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 Magic, according to the letter Jon and Zoe were part of an ancient Magical bloodline, their Grandfather had arranged upon his death that his grandchildren when they were of age would be inducted into the Magical Community and Awakened to their true power, apparently Zoe was just old enough and Jon was a year or so past the normal age. The more Jon read the more he grinned, ever since he had read A Wizard of Earthsea and then the Harry Potter books he had fantasised about being a wizard and now it was happening, well, there was no way he was going to miss out on this, however, he needed to make sure the stone was safe. After a few sensible Safety wishes he began to pack. By the time he was packed he and Zoe were nearly bouncing in place with excitement.
Their mother was upset to see them go but she tried to answer their questions as best she could, oddly, despite being the daughter of one of the great Mages she had not shown one bit of magical potential, this happened sometimes, she was what is known as a Sport, someone that had somehow failed to acquire the capacity of magic, she was just explaining how sad this made her when her best friend went away to the Academy , leaving her behind when the doorbell went. There, at the door, was Karyn, and her mother Kate, Karyn had a large duffel bag over her shoulder and a big grin on her face.
"Hurry up Jon-boy, our limo is here! Surprise! We both get to go to Hogwarts"
Jon was stunned until he began to put the pieces together, his mom Linda and Karyns mom had been friends since first grade, so that meant that Kate was a Mage, and so Karyn had that potential too, with a big smile on his face he and Zoe quickly bundled their luggage into the Limo and got in, there was two other people there - Athena ( big surprise that Witchy Goth was an actual witch) and Sarah MacMillan ( Queen Bee and general bitchy pain).
On the trip to the airport Athena and Zoe chattered away, obviously delighted they were both goingto this cool school and Jon and Karyn chatted away, meanwhile Sarah remained mostly aloof from it all, although she finally relented and said one word.
"Truce"
"What was that Sarah?" asked Athena
"I said truce, look, I'm pretty shocked about this, who knew my dad was this big time Magus that used magic to make himself wealthy? Thing is, I can either make my peace with you guys and make the best of this or I can make myself miserable, I'd rather go with option 1 thanks, so what do you say?"
After some consideration they all agreed to a truce , after that Sarah joined in on the conversation and was surprisingly very pleasant, even fun to talk to.
After getting to the plane, a Private Jet they met the ten other candidates, including Edgar and Edith Lacroix, twins with a serious attitude problem, seems they were Mage Royalty of some sort, and expected deference from everyone else, evn Sarah thought they were a pair of stuck up little idiots.
Jon was looking forward to reaching Berlin New Hampshire and getting to The Awakening Centre, where they would all get their magical powers
