Wow this place is big, I'll probably get lost 30 times trying to get to the entrance…
This thought was running trough the mind of 13 year old Melinda Lauries as she stood at the front gate of Bloor's academy. Her parents had dropped her off later seeing as today was her first day, and as a result all the other students had already started their morning classes and they had closed the gates, and as she reached out to open the gate, a grumpy old gardener (by the looks of it) came out.
"I'm Mr. Weedon, the gardener, you must be the new kid, your late so get inside before it's too late" he growled while scowling. He let her in but showed no sign of telling her where to go.
"Thanks, but can you-," she started to ask
"No and I don't care, there's a door to get inside right there, do you need a map…" he said rudely
"No, but thanks anyway."
So then, after being dismissed so rudely, Melinda entered the door into a nice entrance hall, she had wished someone would be there to direct her to the headmaster's office but it was deserted.
Is the whole place deserted or are they all invisible and can't make a sound, she thought sarcastically , wait they must be in class already, with that "problem" solved lets go to the headmaster's office, oh but where is the yellow brick road…
As she thought this, a young man walked up behind her and tapped her shoulder, startled she spun around and waved her hand and sent the boy flying. Once she recovered from the shock she rushed over to him and said in a rush:
"I'm sorry, you startled me and this place is eerie, I didn't mean to send you flying; it's just that I just found out that I have this gift and I haven't exactly had time to learn my strength did I mention that I'm sorry?"
"Yes but what you didn't mention is your name…" said the boy
"Oh! My name's Melinda, Melinda Lauries."
"Lysander, Lysander Sage, it's no problem; I get sent flying all the time by Tancred, so… you're telekinetic… I'm able to call upon my ancestors' spirits!"
"Oh! It's nice to meet someone nice around here Lysander, but could you show me where the headmaster's office is; I'm obviously new and it's the middle of the semester, so they said I needed to report to him immediately… and it's kind of hard to do that when you don't know where to go…"
"Yes I see your dilemma… just follow me I was late for my class anyway…"
"Man, I hope I run out of reasons to say I'm sorry some time soon!" she says as they start walking down a certain hallway.
"Don't worry about it. I'm in art which department are you?"
"Drama, I've always liked acting so I didn't think it was that bad when my parents told me I had no choice but to come here, I really didn't want to, but now I think it's not all that bad."
"Did you try to persuade them otherwise?"
"Oh! Yes, yes I did."
"What did you do?"
"Well first I tried screaming at them, then I tried begging, after that I tried the silent treatment but again it didn't work, but the one I regret the most is when I tried sending things at them but my dad sent them back, I get my endowment from him, and my mom locked me in my room and put her power stopy field thingy, her endowment is to stop powers by putting a force field around a place or thing"
"Wow, Two parents with endowments, rare! Well here we are I'll be around the corner waiting for you so try not to take too long…"
"Ok, I'll try to make it quick!" she said as he hurried away
Melinda then turned around to these big beautiful oak doors and knocked on them with the big brass knocker. Seconds later a loud voice called telling her to enter. So she complied, and entered into a huge study. The walls were lined with books of all sizes and there were only two large windows that the shelves rendered nearly impossible to see. She finally set eyes on the huge desk made of the same type of wood as the doors, and behind the desk, sat a powerful looking man with a younger man standing beside him.
"You must be Melinda Lauries, sit down." said the powerful looking man, gesturing to one of two seats before his desk.
"It's nice to meet you headmaster." she said as she sat down.
"Nice to meet you too, I am Dr. Harold Bloor and this is my son, Manfred Bloor and here are some simple rules for you to follow…" and Dr. Bloor continued on for another half hour with a list of complicated rules while Melinda drifted off and started day dreaming.
"Do you understand Miss. Lauries?" asked the headmaster suddenly bringing Melinda back to earth.
"Yes sir." She replied a little too quickly
"Good, I am expecting no trouble from you Miss. Lauries now here is a map of the school, your schedule, and a tardy note now off you go!" said the headmaster handing her several papers.
"Thank you. Have a good day, sir." she said as she stood up.
"I'll see you in the Red King's room" said Manfred, speaking for a first time.
It was then, that Melinda noticed that Manfred was staring determinedly, with coal black eyes.
He is really freaky, she thought.
"Yes see you there." she said as she walked out the door, but before she could take three steps, she heard Manfred say something like: "Why didn't it work?"
She decided that it wasn't worth her time to ponder this. So she continued on her way to meet up with Lysander when she saw a boy sneaking past her trying to be silent.
"Shouldn't you be in class?" she said to the boy. As she said this he jumped, noticing that she was staring directly at him he asked
"You can see me, how can you see me; I'm invisible?"