AN: Sorry about the long wait. To try and make up for it I tried to make this chapter much longer than the others. By the way their are pictures on my profile of the different Foci elements as well as the characters Familiars. Please Review, I don't know what to change or edit to make it better since I am doing this on my own during scattered moments during the day making it very easy to make mistakes, so for those I apologize in advance. Thank you for reading Enjoy! I have loved hearing from all of you, that is a big reason for me not giving up on this story.

New Faces, New Culture

Phoenix Academy, Headmaster's Office

Hadrian observed the different teachers gathered in his office. It was just before dawn of the 1st of August and today the teachers got to meet and escort their new students. The five teachers before him all seemed very calm. However, all of them could feel the palpable tension due to the crowd of students they were accepting today and their positions in society. The first teacher was Alice Noir who was the Runes teacher and an ancient Druid. She was escorting four students; Rosalie Trouver who was also a Druid from Egypt, Esme Daniels who was a Nymph from the Philippines, Alice Emerson who was a Fey from Germany and Pavel Natar, he was from Russia and a Vampire.

The second teacher present was Corriandar Sevell who was a Fey that taught Soul Magic here at Phoenix Academy. He was escorting Ivanna Potter, Neville Longbottom, Orion Lupin-Black and Soren Ameal. The next teacher was Perenelle Flamel who taught Transfiguration and was classified as a human. She was escorting Ronald Weasley, Hermione Granger, Emily Venerre and Silay Veras. The last two teachers present were Joseph Campbell and Adaline Novent. Prof. Campbell was the battle magic teacher and a Weretiger. He was escorting Kludd Satchen, Tristan Vox and Sam Vorell. Prof. Novent taught music and was an elf. She was escorting the last three remained students those being; Evan Chambers, Sandra Borney and Eli Ramirez.

Now that all the students attending this year had sent in their class lists and acceptances the teachers would now be heading out to retrieve them and their families for the shopping needed to attend here at Phoenix Academy. The two main shopping districts that Phoenix Academy used were in Athens, Greece and Kyoto, Japan. Both of these areas being home to ancient civilizations had never really released the roots that they came from. As such, they held many of the things the students would need that they could not purchase through normal means. All of the traveling between the areas and the numerous locations of the students would be handled by the many phoenixes who are lending their power for this yearly adventure. Due to the cleansing nature of Phoenix fire any tracking charms of any kind would be dispelled during transport. Eliminating any risk of the students being tracked by unwanted individuals.

As their students were being retrieved from all over the globe they would need to leave very soon in order to get all of the traveling and purchasing done by the end of the day. This would give the students time to explore their supplies before they arrived on the 15th with their families for orientation. Hadrian had always been surprised by the success of the school and the unanimous love how by its teachers and students for it. He knew that the school was desperately needed to prevent Dumbledore from continuing what occurred in his future, but the massive approval and awe for his school never ceased to surprise him. When he had been going around and asking for teachers to apply at the Academy many were very skeptical of his idea. For many the idea of a school that could cater to all species was nothing more than a fairytale. As sad as it sounds many governments had shunned a lot of the magical races of the world. As such, they had retreated into their many enclaves, covens, and packs and rejected any external involvement in their societies. The numerous laws created to restrict their races was infuriating to them. So when Hadrian approached him, quite a few have scoffed and considered what he was doing a hoax and a trap.

However through perseverance and determination, aided by the presences of two phoenixes constantly keeping him company for every five that declined the position here at Phoenix Academy one accepted. He had been ecstatic when the ancient Flamel's agreed to teach the Academy it was quite surprising honestly how much the couple loved teaching here at the Academy. All of the teachers also loved the fact that their curriculum was completely up to them. As long as their students could meet the international standard by the time they graduated, they were free to choose what they taught and how it was taught. Unbeknownst to Hadrian however, as much as the teachers and staff loved the Academy they cared for him even more. All of them did what they could to lessen his workload and keep him from pulling the all nighters that he was famous for. It was quite humorous actually but the last time Hadrian had worked through the night he had been accosted by both Nicholas and Perenelle and dragged off to his rooms all the while being scolded and chided as though he were three. It seems that the Flamel couple looked upon him as though he were the child they were unable to have. As such when he did something stupid or neglected his health, they were one of the first to scold him for it. Despite being over 200 years old, Harry had never had that parent relationship he had lost when his parents were killed that night in October. In addition, even though he tried to pretend he didn't he desperately needed that parental influence that he lost and never regained.

