Where I’m heading in my writings and how I need your help!
Just an update for those who are curious. I took another break mainly because I thought that my work was not that exciting/not interesting to read. I was also beginning to doubt my skills and also had such a hard time coming up with ideas.
During my break though, I have improved so much! I took some fiction writing workshops which provided me well needed feedback. I also began taking a fiction writing course this semester which has helped me take my writing to the next level already!
So, that’s leaves me here. I’m not sure which direct I want to take this blog, because I truly love W101 and writing about it but I feel like I’m not connecting with alone. That leaves me to ask you guys for your welcomed opinions. Please, tell me what sort of things you would like so see, for me to continue or if there’s anything you don’t like that I’ve written. You’re feedback will be so much appreciated!!!!
Ravenwood School of Magic regrets to inform that you have failed one of your previous classes last summer and you are required to take a summer course. Unfortunately for you, this course is taught by professor Dworgyn and the class is filled with 7 different distinct characters. Good luck young wizard and have a great summer!
Notes: Relationships are complicated. Let me know what your favorite part was/is!
Alura was already fed up with Summer School. Their first assignment in Dworgyn’s class was to fill out an ice-breaker worksheet based around questions about them. Their main school, interests, favorite food, why they are failures, and who are their closest friends. What could have made this unnecessary invasion of privacy worse? She got paired with Alexander Ash who was currently yapping in her ear.
Alexander Ash was well known around school for his good looks, PVP skills, and that he is an idiot. He was like a golden retriever puppy with his shiny blonde hair and overexcited attitude. Though he got on her nerves, Alura could not deny that he was handsome. He had beautiful baby blue eyes that stood out against his sun-kissed skin and his blinding white smile. Alexander’s parents had to be rich, they just had to be. He was always dressed in the newest fashion and not to mention he took summer school like 70 times which is very expensive itself. Since he was just an adorable golden retriever, everyone in the school liked him even if he was sorta annoying. Like how he was talking about how much he loves ninjas for the last ten minutes.
Instead of listening to Alexander, Alura’s eyes wandered to the other side of the classroom. Stupid Deidre got paired up with stupid Fallon Flower! Don’t they already know each other?! That’s not fair! The scowl on her face only got deeper when they started to laugh together. Since when was Deidre best pals with Fallon Flower?
“You know Valkoor’s my best friend!” Alexander chirped into her ear. “And I don’t get jealous when he hangs out with other people.” He finished with a giant smile.
Oh? So maybe the idiot is not so much of an idiot after all? Well, he should have minded his own business!
It is no secret among the students of Ravenwood that Alexander Ash and Ian IceEyes are mortal enemies. They used to be the best of friends until the beginning of last semester when Ian threw his lunch all over Alexander in the middle of the Commons. Now, they can’t even be in the same room as each other without glaring daggers. Alexander now claims that he is best friends with Valkoor, but Alura knows that he is Alex’s backup friend.
“I thought you were best friends with Ian? What happened to that?” Alura smirked. Ok, yes she might be just a little bit of a bitch! Oh well, he asked for it! Seeing Alexander’s permanent smile drop for just a second was satisfying but also made her heart drop. Then, that idiot had to go and open his mouth.
“Well….I’m friends with everyone, really! We should be friends too! Y’know I failed the Summoning Minions course too! Professor Drake wouldn't even let me within 5 feet of the Myth school!” Alexander shouted out for everyone to hear.
Alura knows that Alexander probably didn’t mean to reveal her deep dark secret to everyone. And she was probably asking for it after bringing up his ex-friend. But, by the Spiral does she want to strangle the life out of him!
“Aren’t Myth wizard’s supposed to be good at summoning minions? Isn’t that like, the whole point?” The mocking voice of the one and only Anna RoseDust filled the room. Laughter followed shortly after that as Alura received a pity stare from her best friend, Deidre. It was never any fun being on the receiving end of Anna’s tongue lashings as they were famous for making even the strongest of wizards cry.
For a life wizard, Anna was anything but friendly. She was the anti-Fallon. At first glance, one would assume she was a Death wizard with her long black hair, dark eyes and permanent scowl. She was tall and lanky, wearing too much jewelry, and no one is sure that she knows how to heal. The only reason that she got stuck in summer school in the first place was her failure to work as a teammate. Which is teacher language for saying she is a total brat who needs a reality check.
