[b]Gideon, Grey (cameo)[/b]

Gideon awoke in a puddle.

It wasn't unusual for him to sleep inside a body of water, but never before had he phased into water while sleeping. An never, EVER, had he fallen asleep while starting a new school. As far as he could remember, he had lain down as a human. Oh well, never mind. I was probably just, *shudders*, the 'teenage years' again.

Reaching out into the Gardens with his mind, he felt the familiar tingling, fuzzy sensation as he disassociated his atomic structure from the water molecules and manifested in human form. He sighed as he hefted his rucksack onto his shoulders (slightly muddy), and let his gaze wander towards the school building.

It was surrounded by a sea of students, flapping leaflets and swiping the early morning flies with textbooks. Gideon's hand shot up. His watch said 10 o'clock. He had been asleep for [i]two hours[/i]. Hurrying forward, he made for the school doors, diving between Cyclopes and Werewolves, and narrowly avoiding treading on an Imp procession. 

He noticed many tents, presumably clubs seeking new members, tightly packed around the entrance. A rainbow of colours and names filled his mind, [i]The Astronomy Club, The Jousting Tournament, The Inter-House Flying competition[/i]. The only one that genuinely interested Gideon was the Swimming Team, but he had his doubts as to whether he would be accepted because of his ability to inhabit, or [i]commingle[/i] (as his mother called it) with any body of water. Nearby, a crash had apparently occurred in the Jousting Area. He avoided turning in that direction and changed course.

Coming to a halt, he noticed Grey, the Headmaster/Mistress/Principle, watching over the ever growing gaggle of Freshmen , and made a beeline for him/her/it. This was going to be an interesting first term...

OOC: I hope I was supposed to write in past tense, please inform me if I'm wrong. And if I have made a mistake in how the school is organised, sorry, I'm British, and our schooling system is different. I hope I got the American one right!