Author Note: I don't own Wizard101!
Wishing to be Different
The Average Girl that Wishes to Speak
Everything seemed like a dream. It was pitch black, it was so black it was suffocated me. I couldn't tell whether I was falling, standing, sitting, or even floating. I searched endlessly for a hint of light, a voice, or even a smell. Nothing. I screamed at the top of my lungs, but no sound came out.
Time screeched along. A few minutes would go by, but it would seem like hours of endless torment for me. I gave up after a while and closed my eyes. Maybe I could sleep and realize this was all a nightmare?
But then a sudden flash of bright light came out of nowhere, right in front of me. I couldn't see anything because the light was too bright. I felt myself falling and then a sudden pain hit my head. Then everything was black again.
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When I finally woke up, I was met with a throbbing pain in my head. The lights around me burned my eyes and only worsened the headache.
But at the same time, I had never been so happy in my life. That moment I was so happy to be home and away from the darkness. I wanted to kiss my mother and father. Heck, I even wanted to hug my little brother. Then reality hit me as I blinked my eyes so they could get accustomed to the brightness in the room. This wasn't home. It wasn't even a place I recognize. I bolted up from the red couch I was laying on, but I fell right back down, feeling light headed again.
"Woah, there! Don't be in such a rush. You hit your head on floor pretty hard."
I whipped around to see who said that. But yet again, a shot of pain went through my head, so I clutched it to try to stop it the pain. Only then did I notice that it had wrappings around it. The woman (she looked no older than sixteen) came up to me, kneeled down, and put her cold hands on my forehead. I shrunk back from her touch.
"Don't worry, I won't hurt you," the woman reassured me. She pulled her mousy brown hair in a ponytail and took off my bandages before I could say anything.
"You slept for three days straight. We were starting to get worried," the women continued.
I slept for three days?! I looked back at the woman as she stood up and look down at me.
"I'm no life wizard, but I think you'll live."
"So our newest wizard has finally woken up?"
I turned around, this time slowly, to see a very elderly-looking man standing by the door. The man must have been off his knockers too, because he was dressed as if he was Merlin, the wizard. Everything he was wearing was purple and had gold stars all over it. I glanced back at the woman, who had bowed to the man. She was wearing a dark blue robe with a gold trim going around it.
"Miss Ravensword, can you go make Miss Frogstalker's uniform," the old man ordered.
"Yes headmaster," the woman, Miss Ravensword, bowed again and walked out with her gold boots clicking behind her.
I didn't want to look up at the man, so I went to looking at the small table in front of me. Even though I couldn't see him, I could still feel his eyes studying me, like I was supposed to do a back flip or something. The man then moved on the other side of the table and waved his hand.
Poof!
A book appeared right in front of me! I jumped further into the couch and stared at the book as if I was afraid it would eat me. The man waved his hand again and a little glass bottle of ink and a feather appeared on top of the book.
I just stared at the book, wondering if I was going insane. The man sighed and he waved his hand again. My body suddenly got up on its own and I grabbed the feather. I shoved it into the ink to the point that most of the bottom half of the pen was wet. I gained control of my body when my hand opened the book. I looked up at the man and he nodded and I looked back at the book.
You would rather:
A. go to a park.
B. play by myself.
I blinked a couple of times. That wasn't what I expecting. I felt the stares of the man in front of me, which only made me feel nervous. I decided to answer these as truthful as I could. They would probably catch me if I didn't take this seriously. I, while covering the page with spots of ink, circled B, since I did prefer to be by myself. The question and the spots of ink faded away and the next question popped up.
Which of these is most powerful?
A. Earthquake
B. Volcano
C. Blizzard
D. Tornado
E. Hurricane
F. Plague
G. Sandstorm
I thought carefully about this answer. Not all earthquakes were deadly and it was rare if they were. Volcanos rarely erupted and scientists could predict when they would. Plus, the smoke was the only really dangerous part. Blizzards only happened where it was really cold, and anyone could avoid them by staying indoors. Tornadoes could be very dangerous, but they usually didn't wipe out towns or send houses to magical worlds. Hurricanes were definitely very dangerous, but again, scientists were able to see when they were coming, so people could leave before they came.
However, plagues were very dangerous. No one could see them coming. And usually, when someone did, it was almost always too late. Every time in history, when a plague came and went, it always made the surviving people change. Besides, sandstorm were like a blizzard, so people could avoid if they didn't go outside. I circled F.
Your favorite activity is:
A. Camping or fishing
B. I can't decide
C. Competitive sports
D. Learning something new
E. Playing with my pets
F. Reading, playing games
I guess we're back to the weird questions, I thought. I circled F, even though I didn't really play games.
What's your favorite time of day?
