A Wild New Arrival

[Xavier]

It was a rather bright and sunny day as a pair of wolves made their way towards the front door of the Academy. They were both silent as they padded across the grounds, but there was the spark of intelligence in both their eyes. The wolf in the lead, a strangely auburn colored creature, trotted happily up to the doors and waited as another student opened them.

The auburn wolf yelped happily and sped off into the hallway. His claws clicked loudly on the floor of the Academy as the other wolf shook his head with what sounded like a sigh and followed after him.

"Xavier...you really should calm down," the larger black wolf said as he finally had caught up to his younger auburn counterpart. He caught the younger wolf by the scruff of his neck and pulled him backwards. Xavier's claws raked against the ground as he struggled against Birazcir's grip.

"Aww Biz..you never let me have any fun," the younger wolf said with a huff as he stepped back and started to transform into a human. First he stood one his hind legs and then rather quickly firm became flesh, draped in clothing. Xavier stretched a little after his transformation was complete.

"It's my job to make sure you don't hurt yourself or get into any trouble Xavier," Birazcir reminded him with a stern nod. The nod turned to a grin as he let his own excitement take hold, "But it is pretty exciting coming here isn't it?" the wolf said looking up at Xavier with a toothy grin. Xavier responded with a nod and a laugh, stooping down to scratch the wolf behind the ears.

"Wonder if we'll meet any new friends here?" Xavier mused as he continued to scratch Birazcir behind the ear.

[Phae]

"Of course you will." said a sweet and happy female voice from behind him as none other than Phaedra Weiss stepped around in front of him. "This academy is filled with great people."

The redheads hair fell loose to her hips in it's dark lengths. Her sapphire eyes smiled brightly at him. She was dressed in her blue jean skirt that was pleated from her hip down in traditional school girl style and a long sleeved white collared shirt hung on her body just perfectly. They only thing that didn't have that school girl look would be the sword that hung loosely on a belt around her left hip.

"I'm Phae. That was some pretty cool magic. That was.. wow! I wish I could do that." she said astonished as she held out her hand happily to shake his hand.

[Garth Jamus Warblade]

"KISANTH!"

The dragon had gotten loose again as she came frolicking down the hall at full speed knocking several things over with her tail flicking everywhere. Garth finally saw her stop and he put his hand against the wall panting hard as he looked up to see what this was all about. Kisanth saw two wolves in front of her and they were talking happily. She blinked for a moment. Wolves did not talk did they?! What a strange thing for natural creatures to be talking and one of them obviously the elder of thet wo as she tested her claws on the ground again.

"NOOOOO!!!!"

"Phft, you're no fun..."

I don't have to be fun I'm trying to keep you from wrecking everything!

"Awwww what's the matter afraid I'll hurt someone?"

More like hurting yourself.

"You're sweet."

Garth finally caught up to Kisanth touching the black dragon's scales as she made a small noise of contentment and they both saw one of the wolves transform into a human. Needless to say. Garth was thunderstruck for a moment.

[Xavier]

Xavier grinned happily as Phaedra stepped around in front of him. He took her hand and shook it as Birazcir sniffed her cautiously. Xavier sighed and gave Birazcir a warning look

"Biz...there's no need to be so cautious about everyone. Not everyone is going to try and kill us or anything," he said with an exapserated sigh, "I'm Xavier Mcallister," he said with a smile, "Nice to meet you miss!"

The wolf shot him his own warning look,"How many times have I told you not to call me by that ridiculous nickname, my name is Birazcir," he said with an indignant huff, "Besides you know as well as I do that the ritual of bonding calls for me to act as your protector, it's my job to be cautious," he said, puffing his chest out proudly. Then Xavier noticed the dragon and grinned.

"Are there many dragons and other such creatures around here?" he asked Phaedra as his eyes were drawn to the dragon.

[Phae]

She shook his hand happily. It was great meeting new people and this one was rather intriguing. The whole human/animal shift thing was great. She looked at him smiling brightly and looked down at the wolf that was sniffing her. She giggled as his breath ran across her skin.

Kneeling down in front of none other than a talking wolf she held out her hand so he could sniff it much as you would do with a dog.

"Hey there, buddy." she said softly as she reached up scratching him behind the ears gently. "You're cute."

She heard Xavier's question about dragons and her eyebrow cocked slightly as she stood up again. She followed his gaze to the dragon that peeked around the corner. She chuckled.

"You're rather cute yourself." she said with a giggle as she waved at the dragon. She turned back to Xavier.

"You'll find lots of strange animals here. I personally have my own familiar but she's in my dorm. You'll see everything from cats to dragons. So you and Biz here will fit right in." she said with a smile.

[Xavier]

Birazcir grinned wolfishly, he was not exactly vain but a few compliments now and then did not go unappreciated. Xavier sighed and shook his head as Birazcir stood up on his hind legs and placed his front paws on Phadera's shoulders.

"Why thank you, young lady," he said as he licked her face and then returned to his position on all fours. Xavier shook his head, chuckling softly.

