Matthias didn't seem to acknowledge the fact that he hadn't shaken Will's hand. Quite honestly though, it was more of a case of a lot of things happening at once and him sort of… forgetting it. He smiled and nodded at the introduction of this new guy, continuing to slowly spin the book around over his palm. "Will it is! You can call me… uh, whatever you want, I guess. I don't really have a lot of people close to me to give me nicknames."

He gave a little grin before raising his brows as the guy pulled out a pebble and looked around the room. As he opened his mouth to ask about it, Will threw the pebble and Matthias watched as it flicked across several of the books, causing them to fall, and in a, quite awesome-looking way, fell into a stack with the pebble landing in Will's hand.

"… Whoa. That's pretty cool! So you've got like… what, you're able to sense what'll happen when you do a certain something? Like, calculating the outcome, sort of?" As he asked him this, his right hand's fingers, beneath the book over his hand, continued to slowly curl in small waves, going from his thumb to his pinky, which seemed to keep the book in motion. It was less of him showing off and seemed a lot more like some kind of training exercise that he'd taught himself to do without thinking about it.

"Hey, whatever works for you. I don't mind nicknames." He gave another little grin at Will, finally letting the book hover down into his hand, which he grabbed while letting out a little huff. Despite seeming like it didn't do anything to him, it was clearly not the easiest feat to keep the object in question moving at all times without even looking at it. He then nodded softly in a curious, interested manner as Will explained about his power.

Eventually, Matthias grinned, waiting for Will to finish his little rant before tucking one hand into his pocket. "Can't focus around girls, eh? You sounded like you'd already run into your fair share of troubles with the ones around here. I only noticed a couple of them on my way in, and I heard some shouting while I was getting set in, in my room. Were you having girl troubles then?"

He walked over to place the book back onto the table, keeping his attention on Will, but glancing over at Riley the 'roo, still shuffling about near the bookcase, and Matthias had to shake his head and let out a little chuckle at the ridiculousness of the situation. "It definitely seems like it's going to be an interesting school to stay at. Can't wait to see what other abilities the people here have."

"It used to take a lot out of me, doing really simple stuff, but I found out about it pretty early on, so I've had like… ten years of practicing and getting better." Matthias tucked his hands away in his pockets while listening to Will, his eyes widening a little at the sound of his room mate swinging 'the other way'. "Whoa, really? Huh… I guess the world's full of special people, in more than one way.

He gave a grin as Will just placed the books on top of the one he'd put down on the table, nodding his head. "Yeah, I'm sure someone'll put them back in place." He smiled a little sheepishly as Will called him cool. Despite not caring too much about what others thought of him, it was still… rather nice that one of the people he'd just met thought he was cool. He followed Will's glance over to Riley, shrugging his shoulders a little.

"I dunno, he seems to be getting along really well. And I think he might've mentioned only being able to change once every… I dunno, two hours or once every day or something." He watched Riley Roo for another few moments before shaking his head and looking back at Will. "So! Which part of the world are you from? Anywhere close by? I'm from Denmark myself… if you hadn't guessed from the accent, heh."

Kevin managed to stagger across the lounge and reach the small kitchen which was located there. He reached the sink and quickly poured himself a glass of water, gulping it down and taking a deep breath he could feel his body become rigid again but he still felt tired. He placed the glass back down in the sink and heading back over to his room. Heading inside he could see the phone which lay with its back open and the battery lying just a few feet away from it. "What was all that about? I almost collapsed!" mumbled Kevin. "I need to lie down."

Kevin was just about to get into his bed when a loud alarm rung throughout the school, "What the hell is that?" Looking down he noticed his gift bag, "Maybe there's something in here?" and sure enough there was a small note which explained that once the bell rang it was time to head to class. Letting out a sigh Kevin grabbed his jacket and his small backpack and once again headed out the door.

