"I was struck with a single sense as I was thrown out of the Ring: inevitability. I knew for a fact that I was dead. The darkness crept up on me and all I could do was run.

So I ran.

Darks swarmed on me like a mob, only far too silent. I was still going to die. I grabbed the machete and hacked a circle around me, and some fell, only to be replaced like parts in a machine.

And I ran.

Some kind of gigantic wheel-thing came up to me and I ran as close to the side as I could, keeping away from it and the horde. I ran faster and harder than I remembered anyone ever running before.

I ran towards the light.

But night is always darkest before the dawn, yes? The biggest thing I had ever seen stood in front of me. I stabbed at its 'leg' or arm, whatever it had, and it just kicked at me. I ducked.  I ran even faster than I did before, and every time the Behemoth took a leap, the whole ground shook. 'The machete's still in the leg' I thought, and I ignored it for awhile as I ran towards the flickering candlelight in the distance. I came across some kind of forest, and I remembered the class I was taking in the fall. I tried to make a net out of the branches of the oaks, and I succeeded! I ran, thinking that it would buy me some time.

It didn't.

The behemoth smashed through the wall like in stories, shards of Oak tree flying past me. I pushed myself.

I ran until the blood in my veins was made of broken glass, until I was breathing fire and stepping on coals. I ran after I stopped actually being able to see. I just ran. I ran, and before I knew it, I was at the candlelight.

I stepped into the other town's Ring, and I felt triumphant. I looked back at the behemoth, happy that I was inside looking out.

And then, it stepped inside.

I got hit by someone's elbow and passed out. When I woke up, the behemoth was being dragged outside. I applied for this school. I was accepted. Now, I'm taking Terromancy. The teachers don't care that I was taken up to Freshman year in another town, I guess. All for the better."

"Jesus man, that was the best story ever. You should write that down." Carlos says.

"Hey Murph, what's your schedule?"James asks.

"Well, first I take my Apprenticeship class, in Terromancy. Then I've got the general class, simulation, Strategy, sparring, puppet, and then I'm trying to do a second hour of Simulation."

"Oh, a Soldier Boy, here," James says.

"Dude, up the f**ck shut. The basterds need to learn something." I say.

I head to the Attendance office to try and get the schedule sorted out.

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Character list:

Name: Ashton
Age: 16
Class: Healer
Classes at School: General Studies, Healer Apprenticeship, Puppet Exp, Strategy.
Powers:
*Heal (heals everyone)
*Cure (focuses on one person)
*Life (brings people back to life, can only be used once per person)
*Null (decreases impact of any damage or magic)
*Protodisc (basically a shield from anything)
*Dia (attack spell that affects the mind)
*Light (attack spell that affects the organs)
*Holy (attack spell that affects the blood stream)
*Ultima (attack spell that attacks the whole body).
*Buff (increases person's speed, accuracy, strength, intelligence, etc.)
*Healer's Mind (a passive ability, he can know what's wrong with you, your pain threshold, and various other factors contributing to your overall health)
Personality: A caring person who can't stand to watch people get hurt. He wants to find the source of The Dark so he can stop it.

Name: Murphy
Age: 17
Class: Terromancer
Classes at School: Terromancer Apprenticeship, General Studies, Simulation (two classes), Strategy, Sparring, and Puppet.
Powers:
*Basic heal (weak healing available to Terromancers. works on individuals or a group.)
*Life sculpting (Either changing characteristics of a plant or animal [During pure-breeding] or using them to your advantage.)
*Earth blast (mid-level attack. Consists of taking a chunk of rock and throwing it at someone.)
*Earth Stab (Takes a spear of rock and stabs someone with it.)
*Shield (Blocks an attack using earth or rocks.)
*Earth wave (A more advanced attack.)
*Basic species control (Most animals are more like pets to him, trainable and loyal. He breeds falcons.)
Personality:You're basic angsty Sophomore with a grudge against the Dark. After all, they seperated him from his life. He lives as a night guard in a watchtower.

Name: Kevin
Age: 16
Class: Creator
Classes at school: Sparring, General Studies, Creation Apprenticeship, Science and Math.
Powers:
*Sky piercer (A large oversized blade that creates a thin arc with each slice)
*Tolarian shield (A sort energy barrier [has problems keeping it together under brutal attacks])
*Meterora (A one shot attack which has devestating effects but takes all of his energy to do)
*Scorcher (low leveled defence, slash attack setting up a wall of flames that he can quickly change at any time)
*Storm Eye (creating a winds that exceed hurricane winds.)
*Boxian (A white box vulnerable to projectile attacks he uses to trap enemies or to take cover in.)
*Gate (A gate that leads to a place where his enemies wouldn't be able to locate or sense his position as he kills them.)
*Klov (A spell that lets you free form create minor items such as making bicycle parts.)
*Florider (A creation of Miss Kutner's but it's a way of quickly transporting oneself along air soundlessly, they were basically a pair of odd looking boots with holes along the sole.)
Personality: Highly creative,confident person , with a love for swords. Has an uncanny calmness in desperate situations, believes the mind is only as strong as the imagination.

