"The second stage of the competition?" Adrianna was shocked. If the second stage was going to start soon, she will definitely lose it because the full moon was coming next week. She didn't know how to react. She bit her lower lip in order to hide her nervousness. 

Lile was deflated the moment she heard the announcement. "There goes out break time tomorrow," she said feeling dejected. 

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"We have to assemble in the garden in the morning and this class commences at 11:30AM, so we can still go," said the red-haired boy not wanting to miss the opportunity. He was thankful to Adrianna for her potion-making skills and giving them this rare chance. 

Adrianna smiled as Lile once again looked lively. She started making plans with the rest of the group. "Adrianna, do you think you can go out with us? Because you are always traveling around with a large number of royal guards around you?" 

"We can go in my carriage," she offered.

"Of course not! There will be no fun if we take the royal carriage," said Lile. "It would be better if we go disguised as adults because most places won't admit academy students during school time." 

Adrianna was impressed by the wizard kingdom's rules and regulations. 

"Which places will accommodate?" she asked. 

"Only about five and that too they are too expensive for students like us. So you can practically say that no place would let us in. Rather they would report us to the headmaster." 

"Isn't this allowed?" asked Adrianna. "You sound as if we are doing something illegal."

"It is allowed, but imagine Professor Ziu receiving hundreds of notifications of seeing five academy students during school hours!" 

"What we can do is disguise ourselves and wear casual clothes," suggested Lile. All the boys agreed. Then she looked at Adrianna and said, "Adrianna, I think you should just drop out of the outing." 

"Why?" Adrianna was angry. Even she wanted to have fun. 

"Because with you, our fun become next to zero! There would be so many restrictions that we would end up sitting in your carriage for the two hours we will have," replied Lile with a chuckle. 

"We will see," said Adrianna and pouted her lips. Lile laughed and continued making her program with others. At the end of it, Adrianna was seen sulking. 

When the potion class was over, Adrianna went to the magic class where Professor Ziu was waiting for her. There was another Professor along with him. 

"This is Professor Coral. She will be teaching you the spells when I am not around," said Ziu as he introduced Adrianna to Coral. 

Coral was a short, petite witch, in her early thirties and was Ziu's classmate in the academy. She was a pleasant woman and one of Ziu's favorites because she was too difficult to annoy. She could put up with Ziu's temperament easily. A very upbeat person, Coral shook Adrianna's hands excitedly. "I have heard a lot about you Adrianna and I look forward to teaching you." 

Adrianna smiled and thought, what a pleasant change from the usual serious character like Ziu? 

"She will be teaching you today, since I have worked at the ministry," informed Ziu and went away from there.

Professor Coral was one of the sweetest people Adrianna had ever come across. 

"Do you know how to make a portal?" asked Coral.

"No, I don't," said excited Adrianna. She had been too dependent on Fleur for walking in and out of portals. If she could learn how to make one, it would be so much better. 

Coral looked at how excited Adrianna was. She laughed at her and said, "You see making a portal is easy, but making one with a destination in your mind is difficult. So when you have made a portal don't think that you have succeeded because it is highly possible that you may end up going to an undesired location."

Adrianna's thrill dimmed. 

"Every wizard or witch has a different portal. The fact that you are half-werewolf makes me wonder whether you would be able to even create a portal… Creating it is unique to people of this realm…" mused Coral. "In either case, we will try…"

"You need to cast a spell and make a ten foot diameter circle in the air. Concentrate on a location you want to go and close your eyes. When you will open your eyes, you will see that along the periphery of the circle, some sigils have appeared. Pick those sigils with your wand and arrange them in a way that the location name becomes clear. As soon as the sigils are arranged properly, you put them at the top of the circle you have created. A portal will open according to your persona within the circle you have drawn in air." 

Adrianna gawked at Professor Coral. She had explained things so nicely that Adrianna didn't have a single doubt. She was eager to create her portal. She took out the wand from her robe.