Fixing his jacket as he headed towards the Valiant House exit, Kevin still felt tired and worn out. Heading outside, a quick flash of the intense sunlight forced Kevin to put his hand up to his eyes in an attempt to shield them. As he continued to walk back towards the main building he thought about all the different people he might meet in this class.

Eventually reaching the main building, he headed inside and not having a clue, he wandered about for a few minutes staring at his map before he finally found the room in which he was supposed to be in. "Classroom 1A, here we are!", as he walked slowly into the classroom he immediately noticed he was the first one there, seizing this opportunity he walked around the room a small bit. Noticing the board he looked up and seen the less than obvious lesson objective. "We are part of nature, nature is part of us. Within each and every person is the ability to control nature, to a limited degree. Choose your beaker wisely. Not every road leads to success."

He looked down at the four beakers which sat just in front of him. There was one filled with water, another with sand, one with a leaf and finally one with a box of matches. Looking around the room he placed his finger just an inch or two above the beaker of water, a small spark jumped from the tip of his finger and hit the water, the water began to ripple a small bit before returning to its idle state. After giving a small smirk he decided to sit down and wait for the rest of the class to arrive.

→ Jamie Lane ● Fire

The pool had gradually got more crowded, others (students, Jamie assumed) had started to enjoy the garden and the glorious summer sun. Lying on the sunbed, he could pick up on words every now and then, although he couldn't hear anything worth listening to.

A bell chimed, sat atop the tower of the main school building. The leaflet had mentioned something about a signal for lessons, this was apparently it. Curious, Jamie gathered his things and pulled his shorts back on, his loose green vest barely covering his chest. He spotted an entrance from the garden side of the grounds, walking out of the sun and into the cool corridor of Gilded Halls.

Where's this lesson going to be then? He thought, peering inside every door he could see. Finally, he found his way to room 1A - where the door was wide open, inviting people in.

The classroom was empty, with only a red-headed boy sat waiting at a desk. He seemed alone, Jamie noticed there were dozens more beakers on the front desk but not a teacher in sight.

Then he noticed the note on the board:

We are part of nature, nature is part of us. Within each and every person is the ability to control nature, to a limited degree.

Choose your beaker wisely. Not every road leads to success.

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Curious, Jamie went over and looked at the beakers. He picked them up, investigating their content, before looking back to the red-haired boy.

"Er... Do you know what we're doing?" He asked, confused. This was no normal chemistry lesson, he was expecting a periodic table not a lesson in magic and witchcraft.

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The time underneath the tree would never leave Ginny's mind as she shook her hair out to get rid of the petals. A warm smile danced along her flushed features and she was still a bit out of breath from before. "You're amazing." She looked around at the petals a bit and shook her head playfully, "I've never seen anyone able to do what you can do, Selena." Her eyes looked up into Selena's once again and she smiled, "I love it."

Selena was the first other person that she had ever met that had a special ability, but Ginny had never shared hers with anyone. With Selena, though, she thought she could share and the girl would keep her secret, especially after what they had shared. "I, uh, have one too..."

First Liam, then Ginny? What is going on with this school? Ginny didn't seem too freaked out when she saw the blossoms above her. She actually loved it. Selena had a beautiful ability after all. She can make, and grow any flower anyone desired. Selena then grew a vine filled with flowers, that glued on the tree. Blue-petaled flowers bloomed with yellow tips on the end. "Yeah, I'd just happen to grow flowers. I can grow anything. I can pretty much cover the whole school building with vines and flowers in just minutes if I could." Selena explained, "however, which is why I really needed the sunlight because I'll feel weak."

She snapped her right finger to reveal a flower she grew with her own hand. As she pulled it, she placed the flower on the right side of Ginny's hair, making her even more beautiful.

"You...also have something too?" Selena asked, "I've seen fancy eye tricks, what can you do?"

