James was thinking deeply. He, who had no friends, really wanted to go and see the kids like him. But the thing that was concerning him was that Mrs Rosswell had tightly held his hand and James knew that she didn't want him to go.
James tried to comfort her and told her that he will be alright but she refused to let go. Then Miss Zabel said, "Katie dear, let him go. Think about James himself, a person cannot survive in this world alone. He has no friends and you can call him anytime to check on him. Pelmion is not on a different planet". She was still resisting but then gave up. Mrs Rosswell packed his belongings and kissed him farewell.
James said, "Are we already going?" Gon said, "No time to waste!" Then James said goodbye to his family and went off with Gon. James could still hear his mother yelling, "Please be safe! And don't forget to call!"
Mr Gon had come in a beautiful black mustang which was parked in an alley. James sat in the front seat after placing his luggage in the back seat. Then Mr Gon started the mustang with a bang and went shooting like a bullet. "Slowly Mr Gon!" yelled James. Then they started a conversation.
"Are you going to drop me there?" asked James. Mr Gon replied, "I haven't started a pick and drop service. You are just a special case, so I was requested by the headmaster to show you the ropes". James nervously asked, "Mr Gon, will I be able to use magic like you?" "Maybe... Maybe not", replied Mr Gon.
James asked anxiously, "What do you mean by maybe: Is here a chance that I would not be chosen as a mage? And they will send me back.... And I will have no friends, And..." Mr Gon interrupted, "I don't mean it like that. It is just that you might be not able to use the same magic as mine, but a different one". James was still confused so he said, "Could you please explain it to me Mr Gon?". Mr Gon replied, "The scene is that there are 4 different houses in Pelmion academy"
•Red Raven
•Blue Beetle
•Black Blaze
•White Wave
"Each house teaches a specific magic and a sorting ceremony is held to arrange the students in these houses. You get a tattoo under your left eye which represents your house. Now, judging by the color of my tattoo, can you guess which house was I from?". James thought for a few moment and then replied, "Black Blaze!!!, since your tattoo is black"
Mr Gon said, "Bingo! You are a smart fellow. You know, your late-father was also from black blaze, while your mother was from white wave". James was deep in his thoughts when Mr Gon parked the car at the edge of the road. They were near the coastline of
New York. James felt the cool breeze coming from the sea. Then Mr Gon took Jarnes in an alley in the front of an old, bankrupt looking shop. James said, "Is this the academy?". Mr Gon replied, "Don't be a fool! How can this hold 500 students. This is a pet shop. I was requested by your caretakers to get you a pet, but the problem is that now you are a mage so you can't have a normal pet. So I'm going to get you a magical beast as a pet". James yelled, "A WHAT!!!"
They both entered the shop. It was very untidy but surprisingly very vast shop. There were many cages and glass cases but they were all empty. The thing was, outside there was written "Out Of Business".
There was only an old man sleeping on the chair in the middle of the shop with his head on the table. Mr Gon rang the bell which was placed at the table. The old man woke up with an uneasy expression on his face. But this was no ordinary old man, he was wearing a cowboy hat, had bright blue eyes with a blue tattoo under his left eye. The old man annoyingly said, "Sorry sir, but we are out of business". Gon, took out a gold coin and placed it on the table. He said, "We are here to buy a 'headless pig' for Mr Hook here".
The old man expression suddenly became pale. He took the gold coin from the table, inspected it, bit it and then placed it in his pocket. Suddenly a big scary smile appeared on the old man's face and he flicked his finger and the whole shop's environment began to wobble. Everything began to change. The shop became cleaner, fully lit and the cages and cases got filled with weird animals. James held his head, and he didn't knew what just happened. In front of his eyes, the shop became from bankrupted to 5-star. Mr Gon said, "Still never get used to this illusion magic". He turned to James and said, "As you've probably guessed, he is from blue beetle and one of the magic that they can use is barrier magic. Not just defensive barriers but offensive and also as you just saw illusionary barriers". James was amazed and thought that the possibilities are endless and was thinking which house would he be enrolled into and didn't realized that the old man was approaching him until he was above his head.