Please read and review! I have no idea where this is going, but if you guys could give me some reviews, I would love you forever! I own nothing. Enjoy! By the way, Torah is a flirt and has kissed both Jakkin of Queenscove and Prince Jassikam. She doesn't mean anything by that, and they know it. I don't know who she really likes yet. Popular vote will win!

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Torah grinned to herself. She had finally got all of her things moved into her new room at the university. She put the blue robes of a Novice on and admired herself in the mirror. There was a knock at her door. She hurried to answer it. A boy a couple inches taller than her stood there. He smiled at her. He too wore the blue robes.

"Hi. I was told to come and get you. Master Numair would like to speak to you and learn what kind of magic you have. If you would follow me, please, Toralina."

Torah shrugged and followed the dark-haired boy. He looked about fourteen. He had curly black hair and big brown-gray eyes. Torah smiled at him. He was handsome enough for Torah to flirt with.

"I'm Torah. What's your name?"

The boy smiled back. "I'm Rikash. My father's told me allot about you. Do you really have that powerful magic? You must get it from Lady Alanna. She's got a really powerful Gift."

Torah laughed. "Yes, my magic is pretty powerful. I don't really care that much though. Your Gift is probably more powerful than mine. Can you really shape-shift?"

Rikash nodded. "Yeah. I'm not as good as my sister though. My wild magic isn't as powerful as hers. We're here. Just go through that door and ask for Numair. You'll see what I mean."

Torah waved to him before stepping through the door. She looked around the room. A table sat in the middle of it. There were chairs around it. She walked over and sat in one. She heard a squeak and jumped up.

A little black blob had squeaked at her. "What are you?" Torah asked it. She shook her head, a little confused.

"Darking." It squeaked. "I am darking. Daine rescue me. I am Moon the darking. What are you?"

Torah laughed. She had heard of darkings from Daine before. They were created from blood a long time ago by her Aunt Kally's husband's father. This particular one was very curious. "I'm Torah. Do you know where Numair is?"

The darking bobbed it's 'head' up and down. "That way." It pointed to a door. Torah thanked him and knocked on the door.

"Come in." Numair said. Torah opened the door. Master Numair sat behind a desk that wasn't visible due to large stacks of papers and spell books. He looked up, obviously surprised. Torah fought the urge to roll her eyes.

"Master Numair may be the greatest mage in the world," her adopted uncle Neal had told her once. "But that doesn't keep him from being a little bit scatterbrained. He'll be walking down to breakfast, but then he'll get distracted and end up not eating that day. Lucky for him, Daine usually reminds him."

Torah smiled at Numair. "You called me in here. You wanted to test out my magic."

Numair blinked and then smiled. "Oh, yes! I remember. Come here. Sit right there. This won't hurt. I'm just looking at what classes to enroll you in."

Torah looked into his eyes. She felt an odd sensation of something entering her mind. She quickly blocked it out. Numair winced in pain. Torah realized that it had only been him.

"Sorry. Is there any other way to do this? I don't think I can put my walls down for even a second."

Numair nodded. "Give me a piece of your hair. The only other way to do this is to get a piece of your essence. Would you light that fire? If I try to, I'll end up blasting a hole in the wall."

Torah obeyed. Numair placed a hand near the fire and muttered something. The fire turned black. "Put a hair in." He instructed.

Torah placed a hair in the fire. Numair watched the fire for a while. He finally stood up and turned back to Torah. "You have almost everything. You'll have to take healing, war magic, mind magic, seer magic, and weather magic. The only thing you don't have is the ability to scry. That's very odd." He frowned.

Torah shrugged. "So what's my schedule?" Numair frowned for a moment before turning to a sheet of paper. He started writing on it.

"There you go. Breakfast tomorrow is at eight. I'll see then." Torah left the room just as he sat down at his desk again. She looked at her schedule.

Wake Up - 7

Breakfast – 8

Seer Magic – Thom of Pirate's Swoop – 9 o'clock

Mind Powers – Numair Salmalin 10:30 o'clock

Lunch – 12

Healing – Baird of Queenscove – 1 o'clock

War Magic – Evelina of Macayhill – 2:30 o'clock

Weather Magic – Gaviena of King's Reach – 5 o'clock

Dinner – 6

Lectures – 7

Free Period – 8

Lights Out - 11

Torah shook her head at his scrawl. Why did men always have to write so messy? She could barely even read this! According to the paper, she had to get to dinner!

The next day, Torah woke up as the bell sounded. She quickly got up and pulled her blue robes on. She couldn't wait for her first class. She loved magic!

