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Chase MacGreine

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a character in “Orenda Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry US”, as played by Raisinette

Description

Chase Alexander MacGreine
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Age: 17
Year: 6th
House: Aquila
Wand: Oak, 12.5 inches, unicorn hair core
Patronus: Mountain Lion
Pet: A big, long-haired gray cat named Blue

Personality
Chase is very laid-back and fun loving. He's a procrastinator and a bit on the lazy side when it comes to school, and sees magic as a way to take shortcuts and make things easier on himself, although this generally tends to backfire on him. He is naturally resourceful and will find a way to get anything done once he's actually set his mind to it. While he is generally friendly pleasant with everybody, he's not too quick to make real friends.

History
Chase was born to two wizarding parents in New York. He is the oldest of three children, with two younger sisters, Eden and Leyla. Eden is a new first year at Orenda, while Leyla, who is only 7, is still at home with their parents. His family runs a cafe and magical book shop in Rhiamon Way, an area of New York similar to Diagon Alley. Because of this, Chase knew many people in the wizarding world from the time he was very young. He learned quickly, being a curious and observant child watching and listening to people in the shop, that people could be sneaky and conniving and you couldn't always trust even those who were closest to you.

Once he started at Orenda, Chase took an immediate liking to flying. It was like no other feeling in the world that he could imagine. He wasn't as enthusiastic about most of his other classes. While he likes to learn new spells and interesting things, he just has a hard time focusing. He would much rather listen to music or play a good game of Quodpot than stress over school, but he ends up stressing even more after procrastinating on all of his work for so long.

Nothing very out of the ordinary (for a wizard, anyway) or particularly significant has happened to Chase during his time at the school. Sure, there were a few girlfriends here and there, although nothing too serious, and landing a spot on his house's Quodpot team was exciting enough. Chase isn't one to go out looking for trouble or adventure. It's about time for a little excitement in his life, though, and if trouble or adventure come for him, he's all for it.

Likes
  • Music
  • Quodpot
  • Pizza
  • Flying
  • Weekends

Dislikes
  • Homework
  • Potions
  • Bullies
  • Quiet
  • People who think they're better than others

Password: Specialis Revelio


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So begins...

Chase MacGreine's Story

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Chase stood leaning against the counter in the book shop on Rhiamon Way, where he had been working along side his parents for the summer. A few people were in the store now, but he didn't pay them much mind as they browsed the selection. Instead, he watched out the window as the streets filled with more people than normal. The end of summer rush, as everyone prepared to go back to school for the year.

"Chaaase!"

Chase pretended as if he didn't hear his sister calling for him from the stairway at the back of the shop. It didn't work. Now he heard footsteps hastily coming down the steps, and a moment later a little blond waif of a girl appeared through the door. "Chase! Mom says you get to take me to get my wand."

"I'm watching the store, Eden," Chase replied.

Eden barely contained a laugh. "Yeah, right. You're looking at all the girls walk do the street. Mom said she'll come down and watch the store."

As if on cue, their mother appeared at the bottom of the steps behind Eden. She crossed her arms and smiled at Chase. "Go on," she said. "I thought you didn't want to be at work."

Chase rolled his eyes. "Like watching her is any less work." But he walked over and picked up his little sister, throwing her over his shoulder. "Come on, let's go get you that wand. And maybe an owl while we're at it. My little sister can't start at Orenda without her very own pet."

Eden giggled as Chase carried her out the door. They had barely made it down the block when he stopped abruptly and set her on her feet. "Well what do we have here," he said, watching as Alison, a fairly new classmate of his, scrambled to pick up her wand. "Dan, are you pushing people around again? I thought you were done with that." He laughed as he greeted Alison, Daniel, and the little guy that he could only assume was Daniel's brother.

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"So, Gingy, you ready for another glorious year of school?" Lodi jumped as the sudden voice came from her right.

Lodi rolled her eyes as her older brother, Ryan, fell into step with her. "Ready as I'll ever be," she replied with a hint of sarcasm, causing the brother-sister pair to chuckle simultaneously. Ryan had graciously volunteered to carry Lodi's suitcase which he had cast an extension charm on, increasing the bag's capacity in order to carry everything of Lodi's in one compact suitcase. However, the bag stayed relatively heavy and Lodi was grateful that he was carrying it for her.

Lodi looked up at her brother as they strolled through the bustling wizarding avenue. "Eh, d' you know where mom went?" Just as the words left Lodi's mouth, she caught sight of her frizzy-haired mother coming from a small jewelry store off to the right, carrying two shopping bags and looking frantic, as usual. Mrs. Johnson was the type of woman that always seemed to look busy and her frizzy, red hair only heightened the look.

Lodi and Ryan chortled softly as they watched their short mother push through the gathering masses of parents and students alike to reach her children. As she neared the two siblings, they moved to the side of the street so as not to get in the way of hurrying witches and wizards. Lodi's mother smiled at the two as she pulled a small jewelry box from on of the bags and held it out for Lodi to take. Lodi took the box, raising an eyebrow at her mother as she did so. Her mother gestured for her daughter to open it and did not begin to explain until the box was half-way open. "I sent it in to this jeweler when you broke it and I just picked it up today. This is a big year for you and I thought you might want a reminder that he's always with you."

