Levi was the first to wake up, he yawned and stretched out his long arms seeming to grab whatever only him could see.
He came off his bed and walked towards the door, then something on the small table caught his eye.
He was sure there had been nothing there the previous night, he did a 180 and went back to his bed, he bent down and scooped the parcel in one hand, using his other hand he untied the parcel and removed it's content, he whistled in delight.
It was his school uniform, he held the shirt at the collar and the pants at the waist line and let them drop to their full length.
He could hardly conceal his excitement. The shirt was white with a red and gold badge on the left side of the chest, there was also a black jacket with red lining.
The trouser was plain black, sewn to his exact size.
He was surprised they got his size so perfectly. "Well it's a school that literally practices magic, I shouldn't expect less".
His loud whistle had woken the boys, Percy sat up on his bed, rubbing the sleep away from his eyes before standing up to see why Levi cut his sleep short, Jake had also stood up only Tony was left sitting on the bed.
Percy and Jake were still slightly groggy from sleep as they walked around their beds over to the small table to inspect the parcel that had mysteriously appeared there.
Percy opened his parcel and drew out the uniform, he put the pants against his body and seemed satisfied to see that the length checked out, his trouser was a bit longer than Levi's since he was just a tad taller than Levi, he brought out the Jacket and nodded in satisfaction, he then put his hand inside the parcel and brought out something else.
There was also another cloth and a book at the bottom of the parcel. Levi had not seemed to notice this as he was too occupied in his excitement at the uniform.
He held it out and stared at it, it was a plain green shirt also with the school badge and a black trouser with green stripes at one side of both legs, the trouser was made of a light material and felt smooth to the touch.
"This must be our casual clothes" Percy voiced out his thought. Levi immediately turned to look at him
"Huh, I didn't see those" he quickly dug back into his parcel and came up with his own pair and the school guide book along with it
"They're just clothes Tony muttered to himself" he had stood up to also inspect his clothes.
After they had breakfast, the four boys in their uniforms sauntered to their classes. Jake in the lead as usual.
The building which housed the classes had a thin flower bed decorated around it's entrance.
The flowers in the flower bed were pleasant to look at and looked outstandingly brilliant due to the colorful nature of it's different species.
Large ornate doors stood at the entrance on either side of the open space at the entrance, they strolled to the end of the corridor and climbed the stairs to the first floor, a room at the left boldly displayed the sign Class 1A in front of the door.
Levi walked in first, the girls were already sited in the classroom, he noticed their uniform was same as his, the jacket and the shirt all looked the same except for the skirts which stretched to just a few inches above their knees.
Levi waved at them and flopped into the nearest empty seat, the rest of the boys followed in a single file also taking the nearest available chairs.
Percy stared at the girls, of the opinion that their uniforms we're better than theirs "Levi, don't you think so?" Percy asked
"Think what" Levi seemed a bit confused. Percy immediately realized he hadn't voiced out his thought.
" I was thinking-" he didn't get to complete his sentence as the door opened, revealing a fair young man, he was of average height and medium build, he almost looked like a boy except for the stubble on his chin which gave him a manly appearance.
"Hello class, starting today. You will be having series of classes and different instructors will take you, based on the class you have.
But I'll be your class teacher, in charge of class 1A. I'm Zed Argus, I will also like a formal introduction of the class"
Each person stood up, one after the other introducing themselves. When they were done, he continued.
"These are the classes you'll be taking" Argus spread his hand over the board and letters took shape, arranging themselves on the board.
"That's cool" Levi wheezed, his eyes were fixated on the board. "Will we learn to do that".
"You just might, if u pay close enough attention" Argus replied.
A list of classes were spread out on the board. There was Astronomy, Potions, Alteration, Illusion and Abjuration. On the other side of the board were field classes Archery, Horse-riding, sword fighting.
"Your magic classes will hold from Monday to Wednesday while the field classes will be on Thursdays and Fridays. I'm the instructor for Alteration and Abjuration.
As I'm sure most of you already know, Alteration is the act of altering the laws of reality and manipulating it to serve your purpose.
For instance, a fish is supposed to live in the water, but you can alter it's respiratory organs, allowing it to live on land for a short while.
And Abjuration is the negation of spells, you can create your own protective spell to cancel out an enemy's attack.
Now you get the picture we will…" Argus rambled on for the next few hours, as soon as he left the class, another teacher came in. It was Derek Vaduz, he taught Illusions.
The last class of the day was Potions, a strange looking woman walked into the class, she introduced herself as Gwen. She didn't stay long and quickly brought her class to an end.
Though Jake felt the day had gone a little bit fast, he still thought it was exciting. He saw and learnt things he never knew existed, the thought of the excitement yet to come thrilled him.
The days crawled by, but finally it was Thursday, the students were dressed in their casual wear as they trooped to the field. They were surprised to see guys from Ivy and Scarlet.
Freya Gold, a battle mages in charge of Archery explained to them that they'll be taking the Archery class together.
Jake thought Freya Gold was a fine young lady with delicate curves and slender long legs that was hidden within the confines of her leather trouser which ran all the way to her ankles.
She looked beautiful and harmless but the edge in her eyes said otherwise. There was a look of sharpness in her eyes, she seemed too alert to the happenings in her environment, the scar on her left arm which was visible due to her black armless top made it more convincing that she had her share of the rough side of life.
"Today you will learn how to handle a bow and shoot an arrow" she said drawing the attention of little groups that had gathered together to start a conversation, a carriage had brought a lot of bows and arrows, in response to her command, each person selected a bow.
Most of them didn't know how to use a bow, they picked it up and started fiddling with it.
Freya demonstrated how to hold the now and nock an arrow, then she fired.
The arrow hit the center of the target, thirty meters from where she stood. Some of the first years stared at the shot wide-eyed.
She motioned for them to fire . Arrows flew around, most of them flying into the surrounding trees.
Richard, a guy from Ivy somehow managed to shoot his arrow directly into the sky and was only saved by getting impaled by the arrows descent by a tree branch hanging low just over his head.
The students from Emerald seemed to best the others at archery, everyone except Percy and Kayla managed to get at least an arrow in their target.
Jake and Annabeth were able to register six arrows out of the Seven they fired while Tony who came after them scored only four hits.
Freya who had been observing from a distance took sudden interest in their abilities, when they were done for the day, Freya called Jake and Anna.
"I noticed that both of you hit the target more frequently than the others"
Jake shrugged "I guess it's the training paying off" Jake replied holding her gaze. Annabeth simply nodded agreeing with Jake.
If you're not busy, come see me on Saturday by 4pm. If I don't see you after ten minutes, I'll assume you couldn't make it"
"Alright" Jake turned searching Anna for an answer "we'll try to be here".
They turned around and headed towards their hostel.