"Well my friends here we are again prepared to receive a new batch of students. All of you have your lists with the names and locations of the students you will be escorting. Also there are a few who need financial assistance with the supplies they need. For those that do in their packet you hold, and has a key inside that goes to their individual vaults set aside for them and them alone. Like always the only person that will be able to access their vaults is them. For those who do need our financial system as always their tuition is free of cost and the only thing their charge for is the supplies needed. Each vault contains 50,000 gallons which will be replaced the following year for them to purchase their new supplies. Prof. Sevell be cautious as the group you are escorting contains prime targets for Dumbledore and Voldemort. As such, be on the lookout for any attempts to grab the students." As Hadrian conveyed their instructions he could see the seriousness on their face's and knew that they understood the possible tensions the state could bring due to their high profile students. As it was not just Prof. Sevell group that could cause concern. In fact, they had four Royals who would be attending this year as new students. As such there are many possibilities of possible attacks in harm that could occur today. As such all of them would need to be very careful. While he had every confidence in the world in his professors and they're skill in defending students, trying to defend the students as well as other innocents while fighting to bring down an attacker multiplied the difficulty of the fight exponentially. It was also one of the reasons why parents and family ask to people were encouraged to come with the new students during the shopping excursion. The parents would be just as fanatical to defend their children as the teachers themselves if not more so.

Each teacher nodded their head as a Phoenix landed on their shoulder and with a swirl the elements they vanished. Hadrian looked out the window to his office as the Sun rose above the horizon and whispered a prayer that all the students and teachers would make it to the day safely and without incident. He knew with Dumbledore being as furious as he was due to his plan being ruined and that there was every chance in the world the students would pay the consequences. It was part of the reason why he had a Phoenix shadowing behind each group, in addition to the one transporting to making any incidences that may occur. He also knew that the parents would be aware of possible targets that they could present with their children and would also be extremely careful in how they conducted themselves today.

Ron Weasley POV

Ron found it very difficult to sleep that night as he eagerly awaited the arrival of Prof. Flamel. He shuddered a bit in remembrance of the absolute hissy fit his mother through along with Percy after hearing about his acceptance into Phoenix Academy despite her numerous protests, Arthur refused to allow Molly to prevent Ron from taking his chance. Percy, had merely been furious that had not been him who had been accepted into the Academy. Ever since the announcement Molly continue to make little remarks about how sad she was not to see her youngest son attending Hogwarts or at least she had been until Arthur put a stop to it commenting that she should just be happy her son had such a fantastic chance to see himself excel. After that the remarks from his mother stopped while Percy continued to glare and snipe him every chance he got. Ron could not stop dreaming and fantasizing about what the Academy would be like as well as wondering how the financial assistance would work. It was now just before eight o'clock in the morning and Ron could not help but stare out the front door to the path as he eagerly awaited his teachers arrival.

He had to of been staring out the door for over an hour when he finally saw that eagerly anticipated flash of fire indicating his teachers arrival. He didn't even hesitate in opening the door, at this his father also stood indicating that he too had seen the arrival of his escort. They both stepped out on a small little front porch as the figure continued to walk up the path and both of them could not help the small feelings of awe as they finally got their first look at Perenelle Flamel. She stood about 5 foot 10 with long auburn hair twisted into an elegant braid. She had clear ice blue eyes that held the sharpness to them that could only come from many years of experience. She wore deep emerald green leggings with a silver thigh length, apron style skirt. She had a silver long sleeved undershirt covered partly by a hunter green leather tunic. Across her back with the handle pointed over her right shoulder was a silvery white katana. All in all she presented quite imposing image.

"Hello it is a pleasure to meet you. I am assuming that you young man, are Ronald Weasley?" Prof. Flamel asked. Her voice was quite melodic to be honest and he found himself struck silent and unable to do anything but nod helplessly. She gave a slight chuckle at his silence before bowing slightly to his father.

"Whenever you are ready we can leave to retrieve the other students and began our shopping excursion." She told them. Arthur smiled and bowed back.

"We are ready now if you like to leave my wife will be staying home to watch the other children. Where are we going by the way? I could not help but be curious. Also I must ask as to what the solution to the financial aid we need is." Arthur felt somewhat embarrassed having to be asking this beautiful woman for financial aid but there was no way for his family to afford to send Ron to this outstanding Academy with their own funds.

"Ah yes, as to the financial aid I have a key here for young Mr. Weasley to a vault contains 50,000 gallons. This vault is to be used for any supplies that he may need, and on the first of August next year and the following years it will be refilled to 50,000 gallons. I must inform you also that the vault will only allow young Mr. Weasley inside and to withdraw funds. This is due solely to the fact that the only thing the money is to be used for is for the schooling. As to where were going after we retrieve the other three students who will be accompanying us today along with their families the first stop will be Kyoto, Japan. Once we retrieve the necessary supplies from there, we will head to Athens, Greece where we will obtain the rest of the supplies. Afterwards, I will return you, the other students, and their families to their homes and will return on the 15th to retrieve you and any other student's for orientation. You may choose to have up to two people company of during the orientation however once orientation is over they will be sent back home."

