Wisdom, Water Powers, and Wands

Chap 1

"KALEY CASSIEOPEIA RINGER GET DOWN HERE RIGHT NOW!"
That's my mom.

"SHUT UP MOM!"  

That's me. But of course I go downstairs because Mom tends to get a little aggrivated ('It triggers my artheritis!) when I don't listen to her.  Mom was standing at the front door looking through the peephole. Someone had to be there that Mom didn't like. I opened a door and a giant flameball flies through my door and turns into a wispy, holographic figure of a classic witch, without a giant nose and green skin. Now, I'm sure that none of your days begin with a giant star and a witch, so I know this seems weird but I swear I'm not lying.

I would have screamed, and so would have my mother if it weren't for the fact that I was in shock. Nowadays, looking back, I think that I really should have screamed. Maybe then I wouldn't be in the mess I was in now. Anyways,  I doubt the figure could see what was going on. She said, "Your daughter Kaley C. Ringer has been offered a place at Ilvermorny School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Say 'Minara' if you want to hear this message again." The witch turned into a countdown of 5 seconds. All of this was incredibly scary but cool at the same time. Then after 5 seconds, the countdown turned into an owl, soaring across a sky into a castle. "Ilvermorny is an amazing school where students (showed a picture of a young witch and wizard) can learn many new skills to survive as a magical human!"  I barely knew anything about magic but the school seemed amazing to me. 

I knew I had to go. 

So many possiblilities were soaring through my head. These were things I had only read in my Harry Potter and Inkspell books. Actually, I'm pretty sure the name Ilvermorny was in one of the Harry Potter books, too, but I wasn't really sure.  Then suddenly, the hologram dissapeared. 

A week later, it came back, and asked whether I would be coming to Ilvermorny for the next year. I happily accepted the day it came. On Sept 1, 2016, last year, I waved goodbye to my mom and boarded the Greylock Mountain Express in Massachusetts (A long drive for someone who lives in New York!). It was a normal train, but it had a secret compartment in the back for everyone attending Ilvermorny. As the train stopped at the station, through a mirror, I could see the train dissapearing so then it could fly up to the Castle.

I remember the day I was sorted so clearly. My name was among the last called up and as I stood on the worn out Sorting Rock, as the Elders call it, a symbol of a Serpent and a (unknown to me at the time) Thunderbird. This had to be strange as the students and the Proffesors were muttering that this hadn't happened in 500 years. A teacher stood up, and asked me to chose between the Horned Serpent of Wisdom, or the Thunderbird of Adventure.

 I had always been a smart kid, among the best in my class and so, I chose the Horned Serpent, and my magical story began.