As her mother finished speaking, Lodi finally opened the box fully, revealing a thick golden chain with a pointed dragon's tooth dangling from it. She gave a small, surprised gasp at the sight of her father's necklace. She had worn it since she was a child, but had unfortunately broken the chain months ago. She had absolutely no idea that her mother had taken the necklace and sent it to be fixed. Lodi looked at her mother with a wide grin on her face, tears welling in her eyes and threatening to spill. She embraced her tightly, holding on for a moment before turning around to let her mother clasp the chain onto Lodi's neck. Lodi grabbed at the dragon's tooth, playing with it as she had always done. It was one of her only reminders of her deceased father and the piece of jewelry was one of her most prized possessions. An unexpected tear of joy dripped onto Lodi's cheek, but she quickly sniffled and wiped it away. There was a moment of silence between the family members and thoughts of what her father might think of her if he were there passed through Lodi's mind.

Ryan was the one to finally break the silence, changing the subject with a more light-hearted tone. "Hey, let's go get some of those spicy chips we got last year. Eh?" It was customary in the Johnson house for the three to withdraw from sad conversation topics. It wasn't that they were uncomfortable around each other, but rather that the three always seemed to already know what the others were thinking. Nothing truly needed to be said within the family. Everything was simply just understood between family members.

Lodi dried her eyes on the sleeve of her large, cream-colored sweater and followed Ryan and her mother, jogging a bit before falling in step with her brother. As they started toward the small shop that had sold the delicious chips, Lodi's mother and Ryan got into a pointless argument about the difference between 'caramel' and 'carmel'. Lodi was not really part of the argument, but she chuckled at the meaninglessness of the argument. She loved going back to school, but one of the things Lodi always truly missed was the company of her family.

They were quick in buying the renowned spicy chips and as they walked out of the store, Ryan and Lodi's mother began arguing about yet another completely pointless topic. Lodi rolled her eyes at the two and offhandedly mentioned that she was going to go wander around a bit. Lodi's mother gave a quick nod before going back to her lengthy monologue on something or other. Lodi wandered around until she reached the door of a small bookstore where she found Sonny, one of her newest housemates, Chase McGreine, a good friend of hers, his younger sister, Daniel Arvus, another friend of hers who had graduated the pervious year, and a young boy who looked to be Daniel's younger brother. Lodi grinned as she popped up next to Chase with her hands still casually in the pockets of her sweater. Lodi nodded at the group before grinning mischievously over at Daniel. "Eh, you do so bad that you're back for another year?" Lodi chuckled, knowing that Daniel had been one of the most promising students that she had ever seen, but also enjoying her chance to poke fun at the older guy.

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It took a few beats but suddenly Alison recognized Daniel Arvus, a graduate of last year. They were two years apart and in different houses so they had never interacted while Alison was there, but the tug of familiarity pulled until the memory of his name yanked through. She gasped with recognition, a victorious smile lighting her face. Before she could announce her discovery however, another familiar face came to their side. “Chase, hullo!” Alison said with enthusiasm, surprising herself. She was genuinely excited to see Chase, and a pit of anxiety gathered in knots in her gut at the thought of seeing other people she had thought about over the summer.

At Hogwarts she normally dreaded returning to all the fake smiles and crude jokes with her brother bossing her around and people who wouldn’t leave her the hell alone. It was the first time she ever looked forward to school starting, and she just began to realize it. Laughing along with the others her eyes shifted to the girl across Chase’s shoulder, a cute little fair haired child. A grin tugged at her lips as she gave a meek wave to her before looking at Chase with questioning eyes. “New luggage piece?” She joked.

As if they were a beacon for Ordena students, another face joined their crowd. Alison gave her a smile and a curt nod, accompanied by another meek wave to her housemate. Suddenly Alison once again felt like the odd one out. The other three knew each other for years before she rolled along, and for some reason she felt like she should crouch to be on the same level as the first years so at least she didn’t feel like the only one out of the loop.

As if the situation couldn’t get worse, a hand clamped onto her shoulder. If it had been any other hand Alison easily would’ve jumped out of her skin, but she recognized the familiar grip that applied pressure just a little too hard for her narrow shoulders. “Sonny, thought you were going to pick up the rest of your supplies.” Grimm said with sneer, leaning over her shoulder to get a good look at the circle. “Are these...your friends?” He asked with disdain, cold blue eyes piercing the stares of others, lingering on the frame of Lodi with a mischievous look.

Alison could feel herself cringe, wanting to pull from his hold but knowing he’d only squeeze harder. Out of the two Alison obviously was the brains, and Grimm was all brawn. He hovered over six feet, sculpted from years of athletics and a strong jaw he’d inherited from their father. He had blonde hair, natural unlike Sonny’s. While a brunette constantly Alison would be told how much she resembled her mother, but some hair dye took care of that. But Grimm’s was all natural platinum, sticking out in all directions and falling into his fair skinned face with all his chiseled features. He could be described as handsome, but there was something in his eyes...

“Gerroff me, Grim.” Alison said as the awkward pause settled between the circle, rotating her shoulder to shake off her brother’s grip. Grimm stood just behind her, barely allowing any space. Glancing at the others apologetically, she motioned to the door behind them and went into the store, Grimm at her heels and giving one last look to the rest of the lot with the same sneer he greeted them with.

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Wesley Davis



"You have got to be kidding me...?" Wesley said as she stood with her father as they awaited the bus. "She's nice, Wes." said the monster of a man. Wesley was a slight girl, not very taller but not short either, she's a 'late bloomer' but blooming by the sutble curves she had aquired over the summer. A Mane of Curly brown hair that added atleast a few inches to her height "You only say that because she plucked a bullet from your thigh." Wes countered, her father let off a booming laugh. [b]"Yes, but she was nice about it."

"Whatever, Dad, date who you want, none of them ever like me..."

'"You never let them."

