AN: Sorry it took me so long to write the next chapter. I will try to do my best next time. Also, I am sorry if this chapter is long. I tried to shorten it while I was still typing. I also tied to make the test that Ryan Griffinheart took as accurate as possible. The same thing goes to the description of the school, Life, that Ryan reads. Please review and tell me what you think. Also, please tell me if you have any questions. I would be glad to answer them for you and when I do that, I will answer them as best as I can.

Chapter 3

I woke up at 7:00 am the next day. I didn't want to get up and go to school so I just went back to sleep when suddenly, I remembered! I wasn't going to school! I was going to the wizard school! Plus, anyway, if I wasn't going to the wizard school, it was a Saturday; but anyway, I got out of bed fast as I could. But instantly when my feet hit the cold hard floor, I wanted to go back to bed because my feet were cold and my bed was so warm. It was tempting, but I decided not too. So I gabbed the clothes I was going to wear and hurried downstairs to the shower.

Before I knew it, I was upstairs in my bedroom with my suitcase in my hand and my backpack on my back. My mom, dad, and brother were there saying good-bye to me. I didn't know what do say besides good-bye, so that is what I did. I gave my mother a big hug.

"I am really going to miss you," said my mom.

"I am going to miss you too," I answered back. Then I went and gave my dad a big hug. He was the one I was going to miss the most.

"I will miss you," my dad said sadly. "But, I do believe-in you very much."

"I believe-in you very much also. More than you could ever imagine," I said confidently.

"Good," said my dad. Last, I said good-bye to my brother, Jake. He gave me the biggest hug I have ever gotten from him. Finally, once I was done saying good-bye, he went and moved the big red chair near the door in my bedroom. We actually never open the door because it leads out to the roof and it can never be opened, but to my surprise, Jake opened the door without hesitation. Then I expected some cold wind to come blowing in, but it didn't. Instead of winding blowing was a picture or actually a scene of an office with lots of people in the office. Besides the people in the office, there was an adult there. He looked old. He had a white beard that made him look like Santa Claus. He had a tall hat on that went straight up, went to the left and up again. It also had stars and moons on it, which were yellow. Then his robe was dark purple along with the rest of his outfit plus, the yellow stars and moons. Lastly, he held a staff that was golden at the top with a light blue sphere in the center of it. I turned toward my mom and dad. They gestured for me to go. So I looked back at the scene and walked through. Suddenly, the scene changed from my bedroom to the office with lots of kids. The old man suddenly looked up to see me standing right in front of him.

"Oh, hi! Welcome to Wizard City, young fellow. What my I do for you?" I didn't know what to say. All I did was just stare at him until. . ,

"Um, hi! I am new to this school. I had gotten a letter from the headmaster saying that he would like me to go to this school to learn magic, I presume."

"Yes, he did want you too," he said as he went and sat down in his chair. "Come and sit down, will you? You don't have to just stand there." He motioned for me to sit down in the chair that somehow appeared out of nowhere. I decided to sit down. The chair was quite comfortable.

"So, who is the headmaster of Wizard City," I asked.

"You are talking to him right now," he answered back. I looked at him in a surprised look.

"You are the headmaster," I questioned.

"Yes, I am the headmaster," he repeated.

"So then, your name is Merle Ambrose," I questioned again.

"Yes it is."

"Ok."

"And, you are?"

"Oh, sorry, I forgot to introduce myself," I said. "My name is Ryan Griffinheart. I live in Nashville, Illinois. I had got a letter from a couple days ago; I think it might have been Monday, but anyway, the letter said that you would be pleased if I went to this school. So here I am," I concluded.

"Yes, I can see that you are here. Anyways, I want to go out that door that is straight ahead, turn left, and then turn right. There will be a tunnel and above it is says Ravenwood. When you get there the girls' dormitory will be on your left. Go to your dorm, put your things away, and then come back to my office with your wizard cloths on. I need you to take a test to see what school you will be in."

