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"Araceli." Araceli answered.

"Flamesurfer, Araceli.." The earth dragon muttered, looking through the scrolls. "There they are." the earth dragon answered, handing Araceli and Flamesurfer a scroll each. "The schedule should tell you which dorms you are in, and a map of the school." with that the earth dragon left, handing scrolls to other students.

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“Ok… I’m in Moonstone dorm!” Flamesurfer said

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Frost looked at the Earth dragon questioningly, curious why she got hers early before she arrived at the school. Maybe it was because she persisted on it after getting her acceptance letter.

"Anyway, it was nice meeting you guys, but I better get my stuff to my dorm," she said, pointing at her luggage. "See you when I see you," she said, with a wave of goodbye. She decided to give her tail a break from all the pulling and used her jaws instead.

On her way, she nearly clashed with a pretty green dragon with unique eyes, who was so good at blending with the surroundings she could barely see him.

"Oops, sorry," she apologized. He looked really cool to talk to but Frost desperately wanted to get rid of the burden she was currently carrying. "I hope I'll see you around again, I need to get going," she explained before she resumed her heavy work.

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“Goodbye! See ya! Anyways, Araceli, I also better go to my dorm. Bye!” Flamesurfer said.

‘I wonder what colour is my dorm?’ She thought.

‘Moonstones are blue, so I think it’s blue!’

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He squeaked when a lithe almost fairy like dragon rammed into him. She had been fluttering so fast that he didn't have any time to move away, but it didn't matter as he stood his ground against the tiny terror. Even without his ability it wasn't hard to simply let the impact sink into his large body and disperse the energy, his study scales and voluminous fur soaking it in. Really, it kind of felt like running into a wall and Pitaya took a little moment to simply fret over the delicate looking fae. He really hoped that he hadn't hurt her in any way and a low inquisitive rumble showed no visible injuries

He was about to let the other leave without any fuss, not wanting to talk with anyone but the heavy drag of luggage had him thinking twice. "Umm..." He stammered, voice surprisingly soft for someone as large and bulky as he was. "Do... you want some help with that?"

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Frost's face suddenly beamed and any hint of fatigue was washed away from her face.

"Yes!" she squeaked happily before stopping herself again from the shocked look on the dragon's face. "Please?" she added quietly. She really liked the flowers around the dragon and held back the urge to play with the pretty petals. The dragon's fur was also so soft that she wanted to sink into it and fall asleep.

She silently hoped that they would be good friends, though she didn't keep her hopes up since her chatter would be enough to drive any dragon away.

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Aether’s lips curved into a small smile. “Sure, why not?” Dragging her own bag along, she silently follows Frost. She watches, eyes observant, and alight with a sort of feverish curiosity, as Frost and Araceli. She exhales air out in a short puff, locking eyes with the dragon who asked. “My name is Aether. It means light, so I’d prefer if you called me Nyx instead. Aether is such a…light dragon name” She follows Frost, watching her and Pitaya interact, wings flapping gently, even if she wasn’t airborne

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Inside her dorm, Flamesurfer smiled. “This is what I’ve been hoping for! I only took 20 minutes to explore the whole school as well!” She yelled.

“Now it’s time to get back and meet Frost and Araceli.”

Araceli looked at her schedule, then the map, heading to where she thought the Opal dorm was. According to her older siblings who attended the school before her, all the dorms were named after gemstones, and they were designed to house many dragons of all kinds. She wondered what kind of dorm mates she would have.

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Upon receiving her schedule, she looked at it. Rose Quartz dormitories….oh good grief they named it after rocks. She turns to Pitaya and Frost. “Hi, I’m Aether. But please call me Nyx. How are you even managing to carry that heavy bag?” She asks Frost

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●∘◦❀ Pitaya ❀◦∘●
Blinking slowly, Pitaya nodded meekly, having had reeled back in surprise after the loud exclamation. "Y-yeah. It's no problem." He affirmed quietly as he bent down, steady wings gently picking up the heavy luggage and place it on his back. He was steady as he carried the luggage in addition to his own, his large frame coming in handy. He glanced over to see a brooding dragon following the spry fae around. It was almost hilarious to see two dragons with such different ways of holding themselves stick so close to each other. The steady flapping of the other dragon's wings was oddly helpful, helping him locate her even without having to make any noise himself. He knew it wasn't on purpose but he was grateful nonetheless. Still he nodded to the regal looking dragon when she introduced herself. He himself was a bit hesitant to do so, not really looking to be making friends. He just felt bad that a dragon so small was carrying something so heavy. Naming himself would just give them a reason to think that they were close and the small dragon especially seemed like the type of dragon who would latch her jaws onto a potential target and never let go.

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Flapping her wings, Flamesurfer flew back to the spot where Frost were. But where was Frost?

“Frost was here 30 minutes ago… Where would she go?” She fluttered her wings and continued to search for Frost.

“Aha! I see her flying with… 2 new dragons?? I’ve never seen the 2 dragons.” One of the dragon was green, one was pitch black.
“Huh… I must go and see!” Flamesurfer flew to Frost.

“Hi Frost! I see you have 2 new friends! What are your names? :)”

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Frost glanced at Aether, feeling energized once more with the weight off her shoulders. Well, tail.

"Its normal actually. I always carry this much whenever I leave home," she answered Nyx. The pack she was carrying right now was the bare minimum amount of stuff she'd bring, and hadn't she restrict herself, she would've brought two of those heavy luggage. After minutes of walking, they'd finally reached Frost's destination.

