SUNDAY

"Boom! " once again the sound of Rachel's broom hitting the lower bunk woke me from my slumber everything looked so bright like the room was made of glass... WAIT! Something is not right, am missing something ; something important and like every good dream it came to an end. I felt dizzy and closed my eyes, opening them again I saw leaves hmm! Leaves "why the f**k am I seeing leaves inside my room, madam Rekel is going to kill us all I can almost feel the sting of her metal wipe the pain.... Ah my back o bloody hell what happened to my back it feels like it's been sucked in boiling water for ages"

And them it all came back the activities of last night the sting of the earth wipe, the mumbling sound Jack made as he suffocated from the ice, Clinton falling into the ice spike; reflexively I turned around to see if he was still there and to my utmost disdain he was there eyes wide open staring straight at me with the same shock it bore the night before. I threw up the remaining contents of my stomach feeling as if I was drowning in my own saliva. "I killed him! o by the gods! I kill a man, they are gonna come for me, I killed a human being!! What have I done!!" my thoughts were chaotic and I was breathing heavily.

But some how I got a grip of my self I ran from the river bank with my legs feeling like they were sacks of grain, getting to the orphanage I slipped in through the back door and ran to my room. Luckily when I got inside the girls were no were to be found I quickly pulled off my clothes giving a little wince from my injury caused by Rekel. The bath water was cold courtesy of the winter breeze but I needed to get ride of this feeling the blood I felt like I could scrub the events of last night away.

It was only after I had joined everyone at the temple of the moon goddess that I felt a little better. The feel of the wooden pews on my body felt comfortable, this is what I was used to, the sound of the choir's song brought my soul a temporary relief like it was telling me that I have been forgiven for my sins.

THREE DAYS LATER.

"Cough" "cough" " Dear children my name is Duchess Maria de Lacherte` and I am here to talk to you about your awakening, I know you are all very anxious to begin but let me once again remind you why we are here. Once a child is 15 years old he or she is required to undertake the awakening ceremony in order for said child to know what type of magic he or she may possess and how much mana they have, this is done so that you may know what roles or jobs you are most suited for in order to help you live a prosperous life and contribute as a reasonable citizen of Erandel.

Also there are some of you here who have types of magic like healing magic, or soul magic who are in high demand by very important people this awakening will very well change your life. According to the king's decree those of you with rare magic or extraordinary potential will be adopted by noble families to train you and enable you to reach your full potential ". And that is the second reason we all are gathered here, squeezing each other even though we all are still going to under go the awakening...eventually. I could barely see the Duchess with hundreds of better fed 15 year Olds towering in front of me, I could feel my inferiority complex raring it's ugly head. "why are all of them so damn tall"

It has been 3 days since the events of that night and although I had scrubbed the entire orphanage spotless as punishment for my crimes/actions I was still bursting with excitement for today although for a different reason. Today we would all be considered as adults after our awakening, " ha, I can finally leave that God forsaken orphanage"

" The process is simple you just have to place your hand on the blue crystal and the clerk will announce your results" the Duchess voice signaled the beginning of the exercise. The first person to go through the awakening was a short boy with jet black hair wearing farmers clothes, he placed his hands on the crystal and its bone brightly for a minute then the announcer shouted out his results.

" Jack Williams MAGIC AFFINITY :FIRE 55%

MANA WELL : 5,000"

And the whole hall went quite, with his abilities he could join the kingdoms army and life a far much better life than his farmer life. And so it went on like that for a couple of us until it was Rachel's turn she stepped forward with dainty steps and placed her hand on the crystal and her results shocked us all.

" RACHEL . MAGIC AFFINITY : light 79%

MANA WELL : 20,000"

Everyone was dumbfounded, when Duchess Maria had spoken about some of us being healers we all thought that it was far too rare for any of us to experience such an event but here we were seeing it with their own eyes. A man dressed in a blue suit walked up to the clerk and whispered something to him and he announced that the Duchess had decided to adopt Rachel. After some time (must of which I spent trying to comprehend how wicked Rachel had been blessed so much) it was finally my turn and then a wave of anxiety came over me, "what if my affinity was terribly low, I already know my element but what if my mana well was very small" the average human had about 4500 mana units according to mistress Rekel but there have cases of rare individuals with less than tha.... "young lady for the last time would you pls put your hand on the crystal" the clerk's annoyed voice brought me out of my reverie and I immediately placed my hand on the crystal to avoid further embarrassment. Boom! A stream of blinding light flooded the hall I had to cover my eyes with my other hand to protect them. The light disappeared as quickly as it came and the clerk had a surprised expression on his face, a minute or two later he announced my results with a shaky voice

" SYLVIA MAGIC AFFINITY : WATER 100%, WIND 100%, THUNDER 100%

MANA WELL: 500, 000

" OK what just happened? There must be a mistake" I was shocked to say the least, this was not what I was expecting but as I was still "in my feelings" the clerk announced that the Asura clan had decided to adopt me and I was lead away by two servants dressed in pale blue uniforms. It all felt surreal to me and I couldn't comprehend what was going on it all felt so unreal but one thing was clear my life would never remain the same...