Note to Family And Friends

[HebiUragirimono]

To my family: Im doing fine, there is no reason to worry. Im good on supplies and am doing okay in all my classes. Has mother had her baby yet?If she has...boy or girl? Anyways I just wrote this to let you know im still alive.... -Hebi-
She glanced down at the letter absentmindedly, happy that she had at least sounded cheery and attached it to one of the school owls, gentlystroking its fur and giving it a treat.
"Thats a good boy..."she whispered softly as he flew out into the night.
She turned suddenly and sat against the wall, not quite ready to head back to the dorms yet.

[Isha]

Isha headed up the stairs swiftly in hopes of getting to her owl in time to send a letter to one of her friends back home. It had been a week since she had left home, and two months since she had last seen her friend. It seemed like an eternity ago truly. To think that she had once balked at the idea of going to Magic Horizons! But her parents had won out in the end, and how happy she had been for that.

Isha finally reached the Owlery doorway and smoothed out her rumpled crimson t-shirt and touseled ebony hair. She entered the Owlery and headed straight to where she had last seen her black owl, Aralyn.

"Aralyn...!" she said urgently. "Aralyn where are you when I need you??" She asked exasperatedly when Aralyn did not fly down to roost on Isha's shoulder. Isha sighed and rummaged around in the pocket of her black jeans. Her hand emerged moments later with a very crumbled packet of owl treats.

"Aralyn!" she said in a coaxing manner while waving the treats around in the air.

Bad move. Immediately tons of owls descended upon her for the treats pecking at her hands. Isha sighed and got quite frustrated.

"Scat!" she shouted in a tense manner. Thankfully, Aralyn had been one of the many owls that had descended upon Isha's doomed head and she grabbed Aralyn and attached the letter to Aralyn's leg. She finished it off by adding a red rose to the rolled leter with a flourish as her friend always loved to see the rose that meant Isha had written it especially for her.

"Now don't look at me like that Aralyn..." Isha said for Aralyn's golden eyes were reproachful. "Here, have a treat if you wont be satisfied... It's not as if you were doing anything worthwhile here, you'll get some fresh air on a new delivery. Take this straight to Kristen without delay. I want her to get it as soon as possible."

Aralyn hooted with reply and nipped at Isha's finger in goodbye. Then she took off into the sky through the open window.

Isha sighed in finality and turned around intending to head out the doors and go to the lake... When she saw that she was not alone. A girl sitting against the wall was right across the room from her, and Isha had just made a complete fool out of herself right in front of her. Isha hadn't intended anyone to be in the room with her... But then, it was her punishment as being stupid enough to not check if there were any other inhabitants in the room besides owls. Isha walked hesitatingly over and straightened her, once again, rumpled shirt.

"Umm... Hi..." Isha said timidly. "I'm Isha... And I believe you met my owl... Aralyn..."

[HebiUragirimono]

Hebi stared wide eyed at the fiasco that had unfolded before her, then straitened her face.
"Yes I did....My name is Hebi, it is nice to meet you Isha,"

[Isha]

Isha smiled, greatly relaxed.

"It's nice to meet you too, Hebi." she said gently. Isha sat down next to the girl with a sigh.

"So... Do you like it here at MH?"

[HebiUragirimono]

"Its okay..."She said softly, gently lifting a feather from the floor and willing it to float above her fingers gracefully.

[Isha]

Isha stared at the floating feather, mouth agape. Then she shut it suddenly and blushed.

"I'm sorry... I know it was rude of me to stare. It's just, I've never seen powers like that before in action around here. Even though I know there are many students here with the power..." Isha said with heartfelt admiration in her voice to Hebi.

[HebiUragirimono]

"No, its not rude at all..."She said softly.
"Im rather useless when it comes to magic, and im not a very good student either, so you'll probably end up being better then me at alot..."She sighed softly and idly span the feather in the air.

[Isha]

Isha still hadn't gotten over the fact of Hebi's unique powers yet and her eyes followed the feather as it spun around.

Wow...

She thought admiringly.
Then she came back to the Owlery and sat down next to Hebi with a little laugh at her last comment.

"No... I doubt I'll ever be as good as any of the Magic Horizons School students. To tell you the truth, I don't even know how I ever got accepted here. I'm a klutz beyond anything when it comes to magic." she said smilingly.

Then she took out her wand and pointed it at one of the numerous feathers on the Owlery floor and uttered a spell.

"Wingardium... Leviosa!" She said with triumph. The feather floated a few inches above the ground... and then flopped back down, making all the other feathers around it ruffle slightly from the breeze.

Isha sighed desparingly and turned to Hebi.

"You see? That's one of the simplest spells, and I can't even do it!" Isha said in annoyed tones.

"I doubt I'll be able to surpass many people here..." she said while again concentrating on the floating feather near Hebi.

[HebiUragirimono]

"Power lays in your veins..."She said simply, transfering it to float infront of Isha's hand.
"Try it..."

[Isha]

Isha's eyes grew wide as she stared at the feather floating in front of her. She had always secretly wanted to be able to telepathically move things.
She nodded and tried to move the floating feather slightly to the side... It drooped and fell to the floor.
Isha frowned and stamped her foot in frustration.
Hmmmm... she thought angrily. What am I doing wrong?

[HebiUragirimono]

"You just need to concentrate more..."Hebi said in her quiet voice, lifting the feather and once again managing to have it float above her fingertips and holding it close to Isha.
"Care to try again?"

[Isha]

Isha smiled shyly and nodded. Concentrating with all her might upon the floating feather she willed it to float slightly to the left.

She stared at it harder and harder and suddenly, it floated ever very slowly towards the left. Then it dropped down to the ground.

Isha stared in astonishment at the feather. "I did it!" Well maybe not actually did it... But I made it move a tiny bit... If I keep practicing, does it come easier to move things?" she asked curiously to Hebi.

[HebiUragirimono]

"Yes..."She said softly.
"Ive been practicing since I was a very young child...."She smiled even softer and crossed her legs, lifting the feather up she offered it to Isha.
"Its best not to practice to much at one time...Or you won't be able to do even the slightess act for awhile."

[Isha]

Isha winced slightly at the last comment on not being able to do anything if she practiced too much. She was already a huge klutz. She sighed and nodded.

"I came here so I could strengthen my magical prowess. As you can probably guess, I'm not exactly skilled in the ways of magic. Never really was... I suppose that's why my parents..."

Isha stopped short and left the last sentence incompleted.

"Anyway, Maria sent me here so I could learn to be more of a help to her... And to get me out of the house for a while seeing as I just intensify bad situations."

She sighed suddenly and a look of longing furrowed her smooth forehead.

"But where do you come from?" Isha asked Hebi curiously.