Chapter 1: The test
"Hey _wake up!" a familiar voice called to you while you were still sleeping. You mumbled something and rolled over in your bed away from whoever was in you room. You spent almost all night studying the concept of how to heal massive injuries with a healing spell again for the 50th time. It was one of your favorite subjects your teacher Master Chi was teaching. You were the only student who has surpassed almost every test. "Hey I said get up." the person said again. Grumbling you finally said " 5 more minutes."
" You already had 5 mins. I've been knocking on your door and finally decided to come in here and wake you up. Personally I don't like doing that but I had no choice." this time you knew who was in the room. It was of course Master Chi. He sighed and stood silent for a moment. " _... if you don't get up I'm going to flip your room. You remember what happened last time." Master Chi said in a serious tone. Last time he flipped your room he made everything fall with you causing a mess. He could of flipped the room making only you fall but he of course didn't want to do that. You finally opened your eyes and looked over at him still half asleep. " You wouldn't dare do that again." You said in a serious almost challenging tone.
Probably the worst thing to do to him when he was all serious, but you didn't think he would. Master Chi gave a smirk and did a circular hand movement in the air controlling the movement in your room. He flipped the whole room around making only you fall onto the floor below. It wasn't a long fall but one to give you a bruise for a while. "What the hell!" you shouted as you lifted yourself off the ground feeling your knees throbbing with pain from the impact.
Master Chi was slowly moved the room back to the way it was supposed to be while laughing. " I told you to get up. Now that I have your attention please get dressed. I'll be outside your door. We have a lot of things to do today." he said still laughing a bit while walking out the room.
You sighed and did as you were told. You started to put on your robe outfit. It was a red sorcerer outfit you wore over a tank top and some black leggings. You had black boots you wore with the outfit and had a blue belt tied around your waist to store any weapons needed in case of a battle. Your favorite part of the outfit was the little red cape. It wasn't an actual cape but it was a cute add on you personally made it. The only thing you had left was your hair. You had beautiful (whatever hair color you want) hair. Today you decided to put it up in a messy bun.
*example right here of the outfit. Thought it would be really cute to wear as a sorcerer. I got it from here: /kKFm4su
And if you don't like the outfit you can change it up in your head*
After you were ready you exited your room and looked around for Mr. Chi but couldn't find him. "That jerk said he would be right outside my door." you thought. Instead of waiting there you decided to walk down to the court yard. It was pitch black outside still. "Hello _. You ready for your exam?" you heard another voice this time. It was the Ancient one. "Exam?!" you said questioning her.
" Why yes. Master Chi said you are very proficient in your study field of the healing arts. Your martial arts has been improving and your sorcery skills has widely improved. It seems to me you have almost gained the ability similar to a supreme. There's only one person I ever knew perfection in that field and sadly he's no longer with us." the Ancient said. "Today we will test your skills to see if you are the right fit to fill those shoes. "
A little shocked you were having to do the test with such little sleep, you felt confident you could pass. The ancient one had you practice fighting 5 of your friends from classes. One one one for a bit, two on one and then 5 on one. It got a little difficult with all of them at once but you have been trained from the art of diseption. You created another version of you and had that form fight with you. A skill Master Chi learned from his master and now passed it to you. You were viscotious! At the end they left you a little beat up from the blows but nothing major.
" Well done _! You do still need a bit more training but if there ever came a time where you had to defend yourself, you will be ready." said the Ancient one all happy. You bowed towards your friends you fought thanking them and did the same to the ancient one. " Thank you Ancient one. It was you and Master Chi who trained me ever since I got here." "Yes I remember like it was yesterday. You lost your way in life trying to end it." she said and walked over to you grabbing your left arm. You had bandages wrapped around your left wrists underneath your sleeve to conceal something from the past. She started unwrapping the bandage on your left arm showing a scar along your wrist, one you wish you never had to look at. " The scar still shows what you did that night Master Chi found you trying to kill yourself 2 years ago. He healed you, left the scar as a reminder of how precious your life is. I hope there never comes a day where you loose your path again..." She paused wrapping your arm back up and then turned her back towards you now looking at the sun setting in the sky. It was a beautiful red and purple sky color with a blood red sun.
" But dark days are coming. We need everyone ready and alert at all times." the Ancient one said. Turning back towards you she gave a smile. " You're one of my gifted students. Born with an inner power you never knew you had. I just..." she then paused again. " I just don't want to see another student fall into the hands of Darmmamu or even just down a wrong path that blinds them. " You felt she was implying you were going to leave her too. About a week ago she lost many of her student and one gifted one. His name was Kaecilius. He was very gifted passing all test and proving himself worthy to even take over the ancient ones spot. Greed and lust for power curupted him, making him turn to Darmmamu's side to gain the power he so desired.
