Hello! So, this is the last time I will be writing any author's notes for this story, because this is the last chapter! Kind of yay and nay at the same time, huh? I've loved writing this story, and it is my first mutli-chap for Every Witch Way, and the first multi-chap that I've finished. Hehe, not joking. XD Anyways, as usual, any last thoughts of mine are at the bottom, and responses to reviews are there too. :)

lovethatignites was a big help in this chapter, as with EVERY chapter! :D

Mr. Alonso paged over the intercom, "All juniors, please report to the cafeteria. All juniors, please report to the cafeteria."

The halls instantly became crowded as all the juniors slowly carried their inventions. Sebastian flung their creation over his shoulder, his thumb hooked around the elastic. Sophie and Jax took their time walking, nothing in their hands. Andi and Daniel hurried to the cafeteria, eager to present their project. Maybe Danny Boy would actually get a good grade this time. Emma and Diego had their element handler in a bag for protection, stealing nervous glances at each other every once in awhile.

As for Gigi and Katie . . . well . . . Gigi was in a chair. And Katie was dragging the chair.

Mrs. Jones was at the front of the room once again, like no time had passed since they arrived the night before. "Alright, it looks like everyone's here. The way this will work is I will call up a pair of partners, and you will stand in front of everyone and present your invention. And yes, I will grade you in front of your peers. This is absolutely no reason for you to be embarrassed or nervous, because you're all sharing the same burden."

Sebastian leaned over to whisper to Gigi (despite the fact that she couldn't respond), "But what if someone tries to touch my mop hair? No one else shares that burden!"

Katie nodded, arms crossed. "True. Daniel definitely wouldn't share that burden. No one wants to touch that hair."* The three of them shuddered.

"Okay, um . . . Let's have Andi Cruz and Daniel Miller present their project." She motioned for people to clap, but once they caught sight of Daniel's serious case of bed head hair, they slowly stopped and things got awkward fast.

Daniel looked around the room. "What are they staring at?" he whispered to his new girlfriend.

Andi started with, "I don't kn–" then she glanced up at Daniel's hair and gasped. Sliding in front of him, she began their presentation. "Here we have a mini chain saw," she said with a bright smile, showcasing the mini chain saw Daniel held in his hands. "A mini chain saw is helpful and would be popular because it's more effective than a pocket knife. Sure, pocket knives can cut things, but can they really get in there and just BAM–"

Things were already going wrong. "Alright, Andi, that's enough," Mrs. Jones announced, wringing her hands out awkwardly. "Uh, why don't you demonstrate for us?"

Daniel blanked. "Demonstrate?" he asked, tilting his head.

Jax raised his hand, calling out from the back, "Demonstrate means to explain how it works–" Emma pulled his hand down.

"I know what demonstrate means," Daniel stated.

Andi manhandled her boyfriend once again. "He was asking if we had to demonstrate, Birdman!"

"IT'S A PHOBIA!" Jax yelled, taking a step forward, but his Em calmed him down.

"Yes, you have to demonstrate," Mrs. Jones clarified.

"Oh, uh. It's not really a working product," Andi answered, thinking, If only Daniel wasn't just a boy with bad hair.

"Alright, well then, your grade will be a C-, as it's not a working model, and . . . slightly dangerous." Mrs. Jones eyed the two, indicating it was more than a little troubling. "Are there any questions?" she asked the audience.

Sebastian's hand shot up.

"Yes, Sebastian."

"My question's for Daniel. Are you trying to challenge my mop hair, because I don't think it'd APPRECIATE that–" He actually sounded offended.

For the first presentation, things were already disturbing enough. "You know what? That's enough for you two. Next up will be . . . Katie Rice and Gigi Rueda."

Dandi weaved back into the crowd as Katie and Gigi and her chair weaved themselves out. As they got to the front Mrs. Jones' disturbed and confused expression deepened.

"Katie," she started.

"Yes?" Katie asked, all smiles. She wasn't one bit ashamed.

"Why is Gigi duct taped and tied to a chair?" she finished, walking closer to Miss Information.

"Oh, well that's part of our project."

Gigi nodded, holding her phone out in her tied hands. Mrs. Jones understood that she planned to vlog, so she grabbed the phone. "Well alright. Go ahead."

Katie turned to the crowd. "Everyone, what we believe will be a popular invention in 2030 – or now – is the Gossip Stopper. It's simple, easy, and affective." Katie walked closer to her partner. "Let me demonstrate. Here we have a gossip queen. Here," she held up a roll of tape, "we have a roll of duct tape. By applying this tape to the gossip queen's mouth, and tying her to a chair, we have successfully stopped gossiping. That is our invention."

Everyone applauded loudly, especially anyone who was victim of Miss Info, which was everybody.

Mrs. Jones stepped forward. "Excellent! A+," she jotted the grade down on her clipboard, a smile on her face. "Questions?"

Some random boy in the middle of the crowd had his hand up. "You," Katie called on him.

"Yes, is it legal to keep someone like that forever?" the guy questioned, clearly intrigued.

Katie slowly shook her head. "No, I don't believe this is forever."

"Aw man," he groaned.

Mrs. Jones graded a few more partners, and then reached an interesting pairing once again. "Jax Novoa and Sophie Johnson, please come up front and present your invention."

The two, from different places in the room, walked up front empty handed. The awkwardness was welcomed with silence.

"Um, Jax . . . Sophie . . ." Mrs. Jones muttered.

"Uh-huh?" Sophie said happily, bouncing up and down.

"Where's your invention?" she asked louder.

