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Ch4:
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Redd walked out of the doors and took a deep breath. He looked around at the magical sight in front of him. There were two large fields; the lush grass was long and swaying. The ground looked like an ocean of green because of the light breeze.
Even though the sun was out it was a chilly morning. Redd figured it would get warm as the day proceeded. He couldn't see anything past the large mountains that circled the five castles. The other castles looked different, Redd noticed that the mage castle was the largest. He couldn't even see the top of the Mage castle it was so tall. The others were tall but he could see the top of them.
I Wonder why they're so small compared to ours? Redd asked himself. It suddenly dawned on Redd that he had class. He looked around as the panic overtook him. Great! Late for the first day of training!
The panic finally subsided as he saw Thorn towering over all the students. He sprinted towards him.
"Your lucky Redd, training hasn't started yet," A deep male voice appeared in his head.
"Thorn! Is that you?" Redd thought; he wasn't sure how he could talk to a dragon.
"Of course it is boy, your the bright one, most people would yell out loud," Thorn replied still staring straight ahead.
"About time," Skye hissed under her breath grabbing his arm and hauling him after her. Redd began to wonder why Skye was so respected, when they began to walk through everybody separated. Then it had dawned on him that Thorn was the only dragon, Of course! He mused.
Skye and Redd finally made it to the front of the crowd.
"What lesson is first? Who are the people in Green" Redd whispered very quietly seeing another group of students dressed in all green walking towards them. He was glad he had chosen the blue shirt because he noticed everybody in the Mage group was wearing blue.
He wondered if he said it too quietly when Skye replied, "Fencing. Those are the students that have the earth power."
"Hey Skye," The teenage girl in the lead said as they met. Redd looked her over. She had Auburn hair that was put up in a high ponytail. Why doesn't she have her hair cut? Redd thought to himself. Or at least he thought that nobody was listening.
"They have different hair-cuts," Thorn replied in Redd's mind.
"Can you read my mind?" Redd asked puzzled.
"If I want to," Thorn replied.
Redd was brought away from his thoughts when everybody began to separate into groups. He looked around for Skye and ran over to her. She was with two students from the earth castle. The teenage girl with Auburn hair was there, along with another teenage boy whose dark brown hair was cut in the same style as Redd's. "What do we do?" Redd asked looking around for an instructor.
"We wait until the instructor gets hear, but most of us like to start early," The boy with dark brown hair said.
"Oh, Redd this is Chica," Skye said pointing to the girl, "and this is Jasper." She finished pointing to the boy that had just talked. While taking a sword out of a bag that was on Thorn's back. Was that always there? He thought. Then Redd nodded in greeting.
"Skye, trouble," Thorn said to all of them.
Skye turned around. "Great," She sighed taking the sword out of its case.