Ronald could not keep himself from buzzing in excitement. This would be absolutely amazing, not only would he be able to attend this phenomenal Academy, he would be able to meet new students from different cultures and go shopping in two completely foreign countries. He was not too worried about his vault only being able to be accessed by himself in fact it was somewhat reassuring due to the fact he felt that his mother may feel that with so much money he should be giving some to his family. Moreover, while he did not mind helping out his family, in fact he would love to help, he had a feeling that if she were able to access his vault it would be emptied and the money used before he would have a chance to get his supplies. His mother would say he was too young to be managing his own money in it she would take care of it in a sad as it sounded he was tired of walking around in hand-me-downs and second hand clothes. He and his father quickly followed behind Prof. Flamel, as she raised her arm for the Phoenix to land on.

The Phoenix was a bright icy blue with Amber eyes. Prof. Flamel held out her other arm and he and his father gently held on as the surroundings vanished in a swirl of Icy fire. It felt like flying with his broom through a snowstorm as they traveled by Phoenix fire. He was forced to blink rapidly as the swirling white dissipated to reveal them standing on a sidewalk in front of a suburban home. They followed her up the path and waited behind her she knocked on the door. There was the sound of pounding feet as someone raced open the door. It was flung open without hesitation to reveal young girl his age with curly brown hair and hazel eyes. It seems she could not decide between staring in shock and asking thousands of questions as her mouth moved as though she were speaking but her eyes and face remained blank with shock. Two more people appeared behind her, and Ron guessed that they were her parents.

"Hello it is a pleasure to meet you, my name is Perenelle Flamel and I will be young Hermione's teacher at Phoenix Academy. If you are ready to go we can continue on our journey to retrieve the last two students and begin our shopping excursion. The young gentleman standing behind me is Ronald Weasley will also be attending Phoenix Academy, and his father Arthur Weasley who also be accompanying us on our journey today." Prof. Flamel delivered this without hesitation as she waited for the young woman to gather herself from her shock. The young lady who Ron guessed was Hermione seemed to shake herself from her daze and turned to face her parents.

"Of course we can go now! We're ready, we are ready aren't we mom? Mom? We can go now right? Oh there are so many things to see and do and learn! I simply cannot wait to start the Academy! Who else are we retrieving? Where we getting our supplies?" Ron stared at her in shock at the amount that she was able to say in so little time without breathing. Professor Flamel chuckled as did her parents.

"Yes Hermione, we can go now." Her mother chuckled as she grabbed her jacket from the wall. They exited the house while her father turned to lock the door, as Prof. Flamel answered Hermione's question.

"The two shopping places we will be going to today are Kyoto, Japan and Athens, Greece. However before we can do any shopping we need to retrieve the last two students those being Emily Venerre who lives in France and Silay Veras who lives in Brazil. They are also the first creatures you will meet on your long journey with Ms. Venerre being an elf and Mr. Veras being a vampire. Just so that you are aware many things you here in fairytales and folklore are not in fact correct. So long as you keep an open mind today you will be just fine. So if you're already please hold onto each other and myself and we will be on our way to France."

As everyone linked themselves together run once again felt the swirling icy sensation only this time it lasted for a little bit longer than he expected. When swirl of white once again vanished they were standing in front of a large estate filled with trees and running brooks. Which honestly did not surprise Ron very much, considering the fact that he guessed this was the home of the elves in which case the amount of nature he was seeing made perfect sense. They were standing outside of a large iron wrought gate supported by two white stone pillars that attached to the Stonewall that ran as far as the eye could see. Prof. Flamel her hand on the center of the gate and said;

"Greetings I am Prof. Flamel here to retrieve Ms. Venerre and her family for the shopping needed to attend Phoenix Academy." There was a period of silence before the gate split down the middle and swung inwards to reveal the cobblestone path leading into the trees. They stepped forward and 10 feet inwards they paused as the Gates swung forward and sealed with a clang. Ron shrugged before following the rest of them forward while Hermione stood beside him as they walked. It took 10 min. to walk up the path and everyone's breath caught up the massive home that stood before them. It reminded Ron but something out of the fairytales with the sweeping stone archways and ivy trailing across them. The building stood four stories high and was at least equal to that if not longer in length. There were two stone staircases curved around a fountain that led up to the door. The fountain was a horse standing on its back to legs rearing in defiance with water pouring fro an opening where its mane would be, Ron had to admit it was a cool fountain. As they ascended the stairs they found themselves before a large silvery door that was easily 10 feet high with carved inlays of two horses facing each other while wearing as their forelocks and hooves changed into ivy. They hadn't even gotten all the way to the door before it swung open to reveal a man who stood 6 foot 4 with long ebony black hair, and Emerald eyes. He wore a simple black and gray outfit and smiled at them in greeting.

