Chapter 1- I got in!!
Raven lay on her bed, starring at the clock on the wall. The hands were moving way too slow. She was expecting an extremely important message. If that damn minute hand could just strike twelve already! She had literally been counting the seconds ever since she wrote her final exams. She needed to know if she got in or not. She had to get in, it was crucial, it was the only logical thing that could happen. She had worked herself to the bone for it. She out in blood,sweat and tears.
Finally.. five o'clock!
Wow, the Hermes staff could really keep to time..
She opened her window and a huge gust of wind blew a letter right into her lap. The envelope was blue and sealed with silver. The school's official colours. This was definitely it! She shakily opened it and read the letter. There was a loud squeal of victory and her mum barged into her room.
"What in the name of Hades is going on here?!"
"I got in! I got in!! I got in!!!" She bounced from her bed and shoved the letter in her mum's face.
"Of course you got in. No daughter of mine is going to be a reject from the Titan Academy." Her mum scoffed. It wasn't a congratulations or a well done, she hardly ever got those.
No worries, it wasn't like I did it to make you proud or anything..
"Clean up this mess you call a room for heaven's sake" her mum instructed and shut the door. Raven didn't have long to dwell on how she wished her mum would have reacted for she heard her best friend and next door neighbor screech with excitement.
Irsa and Raven had been best friends even before they learnt to talk. Irsa worked just as hard as Raven to get into the school of their dreams.
A blonde the same age as Raven spontaneously appeared in her room, multi colored eyes sparkling in excitement.
"I got in! I got in! Did you get in? Of course you got in. Show me your letter, please tell me you got in" the words tumbled out of her mouth rapidly without a moment to breathe.
"We're going to High school!!" They both cheered.
"I cannot wait to start learning about my magic, I need to get this teleportation thing under control" Irsa said. Raven fondly remembered the first time it happened. They were in middle school, she sneezed and just disappeared. They found her on the stuck on a roof top.
"Yeah, I can't wait to learn how to cast some scary spells" Raven grinned mischievously.
Irsa's parents threw her a party to celebrate the occasion....there's how it's done. But Raven was invited too so it was practically a party for both. Irsa's older sister Thalia, drove them to various shopping malls to get school stuff. She helped them decide what to and what not to carry, helped Raven put a cute purple streak in her midnight black hair and practically packed both their luggage.
The day before sweet departure, Irsa called Raven to her room to help her with some last minute packing.
"Thalia didn't pack alot of important stuff" she grumbled as Raven unzipped a box.
"Oh you mean like him?" Raven smirked as she grabbed a white stuffed rabbit.
"Mr snuggly!" Irsa grabbed the toy " I cannot believe she didn't pack him. I'm not going anywhere without this guy" she hugged the rabbit.
That night.....
Raven got ready for bed though she doubted she'd have any sleep. Her mum came in and sat on her bed. She handed her a bag, a very old and unloved looking purple bag.
"This has been passed down for many generations".
"What's it for?"
"It's made with eighth dimensional magic so it's virtually bottomless. You can carry as many potions and spells s you wish. Take good care of it. Make me proud". And she left.
"I'll miss you too mum" Raven whispered to herself after her mum shut the door. Sure, she gets a lame bag as her going away gift... she glanced at the bag and tried to imagine it how she would've liked. Blue and silver..or maybe that was just because it was her school colours, with a raven imprint. And the bag became exactly that, right before her eyes.
"OK, so a not so lame bag".
