All Lucien could do was blink his eyes, still laying in bed not wanting to move, not really sure what feeling is taking the top spot in his chest. Lucien has overwhelming fear for today but no matter what, he will face his fate head on, he is determined to make this life better than his previous one.Today he will go into the Chamber to find out exactly the impact he will have on his family for generations to come. With much trepidation he finds himself slowly getting out of his bed.Taking a moment to listen if anyone is inside or not, hearing no voices he takes an extra moment to just breathe. To relish in this moment that everything is simple and for the most part easy. But in a couple hours that all will take a turn for the better or for the worse.

“Lu, are you ready?” his mother called out.

“Yes mom, I’ll be down in a moment!”

Lucien knowing his time of peace was going to come to an end, rushed down stairs because it's better he end it then his mother. Seeing his family waiting outside for him made him all the more nervous and made him contemplate if he even really wanted to do this. THe thoughts were running wild in his head but only one stuck.

“I got this, I will finally have a family to make proud of me, I refuse to be a disappointment like my last life, this will be where I make my own fate!

Making eye contact with his father, Lucien built up the courage he knew he needed to face the day.Lucien heard his father send his brother to the stables to ready the horse and asked his mother to prepare some snacks for the ride.Lucien saw his brothers,Cassius, and Kieran begrudgingly make their way to the stable, while his father motioned for him to come to sit for a second.

“Listen, today is a very big day, not only for our family, but for you as well. Today will change your life for the better and you and I will make this family even stronger. If you think the training I had for you now was rough. Oh just you wait, but I will make you into one hell of a fighter that everyone will be in awe of.”

“Thanks dad, I will try my best and make your proud, but just promise me one thing, even if it's not something you wanted me to have, that we will make the best out of it.’’

“Don't worry about that, whatever power you awaken we will as a family will make the best of it.”

With the little unexpected talk with his father, Lucien was now more comfortable with what today has in store for the rest of his life. The ride to the city was uneventful as usual. His mind is going every which direction at a million miles an hour. Trying to calm himself down he took a moment to appreciate the city. This not being his first time in the city, but it always blows him away with the sight of this beautiful creation. King Aldric took his time when he thought about how he wanted to construct his home. The city is in three different tiers, The lowest is the largest in population, but also the lowest in income. It wasn’t slums level poor but it wasn’t too far off. The next higher tier to the city is for the working class, this tier is where all the shops and taverns, and amusement stuff would be. While the second tier wasn't as large population wise as the first it still was large in its own right. There were docks for fly ships, there are places for gambling, lodging, music, food, anything you could possibly want and or need.The third and final tier, almost sitting at the very top, was for the aristocracy. This tier was definitely the smallest in population but they controlled everything below them.

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Even from this distance, the city is amazing. The walls that separate the levels are larger than some of the buildings in the cities. And I guess they have to be, they protect a lot of people.

With a cough coming from Lucien's father he knew he was caught daydreaming, but he didn’t mind, today was his day.With his brother and parents making small talk on the way to the city, Lucien starts to imagine all of the options that the Chamber could give him, and he starts to think what powers would he want most.

“What if I got the power to control elements, like air,water, fire, earth, even lighting, or ice.”

His mind started to go into a tailspin of everything he would do with the powers he received.Lucien wanted to be better than his father, his aim was to be commander of all the armies. Lucien wants to be the king's right hand man, to be the one that receives direct orders from the king and to handle what needs to be done to protect the kingdom. With his mind light years away, he misses the jokes that his brothers are throwing his way, and the comments about his future that his parents are hinting at, and the low hanging branch that he would have seen if he were paying attention. With his attention fixed on his future plans, and the people passing by, Lucien failed to notice the low hanging branch that was right at head level. With the branch smacking his face and bringing him abruptly out of his day dreaming, Lucien had to rub his face where a red welt started to appear.

“You know how many times do I have to tell you not to daydream while you need to be focused on other things? Let me guess you have missed everything that has been going past us since we made our way onto the main road? You have missed the soldiers, the mages, I bet you even missed the courier handing me a message. I even bet that, with all the jokes your brothers have been making, you all missed that we are being followed with a protective detail.” his father said.

With his father saying that Lucien knew better then to whip his head around and start looking up and down the road for the detail. He knew that if he wanted to be seen by the elite guards, then he would only see them if they wanted to be seen. Looking at his brothers who were helplessly looking around for the detail, their father made a whistle and two rocks simultaneously hit the back of both brothers heads. With a small laugh leaving Lucien's lips his father quickly responded.

“Don’t be laughing too much at your brothers, you missed them too, you just didn't start to look around like an idiot seeing if you could find them. It seems my training did more for you then your brothers.

With the death stare his brothers were giving him he knew he was going to pay for his laugh when he was alone. His brothers have a tendency to bully him at every opportunity they could find. Lucien wasn't sure if it was jealousy, or if his brothers really didn't like him. With his worry about his brothers passing and his father back to talking to his mother, Lucien started to pay attention to his surroundings. They were on the main road that led directly to the city gate. It was a paved road, making it easy for all sorts of travelers. Regardless if you were going by cart, foot or horse the road made it easy and peaceful. With being near the time of the Chambers opening, any type of bandit would be crazy in trying to steal something with the roads that were this well defended. Unfortunately there are times where bandits harass the people walking on the main road, but the guards are pretty good at hunting them down and arresting them.

The king cares very little about what people do on a daily basis; his concerns are much higher than dealing with bandits and thievery. As long as murders are happening the king leaves the daily workings to the city council. After he watches some of the people coming and going from the city, Lucien sees different families going past them, traders trying to sell some goods on the road, and spots on the road where people could make camps. While looking into these camping spots,he notices the slightest of movements in the tree lines. While imminently off the road are woods,you can see through it for a hundred or so yards before it gets dense, right at that line is where he begins to notice the movements. Lucien has a feeling he knows who it is, but he wants to try and watch for more movements to see how many times he can spot him.

After about fifteen or so minutes, Lucien has dropped back from his family to pay more attention to the trees. When a voice comes up from behind him and says,

“Now I thought your dad trained you better than that when it comes to tracking movements.”