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Post by Ghost/Aster on May 3, 2021 12:59:35 GMT -5
8 Elements This story takes place in a universe where there are 8 magic types known as elements. These are Fire, Air, Earth, Water, Spirit, Shadow, Storm, and Ice. Everyone is born with one of these elements. There are other sources of magic though.
This universe is one of my firsts, and I can't wait to finally share it with you.
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Post by Ghost/Aster on May 3, 2021 13:50:10 GMT -5
Chapter 1 Every human on this planet has powers, known as elements. You don’t have to do very advanced stuff with it though, unless you want to. Which I do. And so do others.
Mom always said I was a quiet, yet curious child, whenever I asked her what I was like when I was little. I also remember that I loved fantasy books a lot, ever since I first discovered what they were in first grade. Those books always just appealed to me so much, and the usage of magic was amazing, that elementary school me loved so much. So, when I was in fifth grade, I decided to go to magic school, to learn about all the cool things I could do with magic.
So, here I am at age 12. At Golden Pines School for the Elements. It’s not the most prestigious school, but still, it’s on the better side of schools, and was only 45 minutes away from home. It’s slightly intimidating though, but I feel that I can survive.
My BFF since… we were toddlers, I think, Cady, is also coming. She always been quite the showy person. I have no doubt that the reason she is coming is to make her look cooler.
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I look around the opening area of the school, mostly because I was last in a line for checking into the school. Not like there was too much of a line anyway’s, but I thought taking in my surroundings would be nice. Or just staring off into the distance. Either ones good. Thinking about it, the school looks rather nice. I have heard though that this place is very stormy, so I should keep that in mind.
While I was looking around/staring off into the distance, I saw a girl with a little longer then chin length blonde hair, a grey and blue blazer, and black leggings. As she ran a little closer, I immediately recognized her as Cady. I held my hand out, ready for a high-five. Cady then ran up to the line, stopped right behind me, and held her hand out for a high-five, too which she received from me.
“HEY VIVI!” she said to me, rather enthusiastically. My response was rather calm in comparison, which was a simple “hey” Me and Cady moved up in the line a teensy bit, and eventually, we got to the front of the line. There was a white table, with multiple staff sitting behind it. The lady in front of us was typing, then looked up at us, then got to her work.
“Hello?” I said to the lady.”
“Full name?” She replied, somewhat mechanically.
Well thats a little rude. Even then, I just continued on, and answered her question.
“Avira Maxwell.”
The lady scrolled through her computer for a second, then looked back up with a smile on her face.
“I see that you are a first year. Well then, welcome! Wait for the girl behind you, then head on over to your left.”
I nodded, and let Cady check in. After that was down, we went over on our left to the front of the building, where a woman with long, puffy black hair and tan skin encountered us. She also looked a lot lot like an older version of me. Without the long hair. Plus, my hair was a little lighter. She had a big grin on her face, and then talked a bit.
“I see you are first years! Well then, I’ll get you a tour guide!” She said.
The woman then walked over, and got over a girl with auburn hair, a red shirt with a hoodie tied around her waist, and sweatpants. She sighed, and walked over to the two of us. The woman, meanwhile, just bounced off in her own direction.
“Hey!” The girl said, “Name is Aurielle, what’s yours?”
“Uh….” I started
“CADY!” Cady yelled.
Me and Aurielle looked at her funny. Cady just shrugged.
“Well the, off we go!” Aurielle said.
Aurielle then turned around, and led us through the school doors. Once we got through, we saw a room with some desks with a staff member at one, a box with pamphlets, and a couch. There was also a few doors.
“This is the general room. Also known as student services. There is some hangout spots, along with the school counselors, special stuff, and the main nurses office,” Aurielle told us.
To be honest, I was unnerved by main nurses office.
“Let’s continue with the tour!” Aurielle exclaimed, and then headed forward.
We walked for about 30 seconds, and the three of us were in a rather big room. On the floor was a grey and white checker pattern, and there was tables and serving areas. The walls were a cream color, and there were multiple bulletins. I assumed this area was the cafeteria.
“This is the cafeteria-” Aurielle started.
Knew it!
Aurielle continued, “But I think it was rather easy to tell. If you are concerned about the food quality, don’t worry. The food here is actually pretty good.”
I didn’t really need to know that, to be honest. But oh well, nice to know.
We then kept on walking towards some doors. Aurielle opened them for us, and it then lead into a hallway with many people in it. I saw some other doors, and I safely assumed that there was classrooms here.
“Well, all the 7th grade general classes are here. Except for the magic classes.” Aurielle said, “There are other rooms fo-”.
Something just caught Aurielle’s eye.
“Oh, hey Iggy!”
Just about then, I started to zone out a bit, and think about my own things. From what I saw, school here looked rather nice. I don’t really know about the students though. I’m not exactly that social of a person though, to be honest. Though some things have unnerved me, and what if I get injured? What if my element somehow gets out of control? What if some kids accidentally cause a flood, and dro-
“Earth to Avira. We’re continuing with the tour,” Cady said, while poking me.
