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It was so weird, getting into that coffin like thing. I was so certain that that had to be some sort of joke or something out of this famous book series, with that horse drawn carriage carrying that ominous box. I had no idea why or how, but I felt…..compelled to get inside it and then falling asleep. I could feel some memories fading, not that I noticed….then. And then I was rudely awakened by this voice demanding I give the uniform up to it. What in the hell? I was rudely roused from my sleep when a cat with a Devil’s tail and fire ears kept demanding I give up the uniform I was wearing.
”What a weird ass dream I’m having. First I get into this coffin thing. And then a cat talks to me. Toto, we’re not in Kansas any more.”
”My name is Grim, not Toto! And yous best get used to it, cause I’m gonna be the bestest awesomest magic user there’s ever been!” Exclaimed the fire breathing cat, Grim.
Of course things went rather pear shaped with the cat trying to get into the school. Academy? Either way wasn’t I a bit out of place here? Something about this school seemed….off. Even with my wearing the uniform. So a magic school then. That would explain how I went from wearing my every day street clothes to this uniform while sleeping in a coffin. Which I scrunched my nose at. It seemed a bit…tight in the chest, but thankfully I was small in that department anyway. Not too small mind, just small.
And I was shown to the mirror on the wall. I apparently had no magic whatsoever. Nor did my ‘soul’ belong to any of the ‘houses’ in the school. Well at least there were more than just four of them, a random thought popped into my head before fizzing out of conscious memory. It was during all this hullabaloo that the cat’s magic be contained by a boy who yelled: ‘off with his head’ and was collared.
Weird. I thought his head would actually roll off then. Isn’t that what happens in the tale? Was the thought that had popped into my head at the time before that had fizzed and died. And I have also noticed one critical detail that had avoided people’s attention. This was a all boys academy from what I saw. So when I was being talked to by the head mage I finally couldn’t keep quiet any longer.
“I’m not exactly male Mr. Crawley sir. I’m not even from here as I just told you. So, how is it that your carriage made not one but three seemingly large mistakes?” I demanded. The first had been to bring me here despite my having zero magic. And because of that, I had no where to belong to. The third was probably the biggest. I was female.
”You’re right of course. But we must deal with the facts that we face. You’re here despite the fact that wherever you are from, does not exist here, and cannot go back without some help. Oooh~ aren’t I just the most kindest head mage ever! You can stay here! Well not in any of the houses since you weren’t assigned one, but there is a place you can stay. Ah~ but I have been exceedingly rude. What is your name?”
”About fucking time you asked. It’s……”