On the left side of Anna was her new lackey Ian IceEyes. Since ending his friendship with Alex, Ian has converted over to the dark side. Everyone and their mother thought that Ian was better off hanging out with literally anyone besides Anna. But birds of the same feather flock together. Ian must have just been good at hiding his secret bitchy side. He too was very tall and lanky but had a charming white smile and beautiful silver eyes. Paired with very short black hair, a deep dark skin tone, and a soft-spoken voice. Yes, Ian was very handsome, but now he’s on Alura’s ‘hate list’ for laughing at her.
“Do you know what a Satyr even is?” Deidre stepped in before Anna had the chance to continue her tongue lashing. Bless Bartleby for Deidre’s existence. While Deidre and Anna began to hash it out Alex leaned forward towards Alura with sad puppy eyes.
“I’m sorry Alura, I didn’t know it was a secret.”
“It’s okay you didn’t mean wrong you big lug.” Alura sighed before making awkward eye contact with Ian who looked like he was ready to murder her. She then started to think that maybe Alex wasn’t as happy as he pretended to be and maybe he didn’t have that many friends. She took a final glance at Deidre and Fallon before deciding that she was in the same boat. “So, you say you like ninjas?”
After two torturous hours of Dworgyn’s meaningless lecture, it’s finally lunchtime. Alura, Deidre and unfortunately Fallon gathered in The Commons with their lunch.
“Do you have to bring her everywhere?” Alura seethed, she truly could not stand Fallon’s yapping any longer.
“Stop insulting her.” Deidre snapped shocking Alura who was going to respond but was cut off by an even more annoying sound.
“LURA!!!!” A loud call came from the one and only Alexander Ash who jogged his way over to their group.
“You know, if you feed it, it will never leave,” Deidre smirked behind her hand while Alura rethought her life choices.
“Hey, Lura! You wanna meet my friends?”
“Why would she want to even hang out with you? You’re a moron.” The bratty comments just couldn't stop coming from Deidre. This comment, in particular, pissed Alura off. How could Deidre say something like that to Alex? She barely knows him! And who is she to say who she could and could not hang out with.
“I’d rather hang out with this moron than that moron if I’m truthfully honest.” Alura snapped at Deidre who had her mouth hanging open in disbelief. “Let’s go pup.” Alura grabbed an oblivious Alex by the arm as they stormed off.
“You’ll love my friends, they are just so kind and funny and smart and-VALKOOR!!!!”
“ALEXANDER!!!!” The two idiots shouted at each other from across the pound before Alex pulled Alura along to reunite with his one brain cell holder. Alura was beginning to rethink her life choices for the second time today.
Valkoor is the heartthrob of Ravenwood and there is no arguing with that! Tall and charismatic beauty that made everyone blush. Everyone. He was always smiling, laughing and being an accidental flirt. Blemish free tan skin with stunning brown eyes and a mop of curly hair on his head. He may be a little loose in the noggin and a storm wizard but those are his only bad qualities. He is perfect and his unofficial fan club would agree.
Alura was suddenly distracted by a black blob moving to stand up. Oh by the Spiral it’s Kane Wraith. Abort mission abort! Before Alura could even think about running away Alexander began to introduce her to his odd friends.
“Ok, guys, this is Alura, Alura this is Valkoor and Kane.”
W101 Headcanons- What Happens In The Actual Classes: Fire
Tests
All of the tests/quizzes/homework is done on school-provided tablets.
This is because everything is on fire... so, Ravenwood implemented these changes.
All of the required readings are available online as well.
Always under a lock-down browser so you can’t just cheat and look up the answers.
Since the tests are online, they are usually 90% multiple choice and 10% short answer.
Also because the worst thing about Falmea’s tests is the TIME LIMIT!!!
Having the tests online gives Falmea the ability to set a timer during the tests so students get locked out when the time is up.
Which is A HORRIBLE IDEA!!
Falmea always makes the test time super short.
“Alright class, there is a test today... you have 15 minutes, good luck.”