Ginny blushed as Selena placed the flower in her hair and she reached out to her and carefully stood up. Soreness was already tearing through her body and she grunted a bit in pain. When Selena looked concerned, she shook her head, "I'll be fine, don't worry." Her eyes lit up a bit and she ran her fingers against Selena's as they held hands, "Well, I've never showed anyone before..." With some concentration, Ginny's hand passed right through Selena's and then passed back through, re-materializing where it's been. "I can do my whole body, too. I call it uh... phase shifting. It's pretty neat."

The sound of the bell interrupted the two and Ginny looked towards Selena, "I guess our first lesson has started. I'll need your help getting there..." She grinned a bit, knowing that she would definitely be getting the required assistance, "That did a real number on me."

She never expected THAT from a girl like Ginny! Selena shrieked a bit as Ginny's hand went right through hers. It was way better than Liam's "eye trick" or his ability to see pretty much everything. Ginny's power, in Selena's eyes? The ability to get through solid matter. It was a pretty neat ability, topping Selena's ability. Where all she could do was to grow plants, and with that ability she needed to take care of herself. Suddenly a rush of thirst came to her as an urge to drink water. Selena reminded herself that she had left her half-drank gallon of water under her bed.

"Sure, no problem," She placed Ginny's arm over her shoulder and started walking from the tree. "Before we get to our first lesson, I need to stop by my room really quick to gather my bag. I also...need my water." Selena added, "You know...plants need water. Heh."

"I think I'll be able to make it, just with a limp." Playfully, she stuck her tongue out as the pair approached the dormitory. The class wasn't too far from there, so she have Selena a quick kiss before heading off alone to the lesson. Movement was slow and arduous, but eventually she found herself in the building where the lesson was taking place. Her eyes looked around and she glared as she noticed her roommate already there.

It was going to be difficult living with him, but she decided it'd be best to sit near him and try to come back from what had happened earlier in the day. She shuffled over to the seat next to Jamie and almost collapsed into it. The pain was unbelievable now and she knew that soon she should probably see the nurse, but right now she had decided that she'd see if it got better on its own first.

Kevin sat inside the classroom twiddling his thumbs as he waited for someone to show up. He was beginning to think it was only just him who had shown up to this class, perhaps everyone else had forgot? After waiting for what felt like an hour, but was more like a few minutes, someone else eventually walked through the classroom door. As Kevin raised his head, standing just at the front of the room was a boy with longish brown hair which looked to be in an untidy fashion, much like his own. As far as Kevin could tell he seemed to be intrigued by the beakers at the top of the room, he picked them up and studied them for a second before placing them back down. He then turned to Kevin and spoke, "Er... Do you know what we're doing?" Looking up with a puzzled looked on his face Kevin responded, "Nope, to be honest your guess is as good as mines. Doesn't help that I can't make out what the board means either".

"Hmm." Picking up four beakers, one of each type, he made his way over to the boy.

"Sounds a bit like a riddle," Jamie suggested, "You don't think they really expect us to be able to do this?" He omitted the fact that he, himself could control sound. Perhaps it wasn't as ludicrous as the intructions suggested.

"I'm Jamie, by the way," he added.

Seeing that Jamie had picked up one of each beaker, Kevin assumed that each student must have to have one of each beaker to participate in the lesson. Standing up and walking back up to the front desk he himself grabbed one of each beaker and walked back to his seat. He placed the beakers down onto his table and then proceeded to sit back down again.

"Jamie huh? I'm Kevin, it's nice to meet you!"

"So then Jamie … how'd you end up here in this school?"

Jamie fiddled with the beaker of sand, shaking it around and working out just what he had to do. "Err," he said, trying to avoid the question, "it's a long story. It was this or nothing, really."

He shrugged it off, turning his attention to the beaker with a leaf in, "What about you?"

Kevin smiled at Jamie's avoiding of the question. "What's this guy hiding?" he thought.

