Thread Announcement!!!!!

Uniforms have been decided by majority vote! You can find them in the 'Finding your place in wisteria' post.

~Table of Contents~

1. General Role-play Information, Contains my simple three rules and the three step process to join.

2. 'Wisteria, School of the Southwest', Contains plot, information about Wisteria

3. 'Inside Wisteria and Mount Sierra', Contains a picture of Wisteria entrance and lay out information

4. 'Finding your Place in Wisteria', Contains sorting process and how to find your house

5. 'The Clemati Of Wisteria', Contains detailed information on the Clemati House and dorm

6. 'The Laure Of Wisteria', Contains detailed information on the Laure House and dorm.

7. 'The Rudbecki Of Wisteria', Contains detailed information on the Rudbecki House and dorm.

8. 'The Gerani Of Wisteria', Contains detailed information the Gerani House and dorm.

9. 'Those Attending Wisteria', Contains current characters information (appearance, name, age, year, and house.

~General Role Play Information~

This is a Harry Potter Roleplay Set after the seventh book and set in a school for witchcraft and wizardry created by me. Due to the plot not involving Voldermort or cannon characters you really don’t have to know hardly anything about Harry potter. All you have to know is first years are 11, second years 12, and so on. In fact to join you only have to follow three simple steps and three rules.

~Steps~

1. Read the first three posts after this one and the post that describes your dorm. You are not required to read the posts about the other dorms, though you are welcome too if you want to. If you don’t understand anything in it, feel free to ask me questions via pm. As long as you attempt to read and understand first I’m happy ^.^

2. After reading everything, send me the following about your character via pm. It will be organized and put into a lower post so others can see if yours is in the same year or house. ^.^
Name:
Age:
Year: (if you are not a student and instead a teacher or something just put your position instead of year.)
Appearance:
House:
*Wisteria has its own four houses though each has a Hogwarts equivalent so should be easy to figure out. The third post should give you information enough to know which of the houses you are in. If you are a teacher or something and do not want to be attached to a house in any way feel free to remove the ‘house’ section or put n/a.

*note: You may bring a pet. There is no limitations on the pet other then it be no bigger then a large cat/small dog. If you wish to bring a pet please let me know what it is and I'll put that too!


3. After you send in the information for step two and read the rules below, just post your character entrance and start roleplaying!

~Rules~

1. All characters must have a weakness.

2. You must use three or more sentences per post.

3. You must follow all three steps listed above.

~No more rules, No more steps! Just have fun!~


~OOC thread~

It is a place for people to chat, to showcase detailed profiles of our characters, to attract new members, and in general to have any non rp fun related to wisteria. Click the link below to join it too!
http://www.menewsha.com/forum/commun...oc-thread.html

~Wisteria, School of the Southwest~

Welcome to the beautiful Wisteria, A School of Witch Craft and Wizardry. The founder, Elizabeth Phlox, was a lover of flowers and named the school Wisteria after a flower which meaning is 'welcome' . She so named the school because she desired everyone in the world to be welcome at this school, for it to be a safe place of harmony and freedom for anyone from any nation or background.

She founded the school in the early 1900s, when on a journey to find and protect the knowledge of Native American Shaman magic which was being threatened by early settlers of the Americas. The ruins and it's secrets grabbed her attention when she realized her squib guide could not see them. To any muggle or squib it looked like a solid rock mountain face, nothing special about it. To a wizard or witch the golden ruins were clear.Researching the ruins she would find they were said to be from the local Pueblo Indians ancient ancestors and that was all anyone knew about them or the strange magic within.

She originally meant to simply store knowledge but as her death grew closer she realized to truly protect the knowledge she needed to share it with others. So she found the school which you now find yourself invited to in 1916. At first it had only a few children of the settlers, immigrants, and Native Americans but over the years it grew. It is now a rival to even the esteemed Hogwarts in number of students and accomplished alumni wizards as well as witches. It seemed peaceful, wonderful but as always conflict seemed attracted to the ruins like a moth to flame.

~Strange Things at Wisteria~

Strange things have been occurring and the guardians’ sense a great danger is upon them! There are rumors that the body of a child, the same age as a first year student, found mutilated in a creak not far from the school…Ghosts now roam the school and the flowers that Madam Phlox planted in the very walls whisper to one another in frightened voices.

Can you find the secrets of Wisteria… and protect them from the danger hiding among your fellow students?

