You've been here one day how could you even guess

The extent of your knowledge is that she is walking in a direction you haven't been before and it feels very weird. You'd passed whatever landmarks you'd know almost a minute ago without have any control over your own legs.

"Where are we going?" You ask Emily. You hadn't spoke until now, honestly you'd been kinda freaking out and didn't want to risk your voice breaking mid question. But at this point your self preservation took charge.

"I need a favor." Emily answered.

"elaborate please."

"You sound frustrated."

"Well I have just been magically **** by someone I thought was helping me and who I thought I just hurt." Your outburst at the person currently with control over your legs may not be the smartest option but your thought it justified.

Emily stops moving and looks at you. "You did, if I didn't pull my hand back you'd be taking a one handed girl to the nurse right now. I figure you owe me this at least." She sounds angry but it was clearly covering up fear. You must have actually really hurt her. She lets out a sigh and shifts uncomfortably. "Look I'm sorry about charming you but if it makes you feel better I'm taking you somewhere that could help."

"I would be more inclined to believe you if i could take myself there." You retort.

Emily looks kinda bashful, whatever had motivated her to do all this was clearly wearing off. "Just ... look I'm taking you to the Phoenix common room. My head boy can teach you how to make charms better than i can and in return ... We'll talk about it after." She rushed out that last part and a redness was forming on her face.

All that went though your mind was in idle wondering if you were going to meet anyone girls who didn't have a domination kink. Maybe it was a magic thing.

You looked at the grotesques and did see an increasing likeness to a bird. It didn't really set your mind at ease, but knowing where you were going did help.

The rest of the walk was quiet, and as a side note this was the first time you'd gone anywhere without either having something in front of your face, following something, or rushing. What you noticed was that the paintings, walls, and everything else looked a lot cleaner and brighter. All the paintings look more animated, which was very literal. the paintings that had plants were almost waving in a breeze.

It was honestly pretty cool to see magic used in something that mundane. So far all the magic you'd seen had, well mostly just as a replacement for doing something normal, or giant fire dragons that was also pretty cool.

The two of you arrived at the phoenix door. either that or the chicken with an ego's door. You grin at the personal joke but aren't dumb enough to say it out loud. The door opens with what you think should be chicken cluck and not the quiet bird of prey screech. really missed a trick there.

The common room looks a lot like the Cerberus one with a bight red and orange theme. Kinda garish you think as you are led though it. There were a lot of people here already, mostly just chatting among themselves. No one turned to face the two of you when you walked in so small mercies.

"Sit here." Emily points at a couch and you sit. Not having control over your own legs is very strange.

You look around some more. the sound of everyone talking was an pleasant change from your own common room which mostly had either Morgan or you talking, or moaning, or just silence. Emily had walked over to one of the groups and had spoken to an older guy, no doubt the head boy. She pointed at you and he stood and walked over with her leading.

"Here he is." Emily said. It kinda felt like you were being used as show and tell.

"Yeah." the head boy looked you up and down. "Hi I'm Chris, Emily said you need some help with a charm." He offered his hand you were about to talk it when you remembered why you were here in the first place and pulled your hand back. "Emily when you said you brought him..." He looked at and she was blushing. He let out another loud sigh. "Right you." He put his hand on top of Emily's head and made her look up at him. "Go to your room and write out the rules on consent twenty times and if you do this again I swear." He doesn't finish the threat but from Emily's face it was not the first time she'd heard it.

You suddenly feel like maybe this was a common thing, and it was her first day of her second year. You really have a skill for finding a particular sort of person.

"Sorry about her. Last year she ah brought a lot of people back to her room." You feel very weird about what that implies. "The charm she used is kinda complicated, it only works for two reasons, one you have find her attractive and two you have to be interested in well you can put it together." He looks very uncomfortable. "She's not a bad person she just has a ..." He trailed off and you jump in.

"It's ok." It wasn't but that seemed the only why to end this without anymore awkwardness. "She mention you can help me with a charm."

"Did she." He sighed and look in direction she had just left. "Should have made it a hundred. Yeah sure I can help." He sat down opposite you and look huffy you have a feeling he just realized what his year was going to consist of

"I need help with using a charm. I don't know how to cast any."

"Oh that's all sure show me the charm." He held out his hand and waited. You didn't know what to do. "You do know how to draw it right."

