Chapter 6: Drowning Lessons

My name is Raven Willow and I'm 15 years old. I used to be a high school student who liked going to concerts and shopping at Hot Topic with my friends, and then I got in a car accident and woke up in another planet that has 2 moons, elves, neko people, and magic.

Now, I live in the Frozen Heart Inn because I wasn't allowed inside the Collage of Winterhold. I also work there now as a maid because Onion is a broke college student who couldn't afford to pay my rent for me, so the bartender Draugr said he would let me stay in my room for free if I helped him cook and clean.

I also earned money from tips by performing at the inn as a bird. I didn't know how to play the lute but I could sing well. Sometimes I sang MCR, Evanescence and Good Charlotte songs to the customers and they liked it because it was different from the usual Medevil stuff they listened to. Onmund really liked it whenever I sang him "It's Not A Fashion Statement, It's a F@#%ing Deathwish" by My Chemical Romance (A/N: XD itz a really g00d song OMFG look it up!) because the lyrics reminded him of how his family disowned and osterizered him for liking magic.

Speaking of Onion, I've been taking magic lessons with him everyday, but we only made slow progress. Sometimes he would come with his friend D'Jango who's a neko guy (OMFG he's the most kawaii kitty person I've ever seen.) apparently they call neko people here Kajeet tho. I tried to pet D'Angelo once, but he yelled at me.

Today, I was wearing an all-black medivil style dress that I bought from Brian's Oddments, the store across the street. It had a low neckline and corset laces in the front. It was ripped at the hem which went down to my ankles because women didn't wear miniskirts in the olden days and I guess Skyrim is the same. Brian the shopkeeper called it mourning clothes when I bought them from her and offered her condolencences, but I stuck my middle finger up at her. I didn't have my usual makeup, so I used mashed snowberries to make red eyeshadow and lipstick and charcoal for my eyeliner. I was naturally pale anyway, so it was ok that I didn't have my usual foundation.

Onmund and D'Angelo just arrived at the inn for my magic lessons. Apparently, D'Jango and Onion were both only 16 even though they're already in collage. I guess shcool works different in Skyrim.

"Hi guys," I said dejectedly.

"Hey Raven," they replayed. They were wearing matching blue togas and hoods, which I learned was the uniform they wore at the collage.

I've been learning Destruction magic from them because it sounded hardcore and it was D'Jango's favorite school of magic. But even thou we've been learning for a whole week, I could only make a tiny flame when I snap my fingers, kind of like a match you strike to incinerate (A/N: geddit? like the lyrics to Helena by MCR).

"F@#%! I'm never gonna learn this spell!" I compliant. It wouldn't be enough to pass Frarada's entrance exam so it made me melancholy, but Onion was still optimism about it.

"Don't be sad, Raven. This means you could still use magic even though you're from another world! You'll learn it the whole spell soon enough!" He said.

That cheered me up a little but D'Jango just laughed at me so I stuck my middle finger up at him. He stuck his middle finger/claw back at me and we both laughed. Apparently that gesture wasn't a thing in Skyrim, but when I told to D'Jango what it meant, he thought it was so funny and would start doing it to other rude preps too.

"But I'm not learning fast enough! How can I go home at this rate?" I said anguishingly.

"J'Zhargo suspects that Destruction magic may not be Raven's strong suit," D'Jango commented. His voice sounded like purring and he always spoke in the third person.

"Come on, J'Zhargo. Maybe she just needs more time...and practice. Lots of it." Onion said.

"True. But maybe that one just needs to try other schools of magic. Perhaps Raven would have more luck practicing Conjuration with Brelyna." J"Mango suggested.

"Who's Barleyna?" I asked.

"One of our classmates. I'm sure we've mentioned her before," Onion said. "She's the smartest apprentice from our batch. I wouldn't have passed my last exam if it wasn't for her!"

"But I like learning destruction with you guys..." I said. "But if she's as smart as you say, then maybe I can learn better from her..."

"Great! I'll let her know then. We'll come back for your magic lessons tomorrow and hopefully Brelyna can join us."

"Yea, sure." I said sarcastically to Onion. Even tho I was exited to get better at magic, I was kinda jealous because of the way he spoke about Barleyna... it sounded like he liked her.

"This is going to be wonderful, J'Zhargo. All of us practicing magic together... We might get a new classmate!" Omanyte said excitedly.

"This one agrees. Maybe Raven can help J'Zhargo with his experiments" D'Jango purred and smiled devilishly but in a cute way.