"Well … I might as well tell you mine then, the brief version that is. I used to cause a lot of trouble back in my old school, parents pulled me out of it and sent me here. That's about it."

As Kevin stared at the water in his beaker, he was unsure whether he should tell Jamie about his power or not. "Probably best to skim over it for now" Kevin thought.

Jamie chuckled, looking up at the boy. "Same old, same old, then," he murmured, drawing out the matches of the final beaker, flicking one against the striking surface.

A flame danced on the end of the match, Jamie smiled as it flickered.

"They say fire is the element of anger and rage right?" Jamie asked, thinking back to countless films he had seen, "This is gonna be mine then, I bet."

Kevin smirked as he slouched back in his chair "Element of anger and rage huh? That depends on the person doesn't it? Some of us already have our own element of anger and rage." He was careful not to directly imply he had an ability as he was interested to see if Jamie would catch on.

"As for mines, I'll try this sand. See how it works out for me" Kevin knew there was something different about this Jamie guy, he could see it in his eyes as he watched the flame on the match dance around. He reminded Kevin very much of himself.

Jamie raised an eyebrow at Kevin's statement, but otherwise said nothing. His eyes were focused on the flame, trying to summon up some kind of effect in the same way he manipulates sound.

He focused, took one deep, slow breath, then mentally commanded the flame. Grow... nothing. The flame looked the same, burning it's way too close to Jamie's finger, he dropped it in to the beaker and drew another.

Kevin could see that Jamie was trying to do something with the flame, what he was trying to do was anyone's guess.

Looking down at the sand, Kevin was a bit unsure how he could do anything to it. He picked it up and started to rotate his index finger just above the sand, he had no idea what this would accomplish but he had no idea what else to do. Of course as one would expect nothing happened. Letting out a small sigh, he placed the beaker back down and sat back in his chair again.

"So … what have you gotten up to since you got here?"

Another match was lit, "Well I met my roommate, that was... great," Jamie's sarcasm was never subtle. "I've had a look around but I spent most of the morning coolin off."

He thought back to Ginerva. He would have to share a room with that girl for the entire term, that giant, angry beast of a girl. His eyes narrowed slightly, he averted his gaze from Kevin, just in time to see the match flare up.

"Was that me?" He asked Kevin, a slight smile on his lips.

Kevin smirked, "I don't know, you tell me. You did say fire is the element of anger and rage right?"

Kevin liked this guy, he was a lot like him. He also couldn't ignore the fact that deep down he felt corrupt again, almost like he wanted to cause some trouble, but should he? He promised that he would keep his head down this time …. but then again, one little bit of trouble making isn't going to hurt anyone is it?

Just as they were about to continue talking to each other, a girl suddenly entered the room inturrupting the conversation. Kevin watched her as she entered the room and proceeded to slouch down next to Jamie. "Umm ... hi" Kevin introduced himself looking over at her. He also noticed that Jamie seemed to be sitting quite awkwardly.

Jamie then leaned forward and looked across at Kevin. "This would be my roommate Ginny".

Ginny smirked as she was introduced by Jamie and she nodded to the boy with him, "Yes, I'm Ginny or Ginevra. I'm just so fortunate to be his roommate." Her eyes glanced to Jamie and turned to slits, "Who decided to just toss his damned duffel right on top of me, which started a fight. Then he ran away like a baby when I beat him." She looked from Kevin to Jamie and then towards the beakers, which sparked some curiosity, but not enough to bother getting up.

It felt good to sit down, especially with all of the pain she was in. She tried her best to school her features, but it was of no use when another one of the students approached her with a concerned look on his face. She debated answering his question with the truth, but decided deceit might be her best course of action right now – besides, she didn't want too many questions posed to her about her injuries. Then she would have to explain how she got them and she just couldn't, since it was embarrassing.

