Around half a mile away, there existed another prestigious school. A wizard school that takes place in an abandoned castle that once belonged to a powerful wizard. It is said each brick used to build the castle is infused with some of his magic and wisdom. The Gandalf School of Sorcery or Gandalf's is where we find a group of young wizards on a grassy field running and laughing, despite the cloudy skies and storm-like winds that are always present, these kids weren't discouraged from straying from the activities of the first day of class.

"Ready, Set, GO!" yelled the tallest member of the group as he started running. The others followed in close pursuit,

"I'm catching up to you Adam!" Yelled one of the teens as he closed in,

"I don't think so!" Adam exclaimed. He raised his hand to the other wizard, his palm facing the target, the words rolled off his tongue as he summoned the power of an offensive spell "Crimson Lighting!" A glowing dark red ball of energy resembling lighting emerged from his hand and it flew to the teen chasing the leader of the small group. Despite the fact that Adam was both running and firing at a moving target, the blood red lighting hit with perfect accuracy, creating smoke and was even enough to unearth some of the ground and burn the grass the kids were playing on. Amazingly though, the boy receiving the blast was able to emerge from the smoke laughing.

"Hurricane's Blast!" Another boy in the group of racers called. An emerald green smoke came from his hands and formed into a tornado-like shape and was launched at Adam. With a swipe of his hand, Adam swatted the cyclone to the side and it exploded, "Nice try, Smith!" Adam yelled as he continued running.

Another wizard jumped up in the air, as he was landing he yelled, "Cursed Ivy!" He pounded the ground and clawed the grass. The ground trembled and in front of Adam, giant carnivorous plants with thorny bodies and vines sprouted rapidly from the ground. It took the tall wizard a second to process the giant obstacle standing before him. The other wizards stood in awe of the deadly looking creatures. He quickly gathered himself and launched himself at the plants, with a few chops of his hand, the plants fell to the ground. Adam ran to a small tree standing a few feet away from where the plant creatures once stood, he grabbed a branch, "Safe!" The other wizards stood in shock at their leader's impressive feat. Until one of them spoke, "Aw man! Adam won again!" They were all on the ground laughing.

"Gentlemen!" someone called, the group turned to an older looking woman approaching them, "May I ask what you five are doing missing an important school assembly?"

Adam sighed, "Ms. Heralds, the assembly is just introducing the staff and basic rules of the school. Where juniors at this school, we already know who everyone is and what not to touch."

"Regardless, this is treated as a regular school day and all students must attend, I don't care if you've been here for the past 100 years!" She said

"I bet you have…" Adam muttered under his breath,

"Come again?" Ms. Heralds snapped

"Nothing ma'am, were on our way to the central hall now," the wizards got up and walked to the caste.

They walked into the giant stadium like room to find the place full of various wizards, witches and spellcasters. The brightly candlelit room showed some empty seats near the front. The headmaster standing in the center of the room was concluding his speech. "Thank goodness," Adam felt relieved he didn't have to sit through some boring lecture.

"So students in summary, be smart, be proactive, and most importantly, make our school proud!" The students clapped and cheered, "Thank you, now before the assembly is dismissed, I'd like to turn it over to Miss. Sparks our counselor for some safety tips for the upcoming Magiks Convention,"

"Thank you Headmaster Lancaster," Miss. Sparks spoke, she was one of the younger staff members of the school, she seemed slightly too old to be a student, yet at the same time, too young to be any sort of teacher.

"I'd like to counseled by her on a Saturday night," one of the wizards in Adam's small group whispered, they all laughed at his joke, Adam just nodded and half-heartedly laughed when one of the wizards nudged him to see if he heard the sexual joke.

Miss. Sparks continued, she read from a page she was holding, "As you all know, this evening and throughout the week, the Magiks Convention is in town, this is not a school sponsored event, so it is up to you to be safe and to represent what Gandalf's is all about. Use your magic at appropriate times, do not use any offensive spells unless it is in a standard regulation arena with at least two magical healers on duty at all times, do not use any magical tools such as wands or any majestic dusts or salts of any kind unless approved by the school. If you see a fairy, remember we are a respectful and tolerant school so do not engage in any fights or arguments concerning fairies. And most important of all, be an example of the exemplary student Gandalf's is teaching you to be and have fun!"

Adam couldn't help but smile, "they actually think we're going to listen to all that safety junk, ha! They're wasting their breath!" He exclaimed

"Adam Spellman" The Headmaster quickly got Adam's attention, "A word in my office please,"

Headmaster Lancaster's office was awkwardly quite, until he broke the silence, "Mr. Spellman, I was told by Ms. Heralds that you weren't in the assembly the whole time, also that you and your friends were using spells meant for fighting"

Adam, who was slumped in his chair, rolled his eyes, "Yeah that was me."

"I'm not mad at you Adam," Headmaster Lancaster reassured him, "I know that you're a powerful wizard. I also know you can be a bit reckless at times. I've learned that you're a fighter and if you disagree with something you'll stand up for what you believe in. In this convention, I have a feeling that there might be creatures other than wizards and wizard allies; I just wanted to tell you to be careful and to avoid trouble."

"I understand sir, now can I please go, my friends are waiting for me at the Convention" Adam said, getting up

"Yes, have fun and be safe"

And with that, Adam took off, what he didn't know was he was about to meet the most important person of his life.

Few! Gosh that was a lot of writing, anyway, sorry I haven't updated in a while. I had a boat load of tests that I had to absolutely study for, but now I have a long spring break, so now I have some time to update more. I also want to apologize for the lack of romantic content, I mean Adam and Chase haven't even met yet! I just needed to set the stage for the story plot. So this 1000+ word chapter was a whole-lotta nothin'

Also since this is an AU (alternate universe) fic, Adam needed a different last name. If you guys can come up with a better one than the clichéd "Spellman" name, I'd be more than happy to change it. Thanks for reading!