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possible to pass the exams. All you have to do is complete the minimum requirements for both of the exams phases in order to pass. Phase one is usually team matches against other classes from any branch. Phase two usually consists of a tournament of single battles where you must beat three students from any of the branches. The students who finish in the top 10 for both phases will receive an upgrade for their food and dorm. They will be exonerated from one class they choose keeping in mind core classes cannot be exonerated. And for one semester, they will be taught by a dragon. These are not exactly incentives for me considering I have the best dorm and food and already receive classes from a dragon. However, the down time from taking one less class is always welcome.
     
    In the tournament there are ten classes consisting of about thirty students within each branch. The trick is that you have to not only beat your own classmates, but the other classes too. Since not a lot of contact is permitted between classes, it is quite possible that there are other students that are far stronger than the best students of your class. The rules for the exam are never announced until the day of the exam so people can’t train in a specific way and this helps to keep things fair. According to the professors we had been lucky this year, as the exams were to be done by year. In the past first year students would have gone up against second and third year students, but they had decided to change it for this year due to special circumstances. Talk about being singled out.
     
    Not that I need to worry much anyway… I wish. I can now use water in very complex shapes and forms but that’s still not enough. We recently started with wind based spells which is considerably harder than water based magic since you can’t actually see the wind. No matter what I do, or anyone else for that matter, we seem to all be lagging behind Adria. One week ago she was able to call up three Vorms. Vorms are elements that the user turns and bends into becoming a dragon made up of whichever element is picked. They also differ from person to person since they are created in their mind. Once the dragon is 'born,' the spell will fuel itself from the elements own power. The problem is most people don't have the skill or stamina to do this, as the initial amount of magic needed is staggering. Another problem lies within the mental discipline of the user. If the user lacks the mental discipline needed to keep a Vorm under control, it will attack everything it sets its eyes on, making them a very dangerous form of magic. Vorm is the magical word needed to provoke them so it is appropriate to name them as such. As a Dragon Knight, I can form up to two Vorm at any given time without becoming too tired to control them. The fact that Adria can form up to three Vorms makes her the most skilled battlemage in my class and more than likely of all the battlemages in the first year. This means she will beat me in the upcoming exam easily.
     
    "I am afraid that is not entirely true,” said Master Shadow, one afternoon after hearing me complain that she was going to win.
     
    “Really? Master, not only can she bring up the Vorms of wind and water, but she mastered electricity, her third element. No one in the class has been able to come even close to that. I am the second best because I can also use three elements, but I am nowhere as close as her at mastering all three elements, much less a third Vorm. All of the spells I can do with electricity are relatively basic. I don’t stand a chance against three Vorms and her arsenal of master level spells,” I whined.
     
    “Putting aside the dramatic tone of your complaining and exaggeration of master level spells, you wheeled a dragon attribute. That alone makes you more powerful than your teacher. I trust you haven’t shown anyone your darkness magic?” asked Master, becoming irritated with me.
     
    “Those spheres? Those