Insert sounds of speed typing
The questions are generally not that hard, thankfully.
If they all get relatively good scores, Falmea will host a pizza party.
Homework
The homework is always submitted online, so it includes assignments like, making a powerpoint, writing a paper, and participating in online discussions.
All due at 11:59pm and that is a deadly time stamp when you procrastinate.
You can find Fire wizard’s in the library’s computer lab at 11pm typing so fast the keys start to spark.
In response to this, Harold Argleston demanded that the library receive fire-resistant keyboards.
Falmea is also big on no plagiarism so if it even looks like another student's paper, to the headmaster.
Fire wizards will seek out help to have their papers peer-reviewed.
But, since Fire wizards but so much effort and passion into what they do, any critics a little too harsh and they are ready to fight.
Students
All radiate chaotic energy
Always have a tan or sunburn
Or sweating just a lil bit
Emailing and texting each other on their tablets during the lecture
EVERY. SINGLE!!! Fire wizard thirsts over Falmea!! Actively!!!
Get angry/ defensive when students from other schools try to thirst
“If you even look at Falmea too long, you getting burnt fool!”
Naive and kind-hearted but will get angry quickly and you will feel their wraith
Sprinklers, sprinklers everywhere
Friends with Storm wizards so they can Tempest when they get too heated
They have a tendency to put too much effort into their work and eventually, it will consume them
It will leave them too drained to hang out or even participate in their favorite hobbies
Over time, they will regain that spark and return to their old self
This writer believes that they are generally introverts
Once you are friends with a Fire wizard you are friends for LIFE!
Wear their hearts on their sleeves
They will truly love you and your friendship and will constantly show their affection
So if they lose a friend or a lover, they will take it very hard and might not be themselves for a long while
Love hot weather and going to the beach
“Sleep? I don’t know about sleep! It’s Summertime!!!”
They are outside on the first day of summer even if it’s still cold outside
See’s one snowflake outside and they flip
Dormmates HATE them because it’s always hot!!
Touch the thermostat and they know
Love firecrackers so they use any celebration to use them
Just graduated? Firecrackers!!
Just got married? Firecrackers!!
Just gave birth? FIRECRACKERS!!
Favorite student pass time is the afterschool roast sessions
Gather at Firecat Alley to diss each other until someone has to call the fire department
Always roasting each other but if someone from another school tries to join in, it is suddenly not funny anymore and now they must burn
The Fire School also hosts some of the best rappers in our generation
Everyone listens to gangster rap, NO EXCLUSIONS!!!
Getting emotionally attached to everything
Accidently setting things on fire
Because of this, all Fire wizards carry cards, no cash
Never get tired of the color red
Have 10000 speeding tickets and have tricked out mounts
Leave behind a trail of ash
Can’t cook, just burn
Either overdress or dressed sporty
Love spicy food!! Hot sauce on everything!
A viral video circulated of The Fire School’s Student Body President chugging a bottle of siracha.
He is in the hall of fame, a true hero.
Teacher’s pets, always leaving gifts on Falmea’s desk from apples to....
“I-Is that your arm, bro??”
On every sports team
Become’s the child of everyone
Pranking the Ice school and then feeling guilty about it
Exams
Fire wizards are lucky bastards who don’t have to take final exams!!
Once anyone from any school hears this they are ready to revolt.
Instead of a formal exam, they have to write a 10-page thesis and prepare a 15-minute long presentation in front of Falmea, Gamma, and the Headmaster.
Which may sound easy but its actually a lot of consuming work
The presentation part is taken very seriously
You have to get at least a C- on this to even pass the class
During exam season, expect to never see a single fire wizard
They put all of their energy into this final
Suddenly everyone pitties the Fire school
The Fire students are tight-knit group, so if someone does fail it is hard to celebrate if they passed
Falmea works extra hard with the students so they don’t fail
Field Trips
Falmea would like to take her students out into new environments to learn but with the tight lesson plan, she cannot always do that.
Trips to Dragonspyre to have hands-on training with the forge.
Takes them to the desserts of Krokotopia so that they can practice the limits of their firepower without fear of burning.
Balance wizards are ready to flip tho.
For trips, they always bring lots of water and a fire extinguisher.
