I come to on a cot. I can see the training room ceiling above me. I sit up and look around. The maze has disappeared, and there are 3 other cots filled. Joey is on one, and Bryce and Belle on the others. Jan walks up to me with a smile on her face.

"Atta'boy, take it easy now. Good show out there kid. If only Joey used that head of his more, he might have lasted longer. Your team won. Congratulations, Tanner is gonna be thrilled to hear about that legacy you developed. He's been waiting a long time for you to start. He is here already, so you better get goin home." She pats me on the back and directs me towards Tanner.

"Hey Adam, we're gonna need to hang out sometime!" Joey laughs and waves.

"Yeah dude, I'll catch you later." I say with a smile

Tanner stands in the doorway of the training room with a smile on his face.

"How'd it go today Adam?"

"I developed my first legacy!" I can hardly contain myself, this means we can open my loric chest.

Tanner's grin is ear to ear,"You did! What is it kiddo?"

"I think it's something to do with reading minds!"

He gives me a hug. "We are gonna have a busy night and day tomorrow then. I'll take the day off."

"He preformed excellently today in training." Jan says to Tanner.

"Great, he should be even better next week. We'll have to get him and Joey together for a play date."

C'mon Tanner... Why do you have to embarrass me?

"Oh I'm sure Joey would love that!" She plays along.

"Well we really need to get going, like I said, busy night." He ruffles my shaggy brown hair and guides me to the exit.

"Does this mean I get to open my Loric Chest?" I start to think what treasures good be inside the long awaited box.

"Yes. We get to open it together. Tell me about your legacy though. When did it first start today?" He grins with excitement. He's waited a long time too.

"Remember that girl who caused the earthquake in the parking lot. She heard me laugh at your comment and she threatened to beat my ass. Then I was confused because I thought Joey was talking shit, but he was actually THINKING shit. Also I could hear what a girl in training was going to do next. And I avoided getting a metal spike chucked at my head." This is a kick-ass legacy so far.

We get in the vehicle and speed off towards home.

"You have telepathy, so far you've only figured out how to work one side of it though. By tomorrow we should have you able to send messages to others, and communicate with them. It's still in the earliest stage and we should be able to strengthen it. Also you are not sleeping tonight, you'll see why once we get inside."

I was so caught up with what Tanner was telling me I failed to realize that we were already home. I smile and hop out of the car, and have my loric chest sitting in the center of the living room by the time he gets inside.

"I forgot to tell you, we are having company tonight,and I want you to treat her with the utmost respect. She is a very important woman and is taking a personal interest in your training." He lays his suitcase on the counter and throws his jacket on the couch. He walks over to me and sits down next to the chest.

"Place your hand on the lock and I'll place mine on the other side, link your fingers with me and will the chest to open." I do as he says and the lock heats up and becomes warm to the touch, almost feeling like a solid liquid. If that makes any sense. The lock opens and Tanner pushes me back and secretively pulls a small green colored pendant on a odd looking chain. He shuts the chest and smiles at me.

"This is called an Aurator. Once you slip it over your neck, only you can take it off. It will strengthen your mental capabilities along with all legacies you possess currently and those in the future. It should especially help with your telepathy legacy and increase it's power tenfold. The only way it can be removed without your consent is if you die." He smiles,"That's not gonna happen for awhile though."

He slips it around my neck and the effect is instantaneous. My whole body feels alive with pulsing energy. I shut my eyes and see something out of this world, literally. A large man with a purple scar down his neck holds a woman by the neck. She tries kicking him but he holds her just out of reach. A sword is pulsing in his other hand and he has a hateful look on his face.

"You fools thought you could stop me, thought you could destroy me, yet you dangle here between my grip and still think you can win this war. It's pitiful." He laughs a deep roaring laugh, and pulls back the sword and shoves it through the woman's heart. Her eyes glow momentarily before she hangs limply in his hand. He drops her and looks at me," You will come to see the futility of the loric." Then everything goes black.

My eyes open and I look around my living room. I'm on the couch and Tanner has a worried look on his face. I still feel the pulsing energy coursing through my body. But I'm feared with dread from what I saw. I look at Tanner and think towards him.

"I don't understand, he murdered her on some other planet, who is he, did you see him too."

"Only you know what you saw, our guest is here, tell her what you saw." He responds.

I sit up and there is the woman I saw murdered. A gasp of shock escapes through my mouth as she frowns at me.

"I saw you die!" I blurt, so much for being polite.

Her frown grows deeper.

"Tell me of your vision dear,"She sits down next to me.

After I tell her she and Tanner go to another room, I can hear his voice raised, and her's calming him down. She walks back in and smiles at me, Tanner follows her with a dreamy look on his face.

"Do not fret over what you saw honey. It is not important right now. I want you to come with me for a bit... Your cepan has agreed and he will be waiting for your return." She grabs my hand. She look as though she is in her 30's, but the wisdom that emanates from her feels ancient. She has long braided brown hair and stormy grey eyes.

We walk outside and start down the street.

I am Solina, Elder of Lorien, and to put it bluntly, fate has smiled down on you, or to some people, fate has been sentenced in stone. We looked for the strongest Garde of the your generation, and have decided that you are to inherit my place as Elder. Not anytime soon though, but in time you will be stronger than I am, my role is traditionally referred to as Solon, but the title of an Elder can change over time. Thus my name is a more feminine version of Solon. You're vision is unimportant as I said earlier. In time it will make sense, but now is not the time." She smiles and a wave of calmness sweeps over my body.

"I'm guessing I am not allowed to proclaim that I'll be an Elder to all my friends?" She laughs and nods her head.

"That is the correct assumption young garde. You will only be able to discuss it with me and your Cepan, Tanner. To prevent complications."

"Fair enough I guess..." Who would have guessed I'd be one of the strongest of my generation. I thought that type of stuff was a joke...

"How are you handling this all Adam?" She squeezes my hand for support.

"I'm not sure... I've only ever heard of the Elder, Pittacus Lore, even that I thought was a myth. It's kinda comforting to know that you guys are real."

"We are not just real, we are the life of Lorien itself." She thinks at me.

"I just don't wanna be a bad elder, is that possible?"

"Not for you sweetheart. You'll be stronger than me someday. You represent purity for Lorien, that is who you are, pure of heart and mind."

I blink and am suddenly back in my living room. I look around and see Tanner walk in from the kitchen.

"You better not ever use your legacies to make me agree with you." He looks angry.

"What do you mean?" I sit up and walk over to my chest.

"She did that so that she could tell you the truth... I didn't think you were ready. She said she would help develop your legacies, but she instead wasted our time and filled your head with things you're to young to worry about." He helps me open my chest and pulls out what looks like a sword hilt without a blade.

"This has been in your family for generations, far before even I can trace your genealogy." He hands it to me and takes a step back.

"It will soon require no effort to work. It will open instinctively, becoming an extension of your body. For now just will it to function.

The hilt comes to life and wraps around my hand. A cobalt-blue blade, 23 inches long, of pure energy juts out the hilt. A grin crosses my face ear-to-ear.

"This is so BAD ASS!"

"I know kiddo. It's impossible to break or bend, and will cut through just about anything. This was that birthday surprise I told you about earlier. I woke up and just knew today would be the day. I wanna bet it had something to do with the elders. Not sure what happen'd, but you have legacies coming now. That much I do know."

I laugh grimly,"So do I get some cake or what Tanner, I haven't ate since breakfast."

He smiles and chuckles," Yeah Adam, we have cake, and Happy 16th birthday."