~Inside Wisteria and Mount Sierra~

*this is the main entrance, more of the building exists but is carved inside the mountain itself and is not visible from the outside. The numbered areas are as follows:
1. Entrance Hall (Left)(indicates west)
2. Roof is the Landing Pad/Lanch pad for the pegasi, ((only place in the entire school one can appearate to is the roof))
3. Entrance Hall Center( two story tall, Teachers sit in the 'balcony' on the second level)(indicates north)
4. Enchanted Tower ( To enter the school one must walk through it. If you do not carry a letter of acceptance or other item to show you have the current Head Master's approval the tower will become a solid column of stone until the head master lets you out.) (indicates south)
5. Entrance hall (right)(indicates east)

The building is massive, most of it hidden inside the mountain Sierra itself. The school can only be reached by the appearating or the schools prized Granian pegusi as it is thousands of feet above the base of the sharp cliff face. The winged horses used to enter it are said to be descended from Pegusi that Madame Phlox herself breed and that somewhere down the line they have Thestral blood due to their ability to turn themselves and their rider invisible. It is generally accepted, however, that Madame Phlox simply used magic on the original breeding pairs to give them this ability.

The inside of the school is laid out fairly simply, everything reachable through doors in the entrance hall. The first thing you will notice, however, is that every inside wall of the ruin is covered in many flowers and vines with blooms of every kind you can imagine…including ones that don’t belong on any vine and a few that don’t exist outside of Wisteria. The second is that the entrance hall is a large room with three doors, including the one you enter through, a set of double doors, and two trap doors.

It is this set of double doors that leads to the areas of Wisteria shared by all students. They are located under the teachers ‘balconies’ and are at the very back north wall of the Entrance Hall. When you walk through them you will find several long corridors and stone stairs carved into the mountain. These corridors lead to the various classrooms in which you will be learning both classic European magic such as you would learn at Hogwarts as well as shaman magic and other unusual forms.

If you are brave enough, curious enough, or just plain bored enough you can continue past the classroom corridor all the way to another system of tunnels. These lead to large, spectacular caves of both manmade and natural origin. Here you will find gardens and underground forests planted by madam Phlox’s magic and supported by the Phoenix spirit’s light acting as sunlight. There is even a few cave’s with small lakes fed by the Dragon spirit’s power over water. There are even rumors of big stone caves filled with Indian treasure! Still, this is a school so perhaps we should get back to that and where you will be sleeping.

~Reaching the Dorms~

So now, we will direct you to the dorms which can be found through the other doors, each of which can only be entered after you have been sorted into them and given the pin which shows you belong in that particular dorm. On the West most wall of the left wing of the entrance hall you find a door with the mark of the gentle unicorn upon it. This door leads to the Gerani dorm and the sanctuary of its guardian spirit. On the East most wall of the right wing of the entrance hall you will find a similar door with the mark of the honorable dragon, this one leads to the Laure dorm as well as the hidden Quartz Lake which provides water for the school. The dragon happens to live in the lake.

To find the two remaining dorms you must go to the north-west corner of the entrance hall, here you doubtless notice that there is what appears to be a trap door in the roof and in the floor. The door in the ceiling is only accessible by a spell even with a Clemati pin, which will cause the door to open and the stone stairs to form leading up to it. This leads to the Clemati dorm, home of the wise phoenix. It is comprised of a large tower that extends all the way to the mountain and the dorm itself. At the top of the tower is where you find the guardian spirit itself.

The door on the floor of the entrance hall leads to the Rudbecki dorm and the gate to the sanctuary of the brave Hellhound spirit. It is a dorm completely surrounded by stone. Through the sanctuary of the hellhound is another trap door however. This leads to a long winding tunnel that leads to the stables as the Hellhound guards the horses.

~Finding your Place in Wisteria~

When Madam Phlox first transformed the ruins into the school Wisteria, she summoned four spirits of powerful magical animals to allow the school to sustain life and protect it from those who would seek to destroy it. Each spirit valued four human traits above all others and demanded that the students they worked with to maintain the school have those traits or desire to have those traits above all. She agreed and created a test that would ‘read’ the hearts of each first year and assign them to the care of the spirit.

The test is simple and happens on the first day. All first years are lined up on one of the two front staircases, the right stair case, that leads to the teacher’s ‘balcony’ in the entrance hall. Each student is asked to approach, one by one, to the middle of the table where the current head master or mistress sits. In front of the head master floats four mystical metal and gemstone flowers. The float in a circle for a few moments and then one will leave the circle and float at the edge of the table nearest the student. It will then drop a metal pin with the spirit animal of their house and announce which house they are in with a loud ringing voice. The student is then allowed to sit at the table with the rest of their house and eat, drink, and be merry!