Name: Meyla
Age: 16
Class: Necromancer
Classes at school: General Studies, Necromancer Apprenticeship, Stimulation, Strategy and Sparring Practice
Powers:
* Necromancy (Control over shadows of the dead)
*Tome (Creates a dome sphere thats impenitrable)
*Self Heal (All wounds heal instantly when free of blockage)
* Whisper (Allowing to enter the mind of someone and either hear or plant a thought, form of comunication)
*Flash (Puts a victim to sleep instantly with one look)
* Shift (Transportation over short or long distance. Results in dizzyness if used wrongly)
* Mind Block (Mind is block from any form of attack or search)
*Darkened Heart (Causes either death of body, mind or both. If there mind dies they become sort of empty shells. Necromancers can control the bodies for the rest of its life span)
Personality: Is always layed back. Never seems emotional about much. Is more zoned out and willingling to do anything if it means not getting focused on. Enjoys company but is often found alone. Has a violent temper when it rises which isn't often. Puts others before herself. Hides a secret from her past that involves The Dark and her gifts.

Name: Airy
Age: 15
Class: Astral
Classes at school: Astral Apprenticeship, Stimulation, Sparing, General Studies, Math and Science.
Powers:
*Sight (Can see into the future. Happens at random at times)
*Rewind (Can see the past)
*Mind Search (can see the memories of a person and read their thoughts.)
*Energy Push (sends a wave of energy at someone and depending on how powerful you make it depends the victims fate. Uses the user's own energy.)
Personality: she has two different personalities almost like she's two different people. When around people she's happy and laughs a lot. But when no one's around that's when her true self appears. She's never been the same since she predicted her parents death and still wasn't able to stop it from happening.

Name: Etha
Class: Deitive assassin
Age:19
Remaining lifespan: Unknown
Race: Honourdark
Powers:
*Shield (Protects himself against most attacks)
*Shield lock (Locks multiple people in shields, can be broken by heat, wind, earth, water or kinetic properties)
*Bend (Uses a shield to bend light around him, allowing an observer to literally see through him. Can be seen with practice.)
*Read (Can read a persons name, their likely time of death and their class)
Physical properties: black, 7 foot 6, muscular, split jaw with two tongues, red eyes. Has no hair, entire body looks like it's been burned. Covered in black armour that is attached to the skin.
Has two swords on each arm made of highly compressed carbon, can extend and cut through steel. Is tough due to dark influence on his body
personality: Unknown, currently prone to change

Name: Balia Garcia
Age: 16
Class: Luxmancer
Classes at school: Luxmancer Apprenticeship, General studies, Simulation, Strategy, Sparring, Science and Maths.
Powers:
*Energy Shot (Can shoot energy and lightning bolts from her hands.)
*Lightning fast (this helps in combat).
*Shine (Can become luminous enough to blind people.)
*Super strong (also helps in combat).
*Luxmancy (can control light).
*Light healing (Can heal herself using sunlight.)
Personality: She is short tempered, (everyone jokes that she should be a pyromancer). Transferred to this school from Madrid, Spain so English is not her first language. Greatly desired by the opposite gender, though she is not always good to their hearts. Energetic - she does ballet and salsa in her free time.

Collab Information about the Dark Universe:

List of Known Darks:

There are a total of 10 species of Dark creatures.

-Dark (They look like normal humans, except completely black)

-Aerodark (They look like Pterodactyls)

-Hydrodark (They look like Leoplurodons)

-Amphidark (They look like large toads, with strong tongue muscles to pull you into their mouths)

-Pyrodark (Rare darks that spawn from fires or lightning strikes)

-Darkrai (When a collection of Darks come together, they absorb eachother and become a Darkrai)

-Wheels (Darks that look like large wheels, they have two guns on the side that fire Chips)

-Chips (Darks that look like small computer chips, when they attach onto something they turn it into either a Darkrai or a Behemoth Dark. In towns that have been completly destroyed by The Dark, Chips float out of the ground until about 130 feet into the air)

-Dark Dogs (Darks that look like large wolves, where they are, a Behemoth Dark is sure to be)

-Behemoth Darks (Extremly large Darks, they are nearly impossible to kill. And when you do kill them, they shatter into a multitude of other Dark Creatures)

-Honourdarks (An extremely rare form of Dark. It is a dark that was once a person but turned into a Dark by unknown magics. It is not known if this can be reversed as not much is known about this rare species.)

Puppets:

Puppets are a machine created specifically to fight the Dark invasion. They are small 3 foot tall puppets that your soul inhabits when you sleep. In your sleep you can move around as your puppet. In puppet form all your powers are 10x stronger. You're puppet can truly end up anywhere in the world."

FYI Important!:

Just to clear things up. Since, we're using greek and latin suffixes to our classes. i.e. necra-, pyro-, terra-, hydro-, etc. I would like to clear up what these mean.

Necro means dead. Not darkness, Noctus is dark, and Lux is light. Bio is life. Because I am a Healer I am technically a Biomancer.

-mance is to control, manipulate and create. Hence, Biomancy is the controlling, manipulation and creation of life. Necromancy is the controlling, manipulation and creation of death, etc.

Terra = Earth
Hydro = Water
Aero = Air
Pyro = Fire
Necro = Death
Bio = Life
Noctus = Dark
Lux = Light

If you have inquiries on any other elements or greek words, just ask me, I tend to know.

updated Aug 19 '10 by Seraphim'sZephyr