“My name’s Willow, Your Majesty.” Willow replied while bowing, trying to sound brave and not scared. She liked the queen so far and didn’t want any wrong first impressions. “And I… don’t know why I am here. A woman brought me here with a star and told me to say the word Dragona and then he,” she continued, gesturing toward the dragon who brought her here, “brought me here to you but I don’t know why.”

“Hmm… Lincon! Come here!” The queen shouted to her adviser.

“Yes, my queen?” Lincon said, skittering toward her. Lincon was a red and orange dragon with no horns in sight.

“What do you think we should do about her?”

“Well, the star only chooses special people from the human world to come to Ajula.”

“Should we enroll her in the academy to see if she can pass?”

“Yes.”

“Willow, dear you have been applied to the academy. Report to Skymaster at 8:30 sharp.”

“Wait- so you aren’t taking me home?” Willow asked, surprised.

“No. Gemma!” The queen called a purple dragon over. “Give Willow here a map and show her the place she will be staying in.”

“Yes, your majesty.” Gemma replied, nodding her head in a small bow. “Come on now,” she said, beckoning for Willow to follow her.

Willow followed accordingly. After they had walked for a while, Gemma gave Willow the map. Ajula, it said at the top.

“Here is where your house is.” Gemma told her pointing with her claw, “and here is where Skymaster is.”

Willow looked for the quickest route to go from her “House” to Skymaster.

“Left, left, right, forward, right.” She muttered.

“What was that?” Gemma asked absently.

“Nothing.”

Once they arrived at Willow’s new house, Gemma set off back to the palace. Willow opened the door will the shiny pair of keys Gemma had given her.

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When she opened the door, it turned out that she wasn’t the only one living in this big place. She mentally face palmed. Of course! Dragons didn’t seem like creatures that would waste resources, and what better way to do that than make multiple people live together?

The place itself had a living room in the middle with five comfy looking beige chairs, some pictures on the wall, a fireplace off to the right, a coffee table in the middle, and a white carpet with black diamonds on it. There were two corridors, one leading to the left of the room and one leading to the right.

“Um. Hello.” One out of the three other people said awkwardly. She had blonde hair and tan skin. “What’s your name?”

“My name is Willow. Willow Bryd.” Willow responded.

“Hello, Willow! Welcome to our home! What brings you here on this fine evening?” One of the girls, a redhead, said happily, obviously enjoying the idea of new people. “I haven’t seen you around this area.”

“Well, Gemma brought me here. And a strange woman brought me to Ajula here.”

The others exchanged glances.

“A strange woman brought you here? Like with a star and all? Dragona and the cloth and the alley?” The blonde one asked.

Willow nodded. “That’s the one.”

The other two chorused their agreement.

“Looks like we’re all in the same boat here.” The one who hadn’t spoken yet said. She had black hair.

“Enough with how we all came here. Can I have some introductions, so I don’t keep calling you blonde hair, red hair, and black hair?” Willow asked reasonably.

“Yes! Of course! Silly me. My name is Amber Clark.” Said the red head.

“Mabel Mayer.” Said the black hair.

“And I’m Violet Poole.” Said the blonde.

They stood there for an awkward second before Amber exclaimed: “Well, come on! Let me show you your new room!” She started walking to a corridor to the left and Willow followed suit.

There were four other rooms besides the one Amber showed Willow to.

I wonder who that fifth person is… if there is one. She thought. I mean, I was new, and they didn’t seem like they

expected me to be here, so there could be a chance that the other room is empty.

Amber opened the door and told her “Well, I’ll leave you to get settled.” With that, she walked away.

Willow went inside and opened the window, as it was very dark in the room. The room was small. That was the first thing she noticed. The others were, was a bed in the top right corner of the room, a calendar that stated: July 23 (Tomorrow), FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! Written in big, red letters. on the wall, and a redwood nightstand right next to the bed.

She opened the bottom drawer and put the keys inside. She then flopped down on the surprisingly comfy bed and slept the whole night.

Willow woke up and felt a surge of joy. Today she was going to learn to ride dragons! She got up and found a ward-

robe that she hadn’t seen before. She opened it and found five pairs of school uniforms, seven pairs of pajamas, and two pairs of regular wear.

Hmm. She thought. Five for the days of school and two for the weekend. Smart! She smiled. This was going to be awesome.