Extremos - The New Hogwarts

The Opening Gates | Chapter Three

Jamie's P.O.V

So... This is weird. I'm on my way to Extremos, in my robes and everything, all prepared but... I didn't think this would the source of transportation. I'm on a water slide. Yes, a water slide. Is it strange? Yes. Do I care? No. I'm not going to judge a transportation system that was made by the people who are giving me hope of acceptance. I'm still kinda scared though. The headmistresses may except my sexuality but other witches and wizards may not. A falling feeling is met and then a landing. I break from my thoughts and notice the waterslide had ended, and I was sat on what seems like a trampoline. A white trampoline. I'm still a bit confused however. I have no idea where to go.

I look around to see a castle at the end of a long path. Around me were a train station type place made of... what I think is marble. I look to my left and see my bags stacked neatly. That's not surprising though. What's surprising is they're dry. I then look down and see that I'm completely dry as well. I investigate more and turn around. There's an enormous tree sitting there, the now unoccupied slide going through it. Ok... The trees leaves seem to stretch so far that it incases the station in a barrier. I don't know why but the barrier makes me feel... safe. I look to my rig- CRASH!!

I tumble forward and fall off the front of the trampoline I was still on. I look at the force that knocked me off. It turns out to be a girl with hair up to her shoulders in a messy pixie cut. It's a beautiful black that slowly fades into a bright red. Her eyes are an amazing gold and her skin is a wonderful tan like she had just been on a holiday in Hawaii. "That was way better then the school bus!" The girl says happily. She then spots my form sitting on the ground. "Oh! Did I hit you? Sorry about that!"

"What? Oh!" I get up off the ground and start rambling. "No! No! Well yes but no! It's fine! I'm fine! Don't worry about it!"

The girl laughs a little but that only makes me more nervous. The girl hops to her feet and jumps off the trampoline herself, almost tripping at the force of the fall. She puts her hand in front of her, helping me up as she introduces herself. "Hello! Sorry for knocking you off, I thought you'd be off by the time I got here. I'm Lilliana Gabriella Nymphadora Rose, but you can call me Lilly!" Her voice is cheerful, like how I'm assuming her personality is weaved with.

"It's fine, really. My names Jamie Rosa Parker, but you can call me... Jam!" I say, lying the slightest bit by saying my middle name is Rosa.

"Haha! Well, Jam, we should probably get going. Don't wanna be late for the sorting ceremony!" Lilly says, walking over to her stack of neat bags.

"Hey, do you know where we actually have to go?" I ask, twiddling my thumbs together slightly.

"Oh yeah, I was told that we were just to meet at the front of the castle and we'll be taken in by someone to be sorted" Lilly grabs her last bag. "Come on, I'll show you!"

"Thank you!" I say gratefully. I run over to my neat stack of bags, almost knocking them over. I grab them all, making sure to be equally balanced so I don't trip over the weight. I follow Lilly down through the leaves that lift above us as we walk, creating a clear area.

"So Jamie, what house do you think you'll get into?" Lilly says, trying to start up a conversation.

"What houses?" I asked, a little shocked.

"You don't know about the houses? I'm guessing your muggle born?" Lilly gives me a small smile, hoping she was correct as to not make this more awkward.

"Yeah but Harry Potter has helped me understand it quite a bit" My answer is full of hope, hoping that it would help a lot in the future.

"Harry Potter may use some of the techniques here, but it's not the real deal. Take it from a pure blood" Lilly says with confidence.