Author's Note:
I do not own Harry Potter, J.K Rowling does! However, I do own Emily Blanchett, Delilah Hopkins, Merlin's Towers and anything that comes from it!

Well, here's the second chapter of the series. I hope you like it so far, please comment because I want to know the feedback of this story! Thanks for reading! Enjoy.


Chapter 2
Dark Blue

"Welcome back, to another year of Merlin's Towers!" Headmaster Duncan Murray announced, as he stood from the pavillion at the front of the Great Hall. Sitting beside Delilah, Emily was quite glad that the Great Hall wasn't as empty as it was, during the holidays. She was pretty happy that everyone was back; because then she would have more space to blend into the crowd. Of course, she was also glad that Delilah was back, because during the holidays, Emily missed her presence very much.

The now Seventeen Year Old girls listened to the Headmaster, as he bore on and on, about the new year ahead. Rolling her eyes, Emily couldn't help but stare down at her plate as she continued to listen to the Headmaster's usual speech, the one she had been hearing for the past six years. However, something unusual the Headmaster said, had made Emily look up from her plate, and stare at the Headmaster.

"This year, Merlin's Towers has been officially invited to participate in the legendary competition, the Triwizard Tornament!" A buzz flew around the Hall, as students began to talk, amongst the Headmaster's speech. "The Tornament will be held in Hogwars, School of Wizardry and Witchcraft. This year, we have chosen a special batch of people to go and attend and see this Tornament, as well as to possibly participate in it."

Eyes wide, Emily turned to glance at her best friend, and found that Delilah was casting her worried looks too.

"The Sixth and Seventh Years will be going to Hogwarts, and the Majors will be going as well." The Headmaster announced. "The selected few will be informed by their House Heads, and more details will be given out then." With that, the Headmaster nodded his head, waved his hands and plates of food appeared magically on the tables, ignoring the huge amount of buzz that the students were generating. "Let the feast begin!"

Emily turned to Delilah almost immediately, as Delilah exclaimed, "Majors will be going as well!" Majors were the selective bunch of people who chose to stay on and Major in their chosen Elementals. However, very few were chosen as majoring in the Elementals required a lot of magical attention and time spent, in order to hone their abilities. Plus, the high standard tests made it even more difficult to pass, and stay on to the Elemental they had chosen. Emily nodded her head, as she looked at Delilah. "I wonder how Klug's going to deal with it." She commented, as she gazed down the blue rugged Klug table.

As said before, very few people were chosen to major in the Elemental they had chosen. There were only two Majors that were both Fourth Years, and both were in Tapfer, the red house, for the brave. Other than that, Emily recalled that there were only five other students who were Majors as well. Delilah and her, both Seventh Years, were the only ones from Klug, two other Sixth Years from Tapfer, making the total from Tapfer four, and one Seventh Year from Freundlich.

Majors were given a seperate time table, just because they had at least three hours a day dedicated to Elementals. Lightning, Fire, Earth, Water, Wind and Metal were the Elementals that they could choose from, and Emily recalled the faces and names of the students who were Majors as well, as she dug into her food, her and Delilah both silent as they pondered over their thoughts.

The Fourth Years from Tapfer were twins, named Jonathan, who was majoring in Metal, and Jeslyn Phoen, in Wind.

The Sixth Years were Cressebella Lau, who was majoring in Lightning, and Jack Matthews, who was majoring in Fire.

The Seventh Year from Freundlich was Holly Tamblyn, who was majoring in Earth.

Finally, Delilah Hopkins, the girl sitting next to Emily right now, was majoring in Earth, while Emily Blanchett herself was majoring in Water.

As she started munching on her spaghetti, a thought entered Emily's mind...

I wonder why they need the Majors to go. Are they going to use us as a huge entrance or something?

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"Alright, class! Today, you will not be split up and be taught seperately, but we will be going through a series of moves and actions which will be used for the introductory entrance used when the school makes it's entrance at Hogwarts." Professor Marymaull said, as she stood at the front of the tiny class, consisting of seven people. Emily rolled her eyes, as she glanced lazily towards Delilah, who sent her an equally lazy look back.

"The first people to go in, would be the two Earths; Holly and Delilah. Please stand at this side."

Delilah scoffed, making Emily smile, as she joined Holly to stand at the front of the class. Emily didn't really like Holly, because Holly was a stuck up Freundlich that always made things harder for Delilah. They were the only ones with an Elemental in which they weren't alone. This caused a friction between the two to work even harder, and made Delilah dislike Holly even more.

"Second, would be the Lightning; Cressebella, if you'd please..."

Cressebella, a short but slim Sixth Year Tapfer, skipped to the front, her short shoulder-length hair bobbing on the way. Emily always liked Cressebella; she was a brave soul, loud and outspoken.