If you are best described as containing or valuing ‘Creativity, Individuality, Wisdom, or Cleverness’ the white pearl and gold flower will approach you. It will give you a white pearl pin shaped like a phoenix decorated and gilded in gold before pronouncing you a Clemati!

If you are best described as containing or valuing ‘Ambition, Pride, Tradition, or Personal Honor/Personal Achievements’ the emerald and pale sapphire flower will approach you. It will give you an emerald pin shaped like a dragon, gilded in a strange blue metal, and decorated with light blue sapphires before pronouncing you a Laure!

If you are best described as containing or valuing ‘Bravery, Boldness, Strength, Willpower’ the black iron and ruby flower will approach you. It will give you a black iron pin shaped like a wolf like hound and gilded in a strange red metal, and decorated with rubies before pronouncing you a Rubecki!

If you are best described as containing or valuing ‘Trustworthiness, loyalty, Friendliness, Fairness’ the silver and pale amethyst flower will approach you. It will give you a silver pin shaped like a unicorn and gilded in a strange purple metal, and decorated in pale amethysts before pronouncing you a Gerani!

~Your Uniform in Wisteria~

Your uniforms are determined by house and show below. Before entering school you should have purchased a generic uniform which your house pin is enchanted to react to and release a spell that will change the patterned parts to the proper pattern the first time you put your pin on...even if you are not currently wearing your uniform it will change the uniforms you brought with you. It will not affect clothing other then your uniforms.

*Note, a black hat must be worn. It can be a traditional wizard cap or a muggle cap, this is left to the student choice. Socks and shoes are also the students choice. Any other accessories are not required but can be added to the student's heart's content.

Clemati Uniform



Laure Uniform



Gerani Uniform



Rudbecki Uniform

~The Clemati Of Wisteria~

As you enter the dorm through the Entrance Hall ceiling hatch there is a beautiful phoenix. It is white with golden eyes, a gold crest, and gold markings throughout its long tail. It looks you over quizzically with its head tilted to the side before it gives you an approving nod. You hear words, its words, echo in your head. It says Welcome, I am the guardian of Clemati and the keeper of Wisteria’s fires. Here, this will tell you all you need to know about our house. A pure white flame appears in front of you and flares to life, only to disappear… it drops a sheet of paper at your feet. On the sheet it does indeed say all you could ever want to know about clemati. It is written in the intellectual, long winded, yet mischievous style of Flamma the apparent Phoenix but could be summarized as follows.

House Name: Clemati

Name Origin: From Clematis, a white flower which stands for ingenuity and mental beauty

Nickname: Feathers, Phoenixes, Wings.

Values: Creativity, Individuality, Wisdom, Cleverness

Colors: White and Gold

Element Symbol: Fire

Weapon Symbol: Bow

Animal Symbol: Phoenix

Guardian Spirit: Flammia, an ancient fire spirit who chooses to take the form of a phoenix. She claims in the letter that phoenix’s comes from one of her experiments with fire and the egg of a peacock. Older students will warn you, however, that Flamma is mischievous and likes to test her students…. Sometimes by making blatantly false statements to see if the student is smart enough to figure out it’s a lie. Accordingly the truth of this statement is not easy to tell.

Duties: As a clemati you will learn some fire spell tricks, including ones that involve more than one witch or wizard to do. Prefects are also taught to use a bow and combine it with magic. You will perform these skills in shows and inter-house competitions if you are on the House team, a place earned by showing particular skill.

Dorm location: the three large rooms at the base of Fire Tower and over the Entrance Hall.

Dorm Style: The dorm is divided into four sections, the fire tower itself, the common room, and two dorms separated by gender. The tower stands in the center of the three other rooms and extends far enough the top cannot be seen from the bottom. Each of the other rooms can be entered from a sturdy dark mahogany door. The door to the left of you upon entering is the entrance to the boys dorm and is marked by the astrological symbol for mars. In front of you is the door to the common room and is marked by the astrological symbol for earth. To your right is the girls dorm and is marked by the astrological symbol for Venus. The walls of all four areas are a pale gold and dotted with clematis flowers growing directly from the wall.

The furniture is all white fabric (enchanted not to stain) and golden chests in a slightly arabian, elegant fashion. The only difference between the furniture in the boys room, common room, and the girls dorm is the girls dorm furniture has a slightly feminine flowering gold pattern on it while the others have a more neutral simple, single gold square design. All the furniture is plush, comfortable and elegant. From the ceiling and walls hangs many silk, semi-transparent fabrics of white or gold giving the area a very free, airy feel when combined with the dorms high ceilings and the soft breezes coming down from the tower which is open to the mountain top.

