I was stunned. "So lemme get this straight," I said. "You're saying that I'm supposed to lead the earth hut into some huge battle and win?"

"Correct," said the monk.

"And how exactly do you expect me to do that?! I'm only 12!"

"You won't be ready anytime soon, young one. But when the time comes, you shall be ready to lead the earth hut to victory. The spirits have spoken , and what the spirits say will happen, shall happen. Now come, my child," said Djuan holding out his hand.

Reluctantly, I grabbed it as he led me towards the hut made out of pure stone.

"This, Nick, is the earth hut. The stone used to make this hut is from the worlds first mountain. What they teach you in school isn't how mountains form. Do you know how mountains actually form, Nick?" asked the monk.

"No, I can't say I do."

"Well, millions of years ago, during the age of the first elemental manipulators, a man had an idea to build an entire town out of stone. The "town" was actually a huge mountain, filled with caves and earth huts. Do you know who made the first mountain, young one?"

"No."

"Well, you did."

What did he just say? How could I have made a mountain millions of years ago when i was born in 1997?

"W-what?"

"The spirit of the man who made the first mountain is inside you. You are his reincarnation, and one of his descendants."

Wow..... was this guy serious?

"Now, come with me into the hut. it is time for you to meet your teacher."

When we went into the hut i saw a man lifting a pebble, displaying it to his class.

"Now remember, the key to this is to believe that it is moving, visualise it moving, and using your chi to make it move. How about we have one of you try it? Hmm..... you! Young man!" he pointed at me. "Now you try!"

"Um... I barely got-"

"C'mon young one! The lessons almost over!"

"Err... ok...."

I walked to the front of the hut and did what the teacher said. Believe, visualise, chi. I kept repeating this, trying to redirect my energy into the stone and make it rise even just a small bit. I tried a few more times, thinking this technique is fake too. But just in case, I kept believing. To my surprise, the stone had risen 4 inches into the air! The other kids in the class had wide eyes and dropped jaws.

"Oh my! You're the first student to ever get this on their first try! Tell me, how long have you been in this class? I've never seen you here before."

"I've only been here for umm..... the past 20 minutes."

The teachers jaw was dropped. "But that's not possible! You haven't even done the chi excercises!" Djuan whispered something in the teacher's ear. His eyes got even wider. "Welcome, chosen child. We have been blessed with a new apprentice, class."

One kid stood up and said," But we've been training here for months! Some of us even years! Isn't it fair if one of us is your apprentice? We're obviously more deserving then that kid!"

"Silence, Marc!" The boy glared at me. I had a feeling we wouldn't get along during my time here.