What's going on guys! Mammering here for my first story! Right off the bat, this is going to be a SYOC story. I've always loved participating in them and I've always wanted to do them. Here's my chance to do that. :)

All of the SYOC information will be at the bottom of this prologue. Now, enough rambling. Let's get on to the story!

Prologue

"One cannot Rise without first needing to Fall."

Devin Mistwraith dreamed of earthquakes. They were vivid ones, too. She could hear the rumble in the distance as it neared, felt the violent shaking as it struck, and bore witness to shattered glass and crumbling towers as streets she called home became enveloped in destruction. She knew though it was only a dream. She knew it was only metaphorical.

Her life was falling apart, and it had happened in a matter of three minutes.

Duncan Grimwater sat dutifully at her bedside, an uncharacteristic look of fear etched on his face as he gazed down on his friend and classmate. He held her hand in his, a thumb gently grazing across calloused knuckles. He had witnessed what had happened, but he did not know who did it.

He did not know who took his school away. Who took their school away.

He was in shock, and no man in shock could ever understand what was happening.

Slowly, Devin came to, and her pale pink eyes fluttered open. She breathed a moment, just breathed, before she turned her head to Duncan and ignoring the pain that came with movement, uttering three simple words: "I should've known."

Duncan slowly shook his head, unbelieving the student, no matter how promising she was, could have ever predicted that the Death school would be ripped from the world. "There was no way you could have predicted it, Dev."

"I could've..."

He brushed a few stray locks of mint green hair from her forehead. "Dev..."

"I knew Sylvia was going to die." The first tear she had shed in ten years streamed gently down her tan cheek. "And Malistaire knew it too."

She feel back into unconciousness, her own world of metaphorical earthquakes, storms, and pain.

Duncan didn't stray from her side, and the terrible gut feeling that everything was going to change settled at the pit of his stomach.

How could it when everything was slowly breaking down around them?

Short, but aren't all Prologues? The next chapters will be much longer, at least 2'000 words.

Anyways, onto the SYOC info.

Name:

Age: (13-18)

Gender:

School:

Secondary School (optional): (this is the second school they would major in)

Level: (15-45) (Note: The younger the student, the lower the level. Age 13 would be around level 15, while 18 would be in the forties range depending on how well they do in school.)

Homeworld:

Looks: (be as descriptive as possible)

Pets/Mounts? (Optional):

Personality:

Weaknesses/Fears:

Good/Evil: (Note: Evil characters will not be main characters.)

Backstory:

Association to Devin: (Basically to help me introduce your character. Ex: Friend, Rival, Aquaintance, just meeting for the first time, childhood friend she hasn't seen in forever, friend of a friend (I.e. Friend if Duncan's), things like that.)

Other: (I.e. Not having permission to kill character off, exclusion of romance, romantic interests, etc.)

I will be looking for a total of five main characters to accompany Devin on her journey, varying in school and gender (so no all-girls Necromancers team). The most interesting ones will take the cake, and the rest I will include as minor characters.

Have fun! I'm looking forward to seeing what amazing characters you guys have in store. And now, time for me to go to bed. Mammering out!