"Greetings my name is Luithnar, and I will escort you to their majesties. Please follow me." Ron mind was working a mile a minute as he tried to understand the implication of this man's words or should he say this elf's words. The references to royalty gave Ron the uncomfortable feeling that he was about to be way out of his league in regards to social status. If what he understood was correct there were about to meet the royal couple of the Elven kingdom. He glanced at Hermione and from the shock on her face as well worry knew that she also realized just what they were walking into. They exchanged worried glances but kept silent as they followed their escort through the winding halls of this castle. They slowed down as they approached another grand doorway that was only sealed by curtains and drapes made of such fine material that Ron didn't even know its name. Their escort stepped forward and pulled to the side and motioned them onward. Gulping Ron and Hermione held hands as they stepped forward and felt their breath catch.

The room they entered had ebony floors with green streaks running through it making it look like the forest floor at night. The walls were covered with murals of animals both magical and non-magical. The room was easily over 100 feet in length by 60 feet wide, at the end of this long expanse sat three large throne like chair's. The two larger chairs were dark Hunter Green intertwined with gold, while the smallest chair with gold intertwined with Hunter Green. In the two larger chairs sat to Ron and Hermione guessed to be the King and Queen of the elves. The male had long silver hair with two strands of his bangs pulled back into a braid. He had light green eyes that slanted upwards and the iconic pointed ears. On his head sat a gold circlet made of intertwining branches and leaves with the Opal stone in the center. He wore flowing emerald robes with silver accents. His wife, the Queen, had raven dark hair with a blue sheen to it that ran down to her waist. She too wore a circlet in the same style as her husband only hers was made of opal with a ruby in the center. Her eyes were a steel silver color, that were filled with kindness. She wore flowing robes of deep blue with light green accents.

The youngest person knew they guessed was the Princess had her mother's hair with her father's eyes she had a small circlet made from Ruby that was braided into her hair. She wore the same style of robes as her parents but the colors were silver with white blue accents.

"Greetings my name is Corazon Venerre, High King of the elves. My wife who sits beside me is Eruraviel Venerre, High Queen of the elves. Next to us sits our daughter and Royal Heir to the throne Emily Venerre. We can only assume that you are here to take us to retrieve our daughter's supplies. Is that correct?" Ron could not keep himself from feeling his insides twist due to the people he now stood before. He could do nothing but feel grateful for the fact that he was not having to stand and face this family alone.

"Indeed, my name is Perenelle Flamel. I teach Transfiguration at Phoenix Academy. Those who stand beside me are Ronald Weasley and Hermione Granger who will also be attending Phoenix Academy as well as their parents; Arthur Weasley and Dan and Emma Granger. After we leave here, we need only to retrieve the last member of our group and his family before moving on to Kyoto, Japan where we will begin shopping for supplies." Ron could not help but wonder if the parents of Princess Venerre would be coming with them or if they would have guards doing in their place. He knew that some royal families care more about image than the family itself and so he didn't know if the parents would be joining them.

"Of course, we can leave now if you would like. We will of course be following with our daughter. We too are interested in making sure that she gets a supply she needs as well as remain safe not to insult your ability to protect her. Who is this last member that we must retrieve?" The King asked remaining calm the entire time as he and his family stood from their thrones. Prof. Flamel nodded to their question.

"Indeed the last member of our group resides currently in Brazil with his family is a vampire of the royal family known as Silay Veras." The small group of three nodded before joining them in the center of the floor as they once again linked in preparation for transport. As the white swirls of fire appeared around them Ron could not help but feel that this was the weirdest day of his life. It took about 4 min. for transport before the flames finally vanished revealing them to be standing in front of the entrance to a cave. Ron was feeling very anxious about the thought of having to enter such an enclosed space, as such he was incredibly grateful when he saw two people exit the cave. The tallest was a gentleman that stood just over 6 feet in height. He had long Crimson hair that stretched to his knees but was held in a tight braid behind his head. He had black eyes and as well as a black circlet on his head that seemed to be made from Onyx. His robes were deep black with Crimson highlights and he stood beside who Ron guessed was his son.

The young man or vampire was about an inch taller than Ron himself with the same red hair but with Amber eyes instead of black. He too wore black robes but with white highlights instead of red.

