Zackary Stewart was quite the procrastinator, putting off choosing. Both his parents had been in Amiable, but being the amiable people they were, they said he could be in whatever he felt right. But, now he just missed his carefree Muggle friends. When he had no tests or hard decisions. He's only 10, and he's bound to be piled with tests and this decision..
Of course, one might wonder, 'if both his parents were magical, then why did he have Muggle friends?'
Well, both his parents were muggle-born, and they had found it so useful to go to Muggle school before Salem Witches' Institute, that they had come to an agreement with Zack that he should go to Muggle school before magic school. He agreed wholeheartedly, of course. He was an only child, and could get quite bored and lonely in his house in Miami. But his Muggle friends made up for it. And, he had been extremely lucky to enroll into a Muggle school where he found a muggle-born wizard. That boy, Gordon Garrett, had received his letter and his knowledge that magic was real a week before Zack received his letter. Of course, Zack already knew about magic.
And now Zack had to quickly make the gut-wrenching decision of which house to be in, and he listened closely to the Principal's words.
"Today, we have new students, and new family, joining us! And, today, they will make the decision of what house to be in! Amiable, the house of caring, kind, hard-working, and loving people, there you can always find a helping-hand and some heartfelt words. That would be my house, but I won't let that affect your decision!" he says, chuckling.
"Then there would be Wolf. In Wolf you are a strong individual. A resourceful leader. But you love others, and work well together, with your 'pack', I could say. Then you have Moxie! Moxie are brave souls, would risk their life for adventure, or their life for one another. I would advise those in Moxie to be careful, though," he says, sending a long rowdy looking table a laughing look.
"Then there would be Hoax! Those of Hoax would do anything to put a smile on your face! They're can be devilish pranksters, mind you, but in the end they're smarts and willingness to help and make you feel good and laugh are the best characteristics of them! Then there's Savvy. Savvy are the smartest of the smart, can get out of any situation or decipher any riddle thrown their way! Then we've got Zany. These people are not insane, don't think that! They're the most creative, imaginative people, and creating spells comes easy to them. The rare Seers end up in this house the most, and Zany can be very mysterious at times. Last, but definitely not least, there is Vigor! The Vigor are powerful, they are smart, they are strong! They can get the resources they need out of thin air, but that's not saying much here, is it, eh?" he says, amid laughs.
"And now, Professor Cox shall read the list of names, and you will come up to the stage and make you decision.
Oh, but I'm not ready! thinks Zack.
"Grace Anna!"
A small, mousy girl, with thin wispy blonde hair and large brown eyes and pale skin flutters to the stage from the line on the side and stands next to Professor Cox, who hands her a microphone.
"Zany!" she says, in a small voice, and goes to a table with people clapping for her.
"Piper Ali!"
A tall girl with long wavy black hair, bright blue electric eyes, and tan skin, strides to the stage, her head high and composed and confident.
"Vigor!" she shouts, strongly, and walks there, grinning wildly.
"Caleb Butt!" she yells, and some of the older students start laughing wildly. A small chubby boy who trips a little on his way to the microphone blushes furiously.
"Um..um..um, well, I think.. Ami-..wait, no, um-" he thinks quickly. Not Moxie, not Savvy, not Zany, not Vigor, now it's just Amiable and Wolf.
"Umm... a, Wolf?" he says, and receives only a few claps.
"Henry Cat!"
A short boy with tame slick brown hair, black small glasses, and perfect uniform robes with no creases or wrinkles walks to the stage proudly. He immediately says, "Savvy!" and is met with applause. He walks over to his new table, and sits down, and polishes his glasses nervously.
"Theodore Ellis!"
A tall, lanky boy, with freckles and ruffled brown hair, makes his way to the stage, trembling, and says in a barely audible voice, "Hoax."
After him there's two kids, who look like twins, Natalie and Liam Ferguson, who both choose Wolf.
"Zackary Stewart!" all too soon he's called. His curly red hair, small body, even his freckles, are all shaking. He gets to the stage and composes himself. This choice will affect the rest of his life. He has to think quick.
"Wolf!" he says, trusting his instinct. That one seemed to fit him the best.
After he joined the table Caleb, some more join them. There's seven more boys, a boy with a strong southern accent named Herman Mills, who's short and black haired, a boy with a Irish accent named Travis Wells, who's tall and blonde, a boy named Wallaby Stone, who seemed to be Indian and small and skinny, a boy who seemed very American, who's chubby and gobbling down cheeseburgers, by the name of Lincoln, but he likes to go by Colin, Hayes, and a boy who had dark skin and an afro and is very tall, who's name is Troy Gibson. Then there's Liam Ferguson, a tall boy with fluffy blonde hair and emerald green eyes and a charming smile They all seemed very nice and got along quite well. Then, of course, there was Gordon Garrett, who had to be in the same house as Zack. Then there were four girls. Abbie Cruz, a tall redhead, and Ada Cruz, her identical twin, who's parents had both been in Wolf, and who's older brother, Adam Cruz, was in. Then there was a short blonde girl who seemed very nice named Elisa Simpson, and then the last girl is a tall bossy girl with dark black straight hair and dark green eyes, by the name of Catherine Morales, who seemed very smart but very leader-like. Natalie Ferguson looks like her brother, with long curly blonde hair and emerald green eyes.
"I would like to announce something!" called the Principal. "Our Care of Magical Creatures professor has fallen ill, so Presidency member now Professor Rosebrick will substitute for him until he gets better. Now, please eat!" and with that gorgeous food appeared on the plates.
And Zack had the best food he had ever had. Anything he wanted was there. And when he finally went to bed, he followed the honor students, four per house, two boys, two girls, all in 7th year, upstairs to the 5th floor where there is a garden. He barely noticed it as he sleepily followed them. They came to a wall of vines and two wolf statues in front of the wall, and the vines parted for them, and the wolf statues moved over, and Zack didn't even look around as he passed the Wolf living room, which is very cozy, climbed tower steps and the plopped onto his bed, asleep.