Wesley sighed, She wanted her father to be happy but at the same time, she didn't want to call anyone 'Mom' anytime soon either.
"Well, Have fun with Darla..."She said as the bus arrived. "It's Maria."

"This week..." She said and narrowly dodged a paper cup that came flying at her head. She just laughed and boarded the bus.

"Give em hell, Kiddo!"

"When don't I?" She called back as she waved to her dad as the door closed.

It made it's way toward Rhianon Way.

She missed her dad every year but she loved the school, she had good friends, the teachers were their to teach not earn a paycheck and she actually wanted to learn. It was too much fun.



A few hours later, she arrived. She disembarked with her backpack on her shoulders, her Knee High Converses tied tight, her black jeans tucked in them and her black asymmetric top 'Bite Me' with stitched in red sequins hanging loosely over a red spaghetti tank and holding ontop a carrier. She looked around before setting the carrier down and opening the latch.

Out slide a mountain lion cub. "Sorry, Kovu." She said with a pet to his head. "The Normies would lose their shit if they saw you." She said and Kovu looked up at her as if he understood but still didn't like it. "Oh don't look at me like that." She said and playfully shoved him with her foot. He snapped at her but she only grinned.

With that, they made their way through the crowded streets, scattered conversation going on here and there, people shouting about their wares and the sales on them. The hustle and bustle of Rhianion Way made her smile. It was like Chinatown in LA only, slightly more magical.

She spotted a bookstore and then a handful of familiar faces. She took one look at Lodi and grinned mischievously. She slid up behind her, closed her hands over her eyes and grinned. "Guess who?!" She said with a loud 'Wesley Laugh' something she was quite known for which inturn gave her away immediately.

She removed her hands. "Miss Me, Chica" She said. Wesley always had a strange habit of breaking into Spanish, especially when she was pissed, half the time she didn't even know she was doing it.

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Max Avarus:

"Well well, if it isn't Chase. And this must be your sister, Eden. Going to be a first year as well? Looks like you got company, Shrimp".

Max had this...glare...at his brother. "I told you NOT to call me that!"

He laughed, before turning back to the others. "Admit it, you are all going to miss me. Well, hopefully you can keep Max out of trouble. You seem to be prone to getting it..."

"Am not!"

"Oh really? Last Summer, the summer before that, Christmas break three years ago, the summer before that one, the whole troll incident..."

"That wasn't my fault!"

"Still, you seem to have a knack for finding trouble...Chase, maybe for your safety you should take a step back".

He laughed again, and turned to Alison. "Anyways, yeah, this is my brothers first year. We just got all his stuff together, and I was planning to fly him to school. Maybe you want to join us?"

Max, meanwhile, looked at Eden. "So...your a first year too?"

Max wasn't the best at opening conversations sometimes. However, his brother checked his watch. "Oh, we need to get going soon".

Max finally got to take a breath, inbetween his brother teasing him and introducing him to people. He gave a quick look over at the alley. This was the first time he would be going to this school, and the pressure was already building from his parents and his brother. At least he had a really good wand. Dragonwood and a Whale Bone core, a powerful combination, and a fairly rare Wand make. Though, not many people could have summoned a patronus with no wand when they were nine, but he also prefered not to share this because of the fact his patronus was a unicorn.

"Well Shrimp, looks like you made a new friend already. Wanna bet they both get into Aquia Chase?" he noted, making sure Max's stuff was all secure and that the broom was ready for flight before he got them on. "But come on, lets get flying. I don't want my brother to be late like you usually are..." he noted with a smile.

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”Sweet’eart, you need to try t’is on.” Said Whitney Duquesne, mother of Odessa, who was holding a yellow skirt that would reach almost to her feet, it had a dark red flower design on it. Odessa thought it was simply awesome. She did as she was told, and ended up wearing it out of the store. Right now, the mother daughter pair were in New York City, preparing for her departure. Odessa had actually been staying with Chase MacGriene, a friend of hers from school for a couple of weeks now. They had planned it during the last school year, that she would spend a few weeks in New York. She found out to love New York, it was so different from New Orleans, but somehow similar.

They were walking and talking about nothing in particular, but they were walking towards the shop the MacGriene’s owned, for Odessa to drop off her things and get some supplies she needed. ”So, enjoy your time with C’ase?” Her mom said, stretching out his name and with a little lovey dovey with it. “Ma! It’s been fun, but I don’t like ‘im like t’at!” She practically yelled, she was half telling the truth, she loved him as a friend, but she had seen how he had grown and none of the guys in her house were that great. ”Fine, Fine, Fine.” She put her hands up. ”Just promise me t’at ya’ll get married down in New Orleans.” She laughed at her daughter’s expense.

They made it into the store, and Odessa watched the mom’s say hello. They made small talk, and Odessa said she needed to go out to buy some things, and her mom offered to take the clothing they had got back to her hotel for the time. She agreed and then walked outside, sporting her new skirt and a T-shirt that said, “I only like New York as a friend”.

She didn’t make it far before seeing her lost companion with a group of people she knew from school. Lodi, whom she knew she could exhaust, Westly, one of her really good friends she missed, Daniel Avarus, whom she wanted to beat but never could and his little bro, and the English Bitch, Sonny, who had big foot behind her for some reason. Overall, she was debating if she should go over to the group, but when seeing Daniel and pint size discuss leaving, she took the chance. “Westly! Lodi!” She yelled in her joy and ran over and hugged the girl, before letting go and smiling at Westly. “Did you grow? You seem taller for some reason?” She then turned to Chase and Eden, “My mom want to know if ya’ll want to ‘ave any Cajun Potato Pie, she broug’t it w’en s’e flew in.” She was all excited, her mother almost never made potato pie, and Cajun was just their way of saying it would be hot. She glazed over Sonny almost bored. “’Ello Princess. "Ey Daniel.” She said curtly, but perked slightly when talking to Daniel.

