why you were all gawking at me from the moment I entered this place. You were all waiting for a chance to kill me. Right? " I asked them.

"No. We don't know what made you think that way. Yes,you are a human. But who said we all don't like humans" the dragon questioned me.

Before I could answer the werewolf spoke "We were all gawking at you because from the moment you entered this place you were shaking with fear. You looked as if we are your death. You are a professor, you need to make us fear for you. But you are doing the other way around."

"Ms.Emerson, the way your eyes trembled upon seeing us made us scowl. It made us disqust upon ourselves. We couldn't forgive ourself for scaring a beautiful person like you" the warlock told me with sadness.

"Ms Emerson, yes you are a human. You are different from us. But that doesn't mean you are any less from us. We are magical creatures but that doesn't mean we don't have a heart. We will love you and respect you for who you are not for what you are" the witch said with her eyes full of hope.

I stared at them as if this is all some prank. I searched their eyes for any fakeness. No, all their eyes showed only sincerity and respect.

That's when I realized "not everything you hear is true". Don't make conclusions without giving a chance. You may be different from others but that doesn't mean they all hate you. Try giving them a chance before judging them. It's true that The Stonewich Academy is the place where magic happens. It's where a wonderful magic happened in my life. The Stonewich Academy gave me a beautiful new beginning.