To be continued… Death/Storm/Life/Ice/Myth/Balance
Feel free to add on to these if you have any more ideas!
I’m so excited about the summer school fanfic that I’ve already written the next two chapters! Which is so odd for me because I usually never have that kind of energy to write that much in just a few days 😭 like I’m low key proud of myself and shook?
Ravenwood School of Magic regrets to inform that you have failed one of your previous classes last summer and you are required to take a summer course. Unfortunately for you, this course is taught by professor Dworgyn and the class is filled with 7 different distinct characters. Good luck young wizard and have a great summer!
Categories:
Humor, Adventure, Romance, Slight Angst.
Warnings:
Slight drug mention (Basically, a vine reference)
Notes: This is a multichapter fanfiction based around a self-made Wiz OC. I also created other OC’s that are presented in this story. Also, this may be riddled with mistakes. The rest of my notes will be at the end of this, thank you!
Ravenwood School of Magic regrets to inform that you have failed one of your previous classes last summer and you are required to take a summer course. Unfortunately for you, this course is taught by professor Dworgyn and the class is filled with 7 different distinct characters. Good luck young wizard and have a great summer!
Categories:
Humor, Adventure, Romance, Slight Angst.
Warnings:
Slight drug mention (Basically, a vine reference)
Notes: This is a multichapter fanfiction based around a self-made Wiz OC. I also created other OC’s that are presented in this story. Also, this may be riddled with mistakes. The rest of my notes will be at the end of this, thank you!
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Hello beloved student, Alura Dream,
We regret to inform you that you have failed the following class(s).
Summoning Minions 101
Ravenwood invites you to join our Summer School Program next semester. This program allows students to get a head start with their courses! This is also an opportunity for students who have failed any previous courses to redeem themselves.
We look forward to seeing you!
Signed,
Headmaster Ambrose.
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Humiliating. Utterly Humiliating.
How did she fail the Summoning Minions course? She put all of her time and effort into that class! Of course, professor Drake would fail her, he is pure evil! Now, she’s going to have to waste her entire summer with professor Dworgyn in summer school! Ugh.
How was she going to tell her parents? What are all of her friends going to think? Was this going to make her transcript look bad? Were these classes going to be brutal?
Alura let out one final groan before face planting into her mattress. She quickly pulled out her phone, took a picture of her letter and sent it to her roommate on WizSnap. The response came quicker than she expected, with a picture of an identical letter and the caption ‘Are you copying me?’. Alura let out a snort, of course, Deidre was going to Summer School. Speaking of the Devil, Deidre decided to call at that moment.
“Yellow?”
“What class did you fail?” Straight to the point as always.
“You wouldn’t believe it… Summoning Minions course.” Let the ridicule begin.
“Aren’t you supposed to be a Myth wizard? Like that’s your main school. You know summoning minions is like half the battle right??”
“No, Deidre I didn’t know! Thanks for the info!” Alura huffed as she tossed around on her bed.
“Sorry, not sorry. Maybe you didn’t know, it is valuable information. Anyways, I failed due to lack of attendance which is incorrect! I was there! Al-has-been just didn’t see me because he is a geezer!”
“Maybe you should bring it up to Headmaster Ambr-”
“No. You know he scares me.”
“How?”
“Too many secrets…”
“Deidre!” Alura rolled her eyes. “You better submit your dorm forms in on time! I don’t want to end up rooming with any of these idiots this summer!”
“No offense, Alura… but you are one of those idiots.”
“Deidre, just get it done!!” Alura was about to hang up until she heard the muffled screams from her friend.
“Wait, wait, Alura! Listen, even though we got put into Summer School, we are still smart and valid. Let’s not waste the short summertime we have before we get sent back to Ravenwood with sorrow! Let’s have fun these next two weeks, okay?”
Deidre did have a point. Alura was looking forward to having a fun summer this year since she worked so hard in the spring. This stupid Summer School wasn’t going to rain on her parade!
“You’re right, Deidre!”
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“Deidre, I hate you,” Alura grumbled under her breath. The pair were steadily unpacking their bags back into their old Ravenwood dorm room.
“I may be a literal genius but I cannot predict the future.”