A. Night
B. Afternoon
C. Morning
I didn't really know how this mattered. I decided circled A though, remembering the peaceful nights as I snuck past my bedtime with a flashlight and a book.
The most important thing in a story is:
A. all of the characters
B. the hero or heroine
Without even a second thought, I circled A. The hero would never be able to anything without the supporting characters. Sometimes, people forgot that small detail.
What is your favorite animal?
A. Shark
B. Serpent
C. Polar Bear
D. Dragon
E. Crab
F. Bat
G. Unicorn
As I looked over the choices, I noticed that none of those were my favorite animal. In fact, none of them were even close, since my favorite animal was a Camel. It was unique how they could go for weeks without needing water, even while carries all the travelers' stuff. I looked over the choices again, I decided to go with D. Dragons were cool, I guess.
What's your favorite gem stone?
A. Peridot
B. Onyx
C. Sapphire
D. Amethyst
I never really thought about what my favorite gem was. I didn't even know what the gems in my choices looked like. I imagined that a sapphire was purple or blue. Something like that. I couldn't decide. So instead, I closed my eyes a let my finger guide me. The first, time I landed on the question itself, then close my eyes again and I placed the pen on the paper once more. This time, it landed on Onyx. Without another thought, I circled B and the question faded away. Nothing appeared after that and I looked up at the man.
"I'll tell you what you got later, but now I need to write down your ID information and your new uniform," he said as he walked over to a desk and sat in a large, red chair.
I followed him over to the desk. I was getting tired of all this. When I was about to ask him what the heck was going on, all I saw were blinding light. After it was gone, I blinked a couple of time trying to get the white spots in my vision to go away.
When I was able to see again, he was handing me a card out from an old fashion camera. I looked at the card:
Name: Jacqueline Frogstalker
Sex: Female
Hair: Black
Eyes: Brown
Species: Human
Species? Where the hell am I?
Slowly, I saw my picture come to the right of the card. My brown puffy eyes were wide, my hair was all over the place, and my pink chapped lips gaping open.
I looked up at the man again. I wanted to ask him how he did that, but when I tried no sound came out of my mouth. I tried again only with the same results. I even tried to scream. No sound came from my throat.
"Headmaster, her uniform is ready."
I turned around to see that it was Miss Ravensword.
"Good, good," the old man turned to me, "now follow Miss Ravensword."
I followed Miss Ravensword, glad that I was able to get away from that man. We entered a little sewing room, where there were cloths of all colors everywhere.
"Ok so this what your uniform is going to look like," Miss Ravensword said pointing to the manikin. It was wearing a robe that was dark blue and had a dark purple trim. There was also a purple circle on the chest. It also had a dark blue witch hat with black trim and black boots.
"I hope you like the colors of the uniform. I thought they would look good with dark sk-why are you crying?" Miss Ravensword asked, rushing over to me.
I put my hand up to my cheek and sure enough I felt tears rolling down from eyes. I crumbled down to my knees and cried soundless sobs. Miss Ravensword knelled down beside me and held me in her arms.
"Oh dearly, shh shh... You're not from this world, are you?"
I silently shook my head as I continued to cry.
"Don't worry; you're in a safe place. Headmaster has a tendency to be absent-minded and forget that you're not used to all of this. Everything is going to be okay."
That was exactly what I needed to hear, though I cried for another five minutes on this poor women's chest.
"So how much do you know of this world?" she asked me after I was done crying.
I shook my head no.
"Oh you poor thing you can't even talk. Make sure you get a potion from head master that can get you to speak again."
I nodded my head.
"Well, right now your are at Ravenwood School of Magical Arts, where they teach young Wizards spells and magic. And you are a Wizard."
I looked at her. Me, a wizard? They're all insane!
She smiled down at me.
"You'll see."
She had me put on the uniform. Once I put the thing on, she put on her dark blue hat that was like mine and led me outside. She said goodbye to me and went back inside the building.
"Well, hello! If it isn't our newest student!" the man greeted me, now having a moon shaped staff, as I hesitantly walked up to him.
"Sorry about earlier, you must be very confused. I was just very--" the man paused, as if he was trying to find a word that would work best "--interested. My name is Merle Ambrose, I am the headmaster of the Ravenwood School of Magical Arts. My owl friend here is Gamma."
"Hellooo!" I must have jumped back pretty far when the owl started talking, because I bumped into the Headmaster.
He chuckled and whispered in my ear, "Don't worry he won't bite, unless you're a mouse."
I felt the ground shake underneath me. I saw lightning out of the corner of my eye and it soon began to rain. When I looked up, I saw a shadow past by a window from the building I came from.
Headmaster Ambrose frowned.
"How odd! Come along, Miss Frogstalker."
Headmaster Ambrose then ran into the tower with me following on his heels.
