The class trudged down the stairs, and left the campus while chattering with loud voices. They just had to cross one street, and the scenery changed in the blink of an eye.

They found themselves in front of a different place, with lush grass, wildflowers everywhere, and an open sky.

“Make sure none of you get detached from the group, okay?” said Prof. Lint

The song of birds was so gentle to the ears and sounded so sweet and melodious. Across the land, there were green hills. There were calls of all sorts of birds. The sky was a clear blue with one large cloud drifting across. A sparrow landed on a branch near Julia and started to hop up and down.

“Listen up, you can use any kind of natural material, provided you see worth in it. You need three items, one for the base, one as a spell ingredient and finally, one as a power source.” said Prof. Lint

Julia walked on the grass and it made a soft crunching sound, until she stepped on a dry leaf which made a louder sound. The sound of the wind was soothing and it cooled Julia’s skin and glided through her hair. She was wearing a lemon yellow, midi length, pin striped sailor dress with a light blue ribbon at the collar.

Everyone was witnessing the natural beauty of the area in awe.

“I hear that the campus has a barrier around it, for protection, and it hinders the view of the outside world. Only certain people can enter and leave the campus,” said Cole

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” said Julia

“Yes,” said Cole

The students started to collect supplies. Julia wondered what to use. One of the birds left a feather behind, and she picked it up. It was a green feather. She saw that Cole had picked up a rock.

In the near distance, she saw a wild sunflower and something appeared to be glittering. She went close to that sunflower. A drop of glittering water landed on the feather she was carrying, and it tickled her palm. It must have rained a while ago.

Professor Lint started playing the ocarina that was around her neck. It sounded like a sad tune. Julia discovered a rock with small crystals inside.

Julia went back to where the others were. She found Cole with a yellow flower in his hand.

“Do you like flowers, Cole?” said Julia

“Yes, I guess,” said Cole

“How nice,” said Julia, smiling

“Actually this flower reminds me of you,” said Cole

“Really?” said Julia

“Well, you are clad in yellow today, so…”

Julia noticed he looked bright today, almost glowing. The black color complemented him well. Julia thought he looked handsome today, but got flustered and turned away.

Prof. Lint said, “Okay now, let’s see what we were able to gather so far.”

They were holding a pocket watch and checked the time.

One of them turned up with a twig.

“Yes, twigs are very important for building the base of the wand,” said Prof. Lint

Julia’s mind went blank and then she wondered why she didn’t think of that before.

They checked Cole’s findings, and said, “Good but you got two spell items, and one power item. No base item, huh? You need to either discard the blade of grass, or the flower. The magic number for wand making is three after all.”

Cole didn’t make eye contact, and in fact he turned his head to the furthest side and said, “I know, I didn’t get the flower for that purpose.”

His face had a mild blush, like a faint red.

“Oh okay. Next!” said Prof. Lint

Julia showed them her findings.

“Very good, you just need a twig or a stick,” said Prof. Lint

Julia’s lips curved into a smile. She found a stick in the grass, and that was the end of her duty. She sat down near the shade of tree, and watched as the others tried to gather objects. Cole snapped off a dying branch and that was it. He sat on the opposite side of the tree for some reason. The cool wind nearly made Julia fall asleep.

“Ah! Come on, let’s go back. Only twenty five minutes are left,” said Prof. Lint

The class returned in much haste, but were still careful while crossing the road.

They entered the classroom, and they had to prepare the solution in the cauldron and drop the objects, one person at a time. Most people got plain-looking wands. They were a plain looking silver, bronze, golden or copper stick.

“Hold this flower,” said Cole, when his turn came

He dropped the ingredients one by one, as the solution was displaced by a bit every time. He then recited the incantation and mixed them using the Professor Lint’s broomstick, just like everyone else.

The wand rose to the surface. It was a pearl white wand with a clear, colorless stone that flickered and glowed yellow.

“Whoa” said some of the class

It was Julia’s turn. She accidentally added the flower, the stone and the stick, instead of the feather, which flew away long ago.

“Oh no! I added Cole’s flower by mistake,” said Julia

“Did you add four ingredients?” asked Prof. Lint

“No, three,” said Julia

“Good. No problem,” said Cole

A rose gold wand floated and had a bow on top, made of two heart shaped, purple crystals, with two short ribbons.

“The most unique wand here yet,” said Prof. Lint

The class ended and it was time for Basic Transformation class. Julia put her wand inside the satchel and headed over to building number one. From the outside, it looked like an ordinary building.

“Hey,” said Silvio

“Hi,” said Julia

“Hey, hey, hey!” said Sunny

“What’s up, guys?” said Julia

“According to the outline I got from resources, we’ll have a theory class today. I hope you all brought your notebooks,” said Silvio

“Yep,” said Julia

“Theory? Boring! Let’s skip,” said Sunny

“No way,” said Silvio