The two weeks before Summer School started was supposed to be packed full of fun, but instead, it was filled with rain, sunburn, and a broken AC. Not to mention Alura’s parents wanted to kill her for getting put into Summer School. Thankfully, Alura got a dorm with Deidre this summer instead of some rando like she feared she would.
Deidre was her best friend even though she had a bad habit of being a know-it-all. Deidre was proficient in Balance magic, though she felt the fool did not have any balance at all. She stood short at the height of 4’9” with sandy brown hair and glittery brown eyes. You couldn’t miss those giant eyes since they are enhanced with her giant circle framed glasses that had a decorative chain wrapped around her neck so she could never lose them. Deidre’s wavy brown hair complemented her tan sun-kissed skin and framed her freckled filled face. Too bad Deidre’s hair was never done and was always a big rat’s nest that has a pencil lost somewhere in there. Alura remembered when she first met Deidre, she thought the Balance wizard had to be popular since she was so beautiful. That was until Deidre opened her loudmouth.
“Where should I put this?” Alura was snatched away from her thoughts when Deidre called out to her, holding a giant Krok skeleton.
“Nowhere near me or the kitchen!” She snapped.
Yes, Deidre was certainly a character. When they first met, Deidre commented on her style of hair. Asking if she was a real mermaid in disguise as a human. No filter. The Myth wizard had big curly long waves dyed a purplish pink color. It was her freshman year and she wanted to be edgy, okay?? The color compliments the yellow in her uniform as well. Anyways, Alura was considered a beaut at Ravenwood! Standing at a whopping 5’5” with mocha skin, piercing deep brown eyes, and a unique beauty mark that adorned her cheek. Thinking to herself… was she all that pretty or was she just hyping her head??
“Deidre, am I pretty?”
“You’re beautiful.” Not good enough.
“Is my butt big?”
“Humongous.”
“What about my boobs?”
“.........they’re okay.”
“You die here.”
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Sick, disgusting, awful, putrid, tainted, horrific, nasty, unbearable, the worst thing that has ever graced this eart-.
“It has a lot of personality, I’ll say.” Deidre’s annoying voice snapped Alura out of her thoughts.
They stood in front of the Death School, peering up at the broken-down relic. Mortis, The Death Tree, breathing heavily to their left and sending chills up Alura’s spine. She was reluctant to even venture inside of the building, fearing that it could be worse inside.
“It’s horrible.” Alura snapped at her friend.
“You’ll live, if not, I’ll give you a helping hand.”
“Deidre, you don’t even carry that spell.”
“I play offense.” Just then, they heard what sounded like someone hitting a triangle.
“Come now, children!” Alura groaned at the sound of professor Dwyorgan’s voice.
As the duo entered the shabby school, they recognized several familiar faces scattered around the classroom. One, in particular, burst out of their seat to greet them.
“Deidre!!! Alura!!! I didn’t know you guys were coming!! How fun! A whole summer with the gang!” Screeched the notorious life wizard, Fallon Flower. Fallon was the example of someone who would make an excellent camp counselor. She was always happy no matter what, got amazing grades, probably never cursed in her life, and was a teacher’s pet. She was a tall girl, probably 5’10”, blonde hair cut into a short straight bob, pale skin and bright baby blues. Something about Fallon that always pissed Alura off besides being generally annoying was her lack of fashion sense. Do you know how many ways you can style green? Fallon always seemed like her grandmother dressed her for her first day of preschool!
“Since when was she apart of our gang??” Alura hissed at Deidre who simply ignored her to go sit next to Fallon. “Fallon, what are you even doing here?? You don’t fail at anything except for being a bearable human being.”
“Oh, of course, I didn’t fail anything, silly! I’m here to enhance my knowledge!” That sentence alone made Alura look like she sucked on a lemon. Being here? Willingly? Only Fallon Flower. She pinched the bridge of her nose and reluctantly sat next to Deidre, who she would kill later.
Alura was ready to roast Fallon again until she got an elbow in the ribs from her best friend.
“Look who’s over there!” Deidre whispered in her ear and pointed. “Anna RoseDust and Ian IceEyes!? Aren’t they geniuses? I wonder what they’re in for?”
