Fang's Bang's and Broomsticks
Prologue: In the beginning, there was always School.
Kez sat in a compartment alone on the school train twisting a strand of strawberry blond hair around her finger. It was something she always did when she was nervous. The train was deadly silent. She had been the first to arrive. Suddenly a burst of noise filled the air. People laughing and joking, children screaming. The platform was suddenly streaming with people. Even though only moments ago there had been no one. They had appeared as if by magic. The noise moved from the platform as everyone loaded the train. She placed the noise with faces and looked at them hungrily. But no one came and sat in her compartment. They walked by as if they couldn't see it. As if it was invisible. But only magic could do that. That word again, 'Magic.' She had heard it a lot recently. Like 'Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry'. Of course it didn't say the word 'magic' in it. But just by saying the words you knew they held power. They held magic. It had been a complete surprise for Kez when she received her letter telling her she had been accepted to the best school for witchcraft and wizardry. The thought was frightening. She was not like the other students that would go to Hogwarts. In fact she was the only one of her species to have ever had the ability of magic and she still wasn't sure if she was good enough. Of course her own kind had their own powers but nothing like she was going to learn at Hogwarts. Oh God. What if I fail and have to be sent home. I'll die of embarrassment and my parents will be so totally disappointed. Kez thought as she sat miserably in her lone compartment. Slowly she realised that people were sticking their heads out the window and waving good bye to their families. Her own family could not come. They didn't like to go out during the day. Slowly with the rhythmic movement of the train and her worrying thoughts of being a failure she fell asleep.
Prologue: In the beginning, there was always School.
Kez sat in a compartment alone on the school train twisting a strand of strawberry blond hair around her finger. It was something she always did when she was nervous. The train was deadly silent. She had been the first to arrive. Suddenly a burst of noise filled the air. People laughing and joking, children screaming. The platform was suddenly streaming with people. Even though only moments ago there had been no one. They had appeared as if by magic. The noise moved from the platform as everyone loaded the train. She placed the noise with faces and looked at them hungrily. But no one came and sat in her compartment. They walked by as if they couldn't see it. As if it was invisible. But only magic could do that. That word again, 'Magic.' She had heard it a lot recently. Like 'Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry'. Of course it didn't say the word 'magic' in it. But just by saying the words you knew they held power. They held magic. It had been a complete surprise for Kez when she received her letter telling her she had been accepted to the best school for witchcraft and wizardry. The thought was frightening. She was not like the other students that would go to Hogwarts. In fact she was the only one of her species to have ever had the ability of magic and she still wasn't sure if she was good enough. Of course her own kind had their own powers but nothing like she was going to learn at Hogwarts. Oh God. What if I fail and have to be sent home. I'll die of embarrassment and my parents will be so totally disappointed. Kez thought as she sat miserably in her lone compartment. Slowly she realised that people were sticking their heads out the window and waving good bye to their families. Her own family could not come. They didn't like to go out during the day. Slowly with the rhythmic movement of the train and her worrying thoughts of being a failure she fell asleep.