Dear readers, I have slightly edited this chapter so it's easier to understand. If you want to reread this chapter it would be most appreciated because I have added some things and deleted others.
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Another thing,
"Okay," means telekinesis.
"Okay," means someone is speaking.
Okay, is just normal text.
I hope you got that otherwise things are going to be very confusing for you.
Never has anything like this occurred, never. I shook my head, he cannot be serious, this has to be a prank, but this would explain a lot of things that have occurred in my life. Like when I was younger I accidentally blew up the lockers in my school, I don't know how I did it, but I did. Or the time when I was really angry and the windows shattered. Yes, that actually happened. I guess you get my point, but I cannot be a wizard. It's impossible, improbable, and the last time I checked, wizards were simply fictional.
The old man who told me this lovely, false, information took my hand saying, "We must hurry." Hurry? Come on, I have all day, though he might not, because he looks about 100. "Okay, whatever dude." I replied. "Don't call me dude, I actually have a name." He said. "And that would be?" I asked. "Merle Ambrose, but you will address me as headmaster, understand?" He answered "Yeah, whatever." I replied.
The Headmaster gripped my hand tighter and muttered some words that sounded like absolute gibberish, and probably is. Wizards cannot be real, along with magic, mermaids, fairy tales... Suddenly my world began to spin. This can't be real, it has to be some joke, it just has to be…
I arrived in a very cluttered office. My stomach felt like jackrabbits were running marathons through it. With what had happened today, I wouldn't be surprised if they were. Then the Headmaster told me. "Welcome, young wizard, to Ravenwood School of Magic." Maybe magic is real…
He then led me to an open chair, which was surprisingly comfortable. "Now let's begin with the test." He said. If I could have ran away I would have, but the chair locked onto one of my arms. I was stuck, obviously they are used to people wanting to run away. Luckily for me I could use my dominant hand. The Headmaster grabbed a very heavy book and placed it on the table in front of me. The book looked ancient with its almost falling apart dark brown cover. He then opened the book. "Now young wizard answer the questions that appear for you." He instructed. The questions were simple (they were just like the personality tests on earth) and I was placed. He just shook his head when I finished. What could be so wrong with my answers? "Wizard, since you are from earth you probably don't know this. But your name changes when you become a wizard. I know that your name was Jessica Williams, now it's Katy ShadowSword. Another thing you have a roommate. He should be arriving shortly to link with you." He told me. "What do you mean by link?" I asked him.
"They don't do those on earth? Oh well... A link is a bond that allows you to teleport, share assignments, and other things that I don't want to get into now. But it also allows both linked people to call on each other telepathically and keep each other safe. Is that good?" He paused. I don't know what to think, my whole world has been completely and totally destroyed, so why wouldn't they link two people together?
"You should wait here while I talk to your professor." He told me after a few minutes "Okay." I replied. The man disappeared. What do I do know? I guess all I can do is wait. After a while someone had arrived. "Are you Katy ShadowSword?" A boy asked. I almost jumped. "Yes, I am. And you are?" I asked. "I'm Cass Grimblade. Where's Headmaster Ambrose?" He replied. "He said something about talking to my professor." I answered "Oh, okay." He said while moving his hand through his light brown hair nervously.
The headmaster finally showed up. What could take him so long? "Oh Cass you're here. Good, good. Now lets begin." The headmaster told us. He grabbed both our hands and started a chant. A white energy started coursing through my body, and I'm guessing Cass's too. When the chant ended the headmaster asked us to send a telepathic message to one another. For Cass it was simple. He said, "Hi." For me it took a few minutes, but eventually it worked. I said. "Hello, um... did it work?"
He kind of laughed. "Of course it did." What he said made me feel a little better. At least something was working out the way it's supposed to. "You two can go now." The headmaster told us. Cass blinked. "Are you sure about that?" Cass replied. "Of course Cass, now go along. I have work to do." The headmaster told him. I followed Cass out of the office. What I saw outside was incredible.
There were wizards on many magical creatures. Strange animals following their owners and well... a somewhat normal looking pond with younger wizards messing around with the water trying to make it move, but failing in the respect of where they're targeting. In the farthest area there was what looked like a library. It was a somewhat darkened building from what I could see from between the many trees. I walked forward following Cass through the golden gates that led out of the headmasters I don't know what to call it, um... tower.
"You look a little surprised." Cass telepathically told me. "I have never seen this place before." I replied. "Follow me, the Headmaster wanted me to give you the tour." He told me. "Okay, it's not like I have a choice." I replied. "I can see now why you're a necromancer." He said. "Whatever that means." I responded. "I think that Malistaire could explain that better than I could, but pretty much you study death magic." He told me.
I followed him to a large gate that said "Ravenwood." I didn't know what to expect anymore, but certainly not what I saw. Students were walking, talking and joking around with each other. Then there was this huge tree in the center, it must've been over two thousand years old and it had two eyes and a mouth. Cass noticed my staring. "That's Bartleby, the grandfather tree." He told me. The tree's large broad branches started to move. It then told me, "Come closer young wizard." I looked over at Cass. "Do what he says. He only asks something like this if there is something important." I hesitated. The talking tree wanted me to come closer, why? I have done stranger things, so why not. I moved closer. The tree spoke in hallowed tones this time.
