"Hey guys.... I wonder what house Morgana was placed in....." I asked everyone as we made our way back to the dorms after dinner.
"Hey Ben wanna join us ??... We generally just chill out a Graces and Helen's room." Jay offered.
"Ummm lemme try and catch up with my friends ... maybe I can join you after??..." Ben asked.
"Sure I'll come with you.... then o can show you to Grace and Helen's room." Jay said walking off with ben. "I'll meet up with you guys later!" Ben yelled go us.
"Why is he so obsessed with having another guys in the group....." Grace sighed.
"It's a guy thing..... I guess...." I replied.
"Ohhh I think Morgana was placed in House Kraken." Helen said answering my earlier question.
"Hey.... you guys were talking about me?..." Morgana eerie voice asked from behind us causing us all to jump in shock.
"Hey Morgana." I said with nervous smile.
"Hey....." she said joining us but stayed silent uninterested in socialising.
"So.... team Kraken huh..?..." I asked.
"Yeah... don't really care though..." she replied shrugging.
"..... Umm do you wanna hang with us ??...." Helen asked.
"Sure...." she replied seemingly uninterested.
"So Ben told me... that the goblin army invasion... is much worse than reported to the public." I said starting a conversation feeling awkward in the silence.
"Really???..." Helen asked.
"Yah Ben told me that there were even trolls and orcs." I said nodding.
"That's kinda makes sense why it hasn't been swiftly dealt with by now…..... Oddly it's very rare to see their races allied together for a single cause…." Morgana explained to us.
"I wonder what's got the working together to ally each other." Helen pondered.
"My bet is something is forcing the out the mountain." Grace replied.
"Or maybe someone crazy enough to gather an army...." Morgana suggested.
"Do you think we're gonna be alright??..." I asked.
"Yeah we should be fine..... We have plenty of strong individuals in this school." Morgana answered.
"By the way... you're not a hag right ...." Helen hesitantly asked Morgana.
"Of course not.... why?." Morgana asked.
"I'm sorry I'm not very well educated on hags.." Helen replied.
".... Well you can tell I'm not a hag..... You can either use some sort of sense spell... or...when a human child is a hag, they change into a hag at the age of 15 and compelled to run away…. and I'm 20 and still human so I'm way past the threshold of transforming into a Hag." Morgana explained.
"Ohhh I see...." Helen replied looking abit shocked and horrified at the process.
"So who is your mother?..." Grace asked.
"Granny Matilda." Morgana answered causing both Helen and grace to take a step back.
"A Granny Hag?.." They asked in shock.
"Yup..." Morgana answered looking unconcerned.
"...How did she achieve the name Granny?.." Grace asked.
"It's a long story.... she was in a coven.... with a few Aunties.... Paul and Scarlet arrived with the mission to eradicate the Coven... My mother struck a deal with them, spare her life and she will absolve the coven herself and relocate away from Arcadia." Morgana explained.
"Then what happened?..." Helen asked.
"Mother killed the other five aunties in the coven.... and absorbed their soul and power and became a Granny...." Morgana answered.
Helena and Grace fell silent looking at each other the fear and shock, if everything wasn't so alien to me I probably would have felt the same way Helen and Grace did.
"Don't worry mother is really far away... plus she seems to have a lot of respect for Paul so she would never touch a student of Atlantis... I guess..." Morgana said to us.
"You know what would be awesome... if we could like merge our rooms and have one big one so we can all just bunk together rather than being cramped in a small room." I suggested as we enter the dorm building. "So Morgana are you gonna chill with us?.." I asked.
"If you insist." She replied but looking at her reaction she looked a little relieved that I asked her.
"Awesome!" I replied with a smile.
"So..... What sort of stuff can you do?.. exactly??" Helen asked as we made our way up the stairs.
"Ummm.... anything up to 3rd level spells... also proficient in herbal medicine and potion making....." She said, "And I know a great deal of deadly Bog and Necromancy spells." She whispered to Grace and Helen.
"Funnily enough... hearing your mother is a Hag specially a Granny... we're not very surprised." They both replied.
"By the way... where did the guy in your group go?.." Morgana asked.
"Who Jay?.." I replied.
"I guess..." She said trying to look uninterested but I can tell she looked a little curious by the way she looked at me when I mentioned Jay.
"He's out to help a friend.... he'll meet up with us later.." I answered her as we entered Helen and Grace's room.
"Ohhh I see.." Morgana replied.
"Make yourself comfortable anywhere." Grace said taking a seat on the floor.
"Sure..." Morgana replied taking a seat on an empty space on the floor.
"So excited to be in Atlantis?.." Helen asked.
"Ummm I think.... Zessia would have been better for my skills.. And abilities... but Atlantis will do I guess." Morgana replied.
