The First Day

I was waiting in line at the airport, trying to make it to the plane before take off. I was scared to go to the Academy, but I was ready. That much was proven last summer when my family Tested me.

My name is Jordon Nightbeast, of the Beast Clan. The Test that the Nightbeast put me through was tough, but it proved I belonged with them.

It was nothing personal, my father was head of the Nightbeast's testing crew. Each child is put through the Test, the way the Beast Clan assigns familiars. Well, for the Beast Clan, assign is the wrong word. Let me explain, we're sent to the familiar realm and if we don't come back, then we don't pass, simple as that. We're monitored through the watch that is completely personalized and tricked out with anything we need, technology wise, including full internet access.

My familiar, a small martin with black fur, was curled up in my backpack. He had found me almost immediately, running into my camp trying to escape from an eagle. The eagle flew on, but he had already found the food hidden in my tent and later seemed content to stay with me. It only occurred to me to try to bond after a day of traveling and he kept following me, and finding that it worked, made my way home.

Oh, look, the line moved.

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Subject: Jordon Nightbeast

Date: 2nd Violetwind

He's just standing in line, waiting. Kinda boring actually, watching him. Why do I have to do this?

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He was standing in line, obviously waiting for the plane to land. His initials were on his bag, JN, which stood for Jordon Nightbeast. He was reminiscing about how he met his familiar, the martin nestled in the bag.

Jordon was part of the Beast Clan, who seemed to have more respect and ties with their familiars. They sent their children into the familiar realm, instead of the other clans' method of opening the door and the first thing that came through was the waiting child's familiar. For a child in the Beast Clan, if he or she doesn't find his or her familiar, then they are no longer a member of the Beast Clan and sent to be adopted by one of the other clans.

Jordon had done exceptionally during his test, finding the martin right away. It took him a few days, however, to catch on that the little black-furred martin was his familiar.

He progressed further in the line.