Chapter One

Welcome to Ravenwood

When Cody, Ty, and I woke up, we were in a tower of some sorts. Trinkets, weird sticks, and other things cluttered the tower. Cody and I were sitting at a steel table with quills, a thick leather book with gold lining (silver for Cody's), and seven candles in the colors of red, blue, purple, yellow, green, black, and maroon.

"Where are we?" I asked to apparent nothingness. Then, an old man came out. He had wrinkly light skin, sea-blue eyes, and snow-white hair mostly concealed by his star studded purple cap and robe. He wielded a golden staff with a crystal ball on top in his frail-looking hand. A peppy young girl followed him out. She had auburn hair, golden eyes, and freckled pale skin.

"Welcome to Wizard City, or should I say Ravenwood? I am Merle Ambrose, the Headmaster of Ravenwood Academy of Magical Arts. We have noticed you have some special talents, so we pulled you in for testing. If you don't exhibit magical ability, you have the choice to go back to Earth or stay here and become a warrior," the old man explained.

"I'm Grace!" the young girl said smiling.

"Now, open the book and take the magical test," Merle ordered.

*Emily*

After the test, we had to do some other test. "Per vox superum of phasmatis, EGO iam iacio is carmen ut ostendo sum ullus veneficus potestas pre se ferre vobis." He pointed his staff at me and there was some dust in the air and an explosion. Then, there was a light blue glow around me and a small paper box on a pedestal froze. "This means you're an Ice wizard!"

Ambrose explained a little about Wizard City, and I understood the concept. He handed me a little key and a purse to carry some of my stuff in. He told me my dorm was dorm 376.

The dorm house was exactly how Ambrose had explained it. It was made of the same stone as most of the "schools" and had ornate railings and staircases. A black tag with the numbers "360-380" in white text were in the middle top. I ran to the one that said:

376

GriffinFlame, Luke

SummerSong, KAYLA

WinterSong, Emily

HexThorn, Cody

After I opened the door, I was speechless.

"This is amazing!" I exclaimed, my mouth gaping open in amazement. Luke and Kayla were there on the couch. There were two doors on the left side leading to the bedroom and closet. The two doors on the right side led to the dining room and kitchen. Two doors in the back of the room led to the bathrooms and the Animal room. I was standing in the living room, with a leather couch, a large TV mounted on the wall, tables, and a beautiful crystal chandelier.

"Since it's your first day, you may want change," Kayla suggested. Her formerly brown eyes were now neon green. Kayla led me to my closet. "It's not much, but you'll get more this week." She pulled out a hanger with a blue cardigan with white Ice symbols. Another hanger had a white T-shirt with light blue lining and light blue Ice symbols. The last hanger had a medium-length light blue skirt with white Ice symbols. I changed into my uniform and walked into the living room.

"Hey Emily, can you go get the mail?" Luke asked, flipping through channels. Around this time, I looked in my purse. I saw a phone that looked like an iPhone from Earth, but it was as thin as an iPod Touch, the back had a wand with the letters "WIZ" behind it, and the button to go to the main screen had a purple and yellow Wizard's cap, a dark blue and yellow wand, and the letters "WIZ" in light blue, along with a wallet with my ID, some of their currency, and a credit card.

Outside, there was a little black door. I opened it with my other key and slid it open. There was one envelope in the mailbox and it was addressed to me. I opened it when I got inside.

Schedule for K. WinterSong, Emily, Year One, v.1

First Period: Advanced Novice Ice Magic with Lydia Greyrose (9:00-9:50)

Second Period: Advanced Novice Myth Magic with Cyrus Drake (9:55-10:45)

Lunch: Supervised by Fiona River (10:50-11:40)

Extra Studies: Home Economics with Kaitlin SoarSong (11:45-12:30)

Monday and Wednesday Elective: Archaeology with Professor Winthrop (12:35-1:20)

Tuesday and Thursday Elective: Dance with Chase Picker (12:35-1:20)

Friday Elective: Celestia: All About the Famous World (12:35-1:20)

Fifth Period: Advanced Novice Sorcery with Alhazred (1:25-2:10)

Sixth Period: Advanced Novice Theurgy with Moolinda Wu (2:15-3:05)

Seventh Period: Advanced Novice Divination with Halston Balestrom (3:10-4:00)

OPTIONAL: Advanced Pyromancy Club with Dalia Falmea (4:05-4:45)

School Clubs:

"(Insert school name here) Rules!" – Fun with (insert school's magic type here) and extra spells, taught by (insert school teacher's name here)

"Life in the Spiral" – A class on how to survive the awesome life in Wizard City, taught by Kaitlin SoarSong

You are only eligible for these classes at this time. You can take others as you progress at Wizard City.

Kayla was looking over at my schedule. "Lucky! You get the Celestia class! I didn't get it until last year."

"Happen to know when the first day of school is?" I asked Kayla with a hopeful gleam in my eye.

"It's tomorrow."