A letter and a few paperwork is sent to you, alongside a black witch dress, randomly showing up on your desk.
“Greetings [Name]! it is with great honor to announce that you have been invited to attend Arcane Witch Institute. The Headmistress has noticed your potential for greater magical prowess, and would like to help train you at this academy. Before you is a dress that you must wear for the entrance ceremony.
Alongside these letters, we would appreciate it if you could fill out the student form and tell us more about you so that we can decide on your classes and dorm. Please complete them as soon as possible, they will return back to the school on their own once you’re done. We’re excited to hear your reply!
Sincerely, Miss Collector.”
A portal will be opened the next day for you to send any luggage that you want. A small purple vial will appear on your desk too, to which you’ll need to take. You needs to be wearing the witch dress before you drink it, however. And now, your eyes shut.
There is no test or entrance exam that students need to pass to see if they are “truly fit” or “truly ready” for this school. The people that this school picks are all intelligent and powerful in their own right after all, She knows they are!
If you have received an invitation from the school—from the Headmistress—then that is enough to say that you’re worthy. Do not question the Headmistress’s judgement.
ENTRANCE CEREMONY + DORM SORTING.
Upon awakening from your slumber, you will find yourself on a soft bed. The room is small, with a single window that is too foggy to look out from. There’s a goblet resting on the table with a strange liquid in it, which you will need to take with you as you leave. Following a glittering trail will help lead you to the Witches’ Covenstead, where the sorting takes place.
The Witches’ Covenstead is a giant greenhouse. In here are the other students for the ceremony, and you can see the moon shining up high through the transparency of the greenhouse. There are empty rows of dirt for the new students; the liquid in the goblet will be poured to water the row. The water will change color as it goes into the seeds to make it grow.
Either roses, alstroemerias, coral flowers, jasmines, calla lilies, chrysanthemums or commelina flowers will bloom. The Headmistress will then announce the dorm thats been decided for you.
However, if none of the listed flowers bloom for you, then…well, you’ll find out.
You cannot change to a different dorm once you’ve been sorted; there are no exceptions to this. The Headmistress’s choice is absolute.
Students have two weeks prior to stay in the school to get used to the environment and Shadow Servants. There’s a tour every day by the Welcoming Committee, but maps are still handed out to the students if they understandably still don’t really remember or understand things. Of course, the first thing the Welcoming Committee will do is show you to your dorm room.
It’s also recommended that you give some sort of sketch for, or at least tell the staff, how you want your uniforms to look like, unless you’re completely fine with the default uniforms.
Students need to choose a familiar before the two weeks are over, as they are required for your magic classes. If you’d like to know more about familiars and magical creatures, please click here.
There are a few items that need to be given to you before your school life actually starts:
Your magic gem and brooch.
Everything else is up to you until school starts. Have fun, new witch. Bloom well.
