Rihanna was just straightening the photos on her bedside drawer when the door flew open and her roommate, at least she assumed that the blue-eyed girl in the doorway was her roommate, came panting in, red as a lobster that had been baking in the heat. Which she probably had been. “Are you.. are you.. Rihanna Arnolds?” the new girl gasped, taking big breaths. Rihanna tried not to notice how sweat rolled from her forehead, collecting on the floor. “Um, yes, I am.” She forced herself to look away from the growing puddle and into the girl’s eyes. “And I assume you’re Celeste? Nice to meet you!” The girl, Celeste, smiled, then dropped her pack onto the twin bed on the other side of the room. “Nice to meet you too.” She replied. Rihanna couldn’t help noticing that Celeste sat on the side of the bed with the fan. “Hey, you may want to know that you’re dripping sweat all over the place.” Rihanna said. “Really?!” Celeste’s eyes widened, as if horrified. She burned a deeper red than she had been earlier, if that was even possible. “I’m-I’m so so sorry! Really! I’ll clean it up immediately, I’ll” Rihanna laughed, “No, no, it’s fine. I don’t care at all! Just thought you might want to know.” Celeste sighed in relief. “Whewf! Ok then, thanks!” Rihanna wasn’t exactly certain what she was thanking her FOR, but she thought it’d be best to just accept and not question it. “You’re welcome! Anytime!” The room descended into an awkward silence. Celeste took out the last item in her bag, a T-shirt with snowflakes all over, moving as if they were actually falling. “Well…” Rihanna ventured, sensing that she wouldn’t regret taking this path, “you can call me Rihanna or Ri, whichever. And I’d be happy to be friends, if you’d like! Of course, you’re stuck with me anyways, seeing as we’re roommates and all, so…” Rihanna trailed off. Celeste was looking at her with a weird expression on her face. Had she said something wrong? She hoped not! That would be horrible! That would be terrible! And that would also mean her powers had been— wait, was Celeste… smiling? Laughing? In fact, Celeste looked a lot more comfortable and relaxed than when she first came in. Rihanna realized that she had been tense, too, wondering what Celeste would say, but now her shoulders sagged with relief. “Is that a yes?” She asked, but she already knew. Of course she knew! Why would she have doubted her own magic, that was ridiculous! Powers couldn’t betray you… could they? “Yes. Yes, I’d love to be your friend! Thank you!” Celeste replied enthusiastically, pulling Rihanna away from her thoughts, and the two fell into uncontrollable giggles that they couldn’t explain, one finally stopping, only to look at the other, and start all over again. Perhaps it was the relief of making a new friend, a first friend, and so quickly, maybe it was Ri’s plain bluntness in asking, but both felt more at home in that moment than they thought possible, being so far away from home. “You can call me Cece, if, you know, you’d want,” Celeste finally offered. “Cece,” Rihanna repeated. “I’d like that.” And then the newly named Ri and Cece fell into giggles, that could probably be heard across the whole campus, once more.

Thank you guys so much!! Sorry this next party is so late and short. For some reason I kept on getting stuck every time I tried to write more, so eventually I just had to cut it off. I hope it's fine I made Inanna's staff magical? And I should probably start posting the parts...

Part 3~

(btw, the blank is just to give more flexibility if anyone wants to submit another teacher, pls pretend there's a class there. Also tell me if I'm missing any classes/teachers please, and I apologize if I am!)

It was the first day of classes. Inanna Skye had just gotten settled the night before, WSCAT did not mess around. Yesterday had been a tiring day, she had unpacked, met her roommate (the ever energetic Violet Shimmercress- just what she had needed!), and learned her schedule. She reviewed her notes: first period reaching your full magical potential, second period biology, break, third period _____, fourth period geography, lunch, fifth period PE/guest speaker. Everything sounded very interesting, Inanna couldn’t wait to get down to room 1, coincidentally the classroom for first period, where everyone else was probably already waiting. But… she couldn’t find her retractable staff, and she tried to never leave without it. It helped her control her powers, and it seemed like the kind of thing she might need for classes. “Where is it where is it where is it??” She tossed aside some cushions and flipped a table upside down, but the staff was nowhere to be seen. Why did I have to make it retractable? She thought. It’d be much easier to find if it weren’t the size of a twig! This is like searching for a needle in a haystack, I’m gonna be late! But it was still only improbable, not impossible, she reminded herself, and so Inanna kept on looking. Only when she had swept the room there times did she think to look up. And there was her staff, hanging in the air, suspended by some shimmery tentacle of wind. Come to think of it, the tentacle looked a whole lot like Inanna’s own magic. But she wasn’t doing anything! She hadn’t even known it was there (she should’ve thought to look sooner, but perhaps she had been too tired to think straight), so it couldn’t possibly be her own magic holding it in place! Right? Quickly, she brought the staff closer to her, then ran down the stairs and across campus. She was late!

Bonus:

There was a monster on campus. It was unlike anything else, as ancient as time and dangerous. One swipe of its claws could end your life. One swish of its tail could immobilize you forever. Usually, though, there was no need to worry. The staff tried to always feed it on time, to tailor to its needs. And nothing disastrous had occurred. So far. But now it was hungry. It prowled the hallways at night, searching. There was a monster. And it wasn't an ordinary monster. This was the monster where majik came from. It had been half-asleep since it first created majik, the effort draining its abilities. But now it was Awakening. Everything, was Awakening. Change was in the air.

sorry if that was horrible, I'm kinda half-asleep right now. And so sorry Inanna's part was so short!

*majikal potential

sorry, I keep getting my own "majik" mixed up with "magic", which is wrong btw. Ig I'm just used to the other way. But this way is kind of like an inside joke for me, so I need to try to remember to use it more. 

Yay! And, thanks for guessing (no, no one has guessed yet). Yes, I AM Celine! :) (ya may have noticed I tried to throw ppl off by responding to myself which totally didn't work bc I realized that everyone was guessing me on SIs that I wasn't (weren't?) even in:))

Ackk thank you!! :) :) whewf, that's a relief!