Lily & Rose: Blossoming Magic

First Day of School

Seven years later, in the late summer. A place far and far away from the cold and dark north. A grand gate and a matching yard with multiple buildings, garden and small park. In big letters, above the main gate, it says 'Magical Academy', in ethereal runes that are not visible to mundane people. In front of the gate stands a young woman, only 17 years old. Her long blonde hair flowing in the wind. She's looking at the front gate with approving eyes.

"So... first day of Mage School, eh? It has come to this, has it? It's been, what, 7 years since I told mom I wanted to be a Mage?" Lily mutters aloud to herself.

"Hello there, miss. You know talking to yourself is the first sign of going nuts?" Says a girl with a beautiful chocolate-brown skin and slightly spiky vibrant green hair. Her amber eyes are warm and welcoming.

"Ah, Hello. Sorry, first day here, I'm kinda lost. Am I in the right place? This a school for Mages?"

"Oh, you're the new one, the transfer student? Yeah, yeah, you're in the correct place. This is a school for Witches, Wizards and Warlocks. We don't really use the word Mage around here. Oh, my name is Tarutaru Enoka, nice to meet you!"

"Tarutaru...? That's a cute name there, Grass Patch. So Witches, eh? What's with the names?"

"Grass Patch...? Oh, my hair. Cute, new girl, cute. Thanks for a nice nickname!"

"New gi—? Sorry, sorry, I didn't introduce myself. Sorry. I'm Lilia Martinson. You can just call me Lilia or Lily."

"Lily then! A cute name. But yeah, it was the school administration some years back who divided us in threes: Witches - that's us, the girl mages; Warlocks - those are the boy mages; and Wizards - researchers and scientists of the magic world."

"Handy. But why divide boys from girls?"

"Eh, were you looking towards to catching a boy already? Hehee, no, I don't really know. It's more like we Witches are drawing magic from our surroundings, and Warlocks get their power from supernatural beings. I don't know why it also divides between the genders, but eh, that's how it is."

"Has there never been a boy Witch, or a girl Warlock?"

"I don't think so... I'm guessing there's something else than gender at work there, but damn if I know. Ask the teachers on History class if you're interested. Say, what class are you on?"

"History class—oh well, I probably won't, doesn't interest me that much, I don't care about them that much, anyway. Oh, I'm in class... uh, what was it... It had some kind of bird in the name... lemme see my papers..."

"Bird? You're in Nightingale?"

"Yeah, Nightingale, that was it!"

"Oh, so you've been at school a year already?"

"No...?"

"Nightingale's a second-year class, though... I'm in that class."

"Great, we're going to be classmates! Wait second year...?"

"Yeah... Hey, come, let's go ask the teachers if there's been a mistake, I'll show you. Follow me!"

"Ah, but... oh well... Okay Grass Patch, coming!"

Lily follows Tarutaru to her new school and new life as a student in a high-school specializing in students with magical powers. Late evening she lies in her new bed, in her new room in the dorms close to the school grounds. All in all, she seems happy about this new life of hers.