The classroom was bustling with excitement, everyone was ready for the afternoon ahead of them. It was time for everyone to show off what they can do, a time to get feedback on their progress with the control and the strength of their power. The tables had all been moved around, the middle of the room was empty, everyone stood around the sides of the room, littered around in friend groups.

Zed, Kou and Syndra were stood together, away from everyone else. Syndra was excited. The thought of losing herself to the Sovereign loomed in the back of her head, but she reasoned with herself, she knew she wouldn't be fighting, so the chance of her losing control would be very low. This gave her confidence, she felt and looked determined.

"You seem ready, how do you feel?" Zed asked, and Syndra just nodded with a smile. She was ready.

"Good afternoon! Now, no need for any tuition, you know what to do."

She paused for a moment before looking around the room, trying to choose someone to pick first. Everyone waited eagerly. Who would she pick to go first? What would they do? The anticipation couldn't be helped. She stopped turning around, the pointed finger landed on..

"Zed. Come up here."

With confidence, and feeling a bit dopey, he stepped up, he'd been thinking about what to do for a while, it had been a long time since they had a practical lesson, nonetheless, he was ready.

"When you're ready." Karma spoke softly and patted him on the back, she took a few steps toward the chairs and tables. Zed put his arms to his side and concentrated. He looked over at Syndra and Kou with a smirk, then to Tryndamere, he closed his eyes and concentrated once more. The shadows from beneath everyone's feet were being siphoned from the room, and was being pulled into Zed's own shadow, he took a step back, and in front of him, stood a near exact copy of himself, identical looking, like a twin. It looked around the room. Faces were painted with impressed smiles and expressions of awe and amazement. Syndra was especially impressed, she hadn't seen it before, she stood, having an impulsing feeling to use her powers too. Zed began dancing with the shadow, moving slowly, as if he were meditating, it mirrored his movement. Syndra was becoming inspired by his movement, by the way the shadow was moving with him, she wanted to join in, she moved her fingers with his movement, and slowly and small orb appeared at her hands, her finger movements gradually moved into hand movements, the orbs were gradually growing in size, Kou grabbed her hand and stopped it from moving, and with that, the orbs disappeared.

"Careful." He whispered to her. He slowly let go of her hand, she looked up to him and he smiled. Zed's shadow suddenly stopped copying Zed, they were facing away from each other. With a swift movement, the shadow dashed at Zed with such speed, he flicked his wrist and conjured a shuriken of shadow, he launched it at the shadow, it disappeared. The remaining clouds of shadow sunk to the floor and were pulled back under everyone's feet. Everyone watched the shadows gradually return to them, Zed spoke with a dark demeanor.

"Remember that." He turned and walked backwards towards Syndra, before looking over to Tryndamere and laughing maniacally, he turned into a shadow, and several other 'Zeds' appeared throughout the room, they all darted towards Tryndamere, some jumped at him, others ran. He fell backwards and cried out in fear, which amused everyone in the room. Zed appeared back to Syndra, he stood, with a smirk painted on his face and his arms crossed. Syndra and Kou started laughing, and so did everyone else, even Karma chuckled a little bit, she tried to compose herself before talking again.

"Ok.. thank you, Zed." She spoke, trying not to laugh. Tryndamere stood up, ashamed, his blade lay next to his feet on the floor, in anger, he picked it up and launched it at Zed, he dashed out of the way using a shadow, but the blade was caught by Syndra, she had used her magic to capture it in a veil of purple magic, in frustration, she held it for a few seconds, she really wanted to throw it back at Tryndamere, but she decided against it, she instead dropped it. Her hands were reaching out, like a pair of claws, after a few seconds, she lowered them, and looked over to Tryndamere. Karma pouted in anger, and sent Tryndamere out. He stormed out, and a smashing of glass could be heard down the corridor.

A few people stepped out to inspect the damage, he had punched a window, the smashed pieces lay scattered, followed by drops of blood. As he walked, he swung his fist, and as he swung his fist, the drops of blood formed a pattern, in a line following him from behind.

Some of the girls in the class were dismissive of him, they laughed and walked back into the classroom, Ashe however, stared at Zed and Syndra, she pushed past them and did a little jog ti catch up to Tryndamere, Zed and Syndra stayed and watched. Ashe grabbed his hand and looked it over, she placed a gentle kiss, and out her arm around his waist, they walked away together, he leaned down and kissed her on the cheek. Zed and Syndra awkwardly looked at each other, Syndra turned and walked back into the classroom. Zed blushed at the idea of them kissing, it was something he had warmed his thoughts up to.

The afternoon continued on, with each person stepping up to show their skills. Kou had discovered that with his magic, he could actually grow flowers, and do some other less-intensive stuff. He was stood in the middle of the classroom, feeling confident.

