The air was thin, the world around was black. Floating in place, Lortin can see himself sitting there, floating, meditating. This place didn't look anything like anywhere in the real world, it looked like space, but without stars and other things you would see in space. Just a very big empty space of black. "I can't wait to see what the Elder wants!" Lortin thought to himself, then waking up from his meditation. "I can't wait I can't wait!" he exclaimed, "I wonder what he will say." Lortin sits up on his bed, looking around his room, with a new thought every 2 seconds. Thoughts going in and out, back and forth, the thought of his visit with the elders soon, to sound he hears outside his room door to even the weather for the day, all becoming the number one thought quickly to the thought he can care less about. He gets up and walks to his desk, open up his book, which shows his progression in the college on the first page. Only 2 out of the 5 tests were completed. Someone for his level should have completed 4 so far, but due to his "disability", he is rather slow on the learning curve, but to the higher ups he is a strong minded user.

He turns the page, it shows the results of the first test, flawless, second test, barely passed. Some time after the first test, something happened and Lortin didn't remember. Maybe someone did this to him, maybe it was just met to be. He began to change from his night clothes to his formals to wear for the elders. "I might as well put these on, I'm not sure when the messenger will contact me," he thought to himself, "I could go into the quad and relax for a bit." "I remember seeing that fight almost break out the other day, that was a close call with the Fize student." "Those Fize students scare me, with all the electricity, electricity does do nice things, but it's just, to, bright." "Bright like the sun, but not as hot...I wonder if electricity can be as hot as fire." What is the feeling of electric shock." All of these thoughts, quickly in and out of his mind.

Lortin couldn't just stand around waiting, he had to do something. He opens his door and begins to quickly walk down the corridor, almost as if he was in a hurry to get somewhere. He stopped by the entrance to the quad, only to get bored of that and walk towards the eastern end of the college, stopping to observe his surroundings. He then turned around and began to walk towards the quad, he looked up and noticed the clock in the middle of the quad. It was barely 9 in the morning, but there were a large amount of students hanging around. It was the weekend, normally students have more free time during the weekends then the weekdays, due to training, meditating endless hours, classes, etc. "Wow last time I saw this many people, there was a panic in the school about some people from the north attacking, but that was a false alarm," Lortin thought. "A false alarm, like that time I thought I was losing all my power during the second test, but I just wasn't concentrating enough."

As Lortin was about to leave the quad, a man, even shorter then Lortin walked up to him. "Are you Lortin, uh, Lortin?" the short man said. "Me? My name is Lortin, unless there is another one here I am unaware of." Lortin rambled. "Is there another Lortin?" "No, you are the Lortin I am looking for, calm yourself." the short man explained, "please, come with me, the elder is waiting for you." Lortin followed the man into the college walls, up the first flight of stairs, up the second. There were no more stairs at this point, "why are we here, this is just a dead end," Lortin asked. "You are a Drasna student and you can't even figure this out?" the short man said harshly. "I don't know why the elder wants to speak to this dimwit," the man said under his breath. The man took a deep breath, "we must teleport to the third level," the man said to Lortin, "how do I know where to teleport to?" Lortin returned. "No need to worry," the man said as he walked towards a statue. He lifted one of the fingers on the statue and the statue moved inwards and then dropped; behind it was a small room with a glowing circle on the ground. "Simply stand on the circle, just use the energy within, and it will teleport you to the third floor," the man explained. Lortin walked in first, stood on the circle, closed his eyes and focused his energy and released it. After opening his eyes, he was in the same room, but the room outside of the circle room was different; a new place for him. Lortin walked out of the circle room to then see the small man appear on the circle. "Now, we have to do that two more times, the elder is waiting on the fifth floor." After finding the rooms, teleporting to the upper floors; they both stood in front of the elder's room. "Here you are sir, the elder awaits inside," the man said to Lortin. Just as Lortin was going to respond, the small man teleported away. Lortin begins to knock on the door, just as it slowly opens. In side was a rather large bedroom/lounge, with a throne at the end of it, which had a giant window that overlooked the college grounds. A man stood, staring out of the window. "I have been waiting for you young Lortin," the elder said, "I have a small task I wish to use you for."