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Suddenly, the sound of bold, hardy laughter echoed throughout the pub. The vibrations from the roaring sound bounced off of the walls, and back into the children's ears as though loud church bells were ringing inside of the room. The teenagers, mostly comprised of fifteen to seventeen-year-olds, sat at a long table in the center of a tavern known as The Candleman's Cairn. The place always felt rough, dry, and cold, but it never mattered, because the drinks served there could warm even a frozen man's belly in less than a minute. Not to mention there was always a vibrant fireplace lit just to the west side of the joint, alive and crackling as if it was made from the tail of an energetic phoenix. The young-adults' giddy laughter must have lasted for about a good thirty seconds, and then a girl with chestnut-brown hair and a dusty gray hat began to carry on where she had left off, telling her friends a particularly embarrassing story that had happened to her over the summer. Jade Wildsmith, a girl in her fifth year at Orenda Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry, sat among the group of students and watched with a grin on her face as she sipped on a pewter tankard of freshly-brewed butterbeer.

"...So then I screamed, 'watch where you're going you stupid-faced JERK!', and he just picked up his idiotic little broomstick and ran away like a four-year-old going to go cry to his mommy."
"That's absolutely insane, Tessa," said Jade through laughter, "Are you sure you're not just making up this story to entertain us?"
Tessa was a quirky and extravagantly boisterous girl whom Jade had stayed with for the last five days. Due to her Auror father's travels and her mother's duties to help her sister with a new potions and apothecary business she had been working on in another state, there was really no one to take care of Jade before she went off to begin school again at Orenda. Jade didn't mind; her friends had the same warm and welcome atmosphere that her family always demonstrated. With them, she felt like she had never even left home in the first place. Starting her fifth year with Tessa and her other acquaintances would only be a fun-filled experience full of delightful memories, Jade absolutely knew it. Still, it would be heartbreaking not being able to hear her mother's farewells from the Boston port as she wished the blonde-haired girl safe travels to school.

Tessa licked a spot of pumpkin juice off of her lips, and continued, " Jade, would I lie to you? I'm being absolutely serious when I say that someone literally crashed into me while riding a broomstick over here in Rhiamon Way." This sent another round of thunderous laughter through the teenager's mouths. Suddenly, Tessa slammed her tankard right onto the table, sending orange-pigmented juice flying in all directions. "If only I'd had thought of pulling out my wand while he ran away, then I could have Petrificus Totalus'd him right in the arse and shown him would it would 'ave felt like if he'd had hit me any harder!"

A couple more minutes passed and more tankards of pumpkin juice, butterbeer, and gillywater were drunk. In the time that passed, a brother and a sister showed off their pair of pink and purple colored pygmy puffs, a boy named Nicholas played a song using an enchanted violin he had bought from a magical thrift shop, and Tessa had made her own cat, Vasilisa, perform tricks on the long table for everyone to see. Even the bartenders up front couldn't help but chuckle. Eventually, when everyone had enough to eat and drink, the friends got down to business.
"Alrighty, so does everyone know where they have to go?" said Jade, slinging a messenger bag over her head and around her shoulder. It was made from a rough rucksack material and had patches with various names of Quidditch teams and magical places all along the front.
"We need to go to the bookstore first." said the brother and sister with the pygmy puffs.
"I have to get a new wand. I broke mine this summer..." said a boy with brown freckles and pale skin
"Is it alright if I go to the pet store to get an owl?" cried out a girl who still held a tankard of gillywater in her hands.
"And I have to go to that place where they sell potion ingredients so I can get a new cauldron." said Tessa as she adjusted the gray cap that rested on her monstrously curly and fiery-red hair. "So now that we all know where we're going, let's move!"

After leaving the Candleman's Cairn, the large group of friends paraded down the crowded streets of Rhiamon Way towards the direction of the bookshop. It was truly a magical place. There were white and brown owls flying all over the skies, and vendors sold an array of odds and ends at every corner. For Jade, there were just too many places to look. Keep your focus on one thing for too long, and you'd just might bump into a frantic shopper rushing down the street.

They finally came to the bookstore, and Jade's eyes were almost blinded by the vibrant flash of color that had appeared once she entered inside. There were shelves that contained all different kinds of books. There were old books, new books, books for school, books for pleasure, enchanted books, books that were so ancient that they were practically falling apart, and more. The group of students eventually spread out throughout the store, and Jade found herself standing wandering through the aisles of shelves with Tessa. They came to a particularly dark section of the store, and slowed down their paces as they inspected the hard-covered books. Cautiously, Tessa pulled out a green-colored book that was covered with fake rhinestones and gold symbols.
"Here," she said with a facetious-like smile, "This one's for you, Jade."

The blonde-haired girl took the book from her friend's hands, inspected the title, and gave a small chuckle. It read "The Master's Book of Runes" and had gleaming characters that seemed to dance across the cover. Tessa knew how much Jade liked to translate runes, and often teased her about it. She flipped through the pages, taking in the scent of the unopened book. At some point, Tessa ran off, leaving Jade all alone inbetween the shelves. Once she had finished reading, she swiftly turned her head in all directions, her thin hair whipping behind her with each movement. With the book still in her hands, she walked quickly through the shelves of books, trying to find one of her friends.

