When I opened my eyes again I saw a large building made entirely of stone. The black and White marble tiles that checkered the floor made a huge chess board. At the end of the hall way was a large desk made of dark brown wood that was almost black with a black marble counter top holding a computer monitor. As soon as I set foot in the place I felt my strength returning to me. But when I looked over and I saw that Leo had not rejoined me. My face obviously looked confused and so he explained, but for the first time he actually talked, like out loud instead of in my head.

"Here in the shadow-world you have the strength you would have if was with you. It's really confusing, I know." He said, nodding and walking. I noticed for the first time since I met him, he was in color. His white skin the color you would match up with vampires. His gray turtle neck sweater was teal blue his black coat stayed black. His jeans turned black instead of gray, and his boots were revealed to be brown. His black hair and brown eyes made me thin instantly of the action movies where the hero would always look something like that.

*Ok than, let's get this over with already.* I said. I guess some things were switched here, I couldn't talk and he could, but at least I was still in color. We walked up to the counter top and Leo said something I couldn't understand at all. The man behind the counter shuffled through some papers and handed two small piles to Leo. Leo handed me a pen and a pile ad we walked through a door with the symbol on it.

I took one look at the page in front of me and was instantly confused. It said:

Leo ended up translating it for me and telling me what to write and how to write it. Oh goodie, another language, and I barely understood English. This is what the form actually said:

Hello. Today you will be tested for the oncoming war. But first a few things about you.

What is your full name? Terri Longstain.

Who is your guardian? Leo Nardo DaVinci.

Do you have any powers? If so write power. Undetermined.

Is there a certain thing you're being tested for? Undetermined.

When we turned in our forms we were directed to go directly to court room 7. When we entered I was awe struck by the oddly terrible beauty of the room. It had some terrible things but all together it was a horridly beautiful thing, and I wanted to draw it. The main thing in the room was a low balcony where 4 people sat drinking tea. We were directed to stand at either end of the labyrinth and walk through it. As soon as I got close to the labyrinth my new found energy disappeared and t felt like I was in the real world without Leo resting inside of me.

"Go!" Cried one of the tea drinkers. She wore a ball gown and combat boots. Her hair past her knees hitting the floor. But I followed her directions and took a step forward. I looked around and saw things coming at me. I threw my arms up as I jumped out of the way of the very real knives. The floor started shaking now and I had to roll across the floor. When I could see the middle of the labyrinth wooden men came at me with glowing poisonous looking weapons. I threw my arms up when I knew there was nothing else I could do, that I was going to die there. But then I felt a tug in my gut and felt warmth welling up inside of me filling me with light, it filled up until it burst open and I could see glowing all around me. I closed my eyes as I felt the power take over me, an push at the things around me.