"Well, I don't know what to ask first," he admitted, looking at the other girl. This one was named Ayaka and she had bright pink hair that hid underneath a headband in the shape of cat ears. Cute. "Well, nice to meet you both. I'm Ruby, but then again, I already told Mystique that."

Ayaka got the impression that he wasn't sure how good with animals he was, but then he just got here and from falling in a painting. To an extent, she could understand. "Well, you'll get the chance to pick out a pet soon enough. I didn't get the chance to look at the bulletin board yet, but I think it might be today?" She was more of trying to see if Mystique looked at it on her way out or not with the question. "There are quite a few to choose from here and depending on what you choose to study, you might even raise a dragon as well."

"Dear Wei,
I now begin as a second year student at Cadwell Academy. I shall henceforth reflect a bit on what has occurred, my love. Arriving here, it was as if I was a naïve child, unaware of the true nature of the universe. Now, it is as if I am enlightened, but my knowledge is not yet completed. Having known what I planned to do, I now know how to do it."

With the entry in Elizabeth's journal finished, she put it away. Now was the time to leave. Today was an important day, since Elizabeth began her second year at the Academy. She wore her students' robe, and put her wand in her pocket. Her Arcane Hound, Hesiod, was laying beside her.

"Master, if you wait too long, you'll run late," Hesiod communicated telepathically.

"No need to worry, Hesiod," Elizabeth replied in kind. "I know very well what I am doing. Come, Hesiod. I'm sure it will be necessary to bring you along."

"And what of Uriel?"

"I'm sure his time will come quite soon."

Uriel was Elizabeth's dragon, who had hatched some months ago. For now he would once again stay in Elizabeth's quarters, probably sleeping.

She exited her room, and planned to take the landing pad to the main hall. From there she would head to classes when they began. When Elizabeth left her room she saw a familiar face, a maid she had met before.

"My lady, I'd like to thank you for what you did earlier," the maid said.

"I told you to think nothing of it," Elizabeth said. "I have class to attend, so I apologize if I seem in a hurry."

"Of course, my lady," the maid said. "Again, thank you."

She then headed her way down to the launching pad. She told it to head down to the main hall, and it took her down. Those two students that Elizabeth met before, she thought that their names were Mystique and Ayaka, were there as well. There was a new student there as well, which Elizabeth was sure was awfully interesting to someone else.

Ruby raised an eyebrow when Ayaka had mentioned raising dragons. Yes, that would definitely be something he would be interested in doing. After all, how could he reject the opportunity while it was practically given to him? But before he could respond verbally, Mystique mentioned a firecat who was magically conjured out of nowhere. . was that what it was or something else?

"Adorable," he let it slide out quietly as he tried to recover, "I mean, uh, would you mind if I pet him? Or would he mind?" He asked, gesturing sheepishly to the cat.

Ruby was surprised that Mystique could understand the cat so well. Then again, he should've probably let go of any expectations he had -- this place would destroy them and create their own unique set of them. Watching the levitating firecat, Ruby reached out to the cat into his own arms. He has such soft fur. . .

"Hello, Elizabeth," he said absent-mindedly, scratching the firecat behind his ears.

"Yeah. Funny how Rikami and Ember can get along so well since they too are opposites." Ayaka was saying in response to the fact that Ember and Hesiod don't get along very well. Rikami didn't mind him so much. The thing is, Elizabeth never seemed too interested in befriending her and Mystique for some reason. "I have Rikami in my room still. He's also a frost wolf. I can ask him to come here if you want to meet him as well."

"Salutations," Elizabeth said to the boy she did not know.

They seemed to be enraptured by those pets. What a shame it was, to treat those creatures blessed with intelligence with the same type of fawning that they gave to the lowly creatures of Earth. Elizabeth thought that they were not nearly as accustomed to the ways of this world as she was, but Elizabeth gave no hints from her personality and demeanor that suggested this condescending attitude. She wondered when class would start.

