Chapter 2! (enjoy)

I walk out of the infirmary doors into nice cool air of Unicorn Way. I walk along the sidewalks of the yellow and green arrow-patterned road that end at Unicorn Park.  I walk across the bridge over a small brook to a circular park area with a huge unicorn statue in the center on its hind legs standing on a pedestal. I look around at all the children playing around with each other and adults sitting around talking and all of a sudden a shadow casted over Unicorn Park.  I look around in panic, and everyone else just goes on with what they were doing as if nothing was wrong. Do they realize they could be in danger? I start to run across the bright green grass of the park. I can hear it crush beneath my feet as I run. Just as I am about to run past the unicorn statue a purple raven with red patches swoops down and picks me up by my arms. I try to scream but no sound will come out. I look above to find a masked driver. Through the mask all you can see is his mysterious brown and gold eyes. I tried to scream again and began to squirm as we headed towards the arena. Finally the driver pulls off his mask to reveal his huge smile and tan skin. It was Austin Swifthorn. 

“Oh, Nikki calm down. It was only a joke.” He said choking back a laugh.

“AUSTIN! Why did you do this? I need to go to the headmaster because I need to discuss to him about getting a dorm.”

Concerned filled Austin’s eyes. “Why do you need a dorm? Don’t you live with your parents?” he asked.

I looked at him as tears filled my eyes, “My parents died. Only Kaitlyn and I survived the fire in our house. We have no home anymore.”

Austin looked ahead ashamed before replying, “Oh, sorry to hear that. I-I didn’t know. I’ll take you to the headmaster’s house. You’ll get there a lot faster riding my raven.”

“Thanks Austin. “ I said trying to smile.

The rest of the ride was silent. We glided over the huge wall that separates Unicorn way from The Commons area. We glided across houses and the pond in the middle of The Commons and landed in the headmaster’s front yard. Austin slid off his Raven and said, “Here we are the headmaster’s house.”

 Thank you so much Austin,” I said walking over to him and giving him a huge hug. We stopped hugging and Austin Jumped back onto his raven and flew away. I turned towards the front of the house and walked to the front door. The house was like a castle with banners of every school along the top. It was made of grey bricks. I knocked on the door and heard someone yell. “Come on in!”

I reluctantly reached my petit hand to the doorknob on a brown door with a circular stained glass window that had a spiral pattern on it. I turned the handle and pushed the door open to find a room filled with wizards who were starting school and were turning in quests. The headmaster was standing next to his desk that was piled high with papers and trinkets of all sorts. Behind his desk were more stacks of paper.

“What do you need young lady?” The headmaster said making his way over to me.

“Well..um..I need a dorm for me and my little sister.” I said quietly. The headmaster ran over to his desk and went through a few papers before coming back over to me.

“Here take a seat.” He said pointing to a couch made of wood with red cushions on it. I walked slowly over and he added, “Nicole, did you ever meet your grandparents?”

I shook my head no and answered,” No, they died a month before I was born.”

He shook his head before saying, “well they left you their estate for when you needed it. Would you like to live there instead of a dorm?”

I looked up at him in astonishment. I shook my head yes. He got up and walked over to his brown desk and went into the top right draw and pulled out a key that was purple with yellow lightning bolts on it. He walked back over and said, “Here is the key to you estate. It’s on an island off the side of old town. They also left you a purple raven to ride. It should bring you to the island. He is back around in the stables here let me take you to him. His name is Hubert. After he meets you, all you have to do is call his name and he will come pick you up.”

A grin grew across my face as I said, “Thank you! So much!” He shook his head and then motioned for me to follow. We headed out a back door to a stable filled with all kinds of trained animals. There were ostriches, hippogriffs, tigers, lions, panthers, fairy wings, you name it, it was probably there. Out of all of them on really stood out to me. It was a raven that was purple and on its wings were dark blue stripes. Before I knew it the Headmaster called it over.

“This is your Raven.” He said not really caring.

Amazement was in my eyes. It was the most beautiful creature I have ever seen. It had mesmerizing dark blue eyes that seemed inviting but also cold.

“Thanks so much Ambrose.” I said. He nodded and walked back to his castle. I walked over to the raven and petted its head. It acted like it has known me forever. I reluctantly walked over to its side and jumped up on top of him. He immediately flew up into the blue sky and over the wall to the Shopping District. I saw people below look up in amazement. We flew over another wall too Olde Town. I have never felt so alive. I felt adrenaline pulsing through my veins. It was amazing, and thrilling being so high above the ground. I felt like I could do anything, be anything.

All of a sudden Hubert started flying slower. A small island started to come into view. Upon it was a huge castle. Bigger then the headmasters. It had a huge area of grass surrounding the entire castle. Then there was a moat. There was a drawbridge leading to an arena on the right and on the left a series of ramps leading to random doors into the castle. I can’t believe I went from nothing to this. Kaitlyn is going to be so surprised!