Jon still had no idea what was going on so he shooed Zoe out and got ready, whilst he finished reading, what the letter told him was unbelievable, because The New England Academy for Gifted Individuals was in fact a very special school, the scholarship included a process which would activate some inner part of his true self , allowing him to become something he's always fantasised about.
It was a School for those Touched By Fae Magic, it seems that this covered all sorts of strange beings from Elves, Sidhe, Pixies, Fairies, Sirens, Brownies, Gnomes, Dwarves, Giants and all sorts of creatures and people from Fairy stories, according to the letter the Academy would bring out your Inner Fae and allow it to manifest within you. In other words Jon and Zoe were about to be transformed into something out of a fairy story. The idea had always held a secret appeal to Jon, since he was a child, it seemed that Zoe was also excited by the idea.
While at The Academy they would be taught how to use their innate magic, how to make the best use of their new selves and how to live fulfilling lives after school.
Well, this was certainly interesting thought Jon, he then went on to make some Safety wishes so he wouldn't be parted from The Stone . He wished that it had a pocket space Safe Place that only he could summon it from, he wished that no one could make wishes on the Stone without his willing consent and he wished that he had final veto on whether or not a wish would be allowed to happen. He then popped the stone in it's safe place and got down to packing, about an hour later he heard Karyn at the door, she came running up stairs waving a letter in the air, Jon recognised it as the same letter he and Zoe had received, Zoe came running out of the room and tackle hugged Karyn , the two girls began dancing around in a circle squealing with delight, Jon was quickly dragged into this and a group hug then ensued.
When they finally calmed down Karyn grinned happily at the Gibson siblings.
"So, you two too? I wonder who else got picked?"
"Well, I just heard from my best friend Athena, she got chosen as well" said Zoe with a smile
"Gosh Zoe, I'd forgotten what you look like with a real smile on your face" teased Jon, Zoe just rolled her eyes.
Karyn, it seemed had already gotten packed and had her luggage downstairs, living next door she didn't have far to travel, after the other two got packed they waited impatiently for the Limo, Linda and Kate, their mothers tried hard not to get too emotional but it was hard knowing their children might be transformed to such an extent they might not see them again.
When the limo showed up there were already some people in it. Athena De Vries (Leader of the local Goths), Trevor Blake ( the only male Goth), Amber Levine ( one of the nicer Cheerleaders) and Mike "The Moose" Matthews ( a huge Jock who typified the Big and dumb stereotype). Actually they were all pretty nice people, although Trevor was quiet and withdrawn and Amber and Moose were dating so they were cuddled up together.
After an hour they reached a private airfield where they boarded a private plane, there were ten other kids already on board from all over the County, the only ones that stuck out particularly were a brother and sister set of twins , they came across as full of themselves, apparently their parents were some sort of Fae royalty an considered others as mere peasants.
The Plane took off, Jon and his friends were looking forward to what would happen when they got to the Awakening Centre in Berlin New England