"Oh! It's right here." Before anyone could utter a word Sophie had climbed atop Jax's back and held out her arms like an airplane. "FLY, KOALA, FLY!" she bellowed, as he took a step forward, simulating a plane flying.

Mrs. Jones stepped back, afraid. "What's that?!"

Jax sighed, looking up. "Our project: a Koala Flier."

Her face contorted so much. "Okay, F!" she said, holding the clipboard up to her face. "Sophie, get off that boy," she commanded.

"Aw man, but we were just taking off!" Sophie whined as Jax stood up straighter, hence making her slide off his back.

"Any questions?" Mrs. Jones asked the audience once again.

Daniel, who was standing with Andi and Emma, raised his hand, saying, "Oh yes, I have a question–"

"YOU SHUT IT, HORATIO!" Jax hollered, pointing at the unfortunate boy, resisting the urge to turn him into a mouse.

Daniel turned to his ex-girlfriend. "Emma, how'd he know my middle name is Horatio?" he whisper-whined.

Mrs. Jones ushered Sophie and Jax off the stage, then called up a few more groups.

Diego and Maddie were standing in a group with Katie, Sophie, and the tied Gigi when Mrs. Jones said, "Diego Rueda and Emma Alonso, you're up!" He grabbed the sack and headed up to the front, quickly followed by Emma.

"What is your invention?"

"An element handler," Emma proudly stated, trying to control her faltering grin.

"And how does it work?" Mrs. Jones asked, not looking up as she wrote down the information on her clipboard.

"Well, uh, maybe," Diego nervously started, Emma joining in with, "maybe we should go outside to show you."

"Nonsense, you can demonstrate in front of everyone right here. There's no need to be embarrassed."

"No, no, that's not why–" Emma elbowed Diego in the ribs to shush him up. She gave him a look, motioning him to start the demonstration. They couldn't very well tell Mrs. Jones that Emma had used magic to create the box, and it WORKED. "Alrighty. Um, well, here's the air button." Diego pressed it, and instantly a wind swept through the entire room. He pressed it again, stopping it.

"Here's the earth button," Emma stated, pressing it and vegetation grew all over the room. It quickly erased itself when the button was pressed again.

"And here's the water button." A small waterfall appeared out of thin air and flowed throughout the room. It disappeared just like the others.

"And that's it! Any questions?" Emma said clapping her hands, hoping to move past the not-demonstrating-the-fire-button part. "Yeah, you in the back," she pointed to a small boy crouched low in the back of the crowd.

"Uh, yeeaaah, why didn't you show us the fire element?" He had a slow, deep voice.

"What? What? There's no fire element," Diego scoffed, looking away.

"Uhhhh, yeah there is," he slurred.

"Noo, there isn't." Emma desperately tried to send him an eye signal, but being whoever he was, he didn't get it.

"Actualllyyy, I'm pretty sure there isss–"

"WHO ARE YOU!?" Diego screamed. Emma pushed him back just like she did with Jax.

"He's right, though," Mrs. Jones agreed with whoever he was. "Why don't you demonstrate the fire element?"

Emma blinked. "Haven't you been paying attention?" she asked incredulously.

"Yeah, I mean, all of the other elements happened, so don't you think the fire element would work? Maybe a little too well?" Diego added, trying to get through to the teacher.

Her eyes widened. "Oh, you're probably right! Well, since you can't fully demonstrate your invention, I can't give you a perfect grade, so you're getting an A." People politely clapped despite the fact the wind had messed up most hair. Daniel's even more so.

"Next is Maddie Van Pelt and Sebastian, with the mop hair," Mrs. Jones introduced the two.

They made their way onto the stage, the invention still in Sebastian's possession. "Okay, our invention is a Pantie Slinger," Maddie announced, awkwardly looking at Sebastian. That was what having mop hair could do to you.

"A pantie slinger?" Mrs. Jones asked slowly, hoping she heard wrong.

She didn't. "Yep!" Sebastian said, holding out the underwear he held. "See, it's super easy because all you have to do is pull and let it fling–"

"Why would you believe this to be a popular invention in 2030?"

"Because of the increasing price of undergarments these days–"

Sebastian got cut off again. "Alright, PLEASE no questions, people," Mrs. Jones said, pleadingly looking at the crowd, "and as for you two . . ." She looked disappointingly at them. "Your grade is an appointment with the school counselor. Effective immediately."

Everyone erupted into laughter as they walked past them. When Maddie and Sebastian reached the short guy with the deep, slow voice in the back, he told them, "Uhhh, what about guy underweeear?"

Maddie, in response, took the panties out of Sebastian's hands, pulled it back, and flung it at the random dude's face.

Emma, Jax, Sophie, Gigi, Katie, Maddie, Diego, Andi, Sebastian, and Daniel all met in the hallway, away from the rest of the juniors waiting to be called.

"Well that was . . ." Jax trailed off. There was no right way for anyone to end that sentence.

"Yeah," they all collectively sighed.

"I'm sorry you got a bad grade," Emma said to Jax sincerely.

He wrapped an arm around her and kissed the top of her head. "Eh. I'll change it later." He smirked down at her in a way that made her whole body warm up.

Everything was different at Iridium High, but in a way, it was the same. It was better.

Okay, this is the last chapter! It's been really fun writing this story! I'm so glad you guys liked it! I really wouldn't have finished it if it wasn't for you and my sister, lovethatignites encouraging me and leaving me those nice comments.

*look at my profile picture, and . . . ANY moment with Daniel's hair in view, and you'll get what I mean.

Guest: Awe, thanks for the Miego compliment. :D

Okay. For the last time (in this story) I say, "Goodbye my lovelies!" 3