Dorm Atmosphere: The dorm tends to be filled with studying students and quiet, philosophical discussions between small groups of the less shy Clemati. As often happens with such intellectual people, however, there are occasional arguments though they don’t tend to affect the independent souls for long. Due to this dorm often having a few artists it is not unusual to find a student painting up in fire tower, the top of which has quite a view.

~The Laure Of Wisteria~

As you enter the spectacular Laure dorm you will feel a slight chill from the lake you now face. A large sea dragon, however, will likely distract you from the beautiful bridge across the lake and the crystal formation that looks much like a European castle. He sits with most of his body curled in the massive lake but his upper body and front arms are spread lazily on the shore. He is close enough to the bridge you need to cross to knock you over with his massive, majestic head if he so pleases. He faces his lips towards the far wall and breathes out an icy blast which leaves a sheet of paper hovering there that quickly floats down to you. The letter contains all the information you could want to know about the Laure House. In his graceful telepathic voice he bids you welcome but in those few simple words you get the impression that great things are expected of you…


House Name: Laure

Name Origin: From the Mountain Laurel, a flower which stands for Ambition and pride

Nickname: Scales, Dragons

Values: Ambition, Pride, Tradition, Personal Honor/Personal Achievements

Colors: Bright emerald green and light blue.

Element Symbol: Water

Weapon Symbol: Staff

Animal Symbol: Dragon

Guardian Spirit: Undine, a water spirit who has the power over water. He seems to be very ‘princely’ somehow and demand respect while still being polite. You get the impression he could charm anyone he pleases if he wants to but he tends to be too honorable and straight forward.

Duties: As a laure you will learn some water and ice spell tricks, including ones that involve more than one witch or wizard to do. Prefects are also taught to use a staff and combine it with magic. You will perform these skills in shows and inter-house competitions if you are on the House team, a place earned by showing particular skill.

Dorm location: Across the Quartz lake in the ‘Crystal Castle’

Dorm Style: When you first enter through the dorm door you will see a vast lake nicknamed ‘Quarts Lake’ due to the high amount of quarts in the cave that holds the lake and the actual dorm which is called the ‘Crystal Castle’. It is made of quarts but the stone is so pure, so clear that it looks more like diamond. It catches the light so that it almost seems to glow. To get to the castle from across the lake you must cross a delicate bridge covered with green vines and the pale blue mountain laurels which give the House its name.

Crossing the bridge you are now able to enter the crystal castle and actual dorm. It is divided into three sections, two dorms and a common room. There is a door to the left of the entrance has a large blue stone above the frame, this is the boys dorm. Across from the entrance is a door with a large green stone above it, this is the common room. To the right of the entrance is another door marked with a large purple gemstone, this is the girls dorm. The floors are covered with an emerald green carpet that feels like soft meadow grass and keeps the chill of the crystal from getting too cold despite being so close to a lake. The furniture is slightly Victorian in style, as is the classic castle design. Each piece is made with care and is a combination of rich greens and pale blue velvets.

Dorm Atmosphere: It is true that the rich and powerful often end up in this house so as one expects many of the students know each other as well as the family reputations of their parents. Still, even though there is a stuck up student or too one who relies on their family’s reputation is in general not too well respected. The most well respected of the students are the ones with the highest personal achievements who have proven they are not just riding on their parents coat tails. There is a competitive air to the students but once you have proven yourself you will be treated with celebration and respect.

~The Rudbecki Of Wisteria~

As you enter the darkened dorm you see what looks like two glowing red eyes nearby. When the creature they belong too moves it is clear it is what appears to be a massive wolf with wild, untamed looking fur. He growls out one word, ‘here’ and picks up a stone from a basket next to him. He tosses the stone to you and once it hits your hand it transforms into a piece of paper. What is written on the paper is a straightforward letter that says the following just about as bluntly as possible.

House Name: Rudbecki

Name Origin: From the Rudbeckia, a flower which stands for justice

Nickname: Hounds, Hellions, fangs

Values: Bravery, Boldness, Strength, Willpower

Colors: Black and Red

Element Symbol: Stone, Earth, And Rock

Weapon Symbol: Sword

Animal Symbol: Hell Hound and Wolves

Guardian Spirit: Frux, a spirit from the very depths of earth. He chooses the form of a form of hellhond. It looks very similar to a large black wolf as big as a horse with glowing red eyes that appear made of fire. His fangs are as large as ones hands.

