The Last Day of Hiding

[Torisa]

Torisa hit the ground lightly landing on her knees. She drew her wings in let Tetsuki rest on her shoulder."That was exhausting huh, Tetsuki?" she spoke as if nothing happened even though shes been flying almost 2 days straight.
The bird looked at her gaze and responded in a silent matter. After all, Torisa could speak to birds and comprehend them well. She understood and stood up brushed herself off and waited in the yard.
"It says right here to wait." she pondered to herself. She grew impatient fast, after all it was cold and misty and she could hardly see.Should I demonstrate my power? Should I call to see if anyone is out here?Was someone suppossed to come and lead us to the Academy?Questions raced through her head every second time passed. She looked at Tetsuki and told him to be alert.
Torisa sensed no one around and waited and waited. She pondered to herself, "Is this even the right place?" She walked to the edge of the yard. Suddenly a freezing cold breeze made her jump out of her skin. "Is anyone here?" she could of thought for sure that could of been someone. She looked at Tetsuki; He gave her the look of unsatisfactory. He sensed no one either.
They were alone and they were getting cold.

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

The surrounding fog recoiled back from a rapidly spiraling gust, creating a clearing in the murky lake atmosphere. It grew, expanding over two yards in height, before suddenly losing its source and wisping away. In the remaining space a man stood, his ghost-white trench coat still swaying from the wind. He had an open smile and sky blue eyes that seemed a bit nervous at the moment. Strips of cloth, similar to bandages, were wrapped down his otherwise bare arms from neck to palm, and another was tied around his forehead like a headband beneath his spiked hair, which happened to be also blue in color. It was like his eyes at the tips, but closer to the roots the color bordered on indigo.

Not breaking the trend of hue in his clothes, his shirt, pants, and boots were also bleached as white as any marshmallow.

"I'm so sorry I'm late," he expressed anxiously to his student and her hawk. "I was held up by Chitter, but that's no excuse." Chitter, a tree squirrel, was currently lurking in a pocket of his trench coat, giving an evil little glare towards Tetsuki. Some squirrels were just so bad tempered.

"My name is Kerret Garretway, and I will be your Master Teacher for Twilight Moon Academy. It's a pleasure to have you here miss..." He took out a note card and looked at it before stowing it away. "...Torisa, and I want to apologize again for inconveniencing you." Ugh, he was messing this up so badly.... One of these days, he would actually be prepared before coming to a student, but he supposed this just wasn't his day. With any luck, she wouldn't be too mad at him...

[Torisa]

Torisa noticed the mess ups he made during the introduction. She smiled and thought to her self, Wow, i guess even teachers mess up. "It's very nice to meet you Kerret." she greeted him politely. Tetsuki gave her a quick look and she understood. "Oh yeah, and Tetsuki says it's nice to meet you too!"

She looked at him trying to figure him out,but still she kept her composure. She knew it was wrong to judge people by their looks, but she couldn't' help it. The one thing that caught her off guard was how much white he wore! His headband however,stood out from the rest of his clothing like a rose without thorns. She wondered about him; what was special about him and such.

Tetsuki glared his deep hawk eyes at Chipper. Torisa could tell they would not get along well. She sighed then told Tetsuki not to start anything. Tetsuki responded quickly and stopped his death glaring.

"Um, by the way.. Should I do anything to demonstrate my gift?" She knew nothing about him ,but she wasn't afraid of showing him her powers.

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

For some reason, Kerret flinched ever-so-slightly when hearing his own name.

"I suppose you can if you want to, Torisa," Kerret replied uncertainly, "but you don't have to prove anything. We just need to get across the lake and over to the school. If you can fly, though, it would be faster than the boats. "Nice to meet you, Tetsuki. I can understand your language, but I've never managed to be able to speak it..."

[Torisa]

She decided she didn't need to prove anything. After all, she was exhausted from using them on the way here. She had rested just enough to be able to fly though. She ejected her wings from her body. Her wingspan was about as long as her body maybe even more. She took a good look at them. They were completely filthy! They were a light amber color before now they're like a tree bark color. Tetsuki followed her lead and spread out his as well."Ready to go?" she looked at him hoping he would demonstrate his gift.

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

Kerret examined her wings sympathetically. "Long travel? It's alright, the school is only a few minutes away, and there are hot springs near the dorms." He lifted off of the ground by some odd manipulation of the air calm but still just a bit nervous. He really didn't want to have her upset with him. It was hard enough being a student without having a bad teacher.

[Torisa]

She repeatedly waved her wings getting ready to take off. As she moved her wings she started a strong gust around her. Tetsuki followed her movements. Soon enough Torisa Jumped off the ground pushing herself into the air. She kept her place steady not moving forward or backward, just flapping her wings in place so she would stay up into the air. She looked at Tetsuki noticing he was more exhausted than she was. She held out her hand to him and lifted him up on his shoulder. She Levitated there and looked at Kerret. "Kerret, Which way is the Academy?"

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

"Just follow me," he said amiably, moving out across the water. He loved being in the air, where there was no restraint. It just made him feel alive. The tree squirrel in his pocket obviously did not share the feeling, and it looked a bit sick.

