Emma sat alone at breakfast. She felt out of place in the huge school. How had those two men known she was Emelia Moon? The note had only said Emelia, then Emma Tolly. Emma didn't know who either of these people were. She didn't know what to do next.

Without eating anything off her plate, Emma hurried to get rid of the disgusting food.

"Tancred, come on! Calm down!" Someone behind her shouted as she turned around and ran into somebody. A lot more eyes were staring at her now as she fell, along with whoever she'd run into.

She found herself looking into the face of a handsome teen aged boy with blond hair that stood up unnaturally. It seemed like it crackled like there was an electric force in it. He seemed really angry.

He looked like he was about to yell at her, but before he opened his mouth, he looked up and his expression changed from anger to embarrassment. "I'm so sorry!" He said, jumping up and holding out his hand to help Emma.

"It's okay," Emma said, blushing.

"I'm Tancred Torsson. I don't believe we've met before." Tancred smiled.

Emma blushed even deeper, and she couldn't think of her name, it was so new to her. "I'm Emma Tolly," She said after a moment. "I'm new here."

"Wait, you're that girl that got here this morning, aren't you?" He wondered. "You're the big talk around school."

"Yes, I got here this morning."

"Um... do you want me to walk you to class? I'm in art as well. What class do you have?" Tancred wondered.

Emma pulled out her schedule. "I have drawing,"

"That's on the way to my class. Come on." Tancred started walking and Emma followed.

A tall, African American boy hurried to catch up with them and walked beside Tancred. "Tanc, who's this?" He asked.

"Emma Tolly. Emma, this is my best fried Lysander Sage." Tancred said.

"It's nice to meet you," Emma smiled.

"So, Emma, why are you here in the middle of the week?" Lysander inquired.

Emma closed her hand around the note in her pocket. "I was told to come here, but I don't know why."

Lysander and Tancred exchanged looks and stopped outside of a classroom. "Well, this is your class, Emma. We'll see you later. Come find us in the gardens at break. We can introduce you to our friends." Tancred said and hurried away with Lysander.

Emma waved and hurried into the class.

Once she entered, the teacher directed her to sit at a desk, saying that she'd have someone help Emma with the assignment they were currently working on. Emma was the only one in the room. She sort of wished that Tancred or Lysander were in drawing, because she already felt a bond with the two of them, and knew they would be good friends.

The second person to walk in the room, a girl who was tall with long blond hair, and green eyes who looked slightly like Emma, was directed to help Emma. She seemed nice.

"I'm Jamie," She sat beside Emma and handed her a drawing book and some charcoal. "Right now we're working on drawing what's most important to us. This will be going on for a few weeks. So, Emma, right?"

Emma nodded.

"What's important to you, Emma?" Jamie asked.

Emma didn't know what was important to her. She didn't know anything. She didn't know what her favorite food was, her favorite television show, or anything. She looked out the window as she thought and caught sight of a small bird sitting in the window sill. Emma loved the way it hopped around on the sill, like it was trying to build up its courage to jump and fly through the air. "I like birds," she said as the bird took off, soaring through the open sky. It had freedom. It was lucky.

"Then draw birds." Jamie advised. "I'll check on your progress tomorrow." She stood and headed across the room.

Emma began drawing imediatly. She already loved drawing. She loved drawing birds. She could catch the perfect light to a bird in flight, a bird sitting on the sidewalk, everything. It just made her feel fabulous.

This was the only thing Emma knew about herself now: she had an odd attraction to birds.

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