Duties: As a Rudbecki you will learn some earth spell tricks, including ones that involve more than one witch or wizard to do. Prefects are also taught to use a sword and combine it with magic. You will perform these skills in shows and inter-house competitions if you are on the House team, a place earned by showing particular skill.

Dorm location: In the very depths of the school complex beneath everything else. It is the warmest part of the complex.

Dorm Style: When you step off the ladder into Rudbecki dorm you will notice that most of this area is not made of the quarts or golden hard stone that makes up most of the school but is in fact made up of primarily black, glass like, lava rock. There are also several pillars with stone bowls on top of them that hold bright fires. The fires reflect off the glass like rock and create moving shadows that give the entire dorm a rather eerie, almost haunted, air.

To your left is a crude, wrought iron gate with sharp points at the top surrounding a tunnel entrance and a massive red velvet pillow with a couple black hairs on it from a massive beast. The gates are always flung open few are foolish enough to enter without the residents permission. This is the home of the Redbecki’s resident hell hound. Across from you is two buildings, a third to your right. The buildings from left to right are, the boys dorm, the common room, and the girls dorm respectively.

Each of the buildings is made from the lava rock and appears similar to the pueblo style of the school itself. Inside you will find very simple furniture that appears a combination of rustic woods and red wool fabric. Despite how they look, however, every chair and bed is remarkably very comfortable. It has few decorations and is all in all very unassuming.

Dorm Atmosphere: There’s always a few show offs around whom feel the need to show off their bravery and strength but there doesn’t tend to be too many… and when there are there’s always an older student willing to put the braggart in his or her place. Rudbecki tend to be the most varied in their backgrounds, however, so sometimes people aren’t quite sure how to react to one another so people have a habit of separating into like-minded groups.

~The Gerani Of Wisteria~

As you enter you find yourself face to face with a beautiful unicorn. It has pale silver fur, a dark mystical silver mane with a matching tail, and eyes of pale lavender. Her gaze is gentle, almost loving. ‘greetings’ she says, ‘this letter should tell you all you could want to know about the Gerani. Welcome to your new house, I hope we can be like your family while you are at school with us!’ As she speaks to you through the very air the tip of her horn glows. A gentle breeze swirls around you and a sheet of paper appears before your eyes before falling towards your hand. The information inside her kind polite letter can be reduced to this.

House Name: Gerani

Name Origin: From the Oak-Leaf Geranium, a flower which stands for true friendship.

Nickname: Uni’s, unicorns

Values: Trustworthiness, loyalty, Friendliness, Fairness

Colors: Silver and Pale purple

Element Symbol: Air

Weapon Symbol: Bladed Shield

Animal Symbol: Unicorns and Pegusi

Guardian Spirit: Aeris, an air elemental spirit who chooses the form of the gentle innocent unicorns she admires. She seems like a playful, kind, gentle, youthful grandmother who wants to protect all her students and help in any way she can.

Duties: As a Gerani you will learn some air spell tricks, including ones that involve more than one witch or wizard to do. Prefects are also taught to use a bladed shield weapon and combine it with magic. You will perform these skills in shows and inter-house competitions if you are on the House team, a place earned by showing particular skill.

Dorm location: The trees of Unicorn Meadow.

Dorm Style: As you walk into the dorm you will notice that the inside of the cave is covered with long grasses and many flowers. There are also three large, thick trees that grow all the way to the ceiling and seem to grow into the walls themselves. The ceiling is enchanted to look like a sunny sky and instead of using ladders to get into the three buildings contained In the trees you simply stand in an enchanted circle of flowers. Once you do so a gentle wind will lift you onto the rope bridges that connect all three buildings in a little ‘tree village’. A soft breeze moves through the forest cave at all times.

The left most building is the boy’s dorm and is connected to the next tree. This next tree contains the common room building and is connected to the last tree which contains the building that is the girl’s dorm. The buildings are simple and made of wood. Instead of beds they have hammocks enchanted to keep you from falling out. The rest of the furniture is also mostly cloth except for storage containers and such which are made of wood and vines. They appear to have the strength of iron but the softness of velvet. Everything is decorated in silvers, pale purples, and other pastel colors.

Dorm Atmosphere: the dorm is the most peaceful and friendly, soothed by the gentle voice of Aeris. Most everyone gets along and most of the older students will help the younger ones. You will rarely hear a raised voice or angry word in this dorm and everyone is accepted!