"Saudações, My name is Gabrielle Verace this is my son Silay Veras. I am the current leader of the vampire race and Silay is my heir. It is a pleasure to meet you." The tall man stated in a deep rumbling voice. All of us bowed except for the royal Elven family whom gave them a nod of equals that was returned.

"Merry greetings, my name is Perenelle Flamel and I teach Transfiguration at Phoenix Academy those who stand behind me are Ronald Weasley and his father Arthur Weasley who are human, Hermione Granger and her parents Dan and Emma Granger were also human and Corazon and Eruraviel Venerre and their daughter Emily Venerre the royal family of the elves. If you like to join us we can had to Kyoto, Japan to begin our shopping excursion."

Hermione and Ron both nodded in greeting to the two other children and all of them could see the excitement on their fellow first-year faces. After a convoluted linking they once again vanished in a swirl of white Phoenix fire on their way to Kyoto, Japan. All of them blinked in shock at the numerous voices and large crowds of people swarming around them in the busy shopping area. Perenelle step forward in turned to face them smiling at them in their shock.

"So the first thing we need to do is visit Gringotts so that all of you may retrieve money in a bank card for your shopping today. Afterwards our first stop will be get you all trunk so you may carry your purchases throughout today as I warn you there will be quite a few of them. So if you follow me we can begin." All of them made sure to stick together as they traversed the bustling crowd towards a large white stone building very similar in design to the Gringotts back in Diagon Alley. Once they entered the building the two royal families split no doubt knowing exactly what to do in this situation. Ron his father as well as reminding her parents however followed the Prof. as she directed Hermione and her parents to one line and Ron and his father to another. After giving them brief instructions as well as their key she stepped back to allow them to handle the situation no doubt testing their independence for the first time as well as their ability to handle themselves under pressure. Ron was no doubt much more comfortable in the situation than Hermione due to the fact that his brother Bill worked with the goblins in Egypt. As such he was not a stranger to this situation however Hermione and her parents were much more nervous.

Ron took a deep breath as he and his father stepped up to the counter. Making sure to speak it clear call voice justice his brother had told him so many years ago when dealing with goblins with the goblin in the eyes as he made sure to keep his posture nonthreatening.

"Greetings I am attending Phoenix Academy as a first-year student and have received access to a Trust Vault that I need to open today. Also I need a bank card to use in my purchases today as well as some loose change. If you could help me with this it would be most appreciated thank you." The goblin in front of them nodded and quickly looked at something in front of him while pressing Ron's key down to a small pad in front of him. A few minutes later a goblin approached the counter and handed the other goblin sitting at the desk a wallet as well as a small bag.

"This wallet contains your bank card that can only be used by you." At this the goblin open the wallet and pulled out a white card and set it on the counter front of them also pulling out a small might as well.

"I need you to place three drops of blood on the card to secure it so that it can only be used by you." Ron took a deep breath and nodded knowing that there was no alternative and that this needed to happen anyway. Taking the knife by the hilt he gently press the tip of the blade to his thumb and gently pressed down. Letting out a small grimace he pulled the knife way as his fingertip swelled with blood. Pinching the open wound he gently dropped three drops of life-blood on to the white card and watched as it turned a deep Crimson color. He blinked in astonishment as he lifted his hand and saw that his finger was no longer bleeding. He took the card and placed it back into a slot in his wallet and slipped it into his pocket. With that part out of the way the goblin then handed him the small pouch.

"This pouch contains 100 gallons which has been deducted from your vault it does not have security on it, so be very careful in what you do with it." The goblin told him and then waved him off. Ron took a deep breath and felt excitement filled him once again as he stood next to the professor and realized that shopping was about to begin and for the first time he would not be getting secondhand items. It was 10 min. later that Hermione join them as it took longer for her parents as they had to set up an account as well is access Hermione's trust fund. Her trust fund he found out was smaller than his because she had more money to spare. However he did not let that bother him and began to have a small conversation with her as they waited for the two other families as to what classes she was looking forward to the most.

He found out that she was aiming to obtain a Runic Mastery. As such her elective classes were runes one, Arithmancy one, soul magic one and elemental magic one. She'd she was very interested in alchemy but felt she would have more success with rooms then with Alchemy. Shortly after this the Elven family returned looking no different than when they left. Emily joined them in talking about their classes and they found out she was attempting a soul magic mastery. As such she would be taking runes one, Arithmancy one, soul magic one and elemental magic one. After Silay and his father joined them they quickly asked him about what his mastery of which he then informed them that he was going for a mastery in death magic. As such his classes would contain runes one, Arithmancy one, soul magic one and battle magic one. Afterwards they left Gringotts and headed off to a large shop on the right-hand side that had a sign showing a trunk stacked on top of a trunk.