Aurora blinked as she laid sprawled out on the soft, green grass below her. She moved her arm up for a moment and pinched her cheek to make sure she hadn't just fallen asleep on the job or passed out, it hurt. Alright, so she could check off being in a dream off the list of why she suddenly had found herself in some kind of field.

She remembered she had been charged with unloading sculptures and various other pieces of art into a new art exhibit opening up in town soon as her odd end job for the week, but didn't exactly remember having left the exhibit after. The last thing she could think of doing was that she had passed by a painting that seemed to catch her eye on the way out, almost as if drawing her in with an invisible force. She had reached outed to touch the painting in her daze and then boom, here she was.

Aurora gave a slight shrug before going back to enjoying the view of the sky and the feeling of the grass, coming to the conclusion that she might as well enjoy wherever this was while it lasted. She may not know where this place was, but she did know it was pleasant enough for her to take her time leaving.

"That'd be great," Ruby responded to Ayaka's comment about the frost wolf, "As long as he doesn't mind either, that is." He paid no mind to Elizabeth's shortness of response. He had a feeling that she was disinterested and that was that. Focusing on Mystique's firecat and bouncing between conversation with her and Ayaka, he didn't even notice that Thomas strolled off to welcome another new student.

Aurora sat upright and scratched the back of her head out of reflex. "Ah...No, nothing particularly hurts, but..." She paused for a moment, as if going over the man's words a second time in her head. "Did you say magical talents?"

-Rikami, you mind coming outside and saying hi?- Ayaka asked him.
-Be right there!- the frost wolf said. He immediately stopped chewing on his toy to go outside.

"Well I think he's excited," Ayaka was slightly laughing at Rikami's enthusiasm. It wasn't long until he showed up and walked up to Ayaka. "Ruby this is Rikami. Rikami this is Ruby." Rikami seeing that Ember seemed to be ok with him, walked over to sniff Ruby and started wagging his tail and barking happily. "It's ok to pet him if you like."

Aurora dusted off her coat and stood up before nodding in understanding. "I guess getting acquainted with everyone would be the first step." She leisurely began to make her way over to the small group of students, giving a small wave with her hand as she neared them. "Hello, I just fell from the sky and wished to meet and greet my fellow classmates...If you all are not busy, that is." She seemed to be trying her best to not to come across as reserved, or at least what her definition of it was.

"Excited?" Ruby asked, though he didn't have much time to ponder between giving the firecat affection and seeing the frost wolf appear only a few minutes later. Ayaka introduced him as Rikami and for a brief moment, he was worried that fighting might break out between the feline and hound. Luckily, it didn't seem to be that way as the wolf approached him with a wagging tail and a happy bark.



Petting the firecat, Ruby leaned down to gently pat the wolf on the head, "Hello, Rikami. Nice to meet you."

Nathan, sneaking out at night, as per usual, he would slide swiftly out of his window, landing ontop of the hedge, that had a constant groove in it. He would carefully begin moving to the wide gated area that secludes his home from the rest. He would check the time, and pounce behind the large oak tree, awaiting the care taker to wander past, per usual. He would carefully slide through one of the gates large gaps, heading down the street into the modern suburb.

He would head down the road until meeting an old abandoned home that didn't seem to be there. He quietly wondered "Did I take a wrong turn?" before shrugging it off and quickly moving inside. Inside the abandoned home it was quite dusty, although large, like one of the mansions. How in all hell could nobody have noticed this? None the less, he continued moving up the stairs, which at the top he was greeted by two sets of stairs, trailing in opposite directions, and a large painting, dust covering the title, Nathan would move forward, and tediously wipe away the dust that hid the name.

"The Caldwell's Academy of Magical Talents and Draconic Arts." What a stupid name..But..The picture was just..magnificent. He carelessly reached forward, planning on feeling the crisp, oldness of the painting, the feeling that was truly warming to the touch. He would instead fall down, into the picture?! Nathan would fall rather late, not exactly high, but not exactly low, he would gasp, seeing other people in the courtyard, landing quite swiftly stupidly, on his ass, although the grass easing his fall, the light ache in his backside still resided.