"Ok." So I got out of the chair and walked out the door. Once I got outside, I saw so many people or should I just say wizards. They were all over the place. I saw a couple kids chatting by a tree nearby a light blue pond. But, that is not all I saw, I saw a couple people ridding horses! I think one was riding a brown horse, which I believed was a Chestnut Pony. Another horse was black with sort of a nice hairstyle. Then there was a white horse. It was amazing. I walked down the steps and made left turn like Merle Ambrose had told me. Then I made a right turn to see the tunnel that he was talking about. Above the tunnel it said, "Ravenwood." I bet that is where he wants me to go. Soon I was in Ravenwood and to my astonishment there was a big green tree standing right in front of me. The tree even had a face! It looked like it was in the center of Ravenwood. As I looked around, I notice that there were other trees, but not as big as the tree in the center and what is also surprising it that the other trees had faces too! Instead of getting sidetracked by looking at these big trees, I turned left and went into my dorm room. When I got inside, I was expecting it to be much bigger, but it wasn't. It was a small dorm room with only one double bed, an exquisite desk, a padded stool, a stained table and two short square vases. There was no wallpaper, just bricks and most important it was just one room. I was sort of disappointed, but at least I have a window. I put my suitcase down at the foot of the bed and my backpack down on the bed. I saw that there was a set of clothes for me. There was a hat, robe, and boots. Plus, they were all the same color, which was blue for the main color and white for the trim. I looked at the clothes I had on; then at the clothes on the bed. Ugh. Why did I have to change?

When I got back to Merle Ambrose's office, not many people were there, only a couple, then they were gone With a poof of magic and when they went or disappeared, one person left behind a puff of black skulls. The other person left behind a puff of white snowflakes.

"Ryan, will you come here, please." I turned around to see Merle Ambrose holding out a piece of paper and a pencil.

"So what do you want me to do," I asked.

"I want you to take this test to see which school you get into," he told me. So I grabbed the test and paper. I looked up to see Merle Ambrose already in his seat at his desk. I look at the test. Then I ask,

"Where should I take this test?" Then all of a sudden, I am teleported, which I think I was, to what seems like a tower. There are a couple of desks to sit at with what seems like a comfortable chair as I sit down in it. "Ok, now to start the test," I thought to myself. I skim through the questions quickly. Huh. All of these questions are easy to answer. So I went back up to number one. It read, "I would rather . . ." Then I can either choose,

1. Go to a party

2. Play by myself.

I choose 1. The next question was, "Which of these is the most powerful?" The answers are,

1. Hurricane

2. Tornado

3. Sandstorm

4. Earthquake

5. Blizzard

6. Volcano

7. Plague

"Hum," I though. "They all seem powerful to me. How can I choose?" So I went with 7. The next question was, "Which best describes you?"

1. I am very well rounded.

2. I am extremely creative.

3. I am honest and hardworking.

4. I am a great listener and friend.

5. I am smart and I study hard.

6. I am fast and athletic.

Well, I am not fast and athletic or am I very well rounded. So I choose 4. The questions kept on going until the very last question. The last question was, "What's your favorite gem stone?" I choose Jade. Finally, I was done. I was looking through my answers just to make sure I had them all correct when suddenly my test disappeared! I didn't know what to do until an owl appeared on a stand with a banner hanging down.

"Hello wizard. My name is Gamma the owl. I am a friend of Merle Ambrose. I just can here to tell you that the headmaster is now grading your test."

"Hi Gamma. I am Ryan Griffinheart. I am a new student here at Wizard City."

"Merle told me you were new. I hope you like this school here and the school that you get into."

"Thanks." Suddenly, I was teleported to Merle Ambrose's office and there he sat, in his chair looking at my test, which I believed he was.

"Ah, there you are, young wizard. I have finished grading your test."

"That's great," I said. "So what school did I get into," I asked eagerly.

"You did a great job with your test and I am to believe you are going to be put into the school of Life."

"Life?"

"Yes, life and I am to say that life is a great school. Here is the description of the school if you would like to read it." He handed me a piece of paper that had the description of life. It read, "Life Wizards are often social, charming, funny, and spiritual. Some famous Theurgists include Queen Titania, Leonardo DaVinci, and Thomas Jefferson. Life Wizards are great at healing themselves and others."

"Hum, it sounds somewhat like me."

"Well, there are no retakes of the test, so what you get is what you get," said Merle Ambrose.

"Ok, so I am in life. Now what?"

"Now come with me. I am going to show you how to battle. It is sort of a tutorial." Then without knowing, I was teleported to outside of a tower. Merle Ambrose was standing a couple feet away from me and Gamma was a couple feet away too.

Soon after the tutorial on how to battle, I was in Merle Ambrose's office getting my first assignment. By that time, I knew how to battle, that mana was used to cast spells, and that if my health ran out, I would die and return back to the Commons. Also, that is were I learned that the guy who was in charge of most of the monsters/undead in Wizard City was Malistare. Plus, I had to beat him after I beat all of the other worlds that were surrounding the Spiral, which included Wizard City. I can't wait till that day finally comes; yet it is scary to think about it. I mean, I am only a Novice. I need to be like a Grandmaster to be able to beat him. I guess I sort of have doubts about myself. But for now, I got to focus on what's at hand. Which is beating Wizard City.