Chapter 7-1

"Welcome first years! It is time to choose what you want to be in the future. Always remember that you have three years to decide! Think for yourselves and not your parents' paths. Because this is the beginning of your new life as you become an adult." Ms. Foxglove told us when all the first years finally entered the room. "Anyone that has already decided, please come to the backroom so I could talk to each of you."

She walked away to the backroom and the three of us stared at each other. I started to realize how different we are on the outside but we were the same on the inside. Both Joy and I have tanner skin than many of the people in our village; while Joy and Bram are both dark haired, but we all have that fire in our eyes that show we fight on to survive.

"Are we sure these are the classes we want?" I asked.

We looked at the three classes we chose and nodded our heads.

"Yeah, I guess it is time to go talk to the headmistress then." Bram said then we started to walk to the back room.

Joy knocked on the door before walking in.

"Wow! So fast! Please make sure that the classes are really what you want, because you can't change them until next year."

The three of us nodded our heads. I watched her tail move around in excitement as she spoke.

"Good, please sit down." Three chairs appeared in front of us. "What are the classes you chose?"

"Well, the three of us are mages so we have to take magic class," Bram told her as we sat down.

"Yes, and we also picked astronomy and cooking as the other two classes," I told her as we each gave her the papers.

"Ms. Ravenwing, do you say yes on Nurse Nightsong's offer?"

We were surprised that she already knew about the offer. However, I remembered seeing the two of them acting very close to each other, so I was also not surprised at the fact.

"Yes I do, Headmistress. I plan on helping her out instead of taking Astronomy class."

"Good, Good," we watched her mark a few things on our papers, "Well, I hope that the rest of the students will be as easy as you three were. But one can only hope for the future." She handed us the full schedules for the school year. "Now go run along and have fun until classes start up fully."

We got up from our chairs and started walking towards the door. Joy reached out to grab the doorknob. We froze as she cleared her throat before speaking some more.

"Oh Mr. Harker and Mr. Snowpelt, just to let you two know that I heard from Mr. White about what happened this morning. The two of you are now moved into a new room and I do not want to hear about any more fights. Got it?"

We could tell from the tone of her voice that we should listen to what she said.

"Yes Headmistress!" We said together before finally walking out.

"Man, she is scary but did you see how fluffy her tail was!" I said as we entered the grand hall. "I wish that my tail was like that, all it does is poke me when sitting down."

"But I like your tail! It is the perfect size to my hand!" Bram said before trying to grab it. "Besides that, how come I never see Flo or Alex's tail?"

"They don't have one." They gave me a strange look. "Flo takes more of our human side so she doesn't show any bear parts. Alex doesn't have a tail because Flo accidently ripped it off when they were younger and it never grew back."

"I feel a bit bad for both of you. But I know that it is truly no one's fault but fate itself." Bram told me as we walked into one of the smaller hallways.