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*Following feet around deck. View of courtyard with blooming cherry blossoms in background* "Are the preparations ready?" "Almost, we just need..." "Don't tell me what we need, what we need is results." "Yes Sensei." "Have you informed the staff?" "Yes, they have already begun to choose their finest students." *Feet stop* "Good... Now all we need is a miracle."

*View of courtyard from above with a class sitting around a teacher* "Now children, what is the first rule of magic?" -Entire class- "Always respect the power within." "Good, and what happens when you don't respect it? Yes, Sanji?" "The magic begins to consume you, Sensei Watashi." "Very good Sanji." "Sensei Watashi?" "Yes Kimoto?" "Why does the magic consume you?" "A very good question, can anyone here tell me? Yes, Smaupheltauphph?" "Like anger, magic can sometimes grow out of control, when this happens it begins to cloud the mind causing confusion between right and wrong." "An excellent answer." *Watashi continues to talk in background* "Know it all..." "Yes, Shimora? Do you have something to say?" "No Sensei..." "Then please wait until you are called upon to speak." "Yes Sensei Watashi." *Bell chimes twice* "I will see you tomorrow, have a good lunch." *Students get up and leave the courtyard. Watashi sighs and stays sitting.* "Have a seat Smaupheltauphph." *Student comes out from behind a tree and has a seat in front of Watashi* "What can I do for you?" "Why do the other students pick on me Sensei?" *Watashi laughs* "Because they are jealous!" "Jealous of what?! I can't even perform averagely in the use of magic." *Watashi taps Smaupheltauphph on his temple* "That is what they are jealous of. Out of every student in this school, you may be lacking in the use of magic but your knowledge of magic surpasses even the senior students." "I guess." "Yes, now go get yourself lunch before you starve." "Yes Sensei Watashi." *Smaupheltauphph leaves courtyard. Watashi sighs and lies down in the grass* "Finally, some peace. Too bad that peace can only last so long."

~The next day~ *Smaupheltauphph walks through a field outside of the school campus* "I can't even conjure a decent Essence Flame." *Holds out hand and conjures a small flame in the center of his palm. With anger closes his hand into a fist* "Damn it! Why am I so useless?" "You are no longer useless." *Smaupheltauphph's eyes open wide with surprise as he falls...dead*

*View of the Sensei's office* "Sensei, the enemy has mobilized and is getting ready for an attack." "Already? How long until we can draw up our forces?" "Two hours with proper communication." "Have it done." "Yes Sensei." *Staff member leaves* "Now we prepare for war."

*View of soldiers in ranks with the commander in the center at the edge of a field* "I know many of you are fresh out of the academy, and some of you are still in the academy, but that doesn't mean you are helpless. Use what you have learned and we may yet emerge from this victorious. *Commander begins to walk to the front of the ranks* "To hell with the rules of war, if it's hostile, kill it! If it's already dead, kill it again! We aren't helpless infants, we are men, and we will prove this fact to our enemies. If we should die in this fight, we will be remembered as heroes!" *Commander emerges at the front of the ranks* "TO WAR!" -Entire group- "TO WAR!" *Soldiers charge for the far end of the field into the forest. View of shadow demons, enemy mages, and other warriors. View of the two forces coming together then a black screen* <The War waged on for three days and then all was still. The only remnants of what used to be a powerful school were smoldering piles of ash. The bodies of the dead were never found. The secrets of the school were buried undetected for the next 450 years.>