They entered the shop and all of them were impressed with the numerous options available. They all immediately split up as they tried to decide which trunk they were going to get all of them aware that this trunk would need to last them the next 7 to 10 years if not longer. Ron and his father headed off towards the back and found the selection of ebony black trunks all of which had multiple compartments in a multitude of designs. The one Ron found the most interesting was an onyx trunk with Opal inlays running through it in the design of a winged unicorn. He looked at the statistics of the trunk and discover that it contained eight compartments; the first compartment would be used to store clothes, the second was a library, the third contain potions ingredients and supplies that could be accessed from the last an eighth compartment which was a laboratory, the fourth was a storage room, the fifth was a dueling compartment, the sixth was a study in the last available one was the seventh compartment which was a kitchen. It was a fantastic trunk and he just knew he had to get it. The price for the trunk was 15,000 gallons. It was astronomical but well worth it and his dad agreed as such they carried it up to the counter and paid for with his bank card. The man at the desk then handed him a knife once more so that he could seal the trunk so that would only open to him by using his blood.

Silay was the next one to join him after he too had his trunk sealed with his blood as well. His trunk was a deep ruby garnet color with an onyx inlay of a Wolf on the lid. He had a seven compartment trunk the first being used to store clothes, the second a library, the third a potions storage, the fourth was a study, the fifth a storage room, the sixth was a laboratory again it also had access to the potions equipment and the last room was a dueling room. Emily was the next to join with her trunk also secured. Hers was also in a compartment trunk like Ron's however hers was a gorgeous Amber with a Tourmaline inlay of a horse rearing on the lid. Her first compartment like the rest would be used to store clothes, her second would be a would be a library, her third compartment would be used for potion storage, her fourth would be a study, professor storage room, her sixth a dueling room, her seventh a laboratory and her final compartment would be an indoor garden forest area. It was at this point that Hermione joined them with her six compartment trunk. Hers was a smoky quartz with an emerald inlay of a cat on the lid. Like the rest of us her first, second and third compartment would be used for clothes, library, and potions, her fourth compartment would be a study, her fifth a dueling room and her last a laboratory.

They then left the trunk shop and headed to the potions shop. Once inside all for students got three of the first year potions ingredient sets, two pewter cauldrons and set of brass scales. All of which went into their potions compartments. Afterwards we headed over to a bookshop where all of us went nuts purchasing books. Ron got numerous books including; Door to Another Dimension by Amanda Claireborne, What Goes Up by Daniel Simmons, Ingredients and What They Do by Jonny Manel, Into the Wild by Norman Elwing, Europe: From a Pebble to a Mountain by Joey Adams, Journey Through the Flames by Adrian Myers, Runic Dictionary of the Ages by Alan Henderson, A Breaking of a Bond by Alan Sinclaire, Runes and Their Uses by Sam Clemens, The Fires of Hell and the Fighting Within by Somel José, The Founding of Wizards by Jonathan Potter, Back to the Beginning by Joey Cornwallis, Chemistry the Do's and Don'ts by Alan Peterson, Fighting Around the World by Sam Adams and lastly Ancient Mythology, Secrets Uncovered by Sam Blake. It was only some of the books that Ron would need and a few extra but the total price of these came to just over 400 gallons.

The professor then took them to different shop that contained different odds and ends students may need. It was here Ron got his runic carving set and his brass telescope. This cost him 200 gallons. Afterwards they then went over to a magical menagerie very similar to the one and Diagon Alley only you could tell there were many more creatures than the one there with many more people inside. All of them entered eager to see if they could find their familiar it didn't worry them if they didn't because they knew that they had one more stop in another city where they could possibly find a different one if none of them fit with them here. They all split up and spread around the store eagerly looking at the different animals. Ron himself didn't know exactly what he was looking for but he felt a slight pull coming from the back right-hand side of the store. Meandering back there he was slightly surprised to find himself in front of the cage that contained what looked like a baby cheetah with wings and according to its label was apparently a race of Magical Cat know as a Nicalago. Just by looking at him, Ron knew that this cat was his. Motioning to his father they carried the cage to the desk where Ron was blown away to know that it would cost 5000 gallons to purchase this familiar alone, the supplies themselves to make this familiar comfortable cost another thousand gallons.