"So Torisa, where did you come from? The card they gave me said you were human, but you could have fooled me."

[Torisa]

She was human. Just a human who was in the hands of a crazy scientist. She shook at the fact in a way she wasn't human either. She kept flying with Tetsuki on her shoulder. She thought about her life in the lab she had. It made her spine shiver. No way would she ever go back to that place.

"Oh, well you see I was human; but not for long I was human for maybe at most an hour. I was made for experimental purposes only. I was injected with bird DNA in a lab in the United States called Area 51. You see I was one of the most successful experiments yet. The ones that weren't successful however-----" she trembled at the thought of the unlucky ones. It made her feel if she were as unlucky as them. "Lets just say the DNA injected into them was too strong for their bodies." she kept the rest of the thought hidden to herself. "So, there you have it, I come from a lab were I was created. So, Kerret where do you come from? I've been dying to find out."

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

Sympathy welled in Kerret's eyes, and he shook his head unhappily. "I don't know how people can do that to one another." He sighed. "Knowing the American Government, I doubt they just let you out, either..." Still, that was her story, and he wasn't the type to pry. A weak smile replaced his frown, and he glanced back once.

"My story isn't nearly as interesting, though. I used to live in an orphanage, so I'm not sure if my parents could control the wind or if I'm just different. I'm still human, but it doesn't really matter at this school. Different is normal here, and you can see werewolves rubbing elbows with elves, or just about anything you'd never expect in the outside world. I wouldn't worry about fitting in, anyway," he said with a laugh, "I'm sure you'll find a lot of friends."

[Torisa]

Torisa knew she was different. She just had a hard time accepting it. She just wanted to be normal,but now she was normal. Here she is normal. No more wires and no more chemical reactions. She could just be herself here. She thought about Kerret's story. Had his Parents abandoned him just like her parents did to her. She would never know her parents. " So, tell me about the Academy. What are the classes like?" she hoped they wouldn't be just magic classes. After all, she couldn't do magic. "Are the classes sperated by race or by gift and such?"

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

(Torisa, I deeply apologize for the delay. 00' It was entirely my fault, and I promise it won't happen again, at least not without some warning. We don't have a lot left to do on here, but I swear that I will do my best to make my responses near-immediate. Once again, sorries... ='[ )


"No classes are for every student, though you can choose a few as electives," he replied, hoping her long silence was a contemplative one, not sorrowful. "But since you brought it up, you can choose those now. Hmm." He paused, gathering the list into his head. "Magic, Weaponry, Alchemy, Beastry, and Master are classes every student takes. No real choice there," Kerret said with a rueful smile.

"But everything after that you can pick. First, you can choose from Music, History, and Potionry. They're all really interesting, more support than any real power. The next period you can have either Holy, Flare, or Summoning. That's for whether you can use light magic, dark magic, or a neutral art of bringing forth familiars. Then there's Dragoon, Samurai, or Thievery. Dragoon is about dragons, taking care and fighting with them. Samurai focuses on physical power and mental strength in balance and harmony. Thievery is um... about stealing. Some people have fun with that, I guess. The last period of the day is Survival or Puppetmaster. Survival is about learning to last in the wild, and Puppetmaster is about controlling puppets or objects. A recent memo said it might be changed a bit to deal with all psychic power development." He took a deep breath after that speech, satisfied that he had gotten it all out without a mistake.

"Oh, if you have any questions, feel free to ask." The school was emerging from the mist ahead, looking almost aflame from the light of the windows. They were almost there.

[Torisa]

((is OK it kinda made me think i was inactive, which i wasn't, so should we end with this last post at the academy??))

She buried herself in thought. She couldn't control magic. She decided not to worry so much about it. Maybe there was other people who couldn't do magic either. "um, What about if you cant do magic?" she shivered at the question. She heard a lot of people can do magic but she was just a experiment in a lab. She could barely master her control of the wind. Magic would be a HUGE challenge if should could actually do it..

The academy approached her slowly. She saw it through the thick fog surrounding her. She couldn't wait to approach her new home.

[Ladd Russo of the Russo Family]

"You might surprise yourself," Kerret said reassuringly. "Even people that don't often use magic usually find they have a bit of power there, even if it isn't much. It's good to practice what you have, after all. But if you really can't do magic, that's fine too. You could either sit through the class and just learn a bit about magic or even skip it if you really don't like it. But as for the electives, I kind of need your choices now," he said sheepishly, holding up a notepad and pen. "I need to send them up the Academy files."

The teacher landed on the smooth lawn of the school, which was always bathed in twilight on the shipyard side from the deep darkness that hung over the lake.

(Don't worry lol, almost done. You aren't unactive, believe me.)

[Torisa]

She looked up and pondered for a moment."Hm..What should I choose?" she knew music was a definite choice. "I'll choose Music, Summoning, and,....." she had to think a little bit for the last one."Oh, and Dragoon!" she didn't know dragons exist until now but she came to this school to learn right? So she woudl learn something interesting and new.

She landed on school grounds as light as a feather.