New characters:
Headmaster Ambrose: man with purple robes and stars on them with a long white beard and glasses.
Chapter 2: Welcome to Ravenwood
Me and Ryan stepped inside in the small castle-like building. There was an elderly man with purple stary robes and a big white beard sitting at a rather messy desk. He looks up at us. ''Is this the one you mentioned to me, Ryan?'' He said. ''The one you said had great fire potential?''
''Yes, Headmaster.'' Ryan replied. I was still confused, and I burst into a barrage of questions. ''So magics real? How does it work? Whats all this stuff about me having potential?'' Ryan silenced me with a glance.
''He can't control his power when hes purely mad.'' Ryan continued. ''But with the right training he could prove to be a powerful wizard.''
''Interesting.'' The headmaster said. ''Well, Adam, I am Headmaster Ambrose. Pleased to meet you.'' An owl suddenly flew in, landed on a pile of papers, and looked at me. ''I'm the Headmasters pet, Gamma.''
''A talking owl?'' I said. ''Cool.''
''So Ryan,'' The headmaster continued. ''I would like you to get him started on magic, For I have lots of paperwork to tidy up.. oh so many papers...''
Ryan took me over to the courtyards of some place called the ''Fairgrounds''. He handed me a deck of cards. For some reason when i came here, I was wearing wizard robes. 'Oh well.' I thought. 'I do like red.' My robes and hat were different shades of red.
''Now, look at your cards.'' Ryan orders. I look down at them. I had 3 copies of each. Firecat, Blood Bat, Scarab, Ice Beetle, and Imp. Ryan handed me a satchel. ''Use this to hold your cards and gear.'' He told me. I placed the cards in the bag. ''Now I will explain how you battle with these cards.'' Ryan continued. ''At the top, there's a number, right? That's the pip and mana cost.'' I look at the number on the cards. There all one. ''Pips are small glowing orbs you get each turn in combat.'' He said. ''Are you getting all this?'' He asked.
''Yup, pretty much.'' I said.
''Okay, good. So there's a number to a number on the card. This is how much damage it could do. But notice there's also a percentage. That's the chance of it to work. If it doesn't work, Its called a ''fizzle''. Oh, and here's a wand.'' He hands me a small wand with a fire orb on it with little golden cuffs at two of its sides. He explained them to me on the way here, along with how to properly create the symbols. ''Traps, shields, 'blades, and other spell could change damage or chance. If you have no spells you can use, then pass for a new pip. I'll explain power pips another time, so that's the basics to magic.''
'Wow.' I thought. 'Magic sure is advanced. But they did say I have potential, Right?'
I then realized how tired I was. ''Where to we stay?'' I asked.
''Normally, you would stay in a dorm until your a Journeymen Wizard, and buy a castle or house. In this case, though, you could stay at my 'Playhouse Mansion.''' Ryan said. It was fine by me. ''I'm going home now. Come on by when your ready.''He then vanished away to his place.
'I can't believe it.' I thought. 'I'm a real wizard now, And I can leave my old life of pain and open a new chapter in my life. A dream... That life of sadness and frustration feels like a faraway dream already... From here, Things could only get better until I'm the best wizard I could be.'
But bad thoughts were racing though my mind, to, and I had a feeling that my peace wont last forever.