You remembered Emily drawing on your hand. You reckon you remember it well enough to draw so you do just that. When you are finished there is no response Chris just stares at you. "What is it about second years do you all go home and like never jerk off, being this sex obsessed is really unhealthy." You open you mouth to explain but he hold up his other hand to stop you. "Promise that if Emily every, anythings with you, you'll let me know if she goes too far or..." he waves his hand and you aren't sure exactly how to take that, either he is protecting the both of you or, yeah lets stop that thought train.

"Sure."

He sighs again. "Look it's a complicated spell you need to either know what the inhibition is stopping or just overwhelm the person."

You think about that and can see two problems, one you don't know what Miss Tenebrae's inhibition are, and two you have a bigger score but you seriously doubt that is all that matter. But no point ending this too early. "Ok so how do you, you know cast it." You don't know if that is right terminology.

"What do you mean just make the symbol and touch the person."

"What if I didn't know how to do that?"

Chris gives you a long look and his eyes dart to your pin. "You know the other chicks were talking about how the guy who got that massive score wasn't an Amarok. And I did some research on the topic. So how about a deal, I'll teach you whatever you want to know and in exchange you'll owe Phoenix a few favors."

You know it is your first day and you just keep running into things. Maybe being an Amarok isn't all hot steamy sex with smoke ladies, though that seems like a really good perk. "Sure." You answer accepting that right now that is all you can do. Morgan seems, reticent to help you mentor or no and you're supposed to be marker harsher than anyone else so yeah this might be the smart thing.

"Great come with me." He stands up and walks to the exit with you behind. "Don't do anything stupid Chicks." he calls as he walks outside. Once outside he get right to teaching. "Casting a charm is the simple part. Every charm has a symbol, you need to draw that symbol on whatever you are using to cast, if you want to use your hand draw it on the part that touches them. If you want to use a stick or anything else draw it your hand then push it into to the object."

This is a lot of information and it breezing over the really important part. "How do I draw?"

Chris stops walking and looks at you. "Seriously?"

"This is my first day here." You feel really indignate about this now. This is your first day and no one has provided anything even remotely related to ... your mental anger died a little as you realize that there were in fact class that your choose not to go to.

"Right. Fine. Symbols are drawn using your mind, so if you remember the symbol you can use the charm but if you don't know it or get it wrong the charm either won't work or will end up going wrong. the first years spent months writing symbols on their palms with ink before they were allowed to cast anything so they could get used to picturing them, but you get a crash course." He stopped walking outside a door. "Ok here's the training field. I'll be here at five every day teaching some of the Phoenix chicks who need help, if you want to learn come then."

he walked though the door and into a brightly lit room with squares of sand. You are somewhat calmed by the fact there aren't any blood splodges on the sand.

"Ok crash course time." Chris grabs your hand and stamps it. You look down to see a symbol is now inked on there. "Make the symbol in your head and cast it."

You feel a slight pull in your palm and let some magic go into it figuring it would somehow be 'full' sooner or later.

"Oh by the way if you put to much magic into it your hand might explode." Chris has moved far enough away that you think he might be serious.

"How much is too much?" What if this only needed a tiny amout and you'd already way over blown it.

"You'll figure it out. or your hand will blow up, but you have another." Chris leans against a wall looking very relaxed.

This must be a trick he wouldn't actually do this. You take a step towards him annoyed at him messing with you and he backs off looking very serious.

"You-you wouldn't actually let me blow my hand off." You say hoping it's true.

"Well, you're not one of my chicks and I figure you might not be on Phoenix's side so give you a slight handy cap seems like a good idea."

You look at your palm and just noticed that you have still been putting magic into it. Ok now it is way to strong. You try and reverse the pull but don't feel anything so you don't know if worked. "So how do I cast it?!" You feel panic rising.

"You'll figure it out, or you know lose the hand." Chris was taking this way to causally. You feel a tingle in your hand and that might be the first sign of hand blowing up. You look around to see if there is anything obvious to put the charm into. The room is empty except for you and Chris. He wouldn't have actually put a dangerous symbol on your hand right?

You take a step towards him and he suddenly looks way more serious. You take another step and he straights up and starts staring you down.

You hand starts to itch and your panic reaches the point of desperation. You take another step and Chris moves his hands up to his chest. "Don't try it."

You rush at him with your hand out stretched and he grabs your arm and throws you into one of the sand pits. As soon as your palm touches the sand you stop feeling the pull. You look down and see the symbol is smudged.

"Not bad, I take it you felt the pull. Now." You feel another stamp being press against you, this time your shoulder. "We work on getting the right amount of magic into it."