"The last ShadowSword will be the one that will save the spiral." He told me. "How did you know my last name?" I asked. "I know all ShadowSword, I know this is all very confusing for you now, but remember what I said. It will help you in the future. And one last thing choose fire as your secondary. It will serve you well." The tree replied. "Okay." I said. What else could I say to a giant tree that wanted to talk to me?
Cass looked pale. "What's the matter?" I asked. "He wanted to speak to you, and not only that he gave a prophecy." He said, "And." I replied "The last person this happened to become the puppet-master. The most evil person in the spiral." He said. He looked rather solemn, his brown eyes lost in some thought. "How do you that." I asked, truly curious. Cass sighed. "He was my best friend, and well, my last well... Person I was linked to. Why does this always happen to the people I am linked to?" I didn't know what to say, so I just stayed quiet until he had asked which school I was going to take as a secondary. I remembered what Bartleby had said, but should I take fire? I guess that the talking tree would know what it's talking about…
Cass headed over to one of the three dark grey brick towers. They had a dark feel to them, but once we were inside the feeling changed. The halls were a scarlet hue and the floors were a rich chocolate-brown. I was suspecting white on white, but I'm not complaining. I followed Cass down these halls until he unlocked the door to 1313. The room was different from the hallway. It was simple and rustic with two wooden bookshelves, light brown tile flooring, a dark brown couch, and a table and chairs. It was also unbelievably clean. Not exactly what I was expecting from a boy, especially a fifteen year old boy.
"You've been really quiet. What did I do wrong? I don't want to make another mistake that might hurt someone." He asked me. "I just don't know what to say, I'm not perfect, nor will I ever be. You haven't done anything wrong, nor have you really made a mistake. I'm more the mistake. Wherever I go problems occur. I'm just trying to be someone I'm not. Someone that my family might approve of, but I guess that's kind of long gone." I said "I had no idea, I thought I had a lot of problems, being that my entire families dead. But you have family problems. Why do you even try to conform? You're a necromancer, necromancer's don't conform to just anybody, if they conform at all. What happened to you to make you want to conform to someone else's standards?" He told me. "You could say that there is a lot of pressure on me, because my families, how to put this, well to do. And on Earth that makes it so that you have to be popular, pretty, normal, and well anything that doesn't include me." I replied. "You're from Earth and you're not freaking out? There hasn't been an earth wizard in over five centuries!" He exclaimed. "I am a little surprised, but I don't freak out easily." I told him. "I guess I'll have to test that myself someday..." He said to himself. Then someone knocked on the door.
"I forgot I invited a friend over earlier today, before I found out that I was going to have a new roommate. I hope you don't mind - Come on in Fin." He said. "I don't mind or care." I telepathically told him. "You don't?" He asked. "Why would I?" I replied. "Oh you'll find out. Honestly... he isn't as bad as he acts." He warned.
Fin entered the dorm. He had dark brown hair and deep blue eyes. But after a few minutes I could see why there was a warning. He was definitely a full-out jerk. In fact the first words he said to me were. "Who the hell are you." It took a lot of explaining from Cass to convince him that I wasn't some "pathetic, worthless girlfriend." Oh, if I could have punched him when he said that. I pretty much stayed in a corner and it's probably a good thing too, that was until Fin decided to "meet the new girl..."
"So your Cass's new linkee." He said. He stared at me with great intention trying to figure out what I was going to do. "So what if I am?" I replied. "Your tough, girl aren't you, you're not even acting intimidated by me." He told me. "Why would I be? I knew people more obnoxious than you." I replied. Which was definitely true. "Really, I know a lot of people who would disagree with that." He said. "Just don't call me a 'pathetic, worthless girlfriend' when I am dating no body, and probably won't either." I told him. "Um... sorry about that. By the way my name is actually Finnigan GiantBlood, not 'Fin.'" He told me. "Well, my names Katy ShadowSword. Nice to meet you." I replied. He smirked and went back to Cass, who had this look of 'wow, they didn't kill each other.' The two boys messed with each other and did other guy things, while I found a nice, quiet corner of the room and read a book until Fin finally left.
"Fin likes you." Cass told me. "Are you sure about that?" I replied. "Absolutely positive - you should take that as a complement. He likes very few people." He said. I could definitely see why. There were a few minutes of silence before he said something else.
"I bet you were wondering where you were sleeping." He told me. "I kind of did." I replied not knowing where this came from. "Well... would you mind if you had um... his room. It's fully decorated and still has everything in it." He told me. "Are you sure you want to do that for me. I can tell that you miss him a great deal." I told him, slightly concerned. "Well, I need to get over it, and I guess it may help if you take his room." He replied. "Okay, would you mind showing me to the room." I said. "Follow me then." He told me. I followed him over to a bookshelf. I wasn't even surprised anymore. I hope that this is some crazy dream that I can just wake up from, but somehow I just can't picture it, things are just too real. Cass said a few incomprehensible words and the bookshelf became a door.
"Just so you know I will help reset the password. He kind of liked to be secretive - so what do you want the new password to be?" He asked. I thought for a few moments. I went for the first thing that came to mind. "Chaos." I told him. "Thank you for something short. I do have limits on my powers." He told me. "I can imagine that. Nobody's perfect, right?"
