Why did I come here? What the hell was I thinking?
"You came because I was not giving you a choice and you weren't thinking, I was" Jasmine wasn't even looking at me when she said this. The main entrance was a septagon with high vaulted ceilings that met in the middle. Seven old wooden doors hung delicately in their frames, they looked like a whisper could bring them down. The door which we had come in flew open revealing a whole different scenery from which we had recently seen. Magic exists Luke, deal with it, I thought. About 200 hundred students were huddled in the septagon, all as nervous and paranoid as the other. A small elven woman in a grey robe stood in the door way. She was holding a twisted piece of wood. She had blond hair in a twisted knot, blue eyes and pale skin.
"Judgementus maxima" She exclaimed. Her voice reverberated from the walls silencing everyone. A thin purple mist bled from the end of her wand. It climbed up the door frame and clung to the fixtures, completely draping the entrance. Everyone stood there, staring at the purple veil.
"Enter" someone shouted from the other side. Jasmine grabbed hold of my arm and started to pull me forward. I wanted to run home, she wanted to run forward. The right decision I kept think to myself. With every student that passed through the veil, it gave a hearty sigh. Like it was satisfied.
"Come on Luke!" Jasmine yelled and stepped through the purple haze. I knew the second I was through the veil I had to accept everything. I had nothing to run home to, so this was the way forward. A cautiously stepped through the veil.
"Aquelis" something whispered. I felt gentled silks being draped over my shouldered as I entered the other side.
The room was similar to before. Around the edge of the room were six wooden desks. Each desk sat people in the same coloured clothes. In the center of the room a perfectly formed septagon, each side sat facing a table, except a woman who was facing the door. She had long straight ginger hair and grey eyes. She had think black square glasses and a blue striped trouser suit on.
"Luke. Luke. Anybody there?" Jasmine said. She was waving her hand in front of my face. I snapped back to this surreal reality. Jasmine was beaming. She was now wearing a pale green robe.
"Wait, Jas. What's happened to your clothes?" I asked completely confused.
"Luke, look at what you're wearing." She replied. I looked down to find myself wearing blue robes.
"Luke, we have to get to our seats come on." Jasmine said grabbing my arm.
"Jas, we are in different seats." I reminded her. I pointed out the obvious colour difference in our robes. Her face grew pale, this is when I realised she was actually as scared as I was. She slowly let go of my arm.
"I will meet you outside after this." she said slowly. She stepped back and walked over to the table of people wearing green robes. I walked over to my table and placed myself besides a elven girl. The red haired woman stood up.
"Hello boys and girls" She shot us all a smile."My name is Mrs Smith, most of you will have met my husband. You have all now officially enrolled at Elizabeth Andrews school of the unknown." She slowly clapped her hands in a circle and gave a short high pitched laugh. I am the principal of the school, and you are now in my care so if you have any problems feel free to contact me. I will now let the teachers introduce themselves and tell you your houses. Miss Farncombe, will you do the honours." She finished and sat back down. She had a certain respectability about her and a definite strength. She was not one to be toyed with. The woman in the grey robe stood up.
"Miss Farncombe. Head of the air mages house, Oxridge." She said, her voice soft.
"Mr Jules. Head of the fire mages, Moltmarta."
"Mr Trinstell. Head of the earth mages, Earthboim." The man in the green robe said this. He was the head of Jasmines house.
"Miss Elsewyer. Head of the water mages, Aquelis" She was my head of house. She had short brown hair. She had pale skin but dark eyes.
"Mrs Wallaby. Head of Vampires, Tolfin."
"Miss Vilo. Head of werewolves." Mrs Smith stood up again.
"One thing I must clarify. Those of you who are werewolves and vampires need not be afraid. You are indeed werewolves and Vampires but the stereotypes are very wrong. Vampires you do not drink blood, hunt at night or die in the sun or sparkle as one girl wanted to last year" She became very bitter on this last comment a few people laughed."You do have vampire powers though, you can turn into a bat, move fast. The same goes for werewolves, you will not change painfully under the moon or anything of the sorts, you just have characteristics. Well what now. . . Oh right symbols." She yelled the last part. All the teachers stood up and sent a shaft of yellow against the walls behind us. On the wall behind me was a starfish. it looked very real. The teachers sat back down.
"Well I will let you get to your rooms." Mrs Smith said and with that she left the room.
"Estofarisis." Mr Trinstell yelled. The chairs and table all flung together into each other. The seemed to be joining together and becoming something. They had become doors. This was exhilarating and nightmarish. The doors separated and joined with the walls all around the room. Miss Elsewyer walked over to the door and pulled it open revealing steps that descended below. The elven girl was the first to go down, we all nervously followed suit. This was the right decision, definitely I told myself. When we got to the bottom of the stairs I immediately felt safe. I heard running water, water was safe. I suddenly realised why I was in water. Water was safe, really safe for me. It was meant to be. The room at the bottom was heavily draped in blue. Everything seemed to be in blue. The chairs, the tables cloth even the fire. On either side of the room were to staircases going down.
"This is your common room. Stairs to the left are girls, to the right boys." Miss Elsewyer said. She looked like a calm woman with a lot of patience "This is were most of your extra work will be done. I also feel obliged to tell you that we are below the river bed. This is how you get out." She walked over to the fireplace. Where a huge portrait of a fishing trip was. It showed the upper and lower of the water. She placed her wand on the starfish on the boats end. The solid stone fireplace split into two. Slowly pulling apart in opposite directions showing us the staircase out. She quickly ran up beckoning us to follow. We all followed. The riverbed had completely separated to allow this passage. The river had been blocked behind us. We walked across the wet stones to the river edge. Once the last person was on land the doors closed again letting the water go on again. She pointed to a large ordinary looking rock. We all surrounded the rock to see what she was pointing at. A large starfish imprint was on the rock. She simply tapped it with her wand and the water slowed and the bed began to open.
"It will only open to one of us, so we're are safe. She stood upright. "That is all I can show you but I know you will love it here. Everything has been prepared in your rooms. You will have your real robes, a wand, a timetable. Everything is all ready for you7. The way is open so have fun." She smiled she pointed her wand to the blocked up water.
"expartus." she yelled. A thin beam of water surrounded her in a spiral and slowly she began to fade away. Within a minute she had banished completely. We ran back inside and watched it close behind us. There were seven boys and ten girls, and we all slowly made our ways to our rooms. The best choice, I thought to myself, and this time I believed it.
