Jack woke up late in the afternoon. He slowly got up and changed clothes. Then walked down to the living room, he forgot Marybeth stayed the night at his saw that she was making lunch with Dakota. They were laughing and having a fun time. Jack walked into the living room and sat on the couch. He turned on the TV. Soon after he turned in on, Marybeth and Dakota walked in with food. "Oh" Dakota looked at Jack. "Your up. You slept a lot Jack. Care for some food?" He shook his head. The news was the only thing that was on the TV now.

Marybeth sat beside Jack and placed her plate on the coffee table. Then turned towards him. Pulling a necklace out of her pocket, she handed it to him. "Put the necklace on, it will help control your powers. Plus it looks cool." She added. It was an infinity sign on a chain. Jack put it around his neck. It was warm on his skin.

"Well we should get to school now." Jack said. Grabbing his books and bag, he waited at the door for Dakota and Marybeth. They got in the car and went to school. When Jack walked into his home room., he saw people were carrying swords, staffs and bows.

"Oh, I forgot to tell you. Sandy Shores isn't the school name, it's actually Hasten School for the Gifted." Marybeth pulled her sword out. "Remember, my sword is special. The Sword of Flame. But I call it Jane. Don't give me that face." She playfully punch Jake in the arm. She went to the other side of the class room and grabbed another sword. Walked back to Jake and gave it to him. He looked at her. Marybeth told him "I'm your teacher on close-quarter combat. But we will need to find you a Nexus teacher. There is not very many in the world. Nexus were used by guilds and party's for fighting, since Nexus are known for fighting better then anyone else. That is why those guys were at your house. We will be training today on speed. Show me what you got."

"Wait. So just attack you?" She nodded. Jack ran at her and swung, she easily blocked the hit and pushed him back. Jack ran and swung again. Again, she blocked it easily. Jack knew he had a long way to go if he was ever going to be good at sword fighting.

A couple of hours after sparring, Marybeth blocked all his swings and she didn't even break a sweat. She told him to workout more. So after school that day he went to the gym for a solid two hours. It was 6pm when he got home. Dakota was waiting for him. "Hi Jack." She said. Jack waved at her. "Jack. I want to teach you somethings in wizardry, it might work." She spent hours working on attack charms and counter attacks to block wizard attacks and warrior's swords. They didn't seem to work.

"I give up. It won't work." Dakota looked disappointed. She was hoping to make Jack a wizard too.

"What happened to my parents?" Jack asked. Dakota nearly choked on her iced tea. She sent it down and look at Jack.

"I don't know, Jack. I don't know what happened to your parents. I didn't even know them. I never really thought much about it. Jeff and Heather just vanished one day. I found you in their empty house. So I took you in. I tried not to bring up all this warrior stuff. It's to complex." Dakota went to the kitchen to get more iced tea. Then someone knocked on the door. Jack went to answer it. It was Marybeth.

"I forgot to give you these," She handed him a couple of books. "It will explain about the guilds and party's. Hope they are helpful. See you later." She walked off. Jack looked at the book that Marybeth gave him. "The History of the Guilds", "Warriors, Wizards, Nexus, Animal Tamers, and Slayers", "The History of the Six Swords" and "The Nexus Users". He started with "The History of the Guilds". It was a pretty good-sized book.

"The guilds were established by Joe Swat, a Nexus User. He named all the guilds and discovered 'Users'. Users are someone who have an ability. User is what Users call their ability. Abilities are any one of these five. Warriors, who are skilled at close combat and heavy attacks. Wizards, who specialize in ranged attacks and defenses. Animal Tamers use animal to attack, Once in one hundred years, there's a Tamer who can send for the soul of dead animals. Slayers are close to a Warrior, but Slayers are quicker and more accurate. Nexus and a mix of Wizards and Animal Tamers. Nexus are also known to have a secondary User. They most common secondary User is Warrior. Warrior and Wizard are the only known secondary Use."

"Guilds have bloody wars. Which there is no winner. Guilds never get along well with others. Party's are a group of a bunch of different Users. The most common Guilds known today are the Golden Demons and the Shadow Raiders. Golden Demon are known for killing Nexus User. Shadow Raiders capture Nexus and use them to fight the Golden Demons." Jack put the book down. Then opened "The History of the Six Swords."

"The Six Swords were crafted by the first member of each Guild. The sixth sword was crafted by the guild members, The Sword of Nexus. The Sword of Flame was crafted by the first Warrior. The Sword of Wind was crafted by the first Animal Tamer. The Sword of Ice was crafted by the first Wizard. The Sword of Lightning was crafted by the first Warrior, And the Sword of Poison was craft by the first Slayer. The sword have their own User in them. After the members died, they requested to put the User in the sword they crafted. The Sword of Nexus didn't have a User. But it can only used by the creators first-born in that generation. Since all members crafted the sword. Only the heir of those five can use the sword."

Jack yawned. He walked to his room, putting the four books up in his room. He went to the gym again. Lifting killed his arms. But it is the only way to get stronger swings. After he got back to his around midnight, he slept on the couch.

The next day when he woke up, he heard Marybeth talking to Dakota. He overheard their conversation.

"He is different. He isn't a warrior. But his Aura says he his." Marybeth seems like she concerned about Jack. What's an Aura? And Why doesn't she think I'm a warrior? She told him his is.

"Well if his Aura says he is, then he his. Now then. Lets make breakfast." Dakota voice was obvious she didn't want to talk about it. Jack yawned on purpose so they know he is awake. "Oh. I think Jack's awake." Dakota walked into the living room. "Morning sleepy head." Marybeth walked in right after Dakota.

"You read some of those books I gave you?" Jack nodded.

"They explain a lot. Thanks Beth." Jack got up and walked outside to look at the sunrise. Soon after he walked outside, a black car pulled up in the drive way, the three men that tried to capture him early came back. Crap, Jack thought. Mike was the first out of the car, and the first to speak.

"Now." Mike said as he was walking towards Jack. "This time, your not getting away." Grabbing Jack by the throat, he dragged him to their car. Jack tried to scream. But Mike had a good grip on his throat, he was having trouble breathing too. Marybeth appeared in the doorway with her sword. Mike smiled. The two other men were already on her. She was having trouble keeping up with their swords. Mike threw Jack in the backseat of the car, spoke something in Greek, then Jack's body went dead. It wouldn't respond to him. His whole body wouldn't respond. The two other men stopped fight Marybeth. The three man all got back in the car and drove of. Jack could hear Marybeth as the car drove of

"Jack! Jack!" The voice faded away. Jack was caught.