After this familiar was paid for even quickly open the cage and following the directions of the professor channeled his magic through his hand and placed it on the animals head. He could almost feel the click as his magic searched through his arm down through his hand into the animal before reversing interning a distinctly different type of magic into his body. He then got a feeling of satisfaction and contentment as well as protection in he just knew that these feelings were emanating from the animal before him. Looking at the cat in front of him in you been needed to come up with the name. After throwing names back and forth with his father in the professor for several minutes he finally decided on Spectre. He remained beside the professor and his dad and the other three students quickly turning into friends got their familiars as well. Hermione had chosen a cat that he found out was known as a horn lion and would quickly grow and eventually be almost horse size. It was a golden color with a turquoise stripes running through its fur that glowed. It also had a total of four horns over slowly growing in two of which were directly behind his ears and the other two along the jaw it truly was an impressive looking cat. Hermione and her parents at all decided to name it Aesop, who was the apparently an author of fables and a wise character.

Silay had chosen what looked like a horned Wolf with zebra like stripes on it. He had decided to name his familiar Ikhyd. Lastly, Emily had chosen was apparently called forest cat it would only grow to be about waist height but had what looked like a butterfly ears and an almost branch like appendage growing from its tail. She had decided to call her familiar Amé meaning beloved in French. All of them were very happy with their familiars and made sure they got the best supplies so as to make sure that they were as comfortable as possible. Afterwards they left the menagerie and headed towards what many of them were looking forward to the most; getting a magical foci.

All of them entered the shop filled with anticipation including their parents. This was considered the most monumental part of the wizarding child's education. The shop itself was clean and neatly organized with boxes and shelves filled and stacked upon each other along the walls. There was also an onyx counter that was easily 8 feet long by 3 feet wide. All of them stood looking around the shop with curiosity as they waited for the proprietor to show himself. When he did all of them are surprised. The man looked even older than Ollivander which was truly saying something. The man had long snow white hair that was held in a top knot on top of his head. He had foggy blue eyes that if they didn't know better would've made them think he was blind. He stood about 5 foot four with a very wiry build.

"Welcome to my humble shop, I can only assume that you are here for your first magical foci. Who shall I be helping first?" The old man asked his voice very wispy like that almost seemed to melt with the very air itself. I could see Silay was extremely excited and so I nudged him forward encouraging him to go first. Even though I really wanted to get my first foci I also wanted to see what happened. I could see the others also nod to Silay and taking a deep breath he stepped forward. The old man stepped forward and circled around him looking him up and down, forwards and front ways, sideways and backwards.

"Well I can see that you have a very wiry build telling me you are built for dancing around your opponents. As such, big bulky foci will not work with your style at all, it would not mesh well with your person. So you need something small and easy to conceal and yet powerful. Hmmm…" With that the old man walked back to his shelves and boxes and seemed to be busying himself with their occupants. Ron could only watch in hope with curiosity wondering what the old man was doing. Finally he seemed to pull out and Ingot of silvery white metal.

"This young man, is known as Mithril. It was mined by the dwarves deep, deep in the mountains. This is what will be the base of your magical foci. Next we need to decide your core for that I want you to pull on your magic and just like you did with your familiar there follow its pull." He said placing the Ingot of Mithril on the onyx counter. Silay close as eyes and looked as though he were meditating which he probably was. It took him about 2 min. to find the center of himself and begin to channel his magic and follow its pull through the store. He finally picked you items and place them onto the counter beside his base. Already Ron could see sparks of light that he guessed was magic jumping between the three items.

"Well now isn't this interesting. Mithril base with the Garnet focus stone and the feather of a roc. This will indeed be very powerful foci. Now I just need you to step back and allow me to melt the items into your foci." All of them step back as the old man began to chant and the room itself seemed to fill with power, it was almost as though earthquake were taking place as beneath their feet the floor seemed to vibrate and shake as the power filled the room. There was a blinding white light that seemed to last for ages before it faded off leaving a small ring sitting on the counter where three items used to be. The Mithril seemed to twist and turn upon itself as though it was a snake with the Garnet sitting in the center on the face of the ring. Ron guessed that the feather had been absorbed into the metal. Silay stepped forward and with shaking hands picked up the ring almost dropping it due to the power that filled his form. He slid it onto his right pointer finger and seemed to gain confidence as he stood beside his father in silence before bowing deeply to the old man.

Ron step forward next eagerly looking forward to what his foci would wind up as. The old man stepped forward once again and did the same observation on Ron as he had done with Silay. The old man then stepped back and walked around the room poking his hand into different boxes before finally walking up to the counter and placing a gorgeous blue, black, red and orange stone on the counter.

"This young man is a stone called Pietrisite a very rare mineral from Africa. Now I want you to follow the same instructions as I gave your friend here to gather your cores." Ron nodded still in shock over the beauty of the stone before him before sinking down into his magical core and allowing it to pull him through the store. It seemed like only seconds before he was placing two objects on the counter, that seemed to be repeating the same sparking pattern Silay's had. Ron looked at the objects in slight surprise, there seemed to be a lock of fur and what he knew was a diamond. The old man stepped forward and rubbed his hands in glee.

"Now this should be very interesting two stones and the hair of a nundu. This should indeed be a very powerful foci you will have to learn control very quickly in order to avoid any accidents." The old man then placed his hands around the tree of objects as Ron step backwards quickly instead of white light as the room shook it was a deep blood red with blue streaks. Ron could almost swear he heard a growl as light finally died. Taking a deep breath he looked at the objects sitting on the counter and almost dropped his jaw in shock. It looked like a bracelet, the main form of the bracelet was the Pietrisite stone with a quarter inch band of diamond running through the middle along the entire length of the bracelet, Ron guessed that the fur of the Nundu and wasn't out a surprise had been absorbed into the stones. Steeling himself Ron step forward and picked up the bracelet into his hand and very nearly threw it back at the old man in shock.

It felt like he'd been dumped right into the middle of an ocean of power and it made his hair stand on end. Slowly getting used to the feeling and pulling himself out of his core he placed the bracelet on to his right wrist and felt as though part of him he hadn't known had been missing had been returned. He stepped back into line and could see the shock, pride and happiness on his father's face. Hermione stepped forward and ended up Tourmaline base and two cores as well. Her cores were the tooth of a Fujin Dragon and five hairs from the mane of the chaos horse. The final form of her foci was a necklace using the hairs from the horse's mane with the Tourmaline acting as a medium between the tooth and the hair it was a gorgeous necklace. Emily's foci was a ring similar to Silay's but was made of Opal as its base with an aquamarine stone and the feather of an ice Phoenix. All of their foci were extremely powerful and Ron was exceptionally thankful once more to be coming to Phoenix Academy that allowed him to get such a foci; instead of attending Hogwarts as his mother had originally planned. Even if it had cost him 2000 gallons.

The last stop in Greece was to get their clothing for the Academy, which was dark green leggings, the gold thigh length skirt for the girls, a gold leather tunic with a Crimson Phoenix on the left breast and black Horntail Dragon hide boots. They also got four cloaks that were silver on one side and gold on the other for inclement weather. They also got several pairs of Dragon hide gloves for outdoor work and potions. Ron also purchased seven sets of everday clothes for when he was home or relaxing. With all of their items placed in their trunks and shrunk they headed to Greece in their last stop. Greece was much the same as Kyoto only Athens had more sculptures and fountains obviously referencing the Greek gods. There they got the rest of their books which for Ron included; From a Cauldron to a Bottle by Sarah Evans, The Universe Within by Amy Thornbeck, Scenes from Time by Vlad Tamir, From a Moth to a Dragon by Ellen Verenski, Molecule to Atom to a Mountain by John Greyson and Magicks Choice by Andrew Preston. The rest of his books cost him another 200 gallons, then they headed off to a miscellaneous shop where they could pick up bedding and knickknacks for their rooms at the school. Ron got soft light green bedding with a black ebony comforter the had the design of a winged unicorn on it in gold. His pillows were also black with gold trimming. He was informed by the professor that they are ready had desks, wardrobe and shelves in their rooms so he got a Gold rug with black trimming for his floor and several towels that were black with gold trimming. He also wanted to learn painting and so got a never-ending sketchbook and canvas with several frames and never-ending paints. He also had to get the cleaners and the brushes as well the holders so he could spread the paint on to paint. All totaled Ron spent another 2000 gallons in the store. After all he had thought today you got a total of 23,450 gallons left his Vault. That would be used in case he needed anything else for his paint supplies or miscellaneous items during the year. His trunk was clearly organized and while it didn't have any food in it he didn't think he needed to worry about it just yet.

Ron could not believe how exhausted he was in he barely managed to focus as everyone was flashed back to their homes he and his father arrived at the burrow just before sunset. Both of them were exhausted and wanted nothing more than to fall into bed. Looking down at Spectre walking beside him he could feel that his familiar felt the same as him. When he and his father entered the house it went absolutely silent and you could have heard a pin drop it was so quiet. Ron could see Percy glaring at him from corner and internally rolling his eyes headed up the stairs with his trunk and familiar now extremely glad that it was keyed only to him or he had a feeling Percy may just help himself to his stuff. Ron decided that he would like his dad fill in the rest of the family and drop face first onto his bed out cold the moment his head touched the pillow. Spectre simply climbed onto his humans backs and fell asleep. Tomorrow Ron would begin corresponding with his three new friends as they settled in to prepare for the Academy, somehow Ron had a feeling that his life would never again be the same and he could not be happier.