Oh. I then rush up to Aurielle, who was heading outside. Me and Cady follow/rush behind her for a bit.
We end up in a place with five buildings. All of them are rather big. Four of them have different colored and shaped logos, while the other one on the right has a sign saying “Golden Pine Recreational Center”
“Over to your right are the dormitory buildings. These four buildings manage to house about 800 people total. It’s chaos,” Aurielle started, “The first one is the Spirit and Shadow dorms, so that’s where you’ll be sleeping Avira. Second is the Air and Storm dorms, so that’s where you’ll be sleeping Cady. The third is the Water and Ice dorm, and the Fourth is the Fire and Earth dorm. Lemme tell you, people actually get along in that dorm.”
Me and Cady nodded. We both were a little sad the we wouldn’t get to see each other as much. Still, we’ll manage.
“Okay then,” Aurielle continued, “Over there is the gym and pool. Beyond there is the woods. Most of it is off limits, but there aren’t any dragons there, so me and a lot of 2nd and 3rd years still go in there. You two could come if you wanted, but I’d recommend that Avira get some different shoes if we would do that.”
I was wearing white flats. Not a great pair of shoes for a potentially dangerous forest. At the same time, the forest sounded intriguing.
“Cool!” Cady said.
“Okay, on with that. This is all we needed to show you, but we were told to say this.” Aurielle got of a sheet of paper and started reading, “Element related classes don’t start until next week, so we don’t need to show you that. You should know where your dorms are, so check in there after this. The staff at the dorms will tell you anything related to that. There will be an assembly meeting for all 1st years at 5:30, so please ask a staff member to show you the location. That part wasn’t actually planned, we just forgot to tell student helpers to show where the assembly hall is. That is all, and please enjoy your time at Golden Pines School of the Elements.”
Why exactly did they write that?
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I decided to head off to my dorm. In front of me was a younger looking lady with glasses, dirty blonde hair, and a cream dress with a pink cardigan. She shuffled some papers, and looked up at me with a smile on her face.
“Hi. Name?” the lady asked.
“Avira Maxwell.” I replied.
She shuffled through the papers for a few seconds. Then, I saw her face light up.
“You’re in room 13. You don’t have to report there yet. Though, we will be delivering your stuff to you soon.” I nodded, and walked down to my dorm. Conveniently, it was on the first floor. I open the door, and left my backpack on the floor. I didn’t get quite the good scan of it, but I saw that the room had cream walls, and two beds. I then left the room, then walked down the hall.
The first room I ran into was a big room with a few other students and multiple couches. Some of the students were chatting, some were snacking, and one was taking a nap for some reason. There was a coffee table, and a TV. The common room, I assumed. I awkwardly waved, then left.
I walked down the hallways, and into the girls bathroom (mostly out of curiosity and nothing else). There was toilet stalls, changing rooms, and showers, what you’d expect for a dorm. I take a peak in the showers, and see that they don’t provide anything other then hot water (I could tell from the handle-thing) and a curtain. I forgot shampoo. Dang it.
I walk out of the bathroom, and into the hallways. Some students wave at me, some don’t pay much notice. I decide to go in the common room. Once I walked in there, I saw that there was some cookies in there. I picked up a chocolate chip cookie, and then sit down on a chair that wasn’t really close to anyone in the room.
My new school/home for the next eight-and-a-half months looked nice so far. Sure, we’d get breaks, but it’ll be hard being away from my parents for a while. Still, I’ll survive, right?
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Any questions? Any feedback? I hope you enjoyed!
Next chapter's will be Cady's pov.
I won't be answering any questions that'll contain spoilers.
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Post by Ghost/Aster on Jul 1, 2021 20:26:02 GMT -5
Bump
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Post by Majonez on Jul 8, 2021 0:14:19 GMT -5
I'm already in love with the idea of this story and I so look forward to reading more! Unfortunately, it's 7 in the morning and I haven't slept yet so I think I am going to go sleep, but when I wake up? I am here for this!
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Jul 24, 2021 17:47:55 GMT -5
//sits on thread to read it later o3o
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Post by Ghost/Aster on Jul 27, 2021 9:44:27 GMT -5
Updates: Hi. I haven't wrote much recently, mostly out of forgetfulness. But, I do have some announcements regarding this universe.
First off: This is a part of an anthology series. So yeah. Second: Avira will be the PoV for all this story. Third: I'm going to be in the remaking process for a bit, so no new chapters soon. Last: I have a title for this.... it's (drumroll please) Spirits and Shadows Bye, and hope you have a good day!
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Post by mintedstar/fur🦇 on Jul 28, 2021 21:11:29 GMT -5
Oh nice! Looking forward to seeing what you've got later.
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