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I followed the headmaster up twenty flights of stairs. When I reached the top room of the tower, I was panting and exhausted. The Headmaster, however, wasn't even breathing abnormally.
"Who's there? Malistraire!!!"
The man named Malistaire sneered, "Ambrose."
Malistaire wore a black robe that had gold trimming all around it. He had his black hair in shorts braids in front of him, a small beard on his chin, and two similar one right above the corner of his mouth. But what I couldn't stop staring at were his black eyes. Around each eye, they were black while the area around his pupils were white.
"You are no longer welcome here! Why have you returned?" Headmaster Ambrose snapped at Malistaire, his voice now stronger and full of anger.
"I'm here to resolve our unfinished business!" Malistaire snapped back, then turned towards me. "Is this your latest student? My henchmen will see to her!"
With a wave of Malistaire's hand, two people-sized dragons appeared, both wearing green robes. They were staring intensely at me, like they were ready to eat me.
"Run, Miss Frogstalker! Save yourself!" Headmaster commanded.
Obeying his orders, I ran towards the door. But Malistaire waved his hand and the door slammed in my face and locked.
"Do you think I would let you go that easy, little girl?"
I turned around and saw that the dragon henchmen were getting closer. Each step they took towards me, I would take a step back. Then, one of the dragon henchmen hit me with his claw and I slammed into the nearby wall. I grabbed the cheek he hit and saw that it was bleeding. Looking at the blood that was in my hand. The sight instantly made me woozy.
"She is so weak, brother. We don't even need to battle," one of the henchman said in a deep, husky voice.
The other henchmen laughed in response and kicked me.
"Miss Frogstalker!" Headmaster yelled out to me. Headmaster suddenly got hit from a flame.
"Pay attention to your own battles, Ambrose," Malistaire said, throwing another flame at him.
Each time they would strike me, I would try to scream, even though no sound came out.
"Look she's crying!" one would say.
"Weak, that is all she is!" the other would respond.
The pain was horrible. I just wanted them to stop, to go away and leave me alone. I clenched my eyes shut and wished to myself that they would go away.
And they did. Everything became bright and I couldn't feel anything anymore.
Am I dead?
Then the light abruptly went away and the pain rushed back. I quickly opened my eyes and saw the dragon henchmen on the ground next to me, dead. Malistaire was clenching his robes, where I caught sight of blood oozing out of a wound. But for some reason, he had a dark smile on his face.
"One day, you'll be mine," he said, and he left with a wave of his staff.
His dragon henchmen were now slowly fading away into the air. I looked over at the headmaster and he was clasped on the ground, wounded. Pushing myself up, I slowly limped my way over to him.
"Miss Frogstalker, are you alright?" he asked.
I nodded to him. He then gasped from the discomfort his wound gave him.
"Good. Now take this potion," he said, pulling out a bottle from his robes and handing it to me, "and yell for help."
He closed his eyes and I hastily drank the potion. The distasting substance burned my throat as it went down. Immediately, I yelled for help and Gamma answered. I told him to get help and he flew away. A few minutes later, a group of people burst through the door and took the Headmaster with them.
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They took me to another room and were able to put bandages on me. Even though I knew my voice was back, I didn't say a word to anyone. Instead, I kept replaying everything in my mind. Later, Miss Ravensword came into the room that I was being kept in.
"I'm here to take you to your dorm room," she told me.
I followed Miss Ravensword outside. It had stopped raining and the sky was pitch black.
"I heard there was a lot of commotion upstairs. Are you alright?" she asked.
"Yes, though I'm exhausted right now," I said, trying to keep up with her brisk pace.
"Hey, you're talking now. I'm glad."
We reached the dorms and she led me to the first floor above what appeared to be a lobby, stopping at the second door on the left. She opened it to reveal two beds. One of them was empty while the other one had a girl in it already.
"What about her?" I whispered to her, trying to not wake up the other girl.
"Don't worry, just explain everything to her when you wake up. She's a nice girl."
I nodded, too tired to really care anymore.
"If you need anything, I'll be on the 6th floor, so just ask someone for directions and they'll tell you which room is mine."
"Okay. Goodnight, Miss Ravensword," I said, waving to her as she began to leave.
"Call me Marissa," she called back over her shoulder as she left in the darkness.
I walked over into the empty bed and threw off my black boots. The instant I let my head fall onto the pillow, I fell asleep.
Author Note: Sorry it kind of took me a long time to update, I'm very busy. (Everything author says but still I'm very very busy) If you didn't notice I did use some words that were originally said in the game. One night I wrote down what everyone said, it was annoying as hell, and I barely even used it. I will be kind of following the story in the beginning but after a while it will be different. I couldn't have done this without Naomi Hansen, she is amazing. I also want to thank who reviewed. Mangafox101, Alexis, Emily Drake, Senaki Mira, and RedRangerBelt.