Monday August 31st 1987 Great Hall Pacific Academy.
Harry and his group of students were escorted by Professor De Bruin into the great Hall of Pacific Academy. Although Harry and his soon to be classmates had been here before many times, It was still a sight to behold. Around the group were three ghostly figures, who Harry suspected to be the ones to relocate the school from it's former place to it's current place.
Flashback.
"Before we meet with the other students as full time students yourself, you will need to learn about the magical incident of 1644. The school was located in the Pacific ocean and we took many students with many different nationalities" Said Professor de Bruin. He spoke with a strong dutch accent. Harry had seen him only once before. It was the meeting of the school professors that Harry saw that De Bruin had a very red face, some places around his black beard were singed away and Harry could see also that one of his eyebrows had a piece missing.
"It was in that time that the headmistress and her sister fell for the same man. It has been tradition for as long as the school has been in existence that a brother/sister or brother/brother or sister/sister team remains at the school. One of the two will be the headmistress of headmaster, while the other will hold a teaching position. It has also been a very long time ago that we had to choose a new deputy, for that position has been held for the past six-hundred years by deputy headmistress Gabriella Unguis. Or as we call he, the lady of the night"
"Now when the sisters fell in love with the same man, there were several parents who objected to the union of a male with two females. Parents and ministries fought with tooth and nail to prevent the union, but were only repelled by the ancient magic that had protected the academy in the dragon sea. When the lord of the dragons died, three hundred years ago, the dragons who guarded the wards and who powered the wards with their magic, just vanished. The time was right for the angry parents to try again to force the three lovers to break apart. They did with one of the sisters."
"They got the Headmistress, and stabbed her with a knife. With her dying breath, she summoned upon the remaining magic in the dragon wards and transported the entire island, with the castle and the students and staff to the new world. A few hundred miles from the coast of what is now known as Florida. Because of the trice union that the three lovers had, the other two couldn't survive without the sister that had died of her wounds. So they sacrificed their own lives to hide the island and castle, by forming a magical barrier, that is known today in the muggle world as the Bermuda Triangle."
"Pacific Academy is in the middle of the triangle, giving us the best coverage in the storms. It is also the reason that muggles can not find this place, because the magic of the wards interferes with the electronics of the muggle boats and planes. The only muggle who ever made it to this island was Amelia Earhart. She is buried near the tree of remembrance. That is the only tree that survived the trip from the Pacific to the Atlantic"
Flashback ends.
Harry watched as he and his friends made their way to one of the tables where several empty seats were. He also noticed that some students wore a shiny golden ring, like him, on their left hand.
Those who had a ring, were considered special at Pacific. While it signified that those rings were held by students who had been abused, it also signified that those students had a bright future.
Harry sat down at one of the round table, where he also could see Evelyn sitting. She waved at him and winked. Blushing a bright red, for he liked her, Harry turned his head to look at the staff table.
He could see all of the staff sitting there, including Aunt Alexandra and Uncle Alex Summers, and his his Grandfather and Grandmother. Nicolas and Perenelle Flamel had did a bit of advanced magic and discovered that Lily Evans was their long lost grand-grand-grand-grand-grand (you get the idea) grandchild. His grandfather's eyes now held a permanent twinkle in it.
"Students, young and old, new and returning. Welcome all to Pacific Academy." Said Alexandra as he stood. Her smile on her face was one of many words. Happiness, Trust, Joy, Pride and several others.
"Before the meal will begin, I would like to say to each and everyone of you that This year we will be seeing a Professor going with retirement. Professor Bianca Tusarge has decided that this year will be the last one she'll be with us. So if you know anyone in your direct family and friends group, who likes to teach muggle and magical history, please see myself or Professor Alex Summers."
"And now it's time for us to fill ourself with the meal that the house-elves have made. If you'll please say it with me." And the entire hall full of students and staff raised their arms to the heavens and shouted. "Nitwitt, Blubber, Oddment, Tweak!"
