“What’s a mage?” I asked Victoria as we took a stroll through the fields in the evening. I wouldn’t have wanted to disturb the peace and tranquility of that moment- they were really rare around her, I tell you- but that question had been gnawing at me all day long. “Not what. Who,” she said after we took a seat under an apple tree; they were very common in Firewalt. “The magic community is comprised of two main classes; the wizards and the mages,” she explained to me. “Wizards are everyday people like you and I who practice and live our magics like normal people do. The mages are advanced us. They're a very powerful set of wizards.” Well, that certainly explained why Elaine had decided to point that out earlier. “So, our teachers are mages?” I asked. “Oh no, Troy,” she replied, smiling