There was a knock on her door. Rikash and another girl entered. Torah eyed the girl. She had long red hair that fell to her shoulders in curls. She had deep hazel eyes. Torah yelped and ran to hug her younger cousin, Melaniah. She was only one year younger than Torah.

Rikash grinned at the cousins. Torah winked at him and turned to Melaniah. She grinned evilly. Melaniah's eyes widened and she started laughing.

"Yes, I agree." She laughed.

Rikash looked at the girls with a confused expression on his face. Torah glanced at him and started to laugh. Ever since the cousins were little, they had been able to finish each other's sentences. "We're going to prank Master Thom." Torah said wickedly. "And maybe even your father."

Rikash laughed. "Can I help?"

Torah grinned. "Of course." The bell for breakfast rang. The three of them ran out into the hall to get fed.

During breakfast, the three of them formed a plan. Torah wanted to wait a month. Her uncle knew her well. The three of them all had seer magic, so they rushed to class. The classroom was nearly full. Torah seated herself in the front row. Rikash sat beside her, and Melaniah sat behind her.

Thom entered the room. He smiled at Torah, who waved cheekily back. The rest of the class sniggered loudly. Thom rolled his eyes.

"Class, this is my annoying niece, Toralina of Conte and Olau. You should be careful of her. She likes pranks and flirting."

Torah stood up and bowed. "Thank you Uncle! You know me so well!"

Thom rolled his eyes. "Sit down! Okay, today, we're going to begin with a basic spell. We're going to look into the fire. Torah, you first. Tell me what you see."

Torah stood up and turned to the fireplace. She quickly used her magic to start a little fire. She looked at it and it turned amethyst, the color of her, Thom's, and Mel's Gifts. She looked at it, thinking of the spell.

A picture of Liano, Jasson, Jakkin, Ani, Lani, and herself formed in the fire. They were surrounded by bandits. Torah gasped and looked back at Thom.

"I-I saw my friends and I surrounded by bandits." She said quietly. She looked up at her uncle.

Thom smiled sadly. "Come up here Rikash." Rikash looked into the fire and blushed crimson. "I-I'd rather not say." Thom shrugged and called on the next person.

Next was their class with Numair. Melaniah had a different class. Rikash and Torah went to their class together. Torah asked him what he had seen in the fire again.

He blushed. "No-nothing that important. I'll tell if it ever comes true."

Torah shrugged. "Okay. Hurry up; we want good seats."

However, she didn't need to be worried. The chairs were only half-filled. It seemed that mind control was one of the rarer extents of the Gift. She and Rikash took spots near the front again.

Numair entered the room. He frowned at Rikash who had been talking. Rikash blushed and turned around. He then smiled and began to talk.

"Mind control is one of the rarer Gifts that people have. With mind control, you can move objects, untie ropes, and even read people's thoughts. It is very useful. Today, however, we'll be starting with a basic spell. All we're going to do is attempt to move these a little." He gave each student a little twig. "Go on."

Torah's moved right away. She caused it to zip across the room and hit Rikash in the head. Rikash got his a little while later and tried to hit Torah. When Numair came back, they were having a swordfight without touching their sticks. Numair nodded to them.

Healing and War Magic were pretty basic. It was nothing that Torah hadn't done before. The class that really interested her was weather magic. Not even Rikash had weather magic. It was only Torah and a slim girl in the red robes of Adept. When Torah got there, the other girl was causing it to rain.

Torah walked up to her. "How are you doing that?" Torah asked. The girl jumped and the rain stopped. The girl smiled sheepishly.

"I'm sorry. I'm used to it only being me here. You should be downstairs learning how to scry. I'm the only weather mage here."

Torah shook her head. "I can't scry. I was told to come up here to weather magic and learn from Gaviena of King's Reach."

The other girl grinned. "Oh, all right then. I'm Gaviena, but please call me Gavi. What is your name?"

"I'm Toralina of Conte and Olau. Please call me Torah."

Gavi grinned. "All right then. This is what you have to do." Slowly Gavi raised her arms to the clouds. The rain began to fall. "Call the rain down from the clouds. Go on; you try!"

Torah slowly raised her arms up to the clouds and called the rain to her. Suddenly, a heavy downpour drenched her. "Stop!" She yelled to the clouds. The clouds parted, and the rain stopped.

Gavi was looking at her weirdly. "What?" Torah demanded. She hated when people stared at her strangely. Gavi glanced back up at the sky.

"It took me years to call the rain down. I think that maybe you should be teaching me. You're better than I am."

Torah sighed. "I-I don't know. I don't know what else to do. Should I try calling lightning down or something?"

Gavi nodded. "Try to and then tell me."

