Jason's Pov

I woke up from my troubled sleep gasping for air. And by "woke up" I mean I am awake with my eyes closed. All of a sudden I feel unimaginable pain all throughout my body. Instantly I knew I was going through the 'Power Ranking.'

At the age of 14, every Mage goes through the Power Ranking stage. It determines how powerful of a Mage you will be. My parents told me I would feel unimaginable pain, but I guess you are never really prepared for pain. The pain increases drastically with every spike you go through. Spikes are levels, so every spike would be another level of pain you would have to suffer and endure through.

The most spikes anyone has ever endured is 14, and only because after spike 14 comes the real pain.

The pain will go away but only if you scream. So if you scream at spike 5 then the pain would stop, but you would be considered a weak Mage and nobody wants that.

I grunt softly as another spike passes through me, somehow doubling the pain if that was at all possible. I quickly look at the other side of the room to where my twin brother lay, squirming in pain. So we are both going through it at the same time, I thought.

I manage to roll out of bed and slowly crawl over to my brother Mason. The second my brother sees me, he rolls out of bed and crawls to me too.

'What spike are you on bro?' I ask trough gritted teeth.

'Fi-Five' He manages to say. 'You?' He asks.

'Five as well' I reply through gritted teeth.

I punch the floor as another spike surges through me. i quickly think of a way to beat the 14 spike record. I reach under my brother's bed and pull out a tree branch. I break it in half and toss half to my brother while putting the other in my mouth.

Another spike passes through me as I roll over to get on my hands and knees. I punch the floor again and again as spike after spike flows through my body, each more painful than the last.

My brother and I were on our 10th spike when our parents burst through our bedroom door to see what the racket was about. As soon as they saw us on the floor, they immediately understood what we were going through and rushed to our sides.

'What spike are you both in?' My mom asks.

'10th' My brother and me both say at the same time.

'That's my boys!' my dad says proudly.

As we hit our 12th spike, the pain suddenly stops. I look at me brother confused.

'Did we scream? Because I don't remember screaming' I ask my brother.

He shakes his head no. Just as I was about to get up off the floor, another spike unlike any before surges in me. Almost instantly my brother wheels over in pain as well.

For 2 hours we endured through the spikes. Our eyes were red in the pain we were in, tears streaming down our faces like a river. On our 73rd spike, my brother screamed in agony. I screamed so loud in my mind that I thought I was screaming too. I was in so much pain that I didn't notice my mother bringing me a bucket of cold water.

'Dump it on me!' I blurt out.

My skin feels like its on fire, but not just any fire. It felt like I was on fire caused by jet fuel and the more spikes I went through seemed like more fuel was added to the fire. I couldn't see anything anymore. I lost track of time and the number if spikes I had gone through already. A half hour later and dozens more spikes, I couldn't hold it anymore. I spit out the tree branch and screamed as loud as I could.

Almost instantly, the pain began to go down. Within two minutes, the pain was all but gone.

'That was far more painful than the stories we heard about!' I blurt out.

My mom looks at me and my brother with pride.

'Well sweetie, that's because nobody has ever gone past Spike 14!' My mom says.

My brother and me look at each other, grinning like idiots.

'We aren't pansies now! haha!' my brother says happily.

'You got that right!' I said fist bumping my brother. 'I would seriously pay to see if anyone can beat our record!'

My brother laughs. 'They might beat mine one day, but I seriously doubt they will beat yours!' He says grinning.

I look at him confused. 'What are you talking about? Didn't we have the same number of spikes?' I asked.

'No, your brother stopped at Spike 73. You however continued on until Spike 89!' My dad answers before my brother says anything.

My mouth literally dropped to the floor. How in the world did I survive 89 spikes?!

'Your father and I are so very proud of both of you! Ever since you were both born, we knew you two were special!' My mom says. 'And I'm not just saying that because I'm your mother' She quickly adds.

My brother and I both laugh. 'Thanks mