By the time Kayleb reached the school, he wasn't even sure of the date, the time, or how he got there. But he wasn't sure about those details when he got lost in the mountains yesterday. Or was that two days ago? Kayleb trekked up the hill and saw the school's entrance. He was pretty sure this was the right school, as there weren't any other schools around the mountainous region. He was also sure it was the school because it was very large and was pretty impressive. That being said, he'd been wrong before. Kayleb scratched his head a little and looked around. There sure weren't any students around. If his calculations were correct, he'd arrived at the day of opening and yet there was no one to be found. Maybe he did get lost again and ended up in the wrong place. Though he doubted that there were many large buildings in the mountains of Norway.
Kayleb thought for a moment, standing in the snow. He'd taken a boat to Norway from Russia, managed to escape customs, brought some tasty fish and started walking towards the mountains. At the time, he didn't know where he was going but he figured he'd get there eventually. He'd asked around and some old people seemed to know the place. He'd gone on the trip a month earlier than the opening day. If he arrived early, he figured he'd freeload somewhere and it'd be fine. But he'd been separated from those old people and gotten lost a while ago. Kayleb didn't bother counting the days because he figured that he would get there sooner or later. He'd been lost for an inordinate amount of time in the mountains teleporting here and there and (hopefully) getting closer to the school. Now that he stood at the entrance, he didn't know whether to go in or not. This was a foreign country, after all, and he wasn't sure how someone wearing a hoodie and tracksuit pants coming in from climbing a mountain would look to whoever was inside. On the other hand, it was kind of cold and he was getting pretty tired. Though, he was always tired... A cold wind blew and Kayleb shivered. As he shivered, piled up snow from his shoulders cascaded down his body. Kayleb was surprised at how much snow had accumulated on him as he stood there. And it was starting to get fairly cold. That was that. Kayleb hugged his Saydie, his rabbit plushie, and went through the entranceway.
Kayleb walked through a cobblestone courtyard, cold air hounding his steps. His runners made a light crunching sound, stepping on the snow. A particularly strong wind tickled his nose and Kayleb let out an almighty sneeze. Wiping his nose with almost-unfeeling fingers, he hugged Saydie tighter and walked faster. At the end of the courtyard, he spotted a large ornate door, which was closed. He supposed that that was the entrance and hurried along. Upon reaching the door, however, he found that it was locked. Wonderful. Kayleb knocked loudly but was not graced with a reply. Kayleb sighed, summoned a blanket and huddled down in the doorway. The wind skirted around the doorway but refrained from entering it with it's cold fingers. This brought some respite to the tired and cold Kayleb who was quite tired from an ambiguous number of days walked. He sighed as he sat down, Saydie in hand. He supposed he would just freeze to death. Then again, he could just teleport into whatever was behind the door... But whoever was in there might not appreciate him just appearing there. He leaned back and closed his eyes. Yeah, they really wouldn't. Even if it was the supernatural school he'd heard about, he wasn't exactly on time. And if it wasn't, he'd be intruding onto a rich person's property. And he knew how touchy rich people were about their property.
But it's cooooooold!
Kayleb's eyes snapped open with a jerk. Saydie had been so silent that he'd almost forgotten she could talk.
Come on, KayKay! Let's get inside already!
Kayleb rubbed his eyes.
'Saydie... I told you to call me Kayle.' He said quietly, in case anyone was listening. 'I'm not even sure we're in the right place.'
But it has to be! There aren't any other buildings around here!
'We don't know that.' Kayleb countered.
Doesn't matter! I'm coooooold!
'We can't just teleport in there without a reason!' Kayleb told her.
We have a reason! I'm freezing! You're freezing too! And it's not like you haven't done it before! Sadie whined.
'I was like, 7 years old!' Kayleb objected.
And now you're 17! Time sure flies by, huh?
'Alright, alright.' Kayleb sighed as he caved in.
Come on, come on!
Kayleb stood up, strecthed, and prepared for the worst. He'd probably be reasonably fine because the distance probably wouldn't exceed 5 meters. Even so, he'd screwed it up a lot before. Suppose he screwed it up again...
Come on, Kayleb! Get inside! You'll freeze! Saydie warned him.
Grumbling slightly, Kayleb closed his eyes and imagined himself in his surroundings. In front of him was a solid door and behind him was the courtyard. What Kayleb wanted was to be behind that door, away from the cold. He imagined himself to be behind the door, planting his feet on solid ground and standing like he was right now. The signature tugging in his gut told him that it was possible. Kayleb intensified the feeling and it grew stronger. He could see himself coming to the place behind the door. Just as the feeling reached it's peak, Saydie's voice pierced his mind again.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING JUST STANDING THERE?! Saydie's voice boomed.
'Saydie!' Kayleb said in panic. Saydie's voice had disrupted his calculations and he desperately tried to cancel his teleportation. Thankfully, he wouldn't teleported into a wall or anything (probably) but he didn't know where he would end up. He snapped his eyes open and a bright light signified his teleporting had begun. He squinted against the sudden rush of light that was ever present during teleportation. A feeling of weightlessness and movement, and suddenly his feet found stable ground. With the feeling of acceleration stopped, Kayleb almost tripped but broke into a roll instead, intending to come up to his feet which instead made his back thump into the ground.
'Ow' Kayleb said, his back throbbing.
Kay! Are you alright!?
'Yeah, I'm good.' Kayleb groaned.
He sat up hoping he didn't teleport anywhere he wasn't supposed to and came into the vision of a grown man with a demon arm who looked not as perturbed for someone who just had a 17 year old kid teleport into their room should be. If that guy had a demon arm then he must be part of this school. That meant he was at the right place. But even if this wasn't quite atypical for a school, it would make for a lot of explaining, and this he summed up in 3 sentences.
'Um, hi! I'm Kayleb. I think I'm new here.' He said, giving a small wave to prove his honesty. His school life was beginning spectacularly.