Blue Fire

On my way to the market as usual, it's not like I'm suddenly craving to get thrown out of the Union. I wonder as I'm walking if they will be testing us again tomorrow in Training. I hope so, then maybe I might get another chance to transfer to the City.
My name is Kristianna and I, like almost every seventeen year old, am I my own. My parents were killed in the War, so now I live by myself with Diri my computerized parent slash house cleaner. In the world we live in all the eighteen year olds to four year olds have the same schedule. Starting when you're six you go to Training everyday and for the four and five year olds they go only two times each week. At Training we learn how to read and write, but we also learn how to use our elements for defense against others. If we prove we are good enough we get transferred to the City for extra training after first school is over when we are eighteen. If we don't go to second school we get selected for different jobs to do.