A/N~ don't worry, the pace will pick up soon, I promise! (And I promise to post the rest
and write more soon, Ki +Ari!)
Disclaimer: I do not own the idea of Kualumpar, it is obviously modeled after JK Rowling's
Hogwarts "Hogwarts, Hogwarts, hoggy warty Hogwarts!" ~ahem.~ sry.
Settling in

"Well, this is your room, number 212," said Havanna.
"Be sure to go to the common room right after you all unpack." With that, Havanna left the room,
leaving Kiana, Silvanna, and Ariana standing with their bags. Walking over to a wall with a bed
built into it Kiana drew the curtain apart and set down her bags.
"This bed's mine," she said loudly, turning back around. As Silvanna and Ariana chose their beds,
Kiana surveyed the room. It was fairly large, with one window set with green glass in a diamond
latticework frame. The rest of the wood was branches woven together that had grown into a solid wood
structure over the years. The beds were built into the walls as ledges with a thick mattress and
quilted blankets lain over the top. There were shallow shelves set in the wall over the bed, and
deeper ones next to that for clothes. In front, the bed could be hidden by a single thick curtain
that could hide the bed. Next Kiana turned to her roommates. Silvanna was fairly tall, with long
black hair and shockingly bright green eyes. She was wearing an ankle length dress of dark forest
green trimmed with gold braid and emeralds around the neck, bottom hem, and edges of the sleeves.
Their tower symbol, a golden curled dragon, was embroidered on the front. Ariana was also tall, only
she had shoulder length pale blond hair and was wearing a sky-blue blue dress, also embroidered with
the tower symbol. Her dress was edged with pale gold braid and light blue aquamarines.
"So," Kiana said, "Where are you people from?" Ariana turned around.
"I'm from Columba. Where do you live?" she asked.
"I'm from Monomundo. Hey Silvanna," she called as the dark-haired girl turned around and joined the
conversation. "Where are you from?"
"I'm from Tirali," she said. "Do either of you know anyone else here? There is only one other student
from Tirali." Kiana nodded, but Ariana shook her head.
"Actually, I know two people here, but you guys would only want to know one of hem.
If you meet anyone named Jemissa, run as fast as you can away from her." Kiana grinned.
"She's evil," she said in a wacky voice. Both Ariana and Silvanna smiled.
"Yeah, I know some people like that," said Ariana. Then she pointed to Silvanna's bag.
"Hey, what's that?" she asked Silvanna looked at her bag.
"What, this?" she asked, pulling out a dark wooden case. "It's my flute." she looked at Kiana
and Ariana. "Do you guys play any instruments?" she questioned. Both girls nodded their heads.
"Yeah," said Kiana, "The violin," she pointed to her violin case beside her bag.
"I play the piano, but I couldn't bring it with," said Ariana, smiling.
"It was too big to fit in my bag. I can sing though."
"Cool," responded Kiana and Silvanna. "Uh, guys," said Silvanna,
"We should probably get going. We wouldn't want to miss getting our class schedules or
whatever else they have in store for us today." Kiana and Ariana nodded and all three headed for the door.
As they were leaving the room Kiana paused, and thought to herself that maybe the year wouldn't
be so bad after all. So far that day she had made two potential friends and had bumped into a really
cute guy who seemed to like her. Too bad she hadn't seen Robert though. Oh well. Nothing's perfect.