Call was sitting on one of the comfortable couches is the common room of Master Rufus's apprentices at the Magisterium, talking to Tamara about the test they would be taking the next day. Tests at the Magisterium were different than tests at other schools. At other schools, the entire class was sitting at desks filling out papers. At the Magisterium, they were tested very differently. They were put into a room with a few wyverns in it and told to defend themselves. Call, Tamara, Aaron and the other Bronze year students were getting pretty good, and no longer needed any assistance from the masters.

Suddenly Master Rufus came through the massive wooden doors. Aaron came out of his bedroom after hearing the doors open. He sat down on the couch across from Call and Tamara.

"I have taken up another apprentice. " He said in his deep, powerful voice.

A girl, possibly in her Copper Year, stepped out from behind him. She was a fairly pretty girl, with blonde hair bouncing down to her shoulders in tight curls. She had a small brown suitcase with an Eiffel Tower patch hand sewed onto the front pocket.

"This is Andromeda. She will be joining us for the remainder of the school-year."

Master Rufus said as he closed the door behind him on his way out. Andromeda was left standing in the doorway.

"Hi. I'm Tamara." Tamara said, trying to start a conversation. "This is Aaron and Call."

"You can call me Andy."

"So..." Aaron said, breaking the silence. "Where are you from?" He asked, immediately regretting it. He knew he wouldn't have liked getting asked that question. He was expecting her to stay quiet, but her face brightened up at the question.

"Le Havre." She said in a heavy French accent. Call had heard that Europe wasn't very friendly to Makaris. He had read stories in the Magisterium library about Makaris being executed for their ability to use chaos magic.

"Is there a magisterium there?" Call asked.

Andromeda nodded. She walked over to the couch to sit down. Tamara nudged Call to tell him to go sit by Aaron. He got up and moved to the other couch. He knew Tamara was persistent. There was no point in trying to resist.

Andromeda sat down next to Tamara.

"There is only one Magisterium in France." She said. "When they found out about my being a Makar, they arranged to have me killed."

Andy was awfully trusting considering the mages at the other magisterium tried to execute her.

"My master wanted to save me so she brought me to an airport since the mages would be looking for elementals when they discovered I was missing."

Andy paused and looked down at her lap. "And now I'm here."

"What year are you in?" Aaron asked, trying to lighten up the conversation.

"Copper. Et vou?"

The three of them stared at each other, not sure what to say.

"Sorry, and you?"

"Bronze." Tamara, Call and Aaron said in unison.

Master Rufus came in the door. He made an expression the three apprentices recognized. As Call predicted, they were able to tell what Master Rufus was thinking with a single facial expression.

Call, Aaron and Tamara got up off the couches and walked to the door. Andy looked confused.

"It's time to eat." Tamara explained.

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After dinner, everyone went into their bedrooms to get ready for bed. Call couldn't help feeling suspicious of Andy. He didn't know why, but he felt like she was lying about something.