Evan Carson, the robed man, handed me the paper.

Contract of Motherverse Academy

Facilities-

Diners and Restaurants

Assorted classrooms

Blacksmith

Training Forest

Training Arena

Dormitories/Lodging

Adventurers Guild

~Small facilities~

Other-

50 gold

Internships

Soulbound Familiar (For graduation)

Storage Ring

Communication Crystal

Identification Card

And More

Requirements: 1 gold per week for Basic living conditions

That was a large list of benefits. It was a fairly easy decision for me. Amara read it, and clapped her hands.

"See, I told you it was great" she said.

I looked back to Evan, and nodded. "We want to go".

"Great. If you would just follow me, I will open a portal and get you two accepted" he said.

He pulled a large crystal, about the size of a soccerball, out of his pocket. It didn't seem possible that it fit in there, but it apparently did. He held the crystal with both hands and closed his eyes.

A blue portal slowly formed, and he opened his eyes again.

"That is a portal that leads directly to the Initiation part of the academy. Please step through" he said, with the effort clear on his face.

We hurridly walked through, and then the portal winked out of existance

"He is probably going to recruit more members" said Amara.

She looked around, doing a full 360 degree turn.

"This is amazing" she gushed. "Look how tall those towers are".

The blue and white towers were truly amazing. They seemed to shine. The building itself was a pure white, but the areas around the windows were colored a deep blue.

They were all rather wide for a tall building, but they were just as high. I could see people in through the windows moving, training and teaching.

I tore my eyes away from them as I almost tripped over my own feet. The movement on the ground was just as captivating. Robes of all sorts of blues and blacks and whites were traveling in every direction. There were even pathsthat marked which way you should go for your destination.

We walked toward a building with the word 'INITIATION' on the front.

A guard was standing in front of the door.

"New recruits?" he asked.

I nodded, and he pointed inside.

"Take the left" he said.

We turned left and saw a blond receptionist. She gave us a brilliant smile, and waved us closer.

"You must be new recruits. Are you interested in joining the Academy?" she said in a peppy tone.

"Yes, we both are" I said. I looked at her card. Her name was Olivia Brown.

She handed us small golden cards with chains on them.

"If you would push a small amount of energy into these cards, they will become personalized to you" she said.

Amara palmed hers, and I felt the movement of her energy. The card now said:

Name: Amara Nyx Level: 12 Race: Hellfire Demon Age: 17

I could feel the energy within me, but I didn't know how to control it. I tried to grasp it with my mind, and forcefully shove it into the card. The card blew out of my hand, and hit the wall.

"Whoa there, try to use a little less energy" said the receptionst.

Skill Learned: Essence Manipulation- You can manipulate your internal Essence Spell Learned: Essence Blast- Send a pulse of destructive Essence out from any part of your body

I picked it back up, and I tried to puch a tiny bit of essence into it. It worked, and the card lit up.

Name: Ryan Level: 0 Race: Biometallic Progenitor Age: 17

"I think that you are the first recruited Progenitor" said Olivia.

She handed me a ring with a small crystal embedded in the top. It seemed to have miniscule inscriptions on it.

"This is a storage ring. They can hold about 5 square feet of materials, and you need to insert energy to use it" Olivia explained.

I put it on, and gave it some Essence. It was like I grew a whole new limb. I was connected to some kind of sub- dimension

She gave us the 50 gold, and instructed us to store it in our rings. Then, she slid flat, crystal devices toward us. They were about the size of a phone and they had strange inscriptions on the back.

"These are your communication crystals. You can talk with anyone on your contacts list. To add someone, you just need their energy signature" she said. "To personalize these, you still need to insert energy into them".

I activated mine, and then added Amara to my contacts list. When I inserted my Essence, a screen lit up. I could scroll through my contacts and whoever I selected would recieve a call. I could also message people. I sent Amara a text that said 'Test'.

Her crystal made a *Ding* noise and lit up.

Olivia directed us to our next stop, the Administration building.