"Third, would be the the Wind, Jeslyn..."

Jeslyn, like her Elemental, was the calm one amongst the entire Majors. She was the one that Emily could always go to if she had a problem or situation, and Emily had grown up to like Jeslyn a lot.

"Followed by the Metal, Jonathan.."

Now, Jonathan was another tale. He was the total opposite of his twin sister, as he was loud and outspoken, just like Cressebella, making them quite the best friends.

Quite alarmed, Emily realized that she and Jack were the only ones left. If she had to go last, that meant that the most expectations were cast upon her to make the grand finale.

"Fifth, the Fire, Jack.."

Oh, Merlin, no.

"Finally, Water, Emily.."

Emily rose up in her seat, and looking quite dejected, Emily walked slowly to the front and stood at the ultimate right, as Professor Marymaull started to brief them about the entire entrance.

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Sitting in the corner of the Student's Lounge, Emily, Delilah, Jeslyn and Cressebella could be found huddling amongst the thick cushions that cushioned them from the hard, wooden surface of the floor. The warmth of the fireplace made them comfortable, as they started to talk and practice on their Elementals.

Most of the time, the Elementals hung together as they were given the same timetables, and could communicate well with each other as they were given the same responsibilities and such. They were also allowed to perform Elemental Magic outside of classes, just because they required extra practice, but not to hurt any other students.

"..Stupid wall of leaves." Delilah muttered under her breath. "I can't believe Marymaull asked me to make vines crawl up the walls, tables and everything, while asking Holly to dance with the leaves! It's as if she.. She likes Holly better!"

Emily shook her head, making a low 'tsk'ing sound.

Jeslyn spoke, her calm voice covering the four. "Ignore her, Dee. Making vines crawl up everything is more valuable than just dancing with the leaves, and you know it."

"..But, but.."

BOOM.

Eyes wide, Emily, Delilah and Jeslyn jumped, as they swiveled to the direction of the sound, and found themselves looking at the palms of Cressebella's hands.

"..Woops! Sorry guys." Cressebella said cheekily, a smile on her face. "Practicing the lightning move I was supposed to do!"

Emily grinned, as she let out a small laugh. "Come on guys, let's stop talking and start the Elementing!"

The four nodded their heads eagerly, watching as Emily made the first move. Emily's black eyes turned a cloudy blue as she concentrated on the picture that she was trying to create in her head.

Raising her hands, a beautiful flow of clear water rushed out of nowhere and it spiralled quickly towards the ground. Seeing the opportunity, Jeslyn raised her hands as well, her green eyes now turning a cloudy grey. As she let out a gust of air, it spiralled around the clear water and the continuous cycle was beautiful. A spiral of endless, quickly flowing water, Emily tried something harder - and as the water was still flowing, Emily closed her eyes and concentrated really hard. Her hands shook with slight intensity, as the water slowly, yet surely froze into ice. It shone in the slow light of the Student's Lounge, and like a crystal, it sparkeled. The ice was shaped in a strange way; with it's shape not being fully a spiral. Because of the flowing wind holding and shaping it, the ice had froze like it was - bits of ice crystals in midair, the structure seeming like a spiral of beautiful thorns instead of a spiral of water.

Opening her eyes, Emily's eyes turned back to her normal black and she placed down her hands, them still shaking. She could feel the obvious energy loss from inside of her, and as she looked towards Jeslyn, she supposed that Jeslyn had felt the same way. However, Emily's hands were the only ones shaking. Staring into the clear, green eyes of the girl next to her, Emily heard the crystals tink as they dropped onto the ground slowly, the power of wind no longer holding them up.

"..Wow." Cressebella's jaw had dropped. "...That was bea-u-tiful!"

Emily couldn't help but chuckle, as Delilah held a huge grin on her face.

"I have to agree too, Em. That was awesome! One of the best structures you made so far."

"..Couldn't have done it without Jeslyn, though." Emily commented, giving Jeslyn a light and playful shove. Jeslyn grinned back with a slight laugh.

"Hey hey, wait let me try something!" Cressebella suddenly exclaimed, out of the blue. Closing her eyes, Cressebella's hands were outstretched over the ice structure. "..I can do this, I can do this, I can do this.." She chanted, and after awhile, the chanting stopped.

BOOM.

The three jumped a little in their seats at the noise, and saw a quick flash of light emitting from Cressebella's hands, as they stared at the remains of the ice crystal. It was now shattered into small, ice crystals that slowly began to melt. Emily started laughing at Cressebella's attempt, and the others started laughing along as well, their laughter drowned in the noise of the Student's Lounge.