For as long as I could remember, I’d been taught not to associate myself with the wizards. They were mysterious and odd; a cult of sorts. Their spells were strange and mystical, complicated myriads of words and incantations.

But everything changed when I was sent to the big school of wizardry to finish my training. I was shocked when my teacher Freya told me the news, it was a direct contradiction to everything I knew.

Some wizards were evil, so I’d been told, and I couldn’t help but feel like an innocent soul being sent to the guillotine. There was some mission or other that was mentioned, I honestly don’t remember what the supervisor told me.

Normally I tend to black out at these meetings, imagining I was somewhere else. Now as the storm cloud carried me swiftly away I wished I had payed more attention.

A young female witch traveling alone was an easy target for sorcerers and beings, (that like to drain us of our powers) so Freya had prepared a lovely storm cloud to bear me safely there.

It was a nice ride, though every once in a while I’d get a slight tingle from the electricity. It’s a known fact that witches can’t be electrocuted, and that’s what makes this way of travel so convenient.

The school was big and dark and ominous; everything I’d imagined it to be. I rode a lightning bolt down to the rods on the roof, and from there made my way down to ground level.

I’d been enrolled the previous week, as is customary for new students. I scrunched my nose up disgustedly as I glimpsed the big emblem on the door: a wizard cap with three wands in a shape of a triangle in front of it.

From my research I knew that these wands signified the board of powerful wizards in charge of the school and surrounding areas. Thankfully I was rooming alone, and wouldn’t have to share my space with any irritating wizard girls.

I listened to the sounds of my shoes clicking on the floor, wishing I could fly around the big building rather than walk. I heard voices, but saw none of the students.

As I walked along on my way to registration, I felt more alone than I ever had. Realization hit me and I had a sudden urge to run into the nearest closet and hide there for the next month….