~Those Attending Wisteria~

First Years

Itzli (Izzy) Paendrag
Clemati

Alessa Stephano Reese
Laure

Second Years

Finx Sunfara
Laure

Alice Lane
Clemati

Third Years
none yet

Forth Years

Raimundo Luterm
Rudbecki

(has to take special classes since she just transferred to Wisteria)
Hotaru Fujiwara
Laure

Fifth Years

Ayumu "Ai" Yamashita
Rudbecki

Sixth Years

Melody (Mel) Moiraines
Gerani

Kiah Rowan
Gerani

Nimarda "Mara" Arminius
Gerani

Arius Rowan
Rudbecki

Seventh Years

Alajos (Al) Frosien
Laure Prefect

Eavana "Evie" Gaëlle Jaskulski
Clemati Prefect

Ciaran "Cia" Donovan
Clemati

~Pets of Those Attending Wisteria~

Izzy's Parrot, Cozamalotl

Al's Snow Fox, Neige

Evie's Fruit Bat, Shadow
(she named him as a child XD)

Arius' Toy Husky, Odin

Kiah's Mini Rabbit, Moondust

Cia's Bengal Cat, Mia

~Those Leading Wisteria~

Leonard (no last name, goes generally by Leo), 36
Trainer/Teacher for Rudbecki house team
(both melee and combat)

her eyes
Dahlia Phlox, 25
Teacher of Defense Against the Dark Arts

~Pets of Those Leading Wisteria~

Leo's Red-Shoulderd Hawk, Gaia

~Wisteria is Open!~

~The First Day At Wisteria~

This is the first day of the introductory week at Wisteria. Classes are not required though those on the House teams are required to meet for practices. At the moment, however, it is lunch so no one has to worry about anything but enjoying the meal! Refreshing, sweetened cactus juice is one of the favored drinks but tea, soda, and various other kinds of juices are provided for the students choosing. There is also just about any food provided.

Most students sit at the table but a handful of students mill around. Most Prefects walk between the tables once they finish with their own meals as do a few teachers, all to make sure no underhanded jokes or fights are going on. They seem to be wasting the effort, however, as the general feeling of the room is peaceful. All in all most people are content at the moment, laughing and joking at their house tables and in general getting to meet each other. The sorting ceremony was just finished moments prior.

((My first in character post will follow but people are welcome to post at any time. This was simply to set the scene and mood))

Alessa sat at the Laure table, fingering the dragon pin she had received during her sorting gingerly. It someone were to look at her, they would notice that her eyes nearly matched the pale blue sapphires that decorated the pin. She was officially a Laure. Her parents would be pleased, although she hadn't been expecting it. She nodded quietly to herself. It must be her right house though. She was certain of that. As she zoned back into the laughter and general merriment around her, she looked down the long table, trying to decide what to eat, and keeping to herself. She usually kept to herself, though it wasn't out of embarrassment or timidness, she was just quiet and observational in nature. Before she ate she pulled her long black hair back into a hair tie to keep it out of her face and stopped herself from slouching in her seat. She usually was fairly poised, but maybe the laid back atmosphere had caused her to drop her guard, which wasn't necessarily a bad thing. At home she had to be aware of how she was presenting herself at all times.

Evie, a Clemati prefect prone to day dreaming, was currently walking between the tables. She especially watched the Rudbecki as there was always that one boy who wanted to prove how big and strong he was... For once it seemed this might be a year she didn't have to break a fight up and she smiled to herself. Her moment of peace was soon interrupted as two Laure's were getting particularly loud. Judging by their comments their fathers were rivals or something... As one boy started to raise his wand with one hand Evie adjusted her glass and her other hand soon clapped heavily on the boy's shoulder. She cleared her throat.

"Here you are both Laure so you are both family. Put that away." She said quietly. Despite her soft words that sounded like they suited a Gerani more her tone did not. It was commanding and left no room for argument. The boy looked up at her and muttered 'oh go dye your hair' before he guilty put away his wand. She instinctively reached out to touch a strand of her hair but then dropped it before she made the boys shake hands. She sighed and shook her head, hiding her embarrassment over the hair comment.

Her hair had always been such a deep, bright, bloody crimson that no one believed it was natural. As a child, even up to her first couple of years here for that matter, people had bothered her about it and her old clothes so much that she'd cry. Then again when she had first come here she had been very easily bullied. It wasn't out of weakness that she was but rather simply that her self esteem had been so low that part of her felt she deserved it and that they were right. It had taken a few years and a couple of helpful friends including Flammia herself to make her realize that maybe, just maybe, she had value. Now she was a prefect and one of the key members of the Clemati house team who knew her value well.