Eventually, it wasn't the group of the friends she had came with that she found, but Jade had laid her eyes upon another group of students, most of which she had recognized from her previous years at Orenda. "Chase!" she exclaimed, recognizing her fellow housemate's copper-colored hair from far away. She scurried up to him like a mouse, and with the Runes book still in her hands, gave him a hug that could be compared to a tackle.

She laughed, releasing the last bit of her sudden excitement over the sight of her Quadpot teammate, and let go of her grip on him. "How are you? How was your summer?" she asked as her eyes widened. She then turned her attention to the other people who were conversing in the group. There was Odessa Duquesne, who Jade knew very well, Lodi Johnson, who had never really talked to her at the Academy, Wesley Davis, a witty girl with curly brown hair that could be compared to the beauty of a lion's mane, Chase's sister, Eden, Daniel Arvus, and three other people she didn't recognize. Among the three strangers was a girl with platinum-blonde hair wearing a particularly fashionable crop-top, a boy next to her with a pair of mischievous looking eyes, and a small boy with a stern-looking face, presumably Daniel's younger brother.

"Hey guys." Jade said to the group, her smile becoming more subtle. "Wassup?"

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One of the main things Sonny liked about back to school shopping in the Wizardry community was the simplicity of it all. All years had the same classes, same books, and were divided into neat piles across the store for each student to pick to appropriate pile. Grabbing the stack for 6th years and handing it off to Grimm, she glanced at the time to see that she was pressed for time. “Where are my things?” She asked her brother as they got into line, checking her nails with apathy.

Silence.

“Grimm?” She pressed in a more demanding tone, looking to Grimm expectantly. His expression was blank, as if he were staring into nothingness, right through Sonny. Snapping her fingers before his piercing gaze, a smug smile cracked through his mask. “My things?” she asked again.

Admittedly Alison was a little high strung, she liked things to flow perfectly and according to plan. Perhaps she was a bit of a perfectionist, but that was only because she’d invested so many years in being as perfect as she could. It pleased Grimm to push her button and put her on edge, just as it pleased her to call him out in front of his friends or ‘disobey’ him as he would put it. Grimm had control issues undoubtedly, a hunger to have everyone underneath his thumb, especially his little sister.

Gently giving his shoulder a shove, she widened her eyes as if to emphasize her question, making him chuckle with amusement. “It’s already been sent to the ship, Kreger made sure of it.”

Kreger was their house elf who worshipped the ground Alison walked on since she was the only one kind to him in the house. Last night he had sobbed at her feet while he helped her finish packing, begging her to take him with. Poor Saia had to remain in her carrier until they reached Orenda, but if a house elf could be considered a pet she would have brought Kreger along in a heart beat.

They reached the front of the line and paid for the books after browsing the selection of ribbons and ropes at the counter to tie the books together, picking out a silky pink ribbon and tying it around her stack of books twice so that all sides were secure and knotting it into a pretty secure bow on top to carry it by.

When she walked back out the door the group from earlier hadn’t budged except Dan and his brother had gone else where and instead Odessa and a girl she thought she recognized from the house of Aquila but who’s name slipped her mind. Her lips pressed into a thin smile, averting her eyes to the ground as she walked passed hoping to keep Grimm quiet.

No such luck.

He gripped her forearm, pulling her back to the group with a malicious smile. Immediately she looked at him with warning, knowing his intention. Grimm hated Alison being able to stand on her own, once being able to control her within the walls of Hogwarts. He wanted to make his mark on her reputation at Orenda, to stretch into the one place that had become hers.

“Sonny, don’t be rude and just walk past your friends.” He antagonized.

Her eyes narrowed into slits, seething venom as she stared into her brothers eyes. He wanted to embarrass her. She wouldn’t let him get the best of her. Huffing she tugged her arm out of his grip, looking back to the group with a forced smile. “How rude of me indeed, I apologize.” Her dulcet sweet tone matching her smile, although her apology was genuine - although it was not her own behavior she was apologizing for.

She knew where this would go, he would belittle her in front of her schoolmates, make them feel uncomfortable until someone spoke out, then attack them with cutting comments that made absolutely no sense. Here in America she was the Oglethorpe in charge, not him. “I’m headed to the ship now, I’ll see you all there.”

Glaring once again at her brother, Sonny turned on her heel, sashaying away as if he hadn’t phased her one bit. Her books bumped into her calf as she walked, the pink ribbon glinting in the sun. Grimm took one last lingering look at the group, trailing the female figures from head to toe, pausing before chuckling to himself. He took several steps back before saluting them all with two fingers to the sky. “Good luck.” He said ominously, then turning his back to the group and following behind his sister.

She walked to the shore where families had gathered to say their farewells to all the student’s before they flew off, mothers crying over the absence of their child until Christmas break. Alison’s mother stood still faced next to a gawky house elf gripping the most recent Nimbus release, a sleek broom with a smooth cherrywood handle with the brush slicked into a golden point, resembling an oversized animated paint brush.

“I was sure you’d be late.” Mrs. Oglethorpe said, pushing Sonny’s blonde locks behind her ear with precision rather than affection.

Taking the broom from Kreger, Sonny slipped her books onto the handle, patting Kreger affectionately on the head and rolling her eyes at her mother. “Of course you were.”

“Alison Oglethorpe, check your attitude.”

Glancing back to Grimm to her mother, Alison chuckled. “There’s no one to impress her mother, let’s drop the theatrics.” Her mother’s jaw hung as if it had been unhinged, then opening and closing several times before finally shutting with a huff.