Alura pursed her lips in thought. “Probably to enhance their knowledge.” She snickered before receiving another elbow to the gut.
“No, no, no! People like them don’t just take summer school for fun. They’re cool people! They spend their summers at resorts, parties, having fun! Maybe doing some weed?”
“I doubt they do drugs.” Alura rolled her eyes. “They probably really did get flunked, serves them right acting so high and mighty.”
“Mmm, I can’t wait to find out.” Deidre grinned evilly then turned around. “No surprise that Alexander Ash and Valkoor are here. Those idiots make rocks look like scholars!”
Alura turned to look at the said idiots and simply raised her eyebrows. Said gentlemen were engaged in a rousing staring contest against each other, how thrilling. Her eyes traveled to the far back of the room and spotted a hooded figure. Sat there, was a boy covered in all black focused on his phone underneath the desk. Her curiosity peaked.
“Who is he?”
“Don’t stare!” Deidre hissed and whipped her back around to the front. “That’s Kane Wraith. He’s a Death student and the word on the street is that he never speaks! They also say that he used to hang out with the wrong crowd.” She whispered in Alura’s ear.
“Mhmm! I heard the same.” Fallon joined in. “I think it was a gang!”
Alura did not reply but took in the information. It seemed like petty rumors that someone made up. She turned back around to look at him which was a mistake. Alura made direct eye contact with a pair of silvery eyes and a matching smirk that sent a deep chill up her spine. She darted back around with a single sweat drop rolling down her neck. Okay, maybe those rumors are true and also she will never gossip about him again.
“Good morning, class! Welcome to your first day of Summer School!” Dworgyn announced cheerfully. “I look forward to spending these weeks with you and I’ll assume you all do not feel the same! Oh well, you are here because you all have something in common. You’re failures! Except for you Fallon, you're a star! The rest of you though, losers, failures, probablywon'tgraduate. ANYWAYS, do not worry, students! I will turn you into geniuses by the end of this summer! Aaand if not...you’ll be recommended to perhaps...do something else with your life. BUT! Do not worry! I have a 100% success rate!”
“He does!” Alexander Ash agreed from across the room. “I pass summer school every time!”
Alura groaned this is going to be a long summer.
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Notes: Bet you thought you’d seen the last of me!! This was something that I’ve had on my mind for a long time and I’ve finally got the courage and inspiration to write it. It is not perfect by no means but I'm proud that it’s finally out and that I’m writing again because I’ve missed it so much. I haven't abandoned my other projects, I will get back to them eventually, but this particular story is just so much fun and easy to write! I also plan to update this weekly. You can also read this story on Fanfiction.net and ao3. Again, thank you!
Life / Death / Myth / Fire / Storm / Ice / Balance
Into The New World (Fanfiction):
Coming Soon
Ravenwood’s Summer School Program (Fanfiction):
Summary: Ravenwood School of Magic regrets to inform that you have failed one of your previous classes last summer and you are required to take a summer course. Unfortunately for you, this course is taught by professor Dworgyn and the class is filled with 7 different distinct characters. Good luck young wizard and have a great summer! Follow Alura Dream as she suffers through Summer School!
“Don’t wait for a special miracle. There’s a rough road in front of us. With unknowable future and obstacles, I won’t change. I can’t give up”
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Language: English
Genre: Adventure & Romance
Fandom: Wizard 101
Rating: T
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SUMMARY
Enter into the new world of Taryn Drake.
High school graduate, Taryn Drake, is left unsure about what direction her life will go in since she has yet to choose a college to attend. Stuck living in a mundane routine, she longs for a drastic change and gets exactly what she wishes for. Taryn then receives a mysterious letter in the mail for a full-ride scholarship to Ravenwood School of Magical Arts.
I endlessly admire fic authors who have betas and write chapters and chapters ahead of what they post because you best believe my needy ass is slapping just-finished, mildly edited and typo-laden fics onto AO3 the moment they’re done so I can get that sweet sweet validation
No offense i didnt spend my entire childhood being made fun of for my interests, fear judgement all the way through my teens and early adulthood, and learn to love what i love free of shame so I could be made to feel bad for enjoying something harmless because “the fandom ruined it/made it cringey”
