I woke up as the sunshine hit my face, causing me to stumble from the bed. I stood up and looked out the window. It looked like it was going to be a nice and sunny day out. 

Since I had woken up early, I needed a way to kill some time. So I went downstairs and grabbed a few books. Some about the history of the world, and some about magic. Mostly about magic. I brought them back up to my room and began to read them. I was happy that the language in this world wasn't all that different from English. There was just a little bit of weird grammar here and there, but otherwise it was fine.

I read for about an hour or so, and I had grasped the basic knowledge of this world. To summarize, this place is called Faonus and a long time ago humans and animals were living together happily until the animals started acting up and then started killing the humans. They had a war and then some more stuff happened. So later a truce was put up between the two and they started living happily ever after. Nice.

The magic was a little bit more complex though. Apparently you had to go through this magic redeeming thing where you determine your type of magic, and then you can use it. You can't use it before that, which I thought was pretty dumb. 

Six different types of magic existed: Fire, water, earth, electric, light, and dark. There was also physical, magical and passive types of magic. Once you were determined to have a certain type of magic, you couldn't learn anything else. So basically if I had fire, I couldn't learn water or earth or whatever. That was pretty much it.

Other than that, there wasn't any other information other than that, because it's classified and you'll be taught how to do it anyways when you determine your magic type.

Starting to become hungry again, I head down to the kitchen to look for something to eat. Luckily there were some pieces of bread on the table, one for each plate. I counted each of the plates, and the number totaled to around twenty. So around twenty kids lived here. That's probably why this place couldn't afford to be too luxurious with things.

I took one and ate. Then, I wanted to asked one of the adults if they could take me to check my magic type. I approached a man who didn't look all that muscular unlike the guards and reminded me a bit of my past self.

"Excuse me. Could you show me how to get my magic type checked?"

After speaking, I hadn't realized that my grammar wasn't befitting for a seven year old, but whatever. People might think that I was a child prodigy which would be amazing.

"How old are you?"

"Oh, I'm seven!"

"Really? Most kids get that done by the time they're five. Okay, I'll take you there, but we have to make it quick. I need to finish my job. Maybe I'll just get someone else to take over..."

We left the place and headed somewhere. I had no clue where we were going, so I made a mental note to try and find a map of the town later. While I could, I tried to remember each area to the best of my ability.

"Oh yeah, I forgot to ask. What's your name? Mine's Edward."

"Mine's Aysel."

"Aysel, huh? Interesting."

"Yeah, I get that a lot."

"Ha!"

Eventually, we arrived at a sinister looking shop. Something like a fortune teller's hut, but surrounded by a dark aura and had a creepier feel to it. This seemed kinda sketchy.

"Are you sure that we're at the right place?"

"Yeah, of course! You see, that kid just came out! Alright, let's go in now."

Slightly doubting him, we entered through the door, but I was still wary and walking behind Edward. 

Before me was an old man, wearing a cloak. There was a magic orb, similar to the one I found in Lauren's orphanage, and there was also six different cards. Red, blue, green, yellow, white, and black. Those were what I assumed to be the different types.

"Hey man, this kid wants to know his magic type."

"Alright, pay the fees. Five hundred corse."

"Really? That's pretty cheap."

"Consider it a one-time discount for being a regular customer."

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"Aw, thanks man."

After Edward paid the old man the fees, the old man pointed to me in a way that he wanted me to sit down on the chair.

"Choose one of the cards. Which one appeals to you most."

Of course, I immediately took the fire card.

"Now place it on top of the orb. It shall determine everything. Your fate. Your life. Everything."

I slowly and carefully placed it on top of the orb. Immediately the orb sucked in some sort of energy from the card, and that energy was now swirling in a circle. I was waiting for the orb to form a red color, but nothing happened.

"Put your hand on the orb."

Nodding quickly, I placed my  hand on the orb. The energy that was swirling in the orb was now connecting to my hand. It felt weird, like someone was pulling you, but they couldn't even move you an inch because they were so weak.

Suddenly everything stopped.

A card appeared in front of the old man, and he was reading it.

I waited quietly, but on the inside my mind was just begging me to jump over the table and take a look.

"Your type is water."

WHAT?!

"I wanted fire!"

"Don't whine... This is amazing!"

I stared at the old man. He looked completely surprised and flabbergasted. Is that even a word? Flabbergasted?

"What's so amazing about getting a water element?"

"No... You don't know it yet, but you have three elements!!!"

"So?"

"Do you realize how amazing that is?!"

I'm amazed how an old man like this could be so excited. I look around me again, and I spot Edward, with his mouth agape. I forgot that he was even there.

"Hey, Edward. How good is three elements?"

Startled by my sudden question, he twitched and hit his head on the back on the wall. It wasn't very nice, but I laughed. It looked hilarious. He regained composure later though, looking calm.

"It's great. Only one person is known to have two elements, and that person is marked as a legend in history."

Well, at least someone is calm. I turned back to the old man.

"So, um.. You told me that one of the elements was water, right? What are the other two?"

"Th- They're dark and earth."

"What?! Seriously, still no fire? Come on..."

They both just stared at me blankly, face palming. I probably said something stupid. Not wanting to stay in this awkward environment anymore, I stood up and started to leave and Edward followed behind. I waved at the old man.

"Bye!"

"Oh, wait! Don't leave yet, I have to give you these books!"

Hearing that, I turned back around and entered the shop again. The old man took out three old looking books and handed them all towards me.

"These are the elemental books that can teach you how to practice your magic. Normally, I only give one, but since you have three types..."

I grabbed them contently, making sure that I did not seem too rude while doing so.

"Thank you!"

We then left, and our way back, none of us said a word.

When we finally made our way back, I immediately made my way back to my room. I don't know where Edward went, but I didn't care, since all I wanted to do now was practice my magic. I was still pretty upset that I didn't get fire, but I'll take three elements, I guess.

I examined the books. There was one for water, earth, and dark. Which one should I start with first? It's time to start practicing!

Now, there was only one thing I had to be careful of. And that was to not destroy the house.

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Yeah, there was no action this chapter... Sad [th_093.gif] It was supposed to be longer, but since it's getting late (and because of the poll decision), I decided to cut it here and sleep. Might not upload for the next two days because I have a project to do, which is also why I chose a two day time limit for the poll. Any predictions for the next chapter?