Chapter 1

The rare discovery

"Emily! It's morning! Rise and shine!"

"Urg… mom give me five more minutes please…"

"But you finally received the invitation you were waiting for! You know the collage of Black circle!"

"… … … Oh! I'm coming mother!"

I quickly ran downstairs as my mother was waiting for me to take the letter.

I grabbed it and started reading.

The letter stated some school rules, one of them was that you were allowed to take a pet to school.

Also all the information regarding the necessary books and school uniforms.

The school begins next week.

I immediately ran to my room just to check if I indeed had everything.

Cauldron check, all the necessary school books check, my school uniform check and a potion kit check and a pet…

Honestly I have an owl but it's my moms and we need it to send letters to my grandma.

I asked my mom and she said "Why not take the Thunix with you? Not only is it a mythological creature it is also know to be a kind and loyal companion."

"That is a great idea! Thanks mom! Tomorrow I'll get the needed supplies for the Thunix.

O almost forgot, I still need to think of a name! It seems to be a male since its black feathers have a blue glow on it. I guess maybe Pyro!"

"That is a good name dear."

It was kind of a sad story on how I met Pyro.

I found him just a couple of day's ago, almost a week now in fact.

So I didn't have much supplies for him yet, just the most urgent ones.

You see Pyro's mother died.

I guess I should start from the beginning.

The day I found him was a very dark, foggy and ominous day.

I saw some weird lights in the distance like fire and lightning.

So I wanted to check it out.

A little while later I was walking outside in the forest, when I heard the weirdest sound.

It was almost like that of a Thunder bird, they are very rare though.

Anyhow, I went to check it out and I was right it was a bird just not a Thunder bird.

No this creature was even more rare.

It was a Thunix, that is a rare combination between the two legendary birds the Phoenix and of cause the Thunder bird.

This bird is extremely rare because the birds usually fight when they meet.

This was still a very young one though.

It looked scared, I'm lucky that I have my way with animals.

I slowly approached the poor thing.

And when I got closer I saw a huge Thunderbird laying behind the little Thunix.

It must have been it's mother because the little bird tried to hide under it's wing.

I noticed that the Thunder bird was dead.

It looked like it was hunted down by someone.

The poor thing was crying to it's diseased mom, trying to wake her up.

It was sad to watch, to say the least.

I slowly got closer making soft sounds and soft whispers, just to make it know I was coming closer.

Then about two feet away I sat down.

You always have to wait for the animal to come to you.

So I sat there for hours making small sings at the bird that it was alright.

After a while it stopped hiding and got closer.

Luckily I had Some food on me and stuck it out to the bird.

After another hour he finally felt brave enough to take it out of my hand.

I sat there feeding the bird and trying to gain it's trust.

The poor thing was hurt and clearly starving.

Then I heard voices coming from nearby.

"Where on earth is that damm bird!"

"How should I know? You're the one who shot it down a couple of days ago!"

They were getting closer.

"Damm that poor thing doesn't even realize that it's mom is really gone yet!"

I had no other option but to grab the little bird and run.

So I did, when I started running the man started chasing me.

I ran as fast as I could with the poor bird who was still calling out to it's mom.

I for one know that Phoenix birds don't care for their young since they get reborn Anyways, so there was no way that it's father was gonna save it.

I started to use some of my fire just to scare them off.

The bird then stopped screaming and it just stared at me.

I looked back for a second, it was looking at me with a stare of confusion.

Then I noticed that the bird was cold, so I took of my robe and tied it around the little Thunix.

It then seemed to trust me.

The men got closer again so I used some more fire to block off the route.

I continued running all the way back home and ran just a little bit further just to make sure that I wasn't followed.

The area seemed clear.

I went back inside my home and put the bird under a warm blanked near my fire place.

It seemed to like it since it fell asleep almost right away.

When my mom got home I had a lot of explaining to do.

She understood me and helped me prepare some food for the bird.

And ever since then he became part of our little family.

Anyways I now have everything ready for next week that was such a relief.

And thus I am ready to go to my new school, The Black Circle!

It's going to be awesome!

The Black Circle is one of the most famous special schools for people like me.

O I guess it's worth mentioning that I'm a witch, a fire witch in fact.

So yeah, a school full of magic is what you should imagine.