Torah closed her eyes and called the lightning. She opened her eyes when she heard Gavi gasp. Torah looked down at herself. It seemed as though she was lightning. A strange energy filled her veins. She looked at Gavi in excitement.

"You try it! It doesn't hurt at all!" Torah exclaimed. The older girl raised her arms. Torah noticed that she was trembling. Suddenly, a small lightning bolt came down on the girl. She gasped again.

"Torah! Look at me! I'm lightning! I'm actually lightning!" Gavi laughed. Torah suddenly grinned.

"Gavi, we should go down and scare our teachers and friends. Come on; just ask it to stay with you and it will!" Gavi looked thoughtful. After a second, she smiled and agreed.

The two girls knocked on the door to the scrying room. Numair answered it. He stared at the girls and his face broke into a grin.

"Great job, Gavi! Look at you; you called lightning to you. And you even taught our little Torah here!"

Gavi shook her head. "It was the exact opposite, Master Numair. She called lightning from the sky. A huge bolt came and touched her. She taught me. I have to admit though, my bolt wasn't as big as hers."

Numair laughed as Torah shrugged. "Is my uncle in there?" She asked wryly. Numair stepped aside and the two girls walked past him. Torah was aware of everyone staring at them. She waved to Thom, who was also staring.

"Uncle Thom, let me help you with that!" Torah said grinning evilly. Thom raised an eyebrow at her and rolled his eyes.

"There is no way that I'm letting you touch me. I really don't feel like getting shocked, thanks. No! Torah!" She had lunged for him. He only got away in time. The class started laughing. Torah shrugged at Thom and pretended to be sad.

"You never let me have anything, Uncle Thom! I quit! I declare you rude to me!" Torah pretended to storm from the room. Before she could leave, Thom called her back.

"Hey, Torah! Can you answer a question for me?" Torah turned to give her uncle a glare. "Why did you never join the Players?"

Torah smiled. "I would have, except Ma and Da wanted me to become a Shang. Alanna was trying to get me to become a knight. I should have run away." Thom started laughing as she put a mock-thoughtful look on her face. "Uncle, you had better learn to sleep with your eyes open!"

The class roared with laughter as the two lightning girls stalked out of the room. Later, at dinner, Gavi asked Torah to eat outside with her. Torah agreed. The two girls even 'fed' the lightning strawberries, turning it pink.

At lectures later that night, Numair talked about essence. Torah actually listened to him, instead of making jokes to Melaniah, Gavi, and Rikash. Torah wanted to know more about essence.

"We carry our essence everywhere, in our skin, in our hair, in our nails. This means that everything we touch picks up some of ourselves. The longer the contact, the more the essence is transferred. Thus, if you get clothing someone has worn when he or she has been active, or hot, or upset, the clothing will supply you with more than enough essence to work a spell. Mages favor essence spells for things such as locks and keys, because spells can be linked to the owner alone. They are foolproof. They work if the owner touches something in a hurry, under stress, or in the cold. And there are ways to go around such spells."

Before Numair could tell them what those were, the bell rang for free period. Torah, Melaniah, and Rikash went to go work on some homework. It took them little time at all to finish it. After finishing it, Torah opened the window and called her lightning friend down to her.

"Why's it pink?" Rikash asked.

Torah grinned at him. "I fed it strawberries. I didn't know lightning could eat!"

Mel and Rikash started laughing. "I'm so glad that you're here, Torah. I missed you. It was so dreadfully boring here without you. Wasn't it Rikash?"

He nodded and grinned. "Thom especially." Both girls started laughing.

"You should hear what stories my mother has to tell about him." Torah said. Before she could say anything, the bell rang.

Torah yawned and gathered up her stuff. "Come on, Toma." The other two stared at her. She glared back. "What? I decided to name the pink lightning after my uncle, but I wanted it to be a girl! Toma, let's go to my room!" To the other two's surprise, the lightning followed Torah. She stuck her tongue out at the other two.

Torah smiled before she went to bed. This had been one of the best days in her life! It was a long day, though, and she was tired. Torah didn't even remember her head hitting the pillow.

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Better? I hope. Thank you for the idea SOPROL. I love you! I don't know who Torah should end up with. It'll be popular vote! The choices are Jasson, Rikash, or Jakkin. I also apologize for this chapter. It's pretty boring. I promise that the next one will be better. PLEASE REVIEW & TELL ME IDEAS AND ANSWER THE QUESTION ABOVE!!! Thank you!

PS. These are the robe colors:

Novice – blue

Intermediate – green

Adept – red

Master – white

Powerful Sorcerer – black