"Are we allowed to visit the other schools?.." I asked.
"Hmmm maybe the cities they are situated in.... but inside the school.... I really doubt it.." Grace replied.
"So... Morgana what was life like in the bog?.." I asked take a seat on the floor.
"It's so so..... It's pretty dangerous though.... so don't go exploring bogs and swamps by yourselves." She warned me.
"What sort of things happens there?.." I asked.
"Plenty of dangerous things... there are swamp monsters..... Beings that had died and risen into mindless zombies..... Giant crocodiles..... Swamp trolls..... A plethora of dangerous plant life." Morgana began to explain.
"Damnnn.... that don't sound safe for a child....." I said in shock.
"It was alright.... mother commands most the beats and monsters there so it wasn't dangerous for me growing up...A matter of fact my best friend growing up was a swamp troll...." Morgana replied.
Helen and Grace remained speechless like their minds were blown, as if hearing her story was totally unbelievable.
"So you're completely human??..." Helen asked.
"Mother said I am...." Morgana answered.
"that's so weird.... hags are known for eating babies... in fact babies disappearing in a town or settlement is the first sign of Hag activity....." Grace stated.
"Yeah..... I asked her about my parents but she said I was abandoned and she by chance came across me in a basket." Morgana answered.
Suddenly there was a knock on the door. "Ohhh that must be Jay." I said getting up to open the door, in the corner of my eye I saw Morgana sit up a little tilting to the side to take better look at the door.
"Come in!!" Grace yelled as I opened the door.
"Wassup guys!" Jay said entering the room.
"Hi all!!!" Ben said walking in behind him.
"Ohhh a new member in our group???..." Morgana asked.
"Kind of... but I think I'm more of an intern or initiate..." Ben replied a little nervously.
"Take a seat anywhere..... Jay" said taking a seat next to me on the floor, Ben quickly followed him taking a seat next to him.
"So where's everyone's tattoos?.." I asked showing them the one on the back of my right hand.
"Mine and Helen's are on our right wrists." Grace said showing us the back of her wrist.
"Mines on my thigh... but obviously I can't show you right now..." Daisy replied.
"Forearm here...." Jay said rolling up his right sleeve.
"I can't really see mine.. but I felt a burn on the back of my right shoulder." Ben replied.
"Shoulder.." Morgana replied taking off her coat revealing her left shoulder a Kraken tattoo.
"So what was it like on the Kraken table?..." I asked.
"Meh.... bunch of kids talking about how strong they are and boasting about things they've done." Morgana answered.
"Did you see Travis?..." Grace asked trying to act uninterested and cool but we all knew why she asked.
"Yeah.... he looked pretty annoyed to be there....." Morgana answered.
"See he's a douche..." Helen replied.
"Shush you!" Grace snapped at Helen's comment.
"By the way I was wondering do you think there's anyways they could link our rooms?... or at least have a mega room for all of us to hang out in?..." I asked.
"Magically I'm sure it's possible... but I'm not sure... I'm sure your friend can answer..." Jay replied.
"Who's Ashley?.." Ben asked.
"Ashley Pauls Friend." Jay answered him.
"Hmmm maybe... ohh on that fact... I wonder how Tim and Caroline are doing...." I pondered to myself.
"Who's Tim?.." Everyone asked.
"Ohh a 2nd year that I met on the first day... he was really nice to me and explained a lot to me... and Caroline was the first friend I made… but she was picked to go Eshia" I replied.
"..... You didn't apply to be initiated?.." Ben asked.
"Nope.... I kinda appeared here out of the blue.." I replied.
"Out the blue?.." He asked looking confused.
"It means out of nowhere... where I'm from.." I replied.
"Ohhhh.... well... I've heard that only happens to exceptionally talented individuals..." Ben answered.
"Ohhh I see..." I nodded.
"I can't wait to see you in the Colosseum." Ben smiled.
"Heh..... You won't be waiting for long! We all got challenged this week." Daisy replied.
"Holy crap...." Ben replied looking slightly worried.
"Yeah.... and I've personally trained with Paul.... I'm so gonna cream my opponent." Daisy said with a giant smile on her face.
"Waoh.... Paul who?.." Ben asked.
"Paul the Black Dragon slayer of course!" Daisy answered filled with pride.
"No way.... so the rumours must be true...." Ben pondered.
"What rumours?" We asked.
"That you guys are friends with Paul and His group.... and getting special help treatment from them..... I've heard people are pretty envious..." He replied.
"Pshhh.... I don't see why everyone get excited over him..... I haven't seen him do anything yet..." Morgana sighed.
"Well... I'm gonna head to bed..... I see you guys tomorrow." I said bidding everyone goodnight and began heading back to my dorm room excited for my first day of training tomorrow.