Chapter 1: Pre-Year1 – It's Best to Train Young
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After a boring plane ride a young girl stepped into a car. Already in it were three other people. Although they looked the same age she was. She hadn't seen anyone older than her, well except the supervisor. She was heading to Salem, a very prestigious school. Actually that was all she new about the school. Well about anything really. The moment she stepped on the plane she couldn't remember anything about her. Sure she could read and write, and she remembered all that. But nothing about who she was, her name, her family, or even where she lived. She supposed this is what the school meant about not going back until she left school.
Soon the car came to a halt, and the children were all ushered to a pool of water. Actually it was more of a pond.
"Well," started an intimidating woman in a dark robe. "It's nice to see that everyone came this year. I am Professor Hadrea. Let me assure you, the next eight years of your life you will spend here." Someone shifted and she continued on with a glare, "Your first two years are pre-years. You will be getting used to life here, learning etiquette, and training your body."
"You will be given names and sorted into clans. Each of the eight clans falls into one of four categories. Either assassin, protector, medic, or fighter. Elemental clans are normal, and most of you will go to them. There are, however, the Mona clans. If you get into one of these clans, You will only have one or two in every year. So you may only have anywhere from 7 to 15 clan mates."
"Now that, that's out of the way. Come and look into the pond and a ribbon will give you your first names and last. It can see what you will accomplish in the future and what you are capable of, so it knows best. Oh, and it may take long for some of you than others."
The professor picked out people one by one, and sent them to the pond. Calling out there new name and clan. Finally it was her turn. She sat down cross legged and looked into the pool. After what seemed like a very long time a black ribbon with silver writing appeared.
"Risa-Accalia ShadowWalker, over there Miss." The Professor told her. When the placement was over she noticed the banners above where everyone was standing. They said the names of each clan. She was the only new ShadowWalker. SilverBlood received 2, SpiritReaders 2, LightningStrikers 2, FireHealers 4, EarthFighters 5, WaterDefenders 5, and AirTravelers 5. Suddenly they were all transported to their clans.
Risa was welcomed by her eleven other clan mates, and the clan leader Braen-Arian. The first few months she learned the ropes, and got used to her new sleep schedule. All Mona Clans slept during the day and were awake at night. Leader explained to her that Salem Students didn't go home until they either quit or passed the trial. He told her all about the school and how it was run. Apparently pre-years were for learning clan skills.
Leader also told her which clans were what. ShadowWalkers happened to be assassins, along with AirTravelers. SilverBlood and WaterDefenders were protectors, FireHealers and SpiritReaders were medics, and EarthFighters and LightningStrikers were warriors.
The Sixth Year Trials were also included in the first months lessons. The whole clan helped her with training her body and getting fit. A fourth year named Cyrus-Ajax showed her around their clan territory, and soon became her best ShadowWalker friend. The ShadowWalkers lived in the basement of their café, and their training grounds was upstairs.
Risa received the pre-year uniform. When you reached your third year, you got to design your own. She also got her room assignment. Every ShadowWalker had their own room, with a small window and no door. So until you learned to Walk you had to have someone help you or climb in through the window. The room consisted of a hammock, a desk, a dresser (currently full of pre-year uniforms), an area for a pet, a bathroom, and a book shelf (hers currently empty).
In a couple of months Risa received many books, and learned all the etiquette she thought she'd ever need. Leader finally said she was allowed to go to the main grounds. Which was, from what she heard, a hang out for all the clans.
As it turned out none of the elemental pre-year 1's were there. Only the other six Mona pre-year 1's were. As it were, some other three mona's (two boys and a girl) got into a fight with some pre-year2 elementals, and she saved their butts with her shadow walking.
"What were you thinking?" she asked quietly. None of them answered at first, but soon they all started to talk. The four became fast friends and by the end of the year their clans decided they had mastered the clan skills allowing them to form a pack a couple weeks before summer break. When they would spend time with their clans only.
Their pack name was decided. They were Moke. As a Moke is unnoticeable, and an extremely valuable lizard in the wizarding world. Pack-Moke consisted of Risa-Accalia ShadowWalker, Drem-Corrin SilverBlood, Jason-Leander SpiritReader, and Amber-Sarff LightningStriker.
And so the pack split and went to their clans for the summer before their second pre-year.
