Well there goes any chance of leaving, Ruby thought miserably. She let her head drop to the table and she repeated the oath slowly, hissing once when she realised that it was physically hurting her to do so. She ground out the words from between her teeth and shuddered as every rune was carved into her flesh. She was crying onto the wood of the table but did not lift her head for anyone to see what she was doing. She tried not to think about the pain, which was getting worse the more she repeated the words of the school oath and by the end of it she was fairly sure she'd never be able to use her arm again. She had no stomach left for the food in front of her and pushed it away and wiped her face with a white handkerchief to get rid of the evidence of her distress. She felt suddenly minuscule compared to the other students and she was getting an itch between her shoulder blades, thinking someone was watching her, to be honest she thought a few were looking at her oddly, she didn't belong here, she knew it and they knew it.<br/><br/>Ruby waited for the 'welcoming' to be over so she could go find her room and maybe sleep for a while. Perhaps this was just one big nightmare and she'd wake up at home and get on the right carriage to go to the hero's school instead of here.