Magic School: Haecceitas & The Imtihan

-"Hey wake up we're gonna be late.", shouts Eleanor.

Damon groaned and pulled the blanket over his head.

-"Five more minutes please.", mumbles Damon.

Eleanor tugged off the blanket and saw Damon in his underwear. She blushes and turns the other side.

-"P-Put something on and come downstairs, breakfast is ready.", speaks Eleanor before leaving the room.

-"God, why did I accept to do this.", murmured Damon before getting up.

Damon put on some clothes and went to have breakfast with Eleanor.

-"C***, we're going to be late. We have to go right now."

Eleanor and Damon got out of the house and started walking North. It was not long that they got out of the forest before Damon asked her if they were really going by foot, but Eleanor did not answer him.

They continued walking for several minutes then Eleanor slowed down the pace till eventually stopping.

-"We're here.", announces Eleanor.

Damon was very confused because he could only see green fields anywhere he looked.

-"Are you crazy? We've been walking for 30 minutes now and all you did was take me out to some fields. There's noth-

-'Patefacio Sursum', abruptly says Eleanor.

Then, something that looked like a portal showed up and Eleanor got in. Damon had no choice but to follow her.

-"Holy F***, magic always amazes me.", says Damon happily.

Eleanor was right, the school was right there. A huge fortress of walls, gates and towers.

-"The school resides in a different realm and has hidden portals all over Elvenheim that allow access to those who have permission to enter. The school is protected by three magical barriers, making it unlikely for evil beings to enter and easy to protect those inside.", explains Eleanor.

-"Well, It's about time I leave. Just go through the gate there. I'll be sending you letters once in a while to know how you're doing!", states Eleanor

Just before Damon could say anything to her, Eleanor got in the portal and left. He then goes through the gate just like she instructed and was amazed to see how many people were there. Damon was sure that there were almost 500 people. Then he notices that they were all looking to a stage where a short man was standing and next to him was the biggest man Damon had ever seen in his life who was wielding a giant hammer. The short man started talking.

-"Greetings witches and Welcome to Haecceitas, Elvenheim's magic school!

I am the instructor of this year's Imtihan (entrance exam) which you'll all be passing right now!

The Imtihan consists of 2 challenges: The first will be testing you magic barrier and The second will be to freely use any spell of choice then the judges will place the students into six classes according to their skill levels. Note that if you fail either of the challenges you will be immediately disqualified and you can retake the exam next year!"

Damon could barely hear over the din and the hubbub of the madding crowd that just started. He was more focused on how to use the magical barrier that the instructor just stated. Before he knew it, the crowd already made a line to pass the first challenge. Damon was last in line.

-"Wait, how are they going to test our magical barrier... Don't tell me..", thought Damon to himself.

Damon looked over the heads of the non-ending line and saw that the giant man from earlier was now swinging the hammer at the witches, but something was not right. The hammer would sometimes stop mid-way or sometimes hit them. Damon focused and could see a yellow-ish bubble that was surrounding almost 30% of the witches that were in line.

Two hours later, it was almost Damon's turn and he still hasn't figured out the barrier spell since Eleanor never told him. There were now 5 people ahead of him. He remarked that all five of them before passing, they would murmur 'Clipeum' and the yellow-ish bubble would pop-up suddenly. And so he assumed that was the magical barrier spell.

It was now Damon's turn. Now that he was standing in front of that giant man he felt very intimidated.

Damon closed his eyes and whispered 'Clipeum'. He wasn't sure if it worked but he hoped it did.

He could feel the man swinging the hammer and wondered if he would die if he got hit by that.

*BOOM*

Damon didn't feel a thing. It was now very quiet.

-"Is this how you feel when you die?", thought Damon to himself.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw that his barrier was still intact.

-"Pass", shouted the instructor.

-"Thank goodness. I wasn't sure how I would've explained to Eleanor that I failed on the first challenge.", thought Damon.

-"The first challenge is now over with 135 witch passing! To start the second challenge, I ask you all to follow me.", speaks the instructor.

The examiner took them to another place. It was very spacious with 20 other examiners waiting for them.

-"We'll now begin the second challenge. Everyone line up at a different examiner and you'll be tested on your magical power."

Damon was first in the line this time and was proud of his accomplishment. He was now standing in front of a female instructor.

-"Use any spell of your liking dear", said the instructor.

She had a sweet voice and on top of that, she had big titties. Damon sure wanted to be in her class.

-'Ignitus!', shouted Damon.

A small fireball came out and hit the ground.

-"Hmm, 6th Class", said the examiner.

-"I don't understand... Mind if I give it another try?", asked Damon.

-"You really are an impudent student."

-'Ignitus!', shouted Damon

The same fireball came out.

-"Yep, no doubt about it you are in 6th Class."

The female instructor then handed him a paper showing him his dorm number and his class schedule.

Several minutes later, all participants had finished their challenge and none of them had failed.

-"All right, We'll be heading to the dorms now. Follow my lead.", said one of the examiners.

They walked for ten minutes before they had arrived in the dorms.

-"Now just go find your room and meet your roommate. Classes will start tomorrow!", said the examiner before leaving.

Damon searched and searched before finally finding his room. He opened the door and found another person already there. He was a human just like him. He was very handsome and didn't look strong.

-"I see that we are roommates. My name's Damon"

He didn't say anything for a while but he finally spoke.

-"Look, I'm in 4th Class. I'm not gonna get all chummy with a 6th Class so lay off the easygoing chitchat. But I'll give you the honour of letting you know my name. It's Ace."

-"Nice to meet you, I guess..."

-"You little bottom-feeder, just flunk out already.", said Ace.

-"Flunk out?", asked Damon.

-"You don't know? In this school, there's a magic exam called Tawjih every two months. And if you flunk that test, you will be expelled.", explained Ace.

-"It's pretty strict in here, huh? When magic classes start tomorrow, I'd better give it my all!", said Damon.

Ace suddenly took his paper, the one the instructor gave him.

-"Hey, what's the deal with your class schedule. It's nothing but body-strengthening classes. Guess It's not 6th Class for nothing. Anyways It's pretty late now, let's go to sleep.", said Ace while showing Damon.

-"Body-strengthening? Not magic classes? I'll see tomorrow what it's about.", thought Damon to himself before falling asleep.