Raven Ashfury; the darkness approaches

12

"Dear Miss Ashfurry,

We are pleased to tell you that you got into Leannons to continue your magical education and to train yourself in becoming a healer. We have received the number of lights that you managed to get, thirty-five. This means we shall mostly focus on healing magic, potions, and the sicknesses you shall face during your time as a healer.

You shall stay at the school in a dormitory. You will have to share a room with three other witches. Since our school is divided into four sections, we are hereby asking you to stay in the purple section of the school, so that we don't bother the other sections and their lessons.

Keep in mind that we do not approve of stealing and bullying. If this happens, however, we have to consider removing you from this school.

The school year starts on September the first, we'd like to see you then.

In the following letter, you will find your necessities for the first school year.

Yours sincerely,

Rachel Islefall

Co-rules of Leanonns

Head of the witches and wizards

Professor Astrology"

It has been a few weeks since Rodyn's mother had passed away. Raven hadn't seen him for a few weeks, but then he came back, almost as happy as he was before. Raven was careful with her choice of words, not to trigger any memories and make him sad. This was easier said than done, however. More than a few times Rodyn had burst out into tears. And Raven was there every time to comfort him.

'I miss her so much.', he kept saying as he sobbed. 'I miss her so much.'

'I know.', Raven had said. 'I understand how you feel.' She really understood him. Even though the person who had left her wasn't dead... he was still gone. After weeks of trying to find a trace of him, Raven had dropped it. Tate was never coming back to her.

But now, it was a sunny day. No tears from Rodyn nor Raven... yet. He had read the letter she gotten that morning out loud and was staring at the letter in confusion.

'What do they mean with staying in the purple section?', he asked Raven, who shrugged as she didn't know the answer. 'but then you'll never meet my sister.', Rodyn pouted.

'How come?',

'She's in the golden section.', Rodyn said. 'Because, you know- werewolf and all.', Raven blinked. Four sections, did that mean they had for every creature another section? But then there was one missing.

'Is everything in that school? As in, fairies, elves, vampires, werewolves, and witches?', Raven asked him. Rodyn shook his head as he gave the letter back.

'There are no fairies.', Rodyn said. 'They get educated by their own families. And they don't really care about everything that's going on between witches and the rest. They're just living in the woods somewhere and it's fine to them.', Raven hummed as she walked into the bookstore to put the letter somewhere safe.

It was Sunday, so it was closed. Varitan, Loona, and Skye went to a river close by to collect some herbs. Raven was supposed to come along but then Rodyn showed up unexpectedly, and how could she say no to him?

'Does your sister like Leanonns?', Raven asked as she walked out of the shop. Rodyn nodded quickly.

'This is her last year and then she'll be done!', he said proudly. 'She's trying to get to the highest place a werewolf can get in this community.'