"Ahhh, we're finally here~" she let out a happy and relieved sigh. "I'll take it from here. Thanks a lot for your help..." her bright voice trailed off at the sudden realization that she didn't know the dragon's name. She didn't ask, though, she'd let him tell her whenever he wanted too. From their brief meeting, she knew he would prefer to be alone for now.

She heard another set of wings coming and looked up to see Flamesurfer approaching. Even though she wanted to go in and unpack as soon as possible, she decided to hang around outside with the others, at least until the green dragon can return to his dorm.

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Squirming under the attention as yet another dragon made herself known, Pitaya gently set Frost's luggage down beside the small dragon. "I-if that's it I'll be going now. Okay, bye. Have a good day. O-or semester." He blurted out before pathetically hightailing it out of there, scattered pink petals from various flowers the only indication that he had been there at all. If there was one thing Pitaya prided himself on it was his fleet footed nature, paws light against the comforting earth with just enough weight to spring him from one step into the next but still firm enough to embrace the earth and Her voice.

After managing to successfully escape, the burly dragon slowed down to try and gain his bearings again when a smallish voice had him jumping. "There you are! I've been looking all over for you." An earth dragon huffed, having come out of seemingly nowhere. Apologies poured out of his mouth in an endless stream as Pitaya nearly dug a hole on school grounds with how much lowering he was doing. The attendant merely dismissed his apologies and dropped his schedule by his feet before taking off again.

Once he was absolutely sure that the other had left, Pitaya gently rolled the scroll between his claws, opening it up. He was surprised to see that pockmarks littered the parchment, detailing his schedule, dorm, and map all with a brush of his paw. It was nice of them to do that for him as he ran a claw over his supposed place of residence. Diamond dorm, huh? Well it shouldn't be too hard to find. Hopefully.

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“Well, I can’t believe that new dragon quickly left.” Flamesurfer said to Frost. “Well, did you take a look at the school, inside? It’s pretty! And VERY BIGG!”

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Frost wasn't surprised that the dragon scurried off, she shouted a goodbye to him but she doubted he heard her since he literally vanished out of view.

"He's not much of a social dragon," Frost told Flamesurfer. "And I have yet to check out my dorm, but judging by your descriptions, it must be nice," she continued. She grasp the luggage with her tail again and pushed open the doors.

"Well, I have to go, again. Hope we see each other soon!" she said before her small body disappeared into the shadow of the dorms.

Calling the dorm big was an understatement, it was enormous. Just the common area was enough to make rooms for 5 dragons. Excited, she gathered her remaining energy and made the final steps to her room, which was as big as the common room she saw previously. She felt happy and relieved that the room would be big enough to fit all her possessions. She started unpacking her stuff and organizing them into places.

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“See you!” Flamesurfer cried to Frost, and headed towards her dorm.

“I’m alone now in my comfortable dorm. Ima have a break and eat some food.” She scurried to open her luggage bag, which has a lot of sweets, and chocolates in it.

“You’re very loud…” Aether states, as she visibly winced, heading off with a parting greeting to Frost “Asanti. May we all find peace” She clutches her schedule in her mouth daintily, heading off. “Hello, again. We met shortly before, but I never got your name. I suppose you’re in Sapphire dorms? You look lost, you don’t know your way there do you?” She asks, looking up as she sees Pitaya once again. Her paws were folded regally in front of her, wings still fluttering gently as she fixes Pitaya with a stern but kind gaze

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Two small shapes watched from a corner in the Rose Quartz dorm, waiting to see if they would have anymore Dormmates, and listening to the noises of excited dragons running and flying by the dorm.
Aren't you glad now that you listened to me when I said we should come last night?
Yes, but what if we miss something important?
Really, what would we miss? We already have our schedules, and if all the dragons need to gather in one place at some point, it would be dumb to skip checking the domortories for dragons.
...well, ok, in that case, yes.
Their telepathic conversation more or less finished, Yumi and Mimi go back to silently watching the dorm door (entrance?).

Well. That was it. He was lost.

Halu glanced around hurriedly. There were dragons all around him, and he could barely see a few feet ahead of him. He had thought that going deeper into the school might allow him to escape the ruckus, but he had been proven wrong by the sheer number of dragons that seemed to come from absolutely nowhere. It was starting to get a little scary- Halu's long, winding body was curled up like a spring so his tail wouldn't be stepped on as he was jostled about by the crowd trying to get from here to there. His luggage was strapped to his torso so it wouldn't fall off, but now that only hindered his movements more as he tried to make a break for it. The noise and the clamoring became too much and he shot up in the air, overwhelmed. Suddenly, he was looking down at a bunch of startled faces, and he grew hot with embarrassment.

It was no use coming back down now, though- he could finally see where he was going. Trying to ignore the chatter that rose from below, he flew along the ceiling, searching for somewhere he could escape from all the dragons. Halu didn't consider himself a particularly lonesome dragon, but he hated large crowds, and as he flew down the halls with incredible swiftness he began to see the crowd thinning out. He moved with such grace in the air it was almost like he was swimming, and though he preferred actual swimming to flying, this was a good way to get around. Once he saw an opening that was quiet enough to land, Halu spiraled back down to the ground and landed with a soft thud.

Glancing around at his surroundings, Halu could barely see any dragons around now. He breathed a sigh of relief as his ears gradually stopped ringing from the chaos of the prior halls. As he studied the walls around him even more, Halu realized with a start that he had flown all the way to the dorms. He had no idea if they were even the right dorms, though, and he was still very, very lost.

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