Sighing, Alison leaned forward to kiss her mother’s cheek, then Grimm’s. They might be an endless pain in her ass but they were the closest people she had. “I’ll write once I’m settled, and don’t go in my room.” She said, directing her last comment at Grimm.

He laughed, but she knew she would have the last laugh if he did walk into her booby trapped room. Once again she petted Kreger’s head who looked up to her with sad eyes. “I’ll miss you, do as your told while I’m away.” Not that he needed to hear that, he was an obedient house elf with or without her.

“Save travels back to England.”

With that she kicked off, joining the herds of students flying to the ship. The distance was short, thankfully without collision. The landing deck was swarmed with students, catching up about their summer as they walked into the main cabin where there was a snack bar with all sorts of goodies.

Grabbing her broom with one hand and her her books with the other Alison followed the crowd into the main cabin, looking for a friendly face.
“Sonny!” A wiry red haired girl waved from several feet away. Her freckled face lit up in a smile, matching Sonny’s expression. Her roommate was a vibrant lady in the same year as Sonny. The two often would stay up with their other roommate Gina, an Italian-American from New Jersey, and play muggle board games that Bridget would bring from home.

“Bridget, hullo love!” Sonny said as she was pulled into a hug, giggling girlishly. She had never been so excited to see a school mate.

“How was your summer?” Bridget asked.
Sonny rolled her eyes with an amused smile, “Don’t get me started...”

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“Are these...your friends?”

Lodi's attention turned to Alison's tall, older brother. Normally Lodi would have thought he was a cute guy despite the fact that he was nearly a foot taller than her; however, she furrowed her brow at him in anger as he looked her up and down with a mischievous grin. Lodi was frustrated with this and open her mouth to make an angrily sarcastic remark; however, Alison looked at her apologetically and she gave the blonde girl a small grin, telling her it was alright. Lucky for Lodi, this guy, Grimm, seemed more concerned with his sister than anyone else there.

Lodi instinctively jumped as two hands covered her eyes, but a grin slowly spread over her face as she heard the voice of her 'sister' and roommate, Wesley. "Guess who!" Lodi heard from behind her before a loud laugh was emitted. Lodi shrugged with a mischievous grin on her face saying in a mockingly oblivious manner, "I've got no clue."

As the hands were dropped from her face, Lodi immediately spun around to face Wesley with a smile that reached her eyes. "Miss me, Chica?" Lodi pulled Wesley into a tight hug -a very rare occurrence that was saved for only the people Lodi was closest with. She pulled back and held the girl at arm's length. "Well, d' you expect me to say no, Gorgeous?" Lodi let out a rather loud guffaw and continued. "You tryin' to steal me thunder or somethin'?Because I swear you get better looking every year." Lodi raised an eyebrow mockingly and dropped her hands from Wesley's shoulders.

Lodi was about to say more when she heard a hollered voice yell to both her and Wes. She immediately recognized the voice as that of Odessa, a pretty good friend of Lodi's, all things considered. She was a great girl and she was fun to be around, but she honestly exhausted Lodi sometimes. Odessa seemed to understand that though and the two of them had an unspoken understanding of their relationship. Today Lodi was in a good mood and she was glad to see the peppy girl and she smiled as the girl approached, giving her a small embrace. Lodi kept the smile on her face as the girl spoke to the group of students -although she wasn't listening too much to the conversations around her.

Lodi's smile dropped a bit -nearly unnoticeably- as her attention turn to Jade as she joined the group. The two did not necessarily hate each other. They weren't even that much of rivals. However, there seemed to be a tension between them whenever they talked. Jade just seemed a bit too happy and fake to Lodi, but perhaps she was wrong in her assumptions of the girl.

After greeting Jade with only a courteous nod of her head, Lodi seemed to drift into random thoughts of what the coming year would bring and was unaware of Alison's ordeal with her brother until the blonde had informed them with much disdain that she was headed for the ship. Lodi gave a confused look after the girl but shrugged it off, deciding that it was none of her business. Something was probably going on that Lodi didn't know about and she wasn't good enough friends with Alison yet to ask her.

Once Alison and her brother had left, Lodi began to think that perhaps they should all start heading over to the ship. She finally turned back to Odessa and Wesley. She slung an arm lazily around the shoulder of the latter and grinned, looking from her to Odessa and back again before saying sarcastically, "So, who's ready to start year numero six off?"


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"New luggage piece?" Chase laughed at Sonny's question as he set Eden down on her feet. "My sister, Eden," he said. "It's her first year at Orenda this year." He turned to Daniel as the recent graduate asked whether he thought both Eden and Max would make it into Aquila. "Wouldn't surprise me a bit," he replied. "Of course, this little bookworm could get into Vulpes too, but who knows?" Eden rolled her eyes at the comment. Chase was always teasing her about constantly having her nose in a book.

Chase smiled and nodded in greeting as Lodi made her way over to the group and laughed at her joke about Daniel having to do an extra year at Orenda, but his laugh was cut short by a question coming from a guy walking up behind Alison. “Are these...your friends?” Chase's eyes narrowed distrustfully at him. Granted, he didn't fully trust people too easily anyway, but there was something extra-menacing about this person that made the hairs on the back of Chase's neck stand up. His eyes followed the guy until both he and Sonny were in the store.

Meanwhile, Wesley had appeared and thus commenced the squeals and hugs of girlfriends who hadn't seen each other all summer. Chase grinned when Odessa joined them a minute later, sporting a different skirt than he had seen her leave in earlier, and offering them some of her mom's Cajun potato pie. His mouth watered at the mention of it, but before he could answer, Eden was tugging at his shirt. "Chase, we're running out of time," she said. "I have to get my wand before we leave.