Not that she was embarrassed of Selena, she just thought that their antics should stay as private as possible and regardless, it was not very lady-like to kiss and tell. She forced a smile and looked up to the boy in front of her, "I'm alright… just pushed myself too far exercising, I think." The grimace betrayed her smile and she slumped down in the chair, "I guess it's pretty obvious, isn't it?"

She indicated a chair nearby, "Why don't you have a seat? We're supposed to work with the elements, but I can't find the ability to get up again. Or… you could help me up to the front and we could try together?" Her eyes were wide, pleading with him to help her and she knew in her head that this was all a game that she was playing. This was something she had done only a few times in her other schools, but here, with a small enough student body, she thought her manipulative talents would be put to good use.

Unfortunately, she did need the help to get up and if she wanted to try this, a strapping lad such as Liam in front of her would be a good assistant. It doesn't hurt that he's cute, does it Ginny? She chastened that inner voice and pushed it away to the back of her head, not wanting to get into anything further with anyone else today, especially after what she had experienced earlier.​

"Yeah, don't sweat it. I can keep a secret. Have done so for about ten years now. So as long as you don't plan on making me wait that long, I think I'll be fine." He gave the boy in front of him a little grin, his hands still tucked into his pockets. He understood fully well that William didn't want to hurt this girl he'd just been moved into the same room with. That'd be incredibly uncomfortable, not to mention pretty mean on his part.

Matthias nodded, raising his brows at the fact that the guy seemed to be from California of all places. So practically on the other end of the world for Matthias, coming from such a tiny country as Denmark, compared to the United States. He glanced over at Riley as the conversation led to the kangaroo boy again, and he grinned lightly. "You know, I think you might be onto something there. Then again, maybe he just like kangaroos."

He looked back at William who seemingly wanted to say something, but was interrupted by a loud ringing from a bell somewhere. Matthias blinked softly, looking upwards. "Huh. I guess you're right." He looked down again, smiling as he gave William a wave, shouting out "See you soon, Will! Nice meeting you too!" after him. He then turned to the kangaroo boy, snickering as he stepped closer and raised a hand, giving his furry back a little pat. "I better get to class too. I'll tell the teacher that you'll be right there, alright? Speak to you soon!"

Ignoring the growing need to scratch Riley behind the ear, Matthias turned around and headed towards the classroom which he seemed to remember having passed just about twice now. The school map wasn't that difficult to remember, so there was that. He didn't run, but he walked at a quickened pace, since he didn't want to be there late, but he didn't want another bumping-into incident. He'd actually never heard a bell before. They didn't use them in kindergarden in Denmark, and considering he hadn't gone to a proper school before… well, he'd never experienced one for himself. It was interesting, to say the least.

He arrived at the classroom not long after and stepped inside, the first thing he saw being William seemingly helping a redheaded girl with a bit of a limp up towards the desk, where something was scribbled on the board, and there were several beakers put out. He ignored the oddity of the situation of having no teacher, apparently, turning to look over at Kevin, sitting next to another guy, both of which had picked out a pair of beakers. He gave a grin, raising a hand to give a wave to the boy while calling out "Hey Kevin!"

With that done, he walked up to the front desk, reading over the words on the board, his brow furrowing as he tried to make sense of it. He looked down at the beakers and the 'elements' contained within, picking up a beaker, almost filled with sand, turning it around in his hands. He didn't think it was a prank of any kind. And it seemed too obvious to be some kind of weird riddle. Even then, it seemed just a bit odd for it to be what it seemed to be as well; Them learning to control the elements. To a degree, at least. He shrugged and put down the beaker of sand, picking up one with a box of matches in it, tilting his head a little as a smile played on his lips.

… Then again, this entire place seemed a bit odd, so if anything, it fit with the rest of it. He took the beaker of matches with him, heading over to one of the tables near the windows, giving William a wink on the way, snickering to himself as he sat down, placing the beaker in front of him and picking out the box of matches, studying it in the light of the sun shining brightly through the window. "… Hmm. I guess I should just… give it a shot."