*A/N: Heya readers! I read your reviews and just wanted to say thank you for all the support so far! Really gives me a lot of motivation to keep writing.*

*And I also wanted to talk about the pairings. Yes, there will be Alvinette and Brimon in a romantic sense, however the canon pairings will also be there. At the moment I dont have a clear view of who ends up with who at the very end, so I'll make sure to read your opinions. :)*

Prologue Part 2: Student Files

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Student File #AS172

Name: Alvin Seville
Age on Entry: 17
Surveillance: Yes

Gift #1 Details

Type: Manipulation
Range: Energy
Default: Energy Negation
Skill Level: Personal
Cognition: Subconscious (Trainable)

Gift #2 Details

Type: Manipulation
Range: Unknown
Default: Unknown
Skill Level: External
Cognition: Suppressed

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Flashback: AS172 Interview #4
—28 January 2017

"Why am I still here?" Alvin groaned as he sat on a plastic chair opposite to the woman who spoke with a French accent. "I already told you guys a million times before, I don't have any powers!"

He was starting to get irritated. The same french lady, who he assumed was the principal, had interviewed him 3 times already asking him the same set of questions. Of course, each time he gave the exact same set of answers.

His brother Theodore was only ever interviewed once. Why couldn't these people just leave him be? With his parents and Simon dead, he had a lot of burden resting on his shoulders. He needed to get a job at least to support Theodore and himself.

"And I also keep telling you that you are gifted," The principal said with a firm tone, sitting upright on her chair opposite to Alvin. "We just need to identify your power so we can put it in our records."

"Yeah right," Alvin scoffed. "Good luck finding something that's not there." He threw his elbow on the table, his fist propping up his chin.

"Now if you don't mind, we'd like to do some tests." She quickly scanned and ran her fingers through the papers she had in her hands. Her eyes narrowed at a specific file, rearranging her glasses to make sure it was the right one. She turned to one of the guards and spoke, "She can come in now."

Alvin sat up straight, curious to know what was going on. A young girl came in, bright orange flames brightly burning around her entire body. Suddenly, the room felt eerily warm sending shivers down his spine.

"Yo," Alvin slowly pushed his hands against the table in anticipation, causing his chair to back away ever so subtly. "What kinda sick place is this?"

"Please don't worry," The principal reassured him. "If you are who we think you are, she shouldn't harm you at all."

Alvin kept an eyebrow raised for a few seconds before brushing his shirt a few times with his hands. "'If' is quite a problematic word."

"We would never harm a student." The principal smiled and then signalled for the young girl to walk closer to Alvin.

The girl on fire took a few steps towards him before reaching out her hand to grab Alvin by the sleeve of his bright red sweater.

"Dude!" He jumped out of his seat in surprise. "Are you trying to kill me?" He glared at her and tried to pull his arm away, but her grip was firm and he couldn't manage to set himself free.

To both their surprise, the flames surrounding her hand smothered at the touch of his sweater. However, the fire surrounding her kept burning. The principal's eyes widened at the sight and then proceeded to scribble on what Alvin assumed was his file.

"Thank you, you may leave now." She dismissed the student who headed straight for the exit, leaving the red-clad chipmunk astounded, jaws dropped.

"W-what?" he could only stammer as he tried to sit on his chair again. "What on earth just happened?"

The principal smiled. It wasn't the first time she's seen prospective students in awe of their own abilities. She's been the principal for longer than anyone could imagine, and during that time she's beared witness to numerous extraordinary powers. She straightened her back, holding up his papers in front of her and started reading.

"Your default, meaning your main power, is Energy Negation. You possess the ability to remain unaffected by other people's powers." She looked at him with a grin on her face, before shifting her eyes towards the papers again. "However, due to your skill level your power can only affect you. You won't be able to use your powers on other people. With some training though, which will be provided for you here at this school, you should be able to do just that, maybe more."

Alvin couldn't help but return the smile. In the back of his mind, he had always hoped to have some sort of super power, and now here he is. Granted, it could've been something cooler like Invisibility, but he was happy to take what he could get.

"Oh boy," He exclaimed with pride holding his chest up high. "This is awesome! What do you mean by 'maybe more'?" He leaned in closer eager to hear what else she had to say.

"Your power type is manipulation, so you will be having your training classes along with others who have the same type as you. Your power range is Energy. This means that you're also well and truly capable of mastering other forms of Energy Manipulation, not just negation."

"Are you serious?" Alvin threw his palms on the table out of excitement, his ears perked up high. Was she saying that he was able to improve his powers to get more? This sounded too good to be true!

"There is one catch however." Alvin's expression quickly diminished into a frown once he heard those words exit the principal's mouth. "It seems as though your cognition is quite poor."

Alvin tilted his head in confusion. "What does that mean?"

"It means you can't use your power consciously. Your power only shows itself when the situation demands it, like earlier."

"What?!" Alvin yelled in disappointment as he shrunk back to his seat. He rolled his eyes and rest his hands on his hips. "What's the point of having powers if I can't use them."

"There's nothing to worry about." She reassured him. "This is the reason this school was built in the first place—to help young people like you develop and learn how to use your powers properly."

"So that means I'll learn how to use them consciously now?" His eyes widened and his ears perked again. He knew exactly what she meant but he just wanted to hear her say it.

"Yes." She nodded.

She shook Alvin's hand and gave him her official welcome to the International Australian Academy for Wizards. She escorted him to the door but didn't follow him outside. She just fixed her gaze at the young chipmunk, watching him closely as he approached another deep in the hallways wearing a green sweater. He wrapped his arms around him.

'Such a peculiar boy'. She thought.

All throughout his interview earlier, she had constantly felt an immense sensation present in the room. Due to her having the ability to sense whether a person has special powers or not, sensations like this were only natural, quite common actually. As soon as she comes into contact with someone, she imediately knows whether to admit them to the school or not. That's why she's the principal, after all.

But Alvin was different, there was something more to him than meets the eye. Having more than one powers isn't common, but not unheard of. She could tell that he certainly had another in him—one much stronger than what he knew about now. She couldn't pinpoint exactly what his other power could be, but she was determined to find out.

She knew that whatever his power may be, it was being supressed. And for a reason.

The reason that he could be the one she's been looking for all this time.

"Miss," She called for one of her assistants, hurriedly coming to her command.

"Put him on the list."

*A/N: Hmm what list could that be?*

*Well here's another chapter. Fairly short and to be honest I'd say quite boring, but also necessary. I needed to introduce Alvin and his powers somehow and I couldn't do that by cutting straight into action.*

*Oh well, on to the next chapter we go!*