" I would never do that ancient one." you told her. " One can only hope. Temptations do get the best of us. You might feel the need for more power. I can't say I don't see that from you, even though I know you wouldn't. I said the same for Kaecilius and look at what's become of him. You were about to say something but got interrupted by Master Chi. " How was the first exam?" he said walking towards the Ancient one.
"She has done well and has passed. I trust the next test is ready?" She ask like she already knew what it was. " Yes Ancient one." Master Chi said and signaled you to follow him. He started to open a portal using his sling ring. " Oh before you go _, one piece of advise for the test coming up. Don't panic." she said and walked off smiling. " Panic? What would I panic about?" You thought. "Come now _. Your test awaits you." Stepping through the portal you saw you were surrounded in a forest setting somewhere very sunny. On the ground there were two animals injured. A dear that had an arrow wound and was probably near death and a bird with a broken wing."
" For this test you must successful heal these animals." Master Chi said. Without hesitation you rushed over to the deer first and examined the wound. It's breaths were very shallow. You quickly pulled out the arrow and whispered a few words into your hands making them glow. You couldn't properly heal it with an arrow still in its body. It was like a green flame surrounded your hands. You quickly placed them on top of the wound the deer had. It's breaths were undetectable. " Shit." you said.
You then closed your eyes whispering more magic words making the flames from your hands bigger engulfing the deer. It's wound was mending itself from the inside and out. When you are healing an animal or human, you can see the inner works of there body to see if you are properly healing them and to also see if another area needs healing as well. You slowly began feeling movement from the deer. You opened your eyes and it was alive again staring at you with its beautiful eyes. "Wonderful job." Master Chi said. The bird was the simple one. You healed it within seconds and it had flown away happy as ever.
" Your teachings are really paying off. You have almost surpassed the art of healing." he said. "Almost?" you questioned. "Did I not do a good job healing those animals?" You asked. "No _ you have done very well. There is just one other healing factor you must get to pass." Master Chi said. As soon as he finished that sentence he held out a blade and slit his throat.
You stood there shocked at the sight. Master Chi fell to the ground with blood gushing everywhere. " Snap out of it _! We have to save him." You thought to yourself while panicking. " Remember one mustn't panic under stress." a voice said inside your head. It was the Ancient one. She was right of course.
Without any further delay you rushed to his side and took a deep breath focusing on what to do. Whispering the healing spell to your hands you stated to heal him up. Your hands were shaking while trying to heal him. Master Chi showed no vital signs. "NO DON'T DIE ON ME" you shouted. The healing flames engulfed him just as they did when you needed more power to save the deer, but still nothing was changing. He was still lifeless. His wound he made on his neck was healed but he showed no sign of life still. Tears started forming in your eyes as you were still trying to save him. "Please...please don't die on me." The one rule Master Chi gave that he would stress every time you practice healing people and animals was this.
" No matter how much you care for that person or animal, even if they are dead you cannot bring them back under any circumstances. If you break that rule, there will be a price to pay." " You only have a short window after they stop breathing or are nearing death to save them. Failure to do so and you cannot do anything." You never knew what the price was, you only knew that Master Chi has broken that rule before to save his daughter who was dead. She was murdered by a group of sorcerers that attacked Kamar-Taj years before you arrived for training. She was perfectly fine from being revived back by Master Chi. A year later she was diginosed with stage 3 brain cancer. She showed no signed of ever having it before. He was devastated, willing to bring her back again. The ancient one forbid it for fear he would have a bigger price to pay. Whatever the price was before would have been even worse the second time. He lost her all over again and the price from bringing her back, he still has to pay.
You closed your eyes letting the tears roll down. The flames that engulfed him now changed colors. You didn't know they did because you shut your eyes trying to focuse. The flames were a bright orange color. The color a true master healer creates when they use a lot of there energy to save a life.
You started to get dizzy from using all this energy. " I've failed him..." You thought. When you opened your eyes you saw Master Chi standing above you holding out his hand. You then stopped your spell and jumped up to give him a hug. " I thought I couldn't save you." You said still with tears rolling down. " One must always believe they can to accomplish the unpredictable." Master Chi said. You were more happy to see him alive again.
" You have passed all tests to become a master healer." you heard the Ancient one say right behind you. Releasing the hug from Master Chi you wiped your tears away and looked at the Ancient one. " I am proud to give you that title Master Healer." She said smiling at you. Bowing towards her you gave your thanks. " We're you watching the whole time?" you asked. " Of course I was. I had to see if you met the standards to become a master." Happy to know your skills have been noticed you were a bit released to have passed all the tests. " Come _\\, I have a gift I wish to give you." Master Chi said with a big smile on his face