UNITY | The Beginning |

Chapter 4 | UNITY |

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You turn to look at Rowan with excitement. "AHH! Omg this feels so unreal. Lets gather our things! Quickly!"

You and Rowan gather your things together and then sit back down in your seats. Rowan nudges you and points to a tall woman with gorgeous curly black locks standing in your isle. She had beautiful dark brown skin that shined in the bright sunlight beaming through the windows. "Woah..." you let out.

"I think she is the adult who will escort us off," Rowan uttered.

"She is gorgeous," you replied with a soft whisper. You heard Rowan chuckle from your honest response. This made you snap back into reality as your cheeks once again start to burn up from his laugh.

"Seats 20 through 30, stand up and form a line please," the beautiful woman announced.

"That's us," Lee pecked. You nodded your head and stood up, following Rowan as you both left your seats. You stood behind Rowe and looked at Fae; he was staring out the window and glanced back at Rowan every now and then as if they were speaking to each other. That is so interesting.. you thought.

"Okay everyone, follow me," she exclaimed. The line started to move and Rowan turned his face to the side where you could almost see his luxurious side profile.

He also started to look out the window, and then so did you. What in the world are they looking at. You look around the beautiful scenery as you're walking to get off the plane. You see beautiful tall green trees with exotic birds flying from them. As you got to the door you felt a big gush of wind blow against you.

You close your eyes from the sudden surge of wind and once you open your eyes it was instantly filled with light. The wind started to blow gently against your soft skin and the smell of fresh air filled your nostrils. You step down from the stairs and songs from multiple different birds fill your ears. You look around at all the people smiling and clapping their hands, greeting and welcoming you to UNITY.

"Everyone look at me! I would like to introduce myself first," the tall lady announced. You noticed something different about her. She had antlers and deer ears, when she turned to the side you could see she had a tail too.

"I'm Ms. Esther, i'm the counselor here at UNITY. I will be your guide for today until you meet your mentors," she stated passionately. "Please stay in line and follow me, students."

You all straightened up the line you were in and followed Esther into an alley way of students. They welcomed you and gave you a few flowers of many different shapes and colors.

The welcoming sounds of students started to fade as you all got closer to the school entrance. Instead, the sound of flowing water started to echo through your ears. You cross over a long bright stone bridge that had vines of beautiful white flowers growing on the edges. Under you was the water you were hearing; it was the giant blue river you saw from the plane window that surrounded the beautiful school.

"Look, there's a big frog," Rowan pointed to a toad bigger than you, it was about 7 ft and really chunky.

Croooakkkk

All of the students let out a big gasp, the giant toad let out the deepest croak any of you has ever heard. "Jeez, that toad is HUMONGOUS. That croak was SO impressive," you exclaimed while hitting your leg from laughter.

Ms. Esther had stopped the line so you all could enjoy the ambience. You drag Rowan towards the side of the bridge so you could get a better look at the water.

"Look, there's little lights shimmering in the water," Lee shouted as she flew off your shoulder down to the river. She dragged her feet against the waters surface gently, and the shimmering lights that were submerged under the water started to reveal themselves.

They floated delicately out from the waters clear blanket like jellyfish. They seemed like little water fairies, who which were now slowly flying from place to place. Lee perched onto your shoulder, proud of what she has done.

The water fairies started to surround you and the students as they spread throughout the surface. "Imagine if it was dark outside," you mumbled to Rowan as you lifted up your hand to a fairy. "It would be even more magical."

"Mhm, it would," Rowan poked a fairy which made it jiggle. "Haha, oops, sorry buddy!"

"These are light water fairies, also known as Flooms. They stay submerged in the water, floating around while they rest and come out at night for food and to find mates to reproduce with." Ms. Esther spoke as she signaled the line of students to follow her again. (A/N: I leave it up to your imagination for what Flooms look like.)

You and your fellow students leave the bridge and is now only just a few feet away from officially entering UNITY. You looked up at the giant gate standing in front of you, it was about 20 ft tall and it was made out of a dark brown wood; the stone wall helped keep it in place. Ms. Esther pulled out a wand from her pocket and she swayed it back and forth in a pattern, not even seconds after you hear a knock on the gate; the same pattern Ms. Esther nodded her wand in.

The tall gate slowly started to slide open, revealing a rock pathway imbedded into the fluffy green grass that leads to a courtyard fully decorated in multiple different colors: red, blue, purple, yellow, pink, green, etc. Balloons were tied together and placed neatly, as well as picnic tables with flowers planted in the middle, booths sponsoring different students clubs, banners that say many different things, and to top it off, a big fountain placed directly in the middle.

"Woah, all of this is for us?" Rowan asked as he started to walk by your side.

"Seems like it, I wasn't expecting there to be clubs. I wonder if I should actually join any," you replied while looking over at Rowe and giving him a smile.

"Alrighty lovelies, you may explore for now but once the sun starts to go down please meet me at the fountain, I will be there speaking with more students!" Ms. Esther let you all go free and everyone split up. The courtyard began to fill and other students from the plane started to roll in, you have never seen so many people in one place before.

"Oh god, I hope it won't always be like this," you groaned while rolling your eyes.

You heard a calming voice come from behind you, "only during special occasions but that isn't ever really that often." You turn around to see a person with short curly cyan hair in a half ponytail with a black party hat that has gold stars on their head.

Rowan looks down at his feet and puts Fae on his arm, petting him softly. You put your arm on Rowes back trying to comfort him. "I see, thank you. Who are you?" You ask the new person.

"I'm Jorah, I am apart of the events club." You watch as Jorah points over to a booth with a few people standing around it. "Would you like to come over and meet us?"

You look over at Rowan and softly nudge him, asking if he is okay with it. He slowly lifts his head up and faces you. "We can go, I just get nervous around a lot of people. Thank you," he mumbled while nudging you back.

"Yeah sure," you reply to Jorah. They walk you and Rowan over to their booth where most of the people had already left and only Jorah and one other person remained: they both wore those party hats.

"This is Alastair, he is the head of the club." Jorah announces as they smile with confidence.

"Hello!"

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