"I'm sorry about that, I assume most people are used to having a live wolf clamp his paws down on their shoulder and then thank them for a compliment," he said idly petting Biz's head. "I don't believe I caught your name Miss?" he asked his eyes returning from the dragon to her.

[Kheldar]

Crackle.

"She said her name is Phae you were probably just distracted by the dragon. As impressive as they are they shouldn't take up a person's entire attention."

Greaty more twitchy people. They're loud and bothersome.

Khel was in his usual cynic mode only really opening up to Phae and even then it had taken her awhile to get to him as he looked up from his book for a moment and studied everyone that was there.

And these two will probably smell like wet dog when they come in...great...fur reeks sometimes...

Crackle.

Naturally Khel wasn't introducing himself right off the bat it was just the way it was. A small braclet of wonderful quality was on his left wrist a watch on his right. He peered over his book for a moment.

[Garth Jamus Warblade]

"Dragons aren't super common except in some areas in fact for the most part they're rare," Garth chimed in as Kisanth heard Phae call her cutey and then spoke in Phaedra's mind.

"Well Miss Phae you are quite correct I'm just cute!"

Kisanth...

"Yessssss?"

You are such an attention monger...

Garth studied everyone and gave a small smile as he scratched the back of Kisanth's head the dragon giving another content noise as Garth touched a couple sensitive spots. He knew what made Kisanth twitch and give happy noises it was one of the benifits of being in a master and familiar bond. He knew how Kisanth ticked consequently so did she which made for an interesting time so to speak. Kisanth moved forward surprisingly quiet as Garth walked beside and the female dragon butted her head against Phae's hand and Garth gave a small sigh.

"I hope Kisanth isn't too much of a bother she's still a very young dragon. The name's Garth by the way."

[Xavier]

Birazcir growled softly but annoyedly, this was too many people for his liking. The wolf preferred his solitude, having been alone since Xavier rescued him from certain death. Truthfully, the only person who's company he actually enjoyed was his master's. Xavier grinned, so many people, so many different and unique forms of magic. It was rather obvious that he was pretty excited about meeting all these different people.

"Oh sorry Phae...I believe he was right, the dragon distracted me," he said with a laugh, scratching the back of his head. He scratched the dragon under the chin, "She is a beautiful creature though," he said admiringly.

Birazcir barked softly, "Xavier we should go find our dorm room," the wolf said eyeing the newcomers warily, the dragon especially. Birazcir hadn't been around too many dragon but this one ineed seemed young and unpredictable...Birazcir hated the unpredictable.

"Biz I know you enjoy you're solitude, we'll go check out our room later okay," he said petting the wolf's head as an afterthought. Birazcir growled annoyedly yet again and lay down in against the wall, paws folded under his head.

[Onira]

(OOC: Meh! I like welcoming, too!)

The distant sound of clacking shoes very quickly entered the group's range of hearing. The pattern was regular, and the volume was ever-increasing, to some the sound registering as the unpredictable, loud, and in some cases hyper-active problem-finder (not in the good way) by the name of Onira. His entrances were becoming somewhat... well know, among the students. They were embaressing, unfortunate, and generally over flashy. Today was no different.

He quickly bolted around the corner, sliding on the side of the heel of his left foot, right foot coming up to prevent a collision with the wall. It was greatly needed, probably keeping Onira's butt from getting quite a bruise, but even so, he wouldn't let that slow him down. He had a contest to win.

The pattern continued, now visible the somewhat overly extreme pumping of the arms for more speed. Although the sound was hard to hear, it was definitily there. Onira's words.

"You won't win you Moose-loving turd!"

He shot through the halls, eyes ahead of him but not really focusing. All he saw right now was the door. First one to the front stairs was the winner. And he was almost there. But, he was soon to find a problem. A problem only three meters away. A problem of a group standing in the middle of the hallway, including one Phadra Weiss.

"Oh crap!"

He pumped his legs as hard as he could, knowing full well he wouldn't be able to halt himself in time. So, he would go for the next best thing. Couldn't go through, couldn't go under, and definitely couldn't go around. There was only one way. Go over.

His leading foot left the floor, the teenager giving a somewhat powerlacking but comical roar as he flew through the air. The idea was to front-flip over the group, then land on the other side, no harm done, and he could continue to win the race. But, the universe would not let that happen.

About half way through, the back of Onira's right heel caught upon the edge of a florescent light, the student's eyes widening. The shoe came off, revealing a plain black sock, but that was not the trouble. The trouble was, the incident had greatly reduced his turning momentum, and now, he was basically flying through the air with head to the ground.

"Ahh!!"

He did what he could to continue twisting, trying to at least make it to his back instead of his head. Better off be in pain than dead. Words to live by, Onira figured. Luckily enough, he did so, his spine smacking against the ground with a painful Hwack! He skidded along for a moment, coming to a stop about 8 feet away from the group. He gave a sigh, his eyes open but looking fairly distant. It seemed for the time he was in la-lah land.

"Uhh..."

He slowly turned himself to his belly, eventually coming to his feet. He seemed a little tipsy, but overall not broken. He gave the group before him a reassuring but somewhat groggy wave.

"Howdy!"

He fell back down.