Miss Lana brought the mongoose dragons inside for the night. Her Iguana Parrot landed on her shoulder. [i]"Hey there Iggy"[/i] She said to her friend as she caressed its head. [i]"we're almost done, then we'll eat, you impatient creature."[/i] It was getting dark and it looked as if it would start raining soon as well. She made sure the turtle ducks were in the shelter she had built for them. The little turtle ducklings that had hatched a few months ago, were -despite the fact that they had grown a lot already- still horribly cute. Finally she carefully brought in the sabertooth moose-lion. Now Bob -the moose-lion- was mostly easygoing, but he reacted very badly to the Armadillo Lion that her very own brother had thought of as a good idea to bring to a school environment. Luckily the armadillo lion was asleep in his cage, and bob followed her without any struggles. The first drops of rain fell on her skin as she walked towards the school building. In the distance, she could vaguely hear thunder. Before she went in, she took a deep breath to smell the scent of the coming summerstorm. She exhaled with a sigh and opened the door. 

Inside she found that dinner was coming to an end. As she walked over to the teachers table, she overheard some conversations from students. Many of them were about what people had been doing in the summer. Some talked about what they hoped to be doing this year and some welcomed the first years. Or made fun of them. Many conversations however, were also about pro-bending. She could even hear some students talking about a name for their team already. A few tables further the sandbender girl was trying to stir things up. Lana rolled her eyes. Always the same with this girl. She was a good kid though. Tough as well. Lana was just not in the mood to have to fetch Healer Kormak later. 

When she was about to sit down to eat something, she felt a hand on her shoulder. It was Jingo. [i]"Let's bring the kids to bed."[/i] He said with his deep and monotone voice. 
[i]"Damn"[/i] she muttered under her breath. She was getting very hungry now. Jingo silently looked at her.
[i]"Fine. I mean: yes, let's show them the dormitories."[/i] 
She gave Iggy a piece of fish and she took a chunk of bread for herself to chew on. With the chunk of bread still in her hand, she stood in front of the hall, next to Jingo. The large firebender just stood there in front of the hall, waiting for a few seconds. His presence commanded respect in a totally different way than headmaster Saigei's did. When the students closest to him realised that he wanted to say something, they went silent. Their example was followed by the students around them. Then, before it was silent, but when the volume had dropped enough, Jingo spoke: [i]"First years. Gather here and take your belongings with you. Miss Lana and I will show you to the dormitories."[/i]

Leanara had already brought a group of first years to the front. The other first years were quickly taking their bags and whatnot and also joined the group. From the way that Leanara looked at her, she could tell what she was thinking. Namely: 'Why can't the man be a bit more welcoming to the kids? Now he sounds like a sergeant.' Or something along those lines. Lana thought that the Politics and Diplomcy teacher had never had quite understood Jingo. But then again, Lana was one of the few people who knew his warmer side.