Finx noticed one of the new memebers looking kind of nervous so she got up and sat next to her. "Welcome to laure my names finx." she held her hand out so she could shake it. ''don't worry about being nervous or asking questions. I think everyone was nervous there first day I know I was I still am a little nervous. I'm a second year and this place still gets to me as for questions i maybe able to answer some but you would be better of asking one fo the older kids like Alajos Frosien thats the one sitting down there." she pointed at him.

Izzy ignored the stares and strange looks that her clothing drew as she ate her meal. She really didn't understand why people believed that it was wrong. It was the traditional garb of the shaman in her tribe, though with the white and gold pin attached, so she would wear it regardless. Still, it wasn't simply that her clothing was strange, and, to others, indecent. The way she ate her food, which was without utensils, also garnered gossip and peculiar looks. She had raised herself though, so it was rather understandable, even if no one else knew that.

The empty area around her only served to mark her isolation more. If her seclusion affected her in any way, she didn't show it. She had Cozamalotl, her totem animal, and that was enough. She didn't need anyone else. Absentmindedly she handed her parrot a piece of fruit, which he devoured gratefully before squawking.

Looking up from his book at the squawk, Al gave a tut before returning. It was a fascinating piece on the theory of ice magic that he was reading to keep up his game. It wouldn't do to have someone upstage him later after all. Upon hearing his name, he looked up and blinked before realizing that no one was actually talking to him. Still, it would be a rather poor thing if he was being slandered behind his back, so he closed his book and stood before walking over to join the two girls. Straddling his chair backwards, he gave one of his infamous smiles before he said, "I am the aforementioned Alajos at your service. I hear you may need to ask me something? Feel free to. I'm more than happy to oblige."

((Staria, do you mind if I make Al a Prefect?))

Alessa shook Finx's hand with a small nod. "Hello. I'm Alessa. It's nice meeting you. She smiled lightly, then pondered if she had any questions. Alessa focused back in when she realized she wasn't paying attention. "Ahh...sorry." She apologized. "Hi Alajos." She shook her head. "I actually can't think of any questions right now..."

((okay guys XD I still haven't gotten around to designing the school uniforms, anybody have any ideas they want to throw in?))

Evvie sighed with relief as the two boys seemed like they would be peaceful. She heard a familiar voice and glanced up, it was Al another prefect. She wanted to ask him something but as usual something interrupted. A girl grabbed Evie's arm and pointed towards Izzy. Evvie soon saw why, she wasn't exactly following the dress code. Sure, outside of class times they were not required to wear the uniform but all other clothing still had to follow a specific dress code similar to a strict public muggle school. Running around in what was in all honesty a glorified bra and underwear simply wouldn't do. She had missed the sorting earlier or she would have noticed.

Another more boisterous Prefect was already approaching her but Evvie didn't think that his particularly abrasive style was what a first year needed. She swiftly walked over to her own table, effectively blocking the other prefect. She ignored him glaring at the back of her head and instead tapped Izzy on the shoulder. She gave her a soft smile and whispered a simple question as she never gave anyone the 'riot act' so to speak in front of others. She thought of such an action as unnecessary and rude.

"Would you come with me please?"

Staring up at Evie for several moments, Izzy finally nodded and stood up. The pause was in no way meant to be disrespectful, it was just that Izzy's first language hadn't been English, so the speed that the girl talked with had left her struggling to comprehend. She tapped her arm, signaling the vividly colored parrot to hop on her shoulder before she followed after the prefect. A draft sent her shivering, and she buttoned up the overcoat as she walked, although walked isn't really the right word. Her gait appeared to nearly everyone as oddly suited to walking on flat ground. It was almost as if she had never seen flat terrain. Still, she managed to keep up quite nicely as she walked with the prefect girl out of the dining hall. The boy glaring at the lady didn't escape Izzy's clever eye, and within a few moments, she figured that he had been coming to speak to her himself when the girl did. Hopefully she hadn't done anything wrong. A squawk from Cozamalotl reassured her to some degree, though she still felt that something was off.

Finx smiled shyly at him "I was just making sure that alessa was all set and understood the school." she thought al was fascinating at had a baby crush on him since day one though they were years apart in age. "I know thats you're job but i like to help." she always acted flustered around him it never failed.

