Muse academy.
Ok, here's how it's going to work. This short story is going to be about the Muses setting up their school for all magical children and go into some detail about how they do it. This will act as a pilot/prologue for all the future Harry Potter stories that link to this, each story will feature a different AU, such as gender bending and the wrong-boy-who-lived and so on. I will make my own stories in my free time from my other stories but I really hope you will make your own stories based off of this story, just contact me so you can get the Muse characters right.
Introduction to the Muses.
The Muses are some of the last of the legacy of the Greek and Roman pantheons, powerful and Goddesses in their own right. Though the days of the Greeks and Romans are gone they, like others from other pantheons and their own, survive and adapt to their environment, taking in a new member every time one is lost to keep the legacy alive. The Muses now control dream-dust, silver dust that they can shape to whatever they please, use to fly and influence the minds of people, a powerful source of magic but only they can use it and they hold an ever-binding oath to never abuse the gifts given to them by the dream-dust. Though there are fewer Muses than original and their duties have changed for unknown reasons even to them they are still known as the Muses because it was those very goddesses that created their legacy. Though the Muses sound like powerful women and some of them are centuries old, they take the form and minds of teenagers with golden eyes.
The Muses live in a great temple that rests within Mount Parnassus in Greece. The temple walls shift between mosaics of great heroes throughout history and statues of the Greek and Roman gods decorate the vast temple, each Muse has a seemingly endless room that belongs to them and the Muses before them, usually filled with things that attribute to their duty and their personality.
The oldest is Crysta Leonardo at around 400 years old, looking to be at the age of 18. She holds the duty over Theatre and Dance. She is regularly seen in red dresses, tights, ballet flats, and a white cape, the back of her dark-pink hair is almost always in two high ponytails and the front of her hair down to frame her face. She carries around a theatre mask that will change its face to suit her emotions and a cane, around her waist is a large ribbon that can become like a razor when she fights with it, and she can make Tessen fans appear in her hands when she wills it. She has a kind and caring personality and doesn't get very angry, unless provoked by someone threatening someone she cares about in any way, and is the general big sister of the group.
Next is Zoë Vale at around 360, looking to be 16. She holds the duty of History and Knowledge. Her outfits change with the era, in modern day she can be found wearing light-blue blouses, blue jeans, and red trainers, her hair is a rich-brown and goes just past her chin with a pink hair band to keep it out of her face and her fringe above her eyes, a spray of freckles go over her nose and black framed glasses adorn her face. Her image of a typical geek found in a movie is hindered by the twin katana that are always seen strapped to her back, which she knows how to use with lethal force, she knows many fighting skills and is a force not to be messed with. Though she is very smart and strives to learn she is not snobbish about her superior intellect and is quite social, but she does prefer facts over fiction.
Next is Maria Wild at around 300, looking to be 15. She holds the duty of Literature and Imagination. Her outfit consists of a white shirt, red jacket, blue jeans, brown boot, and a green scarf that she always wears, her shoulder length silver hair is held in two low pigtails and her eyes peeking out from behind her fringe. She carries with her a sword that she can will into any weapon, and a satchel that has endless space inside, she is a shape shifter as so will sometimes rely on her animal counterparts. She is the most loyal and compassionate of the group and is usually seen as the leader of the Muses despite being the middle child, she can sometimes be compulsive due to her animal instincts but she keeps them under control.
Next is Melody Caine at 37, looking to be 15. She holds the duty of Music. Her clothes are a red and white striped shirt, black trousers with white belt and small camera case attached to it that didn't hold a camera, brown trainers, and a black string tied in a bow around her neck, her dark-blue hair flowed freely halfway down her back and was kept out of her face by large headphone that were always over her ears or around her neck. She uses sonic manipulation to fight, creating sonic waves using her guitar and using said instrument to hit her enemy. She has a free spirit and doesn't like to stay in one place too long, becoming rebellious when she's ordered around.
The youngest is Dora Falcon at 23, looking to be 13. She holds the duty of Art. She wears a purple short sleeved shirt with white long sleeves, purple jeans with a yellow belt, and yellow trainers, her light purple hair is in a ponytail that goes to her knees, she has dark-purple cat ears and a tail and wears a golden cat collar as part of an inside joke between her and her sisters. She fights with a magical bow that creates its own arrows that she can fire with deadly precision, and can make drawing come to life. She is a child at heart and is often innocent in her views of the world but knows when to act serious, she is often the little sister of the group even if you exclude her age compared to her sisters'.