The tables soon were filled with the most delicious foods that Harry had seen before. During the meal he made friends with new students who were a few years further than him. He could also see Samantha sitting there, making cute little faces towards Gabrielle. "Harry"said one of the other first years. "Yeah?" asked Harry. "Did you see the power from the headmistress as she called out for the house elves?" Asked the first year, Damian. "No, I didn't. I was to busy with shouting to see it.
"Oh. Well I did, I sometimes see there blurred lines and colors. According to my parents, It's called mage sight. It seems to run in the family." Said Damian
After Dinner, Harry and the other first years were escorted to their dormitory. They had to walk out of the castle and into another building that was hidden with magic, to fool any attacking force.
"Welcome to the homestead" Said Professor Alex Summers. "Here you'll stay during the evening and will be able to do your home work in the common studies." here Alex pointed towards a comfortable reading area with several desks. They could also see a small library and a larger open space, where some other kids were practicing.
"Across from the studies, is the relaxation room, it houses several muggle and magical games. You will also see that the three ghosts from the feast are here. They will be here if you have any questions about the school. Now remember" Alex said, and all the first years were looking at him. "You will get to bed every day at 9PM. If you are not doing that, and we discover you are still active and not in your room, you'll be getting a warning. Three warnings equals one detention. And our detentions are hard."
"Before I shoo you all to your rooms, I'd like to give you all this book. It is a complete personal diary, with a few monitoring charms on it. It also holds your schedule and all classes and at what age you'll have them." Alex said as he handed each first year a red book. It had their own name on it, and Harry felt the magic of the book pulsing softly. Nodding to the children, Alex left and one of the older children, a 18 year old boy came to meet them.
"Hello kiddies, I'm Oliver, I'm this years warden for the first years" Not even before he could start speaking again, he was hit on the head by a hand from another 18 year old. This time it was a girl.
"Oliver here is sometimes an idiot, but he knows how to play a good game of Quidditch. I'm Kate, and we are the first year wardens as Oliver said. We are here to answer any and all questions you might have about this place. Now I see that you'll need to get to bed." she said with a smile as some of the 7 year old children started to dose of.
Kate and Oliver showed the kids where their rooms were. Everyone of the students of Pacific Academy had his or hers own room.
Harry crashed in bed, not even removing his clothes, and woke up the next day to see all of his personal items sorted in his room.
He had to think of a way to thank the house elves for that.
Taking his red diary book from his desk, he started to read his schedule. The book provided Harry with much information.
Class: Defense against the Dark arts. Is taught by a team of highly trained and experienced aurors and hit-wizards. Faculty chief. Professor A.J. Summers
Courses: Falling under DADA: PE, DADA, Dueling, Battle magic.
DADA is considered the most important class at Pacific Academy. All age groups (7-21 years) follow this course.
Class: Math. By learning at an early age the simple math equations, helps students to understand the material better of Arithmancy. You'll follow Math from age 7 till 14, and at Age 11 you'll be introduced to basic Arithmancy. At age 14, you'll stop with Math and can take up advance Arithmancy, that will last till age 21.
Language: English, French, German and Latin are many used languages in the magical arsenal of spells. To understand what the spell does you'll need to understand the words that you are saying to make the spell work. The first two years of your stay here, will be mainly theoretical. It is to help you with the basic understanding of the words that power the spell.
Class: Enchanting. In combination with Arithmancy, Runes, Potions and Transfigurations, this class teaches you to enchant simple to complex items. There will also be lectures about enchanting muggle and other magical items.
Class: Smuggle Studies: To understand and to live among muggles, you'll need to understand their technology, their way of thinking and their way of life. There are several jobs at various ministries that place you in contact with muggles on a daily basis. To live, act and do as a muggle pacific Academy has made this class mandatory.
Harry read the entire class schedule. He looked mostly forward to Charms, DADA and Dueling. A knock on his door, and after Harry's "It's Open" call, came Doctor Richards. "Ready Harry?" Alan asked.
Harry nodded and jumped down from his bed, and followed the good doctor out of his room, to join his class mates for a physical examination.