Shattered World

The Boy with White Hair

         Darkness, that was my first memory. Pure darkness, I remember hating it, so I wished for light. As my hands began to glow I saw several people looking down at me in amazement. I looked back, there was my mother. I didn't know why but she must be my mother. I looked across the room, there was my father. I sat there and waited for someone to speak. Nobody did so I decided to fill the silence. "Sparks" and as I spoke the word my hands grew brighter and my clothes erupted in flames. Everybody freaked out but then my Mother muttered something and I was doused with cold water. 

7 Years Later

         It's finally my seventh birthday and this is what i get to do. I sat there in the class while the teacher attempted to tell me how to use water magic. He continuously went on and on about "How strange it is that a boy as gifted as you can't use simple water magic" He was only talking to me, as I was the only boy who required classes. All of the other children got to train with the guards and practice  battle magic. That's all I wanted to do but the Elder Magicians, and my mother, said I must take classes so my gifts could be better developed. The teacher turned away and a sneaky idea suddenly popped into my head. I silently cast a spell on the vines hanging from the roof. Slowly I focused them down to his back pocket and sneakily wrapped them around his PenStaff. Suddenly my vines burst into dust. When I wasn't paying attention the Main Elder Magician, Murphy the master of disintegration, walked into the class. I slowly sunk down in my seat. "Mr.Drew!" Murphy spoke condescendingly. I knew I was in so much trouble. "Coming Mr.Murphy" I replied in a annoyed tone. I rolled my eyes and strolled along to his office. It was dark all around as the walls were made of dirt. There were several torches lighting up the room giving it a sort of medieval texture. His desk was made of rotting oak wood and the floor was stained green from moss. His desk was covered in scrolls and his walls were filled with old documents that in today's society meant nothing. He had a Masters in education so it made sense he'd be the one scolding me on misbehaving in class.   "Mr.Drew, we both know this behavior is simply unacceptable. You merely have till you're 17 when you must go to the surface. We simply can't afford for you to be unprepared and unknowledgeable in the arts of Magic. You are our only hope, you do realize this correct?"  I could feel the anger rising inside me as he spoke to me like a child as if these classes weren't frustrating on their own. "Of course I do, but how can you expect me to learn without any classmates? Why won't you let me speak with the other magicians my age? Surely it would be beneficial to my learning!"  I was sincerely ticked off "Why do you act like I'm destined for geatness?! Why do I have to be the boy with white hair?! I never asked for any of this!" I began to cry. I had bottled up these emotions and questions for a while now and it just seemed unfair.  Murphy walked up and held me as I wept. I burrowed my head into his copper robe and waited for my tears to cease existence. My eyes stung as I wiped them dry with my jet black robes. I knew that this was my destiny and I had to be ready for when i went to the surface. No matter ho lonely or frustrating this would be. This was my duty to the people struggling on the surface.

9 Years Later

I'm officially one year away from being sent to the surface. It felt so strange to have come this far and yet feel like I had so much to learn. " Hey there!" I spun around to see Rebekkah, my best and only friend. "So what you thinking about Drew?"   "As if you needed me to say, we both know you can read my mind" " Yea well its not very polite for a lady like myself to ever sneak around inside someones mind without permission" We both laughed. If people didn't know better they'd have seen us as a couple. But as I am supposed to leave dating was prohibited. "Y'know I should just go with you" "Quit snooping in my thoughts, it's revealing" "As if we didn't know everything about each other already" She had a point. We then sat at the hill that was looking out onto the entrance of the cave we made our home. Rebekkah turned to me and smiled her eyes glaring into what seemed to be my very soul. Then I did something I would never forget. I thought to myself that if I was ever allowed to love someone it'd be her. The second I thought it, she smiled widely and turned bright red. I quickly realized what I'd done. "Oh c'mon you can't put that against me" I couldn't believe she was reading my thoughts right when I developed feelings for her. She laughed and sneered at me "Well if you don't want me to tell the Elders then you gotta catch me." I quickly grabbed her hand before she could use a chant to transform her pen into a broom. She turned and looked at me. I was blocking her power with my gift. She smiled and then forced her magic onto me. I started to hear what she was thinking. This happens every time I touch her hand.                       If only he knew how much I wanted to be with him, he's such a dork.                    I pulled my hand away and stared into her beautiful blue green eyes. I thought to myself, I might as well let her know she doesn't need to read my mind to understand what I'm about to do. Then i put my hand carefully but swiftly behind her head and pulled her close to me and closed my eyes. Prepared to finally have made a move on her for the first time in 5 years of crushing on my best friend. Only after a few minutes of looking like an idiot I realized she used her infamous paralyze spell and i was stuck kissing air right in front of her. She laughed and ducked out from my grasp and went behind me. "You're gonna need to do more than catch me by surprise to get a kiss from me!" she laughed and walked away leaving me completely frozen until her spell wore off. I quickly chased after her. "Hey, wait for me!"