"About your clothing... We do have similar regulations to public school even when you're not required to wear the school uniform. If you keep your cloak buttoned up to at least three inches above the knee you can wear that cloak but not with it open like you were earlier. It's school regs and as a prefect I must enforce them. If you have any questions about the regulations I can write them down for you and help you with them." She explained quietly once she had lead her into the hall and a quiet corner. She smiled warmly at the girl then, her hand on the shorter girls shoulder. She really did seem to just want to help...

She hated having to do things like this but there was a few reasons for the codes. There were people who would manipulate the dress code to do stupid or even dangerous things. There was a reason that while there was a requirement to have a certain portion of your body covered, there were some regulations that you wouldn't find in a muggle school. One existed simply because of a single girl, No making living clothing. The strange girl had made a pant suit out of living, venomous snakes. She'd enchanted the snakes to sleep but then the spell wore off and...well several people ended up in the nurses station that day.

"Public... school? What's that?" Izzy asked, looking at Evvie in puzzlement. "'Sides that, I only gots these clothes. Do I needs more?" With her broken, and heavily accented English, it was almost impossible for most people to understand more than a few words, which is why Cozamalotl repeated what she said in a much clearer English. He was also noticeably more intelligent than the average parrot, a clear sign of his bond with Izzy. It was Evvie's good fortune that she was clear enough to Izzy that she would know that the problem was with her clothing, even if she didn't understand what was wrong with it exactly.

"You should really find her some new clothes. And a wand." Cozamalotl said, flapping slightly on Izzy's shoulders. She simply responded by blinking at the vibrant bird, most of the meaning lost on her. English was just a hard language to get. Nahuatl was far easier, despite being a dead language that only a few tribes spoke. Still, she didn't seem to fazed by the concept of getting into trouble as she leisurely swung her leg back and forth.

Alessa shifted in her seat. Maybe she was anxious. She hadn't thought of it until Finx mentioned it. She smiled lightly at Finx and Al, "I'm excited to see our dorms." She was trying to make conversation, since she hadn't really had any questions. Alessa was also afraid of appearing cold. Her quiet demeanor had caused her to be accused of being stand-offish or a snob in the past, and she wanted to start of on the right foot this time. "So, you're a prefect Alajos?" Alessa asked after hearing Finx's remark about helping out new Laure students being the older students job.

Ciaran sat quietly at the Clemati table eating his lunch. Mia, his pet bengal cat, perched in the chair beside him looking around the room. To most people he seemed strange since he was sitting there eating with one hand and drawing in a sketch book with the other. Every so often Mia would paw at his hand wanting a bit of his food which he didn’t always give to her. “Keep eating like that and you’re going to get fat Mia,” he teased his long time companion in a whisper. The cat just meowed at him glaring at the boy slightly.

For the most part he ignored those around him, blocking out most of the noise in the room. Most of the others at the table knew better than to bother him when he was drawing anyway. As he continued to draw while eating slowly he would look up glancing at Evie. She was the subject matter for his latest drawing.


Ayumu’s crimson eyes scanned the room as she picked at the food on her plate. She was sitting in the shadowy area of Rudbecki table observing those around her. Things seemed to be going as usual, a few arguments and such here and there. She yawned slightly starting to wish she had skipped lunch. Things were just too boring here.

Evvie nodded as she asked if she needed more but otherwise looked perplexed. She didn't know what public school was? She then looked at the parrot. She could feel magic from him... it felt a lot like an animagus. She leaned forward to peer at him. No one was registered as a parrot animagus in this school to her knowledge... at least not a clemati. She had all the clemati records and as a perfect reviewed them. She adjusted her glasses to get a closer look. As she did so she suddenly felt eyes on her and glanced up.

She would see Ciaran was looking at her and that caused her to blush. He and Al were among the most handsome of Seventh years and Evvie wasn't immune to their...charm. Being artistic herself she couldn't help but admire Ciaran even if she knew not to take it personally when he was sketching. Her focus was music and dance, however. She glanced away, focusing on the parrot even harder then before to hide her blush and her embarrassment. The extra focus allowed her to sense something about his magic even as she started to say that animagus needed to be registered with the head master. It felt like Izzy's magic. She started to ask what he was when she thought better of it. that could wait.

"Yes, you need a school uniform... being we're in the same house I can just alter some of mine to fit you. there's also a friend of my families that i can get to come I think. You'll have to come to my room later to get the clothing altered, alright?" She finally said softly. She wondered though, how she would get 'Uncle' Eric to come... Maybe she could bake some of her chocolate and raspberry cookies, he loved those.


((OPENED A OOC THREAD, here's the link http://www.menewsha.com/forum/commun...oc-thread.html))