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The orbs called to her once again. Dancing ethereally through the air. They lead her away from the tree a bit and the forest cleared. A lake, pure and clean. Light from the orbs danced off it's surface.

She could hear a voice calling to her. A voice beneath the water.

Slowly she made her way to the edge, leaning an ear in to hear. But still she could not make out what it was saying. So she plunged her head beneath the surface. Now it was clear. She could understand what it wanted, what it desired.

Soon the orbs were gently pulling her from the water. She almost didn't want to leave, the water and the voice were so soothing. But she had a task to do. Cupping her hands she gathered as much water as she could. Carefully standing and making her way back to the large silver tree. The orbs guiding her all the way.

Once she had returned, she poured the water slowly over it's roots. The tree shuddered and it's barren branches trembled. Until finally a single acorn appeared and dropped to the ground. It was of a fairly decent size.

The tree withered away, but not before whispering a gentle thank you. Meixiang picked up the acorn, examining it before she dug a small hole and dropped it in. Covering the precious seed with dirt once more.

She had to hurry home, work had kept her later than usual and now she was strapped for time. Meixiang raced up the stairs to her apartment, dropped her keys at the door with a curse then stumbled on through. Kicking her shoes off and scrambling to her computer. Shaking the mouse to wake it up.

Double clicking the This Is Halloween MMO icon on her desktop, she scrambled into the bedroom and put on some comfy clothes then scurried into the kitchen for drinks and snacks. Hopping into her expensive computer chair and putting on her equally as expensive head set. Opening up the voice chat client. "Alright freaks, I'm here!" Her guildies returned with gripes and hellos and about times.

They were going to do a full on raid of the Deus Ex sanctuary tonight. Trying to be the first guild of the Horsemen faction to ever accomplish such a feat. "Alright! Meimei level 85 Archer ready to go! You guys ready to kick some Deus a**?!" Another cheer and chatter in the voice chat.

And away they went. Off on another MMO adventure. They all gathered their characters outside the gates of the sanctuary. Linking in their voice chat with the other faction guild's voice chat. s**t talking flying back and forth as the raid began. Each lost many players in the first wave, eventually all their numbers dwindled.

They were so close. So close to victory. Meixiang had managed to hang on this long just a little bit further. A few more to kill!

The lights went out. Her computer shut off and she lost all power in her apartment. Meixiang shrieked! Trying to get something to turn back on. What was going on?! Was it a black out?! Scrambling from her chair she looked out the window. No, the street lights were still on.

Looking down at the table by the door she saw her electric bill with an over due stamp on the envelope. Those...bastards turned her power off?!

The next morning at work Meixiang looked bedraggled. Tired from staying up most of the night crying and throwing tantrums in fits of rage. A co-worker and fellow guildie told her how it had all ended. After she disconnected the last of their guild wiped. Another guild had come in and taken over the fight, finishing what their guild couldn't.

If she had just payed her bill none of this would have even happened. The mundane gods were mocking her.

It was the day. The day when Meixiang came of age and she got her animal form. She was so excited that she couldn't wait to get to the great hall. Where all those of age would gather today to find out their own.

She tugged her parents along, trying to hurry them so that they wouldn't be late. To which they both laughed and told her to calm down. They would get there in time. There was no rush. They had plenty of time.

But soon they arrived. Many people from all over filtered in to watch the new younglings get their animals. The group this year was small, but that was ok. Less to take the limelight off of her. Meixiang made sure her parents got the best seat she could save them before scrambling to join the others in the middle of great hall.

A gong sounded and everyone bowed forward as the Master entered the hall. LIfting a hand to them all they all sat back to watch except for the kids in the middle. They kept their heads bowed.

"Today is a day of great celebration!" His voice boomed through out the hall. "Today you will all gain your spirit forms and come of age!" Taking a bit of sweet smelling stuff from a pouch in her sleeve, he sprinkled it over each of their heads. "Now concentrate. And summon!"

It was easy for some. They could summon their animal forms easily. Their forms changing into one of the Zodiac animals. Meixiang closed her eyes and tried to focus. Focus on become what she would.

She could feel it, the change settling into her as her body shifted and twisted until finally she had done it! Her nose wiggled and long floppy ears twitched back and forth. A rabbit? Well, at least it wasn't a rat she suppose.

Rabbits were nice.

When they had all summoned their animal selves they were instructed to change back. One after the other they returned to their normal forms.

"Now we celebrate!" Cheers rang out through the hall as music played. Food was brought out and everyone began to mingle. Meixiang ran to her parents with a wide grin on her face. "Did you see?! A rabbit!"

Your character is a wizard that goes to Pigfarts, the most prestigious wizarding school of them all. It is their first year transferring into the school, and they are scared they will be sorted into Serpentarius, the rumoured "bad group" among the four sorted groups. You secretly hope you will either be part of the Pegasi (hard working, but not very intelligent), Leo (Brave and noble), or even the Capricorns (Intelligent). If you are a horsemen, hunter, or student, it doesn't matter, you are a student of Pigfarts. You are only writing your character's POV but you can borrow NPCs and any players characters you got permission from.