Familiar Magic! By Anneliese Justine Carey
Chapter One I tried to keep my excitement to myself as I walked into the ceremony hall; the observer from the DMA (Department of Magical Affairs) and one of the summoning instructors Mrs. Justin were waiting at the center of the room for all the students. Mrs. Justin started talking about how proud she was of everyone and that if we didn’t succeed, it was alright and we could try again in a few weeks. She went on about lots of other things that I didn’t care about. Once Mrs. Justin stopped babbling the observer stepped forward and said “When I call your name, you will come forward and carry out your familiar summoning spell. If you succeed you will name your familiar and leave. If you fail you will simply leave” …show more content…
Finally, I heard “Richelle Rivera”. I walked to the center of the room; I raised my arms above my head, chanting the incantation under my breath. A portal opened and out came a long furry creature that leapt into my arms.
“That ferret is just adorable!” Mrs. Justin cooed “Tell me, Lizzie, what are you going to name it.”
I lifted up my ferret to get a better look at her. “I think I’ll name her Halcyon.”
“That’s an excellent name!” Mrs. Justin beamed.
For some reason, I felt like she didn’t actually like the name, but I didn’t really care what Mrs. Justin thought. I smiled at her and thanked her for the compliment. I left the ceremony hall somewhat quickly after that.
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Once I got outside I walked to the mage’s park downtown. Halcyon had started getting quite hyper by the time we got there. After I sat her down, I pulled out my book on familiars.
Excerpt from The Encyclopedia of Familiars by Deborah S. Lakeland
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Chapter One I tried to keep my excitement to myself as I walked into the ceremony hall; the observer from the DMA (Department of Magical Affairs) and one of the summoning instructors Mrs. Justin were waiting at the center of the room for all the students. Mrs. Justin started talking about how proud she was of everyone and that if we didn’t succeed, it was alright and we could try again in a few weeks. She went on about lots of other things that I didn’t care about. Once Mrs. Justin stopped babbling the observer stepped forward and said “When I call your name, you will come forward and carry out your familiar summoning spell. If you succeed you will name your familiar and leave. If you fail you will simply leave” …show more content…
Finally, I heard “Richelle Rivera”. I walked to the center of the room; I raised my arms above my head, chanting the incantation under my breath. A portal opened and out came a long furry creature that leapt into my arms.
“That ferret is just adorable!” Mrs. Justin cooed “Tell me, Lizzie, what are you going to name it.”
I lifted up my ferret to get a better look at her. “I think I’ll name her Halcyon.”
“That’s an excellent name!” Mrs. Justin beamed.
For some reason, I felt like she didn’t actually like the name, but I didn’t really care what Mrs. Justin thought. I smiled at her and thanked her for the compliment. I left the ceremony hall somewhat quickly after that.
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Once I got outside I walked to the mage’s park downtown. Halcyon had started getting quite hyper by the time we got there. After I sat her down, I pulled out my book on familiars.
Excerpt from The Encyclopedia of Familiars by Deborah S. Lakeland
Chapter 2 Paragraph