"Sister!" he said as he was screaming because he saw a spider. "There is a spider in here, come to kill it, hurry!" "Miles is patient I am not as young as I use to be," Sister Elizabeth said. He heard steps coming to his room. His door opens, and an old elderly woman comes through the doorway and looks at the spider.

"Miles it is just a hatchling it won't do any harm" Sister Elizabeth said. She picked it up and carried it to the window in the warm summer night breeze. "oh I knew that " he laughs embarrassed as Sister Elizabeth looked at him with an exasperated smile and gives the look only mothers can. Instantaneously shedding his fears and warming his heart.

"Do you know what tomorrow is Miles?" Sister Elizabeth said 'hmm what’s tomorrow....' he thought "no Sister, I don't know, what is tomorrow?"

"It’s your birthday you silly boy" Sister Elizabeth said as she ruffled his hair. "Oooooooh I remember now" he said "How can you forget your birthday like that" Sister Elizabeth said. She looked at him warmly while heaving an exasperated sigh

"Do you remember what we have to do tomorrow, your magic potential awakening and affinity test!" His eyes open like a kid in a candy store. He heard Sister Elizabeth say that sentence "yea! I hope I get an awesome affinity like Fire! Or… Earth!” he said.

"Whatever you get just know I'll always be here for you Miles, oh my look at how dark it is, it’s time for you to go to sleep, so you can be up and ready in time " Sister Elizabeth said. she walked to the bed as he went under the covers, Sister Elizabeth patted his knee as she left the room and blew out the candles "good night Miles" Sister Elizabeth said as she opened the door, "good night Sister!"

“Waking up being dead tired is not a good feeling” he thought as he woke up after a long night of thinking about what magic he's going to get, among many other things. He got up from his bed, his body moaning in protest he looked at the sun "oh my gods it’s almost midday and test starts at midday"

He thought as he was getting dressed in his normal orphanage attire. He went to the well to check his reflection and comb his hair with a bone comb. He got it for his 5th birthday from Sister Elizabeth, “speaking of Sister Elizabeth, there she is looking as matronly as a mother can”

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he thought. he waves his hand "hello Sister Elizabeth" he said as she was walking over to where he was standing by the well. When Sister Elizabeth got to the well she stopped and looked at him with a warm gaze "are you ready Miles" Sister Elizabeth said. "I sure am!"

he said as she held her hand to walk with her to the plaza where the testing was going to be held at. when they got to the main road, he noticed everyone walking on the road were giving him and Sister Elizabeth disdainful looks as they were walking behind them one of them even snickered and muttered "what's he doing doesn't he know only people that were born in a mage family have magic" said the stranger " "he looks like an orphan plus that's the local sister, he's probably is a bastard son so a mage probably left him at the orphanage"

another stranger said as they went from snickering to full-on laughing. sister Elizabeth gave him a look almost as if she was pleading with him to not do anything rash as they got closer he saw demonstrations of magic from the local mage families and he saw a girl walking over to him "I choose you" she said meekly and raspy as if she hadn't used her voice for years as soon as everyone heard that. they all gasped "as I was looking around Sister Elizabeth whispered in my ear "Oooh looks like somebody's got a fiancée now"

sister Elizabeth said as the girl pulled him away she took him to the tailor to get him a pair of clothes the tailor got them ready within an hour he put them on and looked into a full body mirror " wow I look... nice" he muttered speechlessly he almost didn't recognize himself in the mirror the girl gave him a hug and they walked out of the store holding hands. And people gave surprised glances in our direction "wow he sure is lucky to have the ice princess propose to him" a stranger said as he walked past. His face getting red...

He was walking towards the testing area while holding the girl's hand. The girl is only one year older than him once he was at the testing area. he saw a line that was full of arrogant people 'am I really going to get an affinity to any elements' he thought doubting himself as he saw the line on the other side full of crying spoiled children around the same age. The girl was taking the test and her affinity was ice and surprisingly fire. he was getting impatient when it was finally his turn to have the mage test him "you there come on up here I don't get much time" the mage said as his eyes became focused again, going up there "yes lord mage" he said using the greeting Sister Elizabeth taught him to use when in front of people with a higher position, as he went up to the mage he noticed a clear crystal ball, he could even see his reflection in it as if it was a mirror

"ok here's what you have to do put your hand on the ball and imagine water flowing from the ball into you" the ball started shaking immensely as there was red, blue, green, white, black, and purple the mage gasped in amazement and the crystal ball exploded as his vision started growing darker and darker until his vision was no more....