The Academy

Chapter 7

There is only one person in the locker room, besides me, that hasn't changed yet. She seems to be here semi-against her will. But she still begrudgingly begins to change. Maybe she thinks this isn't real. Hell, I knew about magic and I can barely believe I finally made it here. I'm scared that I don't have any powers, but I want to know for sure, so I can move on with my life if I have to.

Just as I finish changing, a voice comes over a speaker saying "Proceed to the blue exit door. The exam is about to begin."

So I walk through the door, watching that girl in front of me. I've worked so hard all my life, trying to manifest my powers, so I don't let my family down. But she just fucking waltzes in here, with no idea what's going on and she gets to take a test. How do they even know she has powers? What are they going to do if she fails the exam? She already knows that all of this is real. Can they erase it from her mind? Whatever. I need to focus on passing this exam myself.

They assign me to section T. I'm not surprised, my whole family has telekinesis or teleportation, so for them to think that I probably have one of those abilities isn't that far of a stretch. But I've tried to use those abilities before and it never works. I don't know why they think being here will make a difference, unless I've suddenly manifested them out of the blue.

I see that girl again, waiting outside the same section that I've been assigned to. I wonder what her power is. Maybe she has telekinesis, like I should. Maybe she should have been born into my family, and maybe I should have been born into a regular one. At least then I wouldn't know what I don't have. I wouldn't miss not having powers. I could live a normal life, without knowing what it could have been.

When she goes in, I try my best to listen to what happens, but its too loud in the arena. Her exam takes longer than the others. Soon enough, she walks out the same way she went in. Two of the administrators walking with her. She looks... excited. I make ever so brief eye contact with her and everything goes black.

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I open my eyes and, when they adjust, I see the arena's ceiling. Did no one notice that I fell to the ground? They must all be watching her, like I was. There is something about her, I can tell that she must be a very powerful person. I hope she does well at the academy, even if I don't get accepted, I hope she does. She obviously deserves this more than I do.

It's time to finally stand back up from the ground. But it's a lot more comfortable than I thought laying on cement would be. Maybe I'm concussed from passing out. Though, I still wonder why no one is making sure I'm okay, but I understand that some random, powerless girl is not as important as everyone else here.

When I finally do decide to sit up, I notice why no one was paying any attention to me. I'm not waiting outside section T on the ground anymore, I'm on a cot, in a different part of the arena entirely. They cared enough to move me to a first aid area, and that's good enough for me. I'm not being treated like a dropped wrapper.

A man in scrubs walks in, "Glad to see you've woken up Ms. Walker. The exam administrators are ready for you when you are. But take your time. It's a good thing that Ms. Roberts was there to prevent you from hitting your head. Her telekinetic reflexes are very good. Otherwise, I'd be worried that you might have a concussion along with whatever it is that caused you to feint in the first place. Are you feeling alright? What have you eaten today? What do you remember from before you lost consciousness?"

"I remember some girl walking out of her exam with two administrators, looking fairly excited. The next thing that happened, is I woke up here. I feel fine, a little confused but fine. Who's Ms. Roberts?"

Before he can answer my questions, there she is again, this time in my head. Her face pops up, even though I wasn't really thinking about her. Somehow I know she's the girl who caught me. And somehow I know that its the nurse who was thinking about her. He was thinking about her, when I asked my question. I can tell what he's thinking! I'm telepathic!

I never thought I would make it to this point in my life. I finally know what my power is. I finally know that I belong in this world and in my family. Just because I'm telepathic instead of telekinetic, doesn't mean that I won't fit in much better with them now. Because I will. I'm not a muggle anymore.

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When I finally leave the aid station and go back to my section, I am immediately called in for my exam. The administrators are sitting in a circle that I walk to the center of.

"Josephine Walker? We have learned that you discovered your telepathy moments before coming here. We, would like you to demonstrate your ability by reading the mind of someone in here, or by reading all of our minds."

"Well, as much as I would love to do that. I have no idea how I was able to read nurse Will's mind. And I have even less of an idea of how to do it again. I just learned that I had a power at all, how am I supposed to know how to control it or even demonstrate it at all?"

A/N: Bit of an abrupt close to this chapter, but I'm working hard on this and kind of writing in and out of order. So some of the stuff I have is not where the story is right now. Bear with me please! Please comment what you think of this chapter! Thanks