Alfea - A Rare Magic (ARM)

School-day

~Liora's first school-day at Alfea~

Sunrays tickle Liora in the morning and wake her up. Aisha is just coming back from her morning swim and smiles at her roommate excitingly:"Hey, you're awake! Hope you had a good night! Aren't you excited about today? Our very first lesson to use our magic..." Liora can't help but grin at so much enthusiasm. "Don't believe you're the only one excited! For me it's even more special, as I have never known about fairies and magic until a few weeks ago, you remember? However, I almost hurt my mum and burned down our house by accident. So yeah, I am excited, but also a bit wary about today...""I thought so", Aischa smiles. "But...I mean I don't want to be rude or anything", she hesitates: "... Did Miss Dowling tell you about changelings? I.. ehm.." Amused Liora watches her roommate. "Yes, she told me about the changeling-thing, so don't worry about it, I had time to adjust to the news, that parents are probably not my biological parents...Although it is still sounds kind of weird...but I think whoever are my parents: They likely did what they thought is the best for me and I do have great parents. The best you can wish for!""Good, it's just, I don't want anybody of our classmates to surprise you with this hypothesis", says Aisha and links her arms with Liora. Together with the rest of their suite-mates they stroll down for breakfast.
After breakfast they make their way to the circle of stone, for their very first lesson. Some of their classmates are already there chattering and waiting for Miss Dowling to arrive, impatiently. Liora and her friends are just sitting down, when the headmistress arrives with a vessel in her hands, which she puts on the stone in the middle of the circle. "Welcome everyone to Alfea! I'm looking forward to teach and guide you for the next few years, together with my colleagues. Magic lives in the very fabric of nature. And here in our circle of stone, it's magnified. The vessel tests your ability to channel that magic. Later, you will learn to connect with other elements, but your first year is all about the element you were born with... " One after the other steps into the middle of the stone-circle, lay their hands on either side of the vessel and show their ability to channel the magic. Nervously observs Liora the other fairies. She has only used her magic once, by accident, how should she do it now? In front of everyone? With trembling knees she steps in front of the vessel and lays her hands on it. She tries to follow Miss Dowling's words. Clear positive emotions. However, the expecting faces of her peers and teacher stress her. She can't feel anything, but anxiety and as the time goes on and nothing happens, desperation. It won't work this way! She takes a deep breath, closes her eyes and concentrates fully on one of her favorite memories. Family holiday in Italy on the beach. The warmth of the sun. The laughter of joy. The love of her parents for her and each other... And finally she can feel it, the magic surrounding her and within. A hot flame shots high out of the vessel. Miss Dowling gives her an approving nod, and Liora proudly walks backs to her place. That was so cool!

With so many new things to see and learn the time just flies by. Soon it's time for lights out and Liora lies in her bed thinking about the day. At home she would do now her bowel wash-out, but she doesn't dare to use the bathroom in the suite as the noise and smell of her doing the enema might wake up her suite-mates. Maybe she'll use one of the toilets by the classrooms? They are typical bathrooms as you find it in possibly every school around the world. Toilets on one side of the room, separated through cabins and washing basins on the other side. Still not optimal, but at least at night nobody would be anywhere near them. However, now it's too late: She would have to rummage in her cabinet for all the medical supplies and that would wake up Aisha, for sure. And if she can trust her feeling, she can go another day without an enema or having an accident, hopefully. She will use one of the breaks tomorrow to come to her room and pack up everything she needs for the enema in her bag and then do it the following night. Relieved, she found a solution, she falls asleep.