April 1st 2018 5:00 AM London, England
Waking up in the morning with the knowledge that today is the day the rest of your career is balanced on is never the way to start your day… thought Amelia, as she
grumbled quietly while shuffling towards her bathroom. Going through her morning routine with shaking hands, she made quick work of taming her brown, tangled
hair, and applying her normal makeup to cover over her recently gained stress blemishes. Moving to pin her thick hair up into its standard ballet bun and dress in her
normal class attire, she grabbed her prepacked duffle bag with its magically extended interior. Carrying everything from backup clothes and shoes, to class notes and
personal essentials the bag basically carried her 'home away from home', ever since she had joined the academy.
Pulling on a pair of plain ballet flats, before grabbing her keys and phone she quickly headed to her kitchen for a last minute stop. "Ok, got my stuff. So breakfast and
risk potentially getting sick all over the stage? Or wait and eat whatever I want after the audition…gonna have to go with option two there Mia." Grabbing her favorite
thermos and filling it up, she haphazardly threw it into her duffle before walking to the door. Music already blaring from the multicolored ear-buds plugged into her
phone, she quickly exits her flat and jogs down the old stone steps. Her steps light and quick, she heads towards the pristine looking academy standing in the cities
skyline as her focus shifts to her music. Bright hazel eyes darting down to look at her lighted phone screen, she lets a smile appear on her face at the message on the
screen. "You'll do great bird brain just don't over think things… I'm ready to celebrate as soon as you pass your audition. Love your dashing mate -Teddy" Lips ticking
up into a smile, she never noticed the looming man coming towards her on the strangely empty sidewalk.
A hard slam sending her stumbling, as the man ran away with her duffle she quickly righted herself before letting out a shout. "What the...? Oi! Get back here!"
Darting off after the strange man she slowly began to gain on him, as her mind quickly began to criticize her, "If you weren't so caught up in a text message this
never would have happened! And may I remind you, your wand is in that bag! If you lose that you're going to have a bigger problem than having a few missing
assignments for a class!" The man quickly darting down a side street, he dropped her bag in the middle of the empty street before running off. Rushing over to her
bag, while panting from her impromptu chase she asks herself disbelief, "What the bloody hell was that? Honestly, what's the point of stealing if you're not going to
keep what you stole?" Looking around her and not seeing anything strange at first, she quickly shouldered her bag again. Quickly digging in the bag to find her wand,
her fingers clasped around the familiar feel of her wand.
Moving cautiously she begins to walk towards the end of the street. " I've seen way to many horror movies to know that whatever this is, it's not going to be good…"
Pausing in her steps to see a bright light suddenly appear from her left, she quickly turned to face it, her wand out in front of her as her eyes grew wide. Glowing
before her, a swirling energy that seems to hover in mid air quietly hummed. Her voice going high and stressed she squeaked out, "What is that…" Cautiously
creeping forward, her free hand slowly extended to allow her long fingers to hover just over the energy, her surroundings seemingly forgotten.
A dark figure appearing directly behind her, the figure quietly moves his arms slowly to prepare to shove the woman before him. Staring into the emitted light from
the portal, her wand arm slowly drops from it's defensive position unaware of the danger creeping up behind her. A flash of movement finally catching her eye, a
scream prepared to leave her lips as she caught sight of the figure. Darting forward to harshly shove her, he watched as his action sent the tall woman tumbling
forward, through the portal. The energy from the portal pulsing once more before flickering out entirely, the figure raised his hand to his ear and spoke quietly out
loud, "The mission is complete. I really hope you picked the right one boss. She seemed a little under qualified honestly." A response quietly replying to his words
from the earpiece, he sighed before answering, "Understood sir, reporting back shortly."
Date Unknown, Time Unknown, Location Unknown
"Why is it so dark?" was Mia's first thought when she woke up, her second thought elegantly followed up with, Why do I feel like I've been run over with a bus… twice?
Opening her mouth slightly, she quietly groaned as her eyelids fluttered open slightly to see blurry figures all gathered around her, and
there was red, so much red, that can't possibly be normal… Head pounding, and her whole body aching, Mia's distraught mind
desperately tried to make some sort of sense out of the situation. Seeming to realize that it was a lost cause after a few moments, Mia
allowed her eyes to close again. As she continued to lie on whatever she had landed on, Mia managed to hear two voices comment
jokingly as they flawlessly switched back and forth, "Well Mum, sadly I think we aren't the most destructive thing tonight. We'll just have
to try harder next time, although I have to say this will be hard to beat for sure". Other voices beginning to pipe up in different pitches,
each one louder than the rest she vainly tried to listen to the voices around her. Allowing her mind to fully shut down, Amelia allowed
herself to finally fall unconscious her last thought being, "West, what in the world have you got yourself into this time…"