Chase sighed. "Sorry guys. Duty calls. I'll see you all on the ship?" He turned to Odessa before leaving. "And I'll be back in enough time to have some of that potato pie before we set off."






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As the ship emerged from the water of Greenwood Lake, Chase was still drinking glass after glass of gillywater. He had not been prepared for the level of heat involved in true Cajun cooking. It had taken Eden a very long time to stop giggling over Chase's reaction to it, and she was still having trouble keeping a straight face each time he asked for a refill.

As the students began filing off the deck of the boat and towards the main entrance of the school, a gray-haired woman with a kind face stood at the edge of the lake. "First years, this way please," she called out. "All first years, please follow me!" Eden took a deep breath and gripped harder onto her brand new wand. Walking towards the woman, she noticed Max making his way there as well. Being the only other first year that she recognized, since they had met earlier in Rhiamon Way, she quickened her pace to fall into step beside him. "Hey," she said, smiling at him. "You nervous at all? I kinda am."

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Skylar Black


Skylar hadn't seen this place in over two years.

"Not much has changed." Skylar said to herself. Not that she cared much. After spending two years at SWI, she thought she would miss this place more than she did. Only thing she really missed was her mother and her best friend.

Skylar walked into the Great Hall looking for one thing in particular, and it wasn't food. Not even Braelyn, her once upon a time best friend, knew she had returned.

"I can't wait to see the look on her face..." Skylar snarled.

She sat down at a table and watched everyone gorge on there snacks and decided to try to eat while she waited. Only one person looked a bit familiar to her, but she can not remember his name. He is one year ahead of her, and has always thought he seemed lazy.

The longer she sat there waiting the more it urked her that she could not remember his name. If Braelyn would hurry up and show up she could ask her. Skylar didn't want to just waltz right up to him and ask his name. It would embarrass her to much.

......

It's been 20 minutes and no sign of Braelyn, or any recognition of the blonde boys' name.

Where is she, and what the heck is his name?!

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As the sorting ceremony began, there was still no sign of Braelyn. Skylar started to get worried. Could she have switched to another school? Drop out maybe? No, that wasn’t her thing.

Skylar sat for what seemed like an eternity, halfway listening and watching the nervous 1st years be sorted. Some excited, some not. The ceremony had ended, still no Braelyn. She gave up searching for her. Now she was staring at the blonde headed boy travel from table to table, still trying to remember his name.

“Skylar!” someone shrieked.

Skylar jumped and before she knew it, this person was hugging her from behind. It’s Braelyn. Skylar looked stunned, but realized who it was and broke free from the embrace and turned to hug her back. People were staring at them. Skylar was a little embarrassed by the attention, but didn’t really care. She was back with her best friend. She did notice that the blonde boy was one of the ones staring.

“I swear, I’m so happy to see you, but what is that blonde boys’ name?!” Skylar asked while nonchalantly pointing his head in his general direction.

“It’s good to see you, and it’s Chase.”

“Gah! Of course it is. I knew that.” Skylar said while kicking herself for forgetting that.

“Well then why did you ask me?” Braelyn asked with a smirk.

“Man, I missed you.” Skylar said and hugged her again.

“I’m starved! Let’s eat while we catch up.” Braelyn said sat down and started making herself a plate of food.

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Eden stopped short when they came into the library. She looked up, puzzled, at the book shelves that appeared to be dangling from above them. It took her a moment to realize that they were in fact standing on the ceiling. Eden's hands reached for her head, assuming her hair would be dangling towards the floor, but it lay in place as if she was not currently standing upside down. The librarian stood below them on the floor, looking up at them to ask if they were lost. "No!" Max had replied, eliciting an eye roll from Eden. He then retracted his statement with, "Okay, maybe we just took the wrong turn someplace."

The librarian told them they should walk on the walls to get down. Of course. Makes perfect sense. Eden stepped gingerly onto the wall beside her, expecting to feel like she was walking sideways, but rather it felt more like gravity shifted with her as she moved. It was an utterly bizarre experience as she stepped around portraits, shelves, and candles to get to the floor, gravity shifting once more with her as she did so. She looked around her now, from the more normal perspective, at the large library, filled with books upon books. As Max and the librarian looked at a book that had fallen on Max, Eden made a mental note to herself that she would return here very soon. Once the librarian declared the book both blank and ordinary and gave it to Max, Eden listened intently to her directions to get to the Aquila dormitory, determined that she would not be lost again tonight.

Max took her hand once again as they began walking, saying "See! We were going the right way...sort of...." Eden laughed. "Hardly," she said. "But I'm glad we found this place. Now I'll know where it is." Rather than let herself be led in the wrong direction again, Eden decided to take the lead, keeping in mind the instructions the librarian had given them. They walked down a dimly lit corridor that led out of the library and towards a stone stairway. Eden turned right down the hallway at the top of the staircase and past several doorways, one of which must have been the Defense Against the Dark Arts room that the librarian said they would pass. At the end of the long hallway was another set of stairs, which Eden took two at a time, knowing they were getting close.

She recalled the librarian's words, "Take a left, and it should be obvious from there." Eden turned left at the top of the staircase and stopped. Obvious was an understatement. In front of them was a large wooden door with a tapestry displaying the Aquila house crest. In addition to that, some ingenious Aquila student had conjured up about a half-dozen eagle Patronus to fly around the doorway, guarding the entrance, and a red hazy smoke colored the air surrounding the door.

