Free Creators Guild: A Wizard's Beginning by R. W. Weston Page B

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                  Water, this is a cleanser like fire, and creator like earth. It is also a way to look into the soul of a person, to find their true appearance.  Water can be a barrier for we cannot survive in it long as the creatures of the sea do.  I vow to treat water with the respect it deserves, for it can kill.
                  Probability is the strongest of powers. It can bring the past to life, and bringing the future to pass. To change an item with this is to change the destiny of all who it touches.  I vow to protect myself from probability and all that is associated with it, if I use it, it is only for the purpose of learning."
                  "Very good, tonight we’ll be doing something new. Each person has a personal element with which they are tied to, and generally this will be their strongest element of magic.  Most people are tied to the physical elements, very few to probability.  Tonight we will test you for this. This exercise will take a great deal of your strength and much patience.  To begin you must find your center, the very core of your personal essence.  You will know when you find it when you can feel nothing around you. You will feel as though you are one with all the elements.
                  Once you have reached this stage, you will feel a pull; you must follow this feeling with your mind.  It may feel like you have been gone for many hours, however you may only be gone but a few moments.  Also there is something very important to remember. Anything you see or hear while in this trance you must try to remember. It’s usually something very important for your own future.  Do you understand?"
                  "Yes, I believe so," he said, reluctant to try.
                  It took him about a half an hour to finally get his nerves calmed down enough to concentrate on what he was going to do. He sat there with his eyes closed trying to concentrate before he started to feel the calm and peace inside. There was a sense that someone was there to guide him, even though he couldn’t see them.
                  He finally found his center, and as Maglin had told him, he could feel himself slipping into the elements. It was the strangest feeling, loosing oneself in what seemed to be oblivion.  He soon found the peace that he was told about, and soon after came the small pull. It wasn’t strong, nor did it feel like something physical, more of something pulling at the back of his mind.
                  He slowly opened his eyes and he was back in his bed on the farm the sun just coming over the mountains. He thought to himself that he had just woken up from a dream.  When he got up he was already dressed.  He went out to the barn where he knew his father would be taking care of the animals.  He walked over to talk to his dad when he heard a women's voice behind him.  He quickly turned to see a tall slender woman, someone who looked just like his mother, carrying a small child in her arms.
                  As she walked towards them they started talking, she was bringing him their son. For a minute he was shocked, they were talking about him, he felt odd inside and it scared him a little. When his mother walked right through him as though he wasn’t even there it broke the trance he was in.  At that moment he knew it was not a dream and started to concentrate on where he was, he remembered Maglin telling him to follow the pull.
                  He never realized how difficult it would be to leave his family like that, but he knew he had to find whatever it was he was looking for.  As he turned to walk away the whole world spun, making him nauseated.  When it finally stopped he was at the town festival that had just ended. He saw Ty and Bethamine talking, both of them seemed to be extremely sad. There were traces that they had both been crying. He decided to get closer to