"What I'm going to show you is not necessarily my power, or the strength of it for that matter.. But rather, how beautiful it is." He kneeled down and laid his hands flat on the ground, after a few months, vines grew from in between the floorboards. He slowly lifted his hands up, and they continued to grow. Spiralling upwards, until reaching head height.

"I discovered that my powers of controlling the elements isn't just for destruction or power, but it can actually create and harbour life." He gestured his hands towards a set vines of vines, pulling them towards him, and sprouting beautiful flowers simultaneously. The class gasped in awe, some began clapping, and Karma felt very impressed.

"Excellent work Kou, a truly beautiful gift." She walked towards Kou, admiring the multitude of colourful flowers sprouting. "This is an example of you can all do. All of you can bring in an element of beauty somewhere. You just have to dig down to your centers, and pull it out from the rubble of your crushed souls." The class started chatting, as Karma walked back to her place, she dismissed Kou, and took a blue flower from a vine and placed it in her hair. She felt very proud.

The day continued, people began talking more about what they could do, rather than just trying to look fierce or scary. Kou had truly inspired the class to dig deep down into their core, into what can create something beautiful. Many people in the class attempted dances to incorporate their magic, some failed, some worked. Syndra was struggling for ideas, she didn't know what she was going to do in the first place, this speech has thrown her off. Zed nudged her.

"Are you alright? You don't seem that interested.." She turned her attention from his eyes to her book, she began to write. Meanwhile, Ashe had returned to the classroom, and it was her turn, the opted for a display on the powers of Avarosa's bow, the arrows of ice that formed at her fingertips gave her endless possibilities. She had asked previous for a set of target dummies to be set up, she jumped and ran around, hitting every single one perfectly.

Zed's mind got lost between trying to concentrate on what was happening, and forgetting about Syndra in a weird daze.

'I'm stuck for ideas, I don't know what to do!' He read the page with intrigue.

"So this was the problem.. Why don't you juggle or something?" He said it with confidence, even Kou thought his misheard the conversation.

"Juggle?" He chimed in, confused. Syndra stared at Zed, if she could tell him to shut up, she would. Zed shrugged his shoulders.

"What? No one else will have done it.."

"I think there is a reason for that.." Kou replied. Syndra had a final thought of what to do, she sat down, pen in hand, and furiously wrote in her notebook. Kou leaned over to get a better look at what she was doing.

"I'm assuming you have an idea now?" She didn't even look at him, she simply nodded. Zed turned his attention back to the room, Ashe did a backflip and instantaneously shot an arrow on landing. Hitting an apple from the top of a dummies head. She bowed for the class, and everyone clapped and cheered. She walked back to her place, and another person stepped up, this time, it was Callero's turn, to display her powers of time warping. She could create portals that went some distance, as well as stopping time - briefly - and rewinding time through the use of her magic.

The afternoon continued, Syndra requested that she go last, and Karma allowed her to. She was the last person to stand up to the middle of the room, she knew what to do, she passed Zed her notebook, with a line at the top telling him 'Read this, please', with courage she stepped up, she took a deep breath in, and after a moment's pause, she breathed out and sat down with her legs crossed, she closed her eyes and opened her hands so that they were resting on her knees. Zed began speaking.

"She gave me some notes to read so.. Beauty is something we all have, and something we all share, in one way or another…" Zed read the scribbles with intrigue. She concentrated and attempted to summon spheres to surround the room. After a few seconds, small black and purple things began floating around the room in a circular motion around the room.

"My beauty is in two forms, number one being my face, of course." The class laughed, Syndra smirked, her eyes still closed. Zed smiled.

"And number two being my curse…" He walked around her at a distance as the orbs spun around the room at a slow pace, they grew and grew as time passed, many reached out to grab them but they could not be touched

"All magic is a curse, regardless of how you obtained it, but ultimately, light can come from the darkest of places..."

The spheres started to change their colour, some shifted to a crimson red, others to a sky blue, and some even had their shapes altered altogether. It took Syndra a great deal of concentration, but the orbs were slowly morphing into something else, they became lighter in colour.

"My powers are dark, I am partially controlled by a dark entity, but she cannot take control of me or my real magic forever."

She lifted her hands to the sky, the orbs began spinning faster and faster, the light emitted from them became brighter, no one knew where to look, it was like a light show. She struggled to hold the magic, but alas, she stood up, slowly and threw her hands down towards the ground, when she opened her eyes, a swarm of hummingbirds flew around her in a pack. All of them singing a peaceful and happy tune. She lifted a hand and one sat on her pointed out finger. The others flew out of the classroom, and after a few seconds, the lone one followed suit.

The room was silent. She awkwardly started moving back to her place before people slowly started clapping and cheering. The room lit up with happiness, everyone was impressed with her magic.

"Fantastic Syndra! What an amazing end to the day." Karma spoke, she had an upbeat tone of voice.

"You may all leave! See you tomorrow!"

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Zed stood in awe, holding the book, and he couldn't help but think that, she really was amazing