"This has got to be the place," Eden said, letting go of Max's hand and walking up to the door. She opened it slowly and looked inside. It appeared that nearly everyone in their house was gathered in the Aquila common room. She spotted Chase standing over by a large unlit fireplace, talking and laughing with some of his Quodpot teammates and holding two plates each containing a slice of the delicious cake they had tried back down in the Great Hall during the feast. A big, rich brown leather sofa was placed in front of the fire place, with a crimson-colored arm chair on either side and a mahogany coffee table in the middle. Dispersed throughout the large common area were a few other sitting areas with plush armchairs or sofas, some tables and chairs for working on homework or playing wizard's chess, and a couple of big floor pillows over by a large floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the lake.

Eden walked in timidly, looking behind her to make sure Max was still there. There were a couple of armchairs that weren't occupied in the far corner of the room, and she motioned for Max to follow her over there. She hopped up into one of the chairs, as a gray and black tabby ball of fluff jumped into her lap. Eden giggled and cuddled the animal. "This is my new pet!" she told Max. "Chase took me to get her after we met back in Rhiamon Way. She's a baby kneazle. Isn't she cute? I haven't thought of a name for her yet though."

"I wondered where you two had gone off to." Eden looked up to see Chase walking towards them. "Two of our newest housemates. I thought you might have gotten lost; I was about to send out a search party for you." Eden gave a sideways smile over at Max but didn't mention that they actually had been lost. "I have something for you guys," Chase continued. "Saved some of that cake from downstairs for you." He handed each of them one of the plates he had been holding, and winked at Eden. She saw a glint in his eye that Eden swore could only mean he was up to no good.

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Max found himself a bit at awe by the large library, he had to admit, but he really wanted to see the common room as well. Eden seemed to be determined not to get lost again. "Hey, in my defense, its not like I know the blueprints of this place. I still am trying to figure out how we ended up upside down. Now that was a neat trick..." A neat trick he was determined to learn.

When they finally arrived at the big massive door with the patronus eagles, he was slightly embarassed. His own patronus was a Unicorn, and he would rather not share that detail with anyone. At least, for as long as possible. He began to step forward, following Eded, as he remembered what his brother had told him. "Giant doors, bigger windows, even bigger hallways, humongous rooms, and fields double the size of stadiums". Talk about intimidating.

Inside it was wonderous. It felt like home, and described exactly as his brother told him. Homey, friendly, somewhat chaotic and unorganized (actually it was very unorganized), but it still had this feeling like he belonged. He made his way over to Eden, who had sat down in an arm chair, and sat next to her. All of a sudden, a white owl came down and landed on his head. "Snowtimber?! How do you keep getting out of your cage!" He then turned to Eden. "This is my pet owl, Snowtimber. Who apparently is an escape artist. He always ends up flying to me no matter where I am...".

As Eden showed Max her pet, he instantly thought of a few names himself. "She kinda looks like a Jess, for Jessica. But Jess sounds better for a cat. Just offering my advice". However, when Chase came over offering cake, this made him even happier. He loved cake. He took it, and started to eat it. However, all of a sudden, this rope popped out of the cake, tied itself around Max's anckle and the other end around a fairly high lighting fixture and dangled him upside down. "Not funny! Let me down!"

Max continued to try and escape it, however he overlooked one aspect. The height distance. When he did get free, he plummted down, only for something to wisk itself out of the Boy's Dorm, where his stuff had been brought, and caught him. An Aether V broom. "Wow, they were not kidding about the magical link being strong on this thing..."

The Broom dropped Max down safely., before returning to the rest of Max's things. Now Max just hoped no one made a big deal about who he was. He had enough pressure already, he didn't need more of it. He did, however, look Chase in the eye. "Not. Funny". He noted, as Snowtimber flew over to him and perched himself on his shoulder.

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Chase laughed good naturedly as the first year attempted to regain his composure. "Well, I sure thought it was funny," he said, patting Max on top of his head. "Dan told me to make sure you feel at home, little man," he told him. "And this is how he did that for me. You're welcome. Oh, and nice broom, by the way." Still laughing, he walked back over to where his group of friends were waiting for him.

Eden shook her head and set down her plate on the side table placed between their two chairs. The cake looked good, but she wasn't going to risk it in case her brother had done the same spell on her piece. She didn't have an Aether V to come to her rescue. Not yet, anyway. She glanced over at Max, with his owl perched on his shoulder. "My brother isn't a bully," she assured him. "He just likes a 'harmless prank' from time to him. Somehow, it's his way of showing he cares." She sighed. "Are you okay?"

She yawned. It had been a very long day. The older kids all seemed to be intent on staying up for a while, but Eden was exhausted. "I think I might have to go find my room," she told Max. "Class starts early in the morning, and I definitely don't want to be late on my first day. I think we have Charms first tomorrow. Wanna meet at breakfast?"

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The term "little man" annoyed Max, but not so much as being hung upside down. "I wouldn't call dangling meters above the ground harmless". At least his broom worked. "I don't like being dangled...it's annoying". Max then noticed (finally) that Snowtimber was holding a letter. "Oh, what's this...wait, how did you get this?"

He opened the letter, and a magical spark came out. The spark then proceeded to fly around Max as he read the letter. It was from his brother, telling him who to look out for (including Chase), and that he couldn't wait to hear back. Max would remember to write to him later.

"I have to agree with that statement. I have got way too many expectations on me to be late on my first day. Just living with my family can be stressful, at best". That was an understatement. He felt extreme pressure from them. "Alright, we will meet in the morning then, provided I am not tied up again".

Of course, Max soon learned his bed was right next to Chase's in the dorm rooms. This did not make him happy.