Phases of the Moon
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: All characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just rented them for a while.
Claimer: I only own Wyn, Aidan, and Kamania, but that's enough for me really.
*Jumping around stupidly. * Let's party! This is my official 10th chapter for this story! I'm so proud. *Starts sobbing for joy. * I know there are stories WAY longer than mine, but this is MY longest story so far!
Chapter 10: In Which Wyn's Winter Vacation is Over
"Do I have to go to school?" Wyn grumbled as her mother dragged her downstairs.
"Oh come on! You like school," accused Morgan who was smirking at the still tousled red gold mop on his sister's bent head.
Wyn glared at her brother, using one of Sophie's 'Glares of Death.' She then proceeded to slump to the workbench were she snapped her fingers and her usual breakfast of a piece of toast appeared.
"What a morning person you are, dear sister," noted Morgan after shaking off the effects of the glare.
"Buzz off . . ." mumbled Wyn her head drooping.
Morgan chuckled at that, but said nothing. He was eighteen after all, which meant he could just be an apprentice for all he wanted and not go to school. It made him appreciate living in good old Ingary instead of Wales. He was Howl's official new apprentice now and though Wyn had the feeling they had arranged it like that so that she would admit who was training her, it wasn't going to work. Wyn just wasn't talking no matter what.
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About half an hour later, Wyn was running threw the streets of Kingsbury to her schoolhouse. She could have used magic to get their, but not being an official apprentice, or some sort of magic student under someone authorized, meant she now had to limit her magic uses outside the moving castle. This was because she was getting older now and had more laws pressing down on her; making it hard to keep Aidan's secret.
She finally turned down the busy street that her school was on. She got in line behind some of the others her age just as the doors opened signaling the start of classes. She hurriedly to her classroom; it was a small whitewashed room filled with shelves of textbooks. She sat down in the back row and glanced out the window. With winter vacation over, the snow was still there, but now trampled by the thousands of feet from the returning students.
She could see her reflection clearly in the glass though and she frowned. Her hair was still fuzzed up making a ratty halo above her head. Her eyes glowed with her usual fiery personality though, which was often diminished slightly in the morning hours by fatigue and stress.
She sighed as she looked at her uniform in the glass. It was a dull plaid dress with a ruffly petticoat, knee-high socks, and dorky plain black buckled dress shoes. She despised the whole outfit. To her it was just all wrong. The reds in the plaid design on the dress contrasted with her own carroty hair horribly and she hated the way the socks always slid down uncomfortably.
She was jolted out of her thoughts suddenly when she felt a faint tap on her shoulder. She turned to see her teacher, Mr. Christopher Aprilian, who happened to be Kamania's older brother. He was smiling kindly down at her and said, "Awake over there, Miss Jenkins?"
"Oh . . . Hi, Chri . . . er . . . Mr. Aprilian," she said forgetting for a moment she wasn't supposed to call him by his first name at school.
He winked at her and turned to the rest of the class, leaving Wyn to her daydreams. She didn't even notice when the door opened and a boy about three inches taller than her walked into the room confidently. She only started to pay attention when Mr. Aprilian said, "Good our new student is here. Class this is Aidan Calypso."
Wyn's head shot up in surprise causing several people to look at her oddly. Meanwhile, Aidan had spotted her and laughter came into his profound eyes, which only Wyn seemed to notice. She gave him a questioning look that he only nodded faintly at in return.
"Why don't you tell us about yourself, Aidan," said Mr. Aprilian.
"Alright," replied Aidan setting his intense gaze on the rest of the class, "Well, I live in Kingsbury where I help my father with his magic ingredients shop. I'm fourteen and . . .that's it really."
"Very interesting, Mr. Calypso!" exclaimed Mr. Aprilian smiling.
Aidan was given the seat behind Wyn to her silent dismay. 'I may have a crush on him now, but that's going to change or at least I think.I'm not like SOME girls!' she thought.
For the rest of that school year, Aidan seemed to always be placed somewhere near Wyn. She had mixed emotions about it. As for the following year, Aidan was amazingly in all of Wyn's classes once again.
He also was one of the most adored 'girl catcher' at the school. Wyn found herself trying to shoo the girls away like she was jealous, which caused her to be forced to reassure several girls that she wasn't Aidan's girlfriend.
She was just Aidan's friend, who happened to be a girl, right?
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Author's Note: I think I really like the ending for this chapter. By the way, just to make it clear Wyn's now 15, Aidan's 16, and Morgan's 20!
Anyway, please review. Pllleeaasseeee... *Reduced to whining. *
By: ChocolateEclar
Disclaimer: All characters belong to the magnificent authoress, Diana Wynne Jones. I just rented them for a while.
Claimer: I only own Wyn, Aidan, and Kamania, but that's enough for me really.
*Jumping around stupidly. * Let's party! This is my official 10th chapter for this story! I'm so proud. *Starts sobbing for joy. * I know there are stories WAY longer than mine, but this is MY longest story so far!
Chapter 10: In Which Wyn's Winter Vacation is Over
"Do I have to go to school?" Wyn grumbled as her mother dragged her downstairs.
"Oh come on! You like school," accused Morgan who was smirking at the still tousled red gold mop on his sister's bent head.
Wyn glared at her brother, using one of Sophie's 'Glares of Death.' She then proceeded to slump to the workbench were she snapped her fingers and her usual breakfast of a piece of toast appeared.
"What a morning person you are, dear sister," noted Morgan after shaking off the effects of the glare.
"Buzz off . . ." mumbled Wyn her head drooping.
Morgan chuckled at that, but said nothing. He was eighteen after all, which meant he could just be an apprentice for all he wanted and not go to school. It made him appreciate living in good old Ingary instead of Wales. He was Howl's official new apprentice now and though Wyn had the feeling they had arranged it like that so that she would admit who was training her, it wasn't going to work. Wyn just wasn't talking no matter what.
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About half an hour later, Wyn was running threw the streets of Kingsbury to her schoolhouse. She could have used magic to get their, but not being an official apprentice, or some sort of magic student under someone authorized, meant she now had to limit her magic uses outside the moving castle. This was because she was getting older now and had more laws pressing down on her; making it hard to keep Aidan's secret.
She finally turned down the busy street that her school was on. She got in line behind some of the others her age just as the doors opened signaling the start of classes. She hurriedly to her classroom; it was a small whitewashed room filled with shelves of textbooks. She sat down in the back row and glanced out the window. With winter vacation over, the snow was still there, but now trampled by the thousands of feet from the returning students.
She could see her reflection clearly in the glass though and she frowned. Her hair was still fuzzed up making a ratty halo above her head. Her eyes glowed with her usual fiery personality though, which was often diminished slightly in the morning hours by fatigue and stress.
She sighed as she looked at her uniform in the glass. It was a dull plaid dress with a ruffly petticoat, knee-high socks, and dorky plain black buckled dress shoes. She despised the whole outfit. To her it was just all wrong. The reds in the plaid design on the dress contrasted with her own carroty hair horribly and she hated the way the socks always slid down uncomfortably.
She was jolted out of her thoughts suddenly when she felt a faint tap on her shoulder. She turned to see her teacher, Mr. Christopher Aprilian, who happened to be Kamania's older brother. He was smiling kindly down at her and said, "Awake over there, Miss Jenkins?"
"Oh . . . Hi, Chri . . . er . . . Mr. Aprilian," she said forgetting for a moment she wasn't supposed to call him by his first name at school.
He winked at her and turned to the rest of the class, leaving Wyn to her daydreams. She didn't even notice when the door opened and a boy about three inches taller than her walked into the room confidently. She only started to pay attention when Mr. Aprilian said, "Good our new student is here. Class this is Aidan Calypso."
Wyn's head shot up in surprise causing several people to look at her oddly. Meanwhile, Aidan had spotted her and laughter came into his profound eyes, which only Wyn seemed to notice. She gave him a questioning look that he only nodded faintly at in return.
"Why don't you tell us about yourself, Aidan," said Mr. Aprilian.
"Alright," replied Aidan setting his intense gaze on the rest of the class, "Well, I live in Kingsbury where I help my father with his magic ingredients shop. I'm fourteen and . . .that's it really."
"Very interesting, Mr. Calypso!" exclaimed Mr. Aprilian smiling.
Aidan was given the seat behind Wyn to her silent dismay. 'I may have a crush on him now, but that's going to change or at least I think.I'm not like SOME girls!' she thought.
For the rest of that school year, Aidan seemed to always be placed somewhere near Wyn. She had mixed emotions about it. As for the following year, Aidan was amazingly in all of Wyn's classes once again.
He also was one of the most adored 'girl catcher' at the school. Wyn found herself trying to shoo the girls away like she was jealous, which caused her to be forced to reassure several girls that she wasn't Aidan's girlfriend.
She was just Aidan's friend, who happened to be a girl, right?
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Author's Note: I think I really like the ending for this chapter. By the way, just to make it clear Wyn's now 15, Aidan's 16, and Morgan's 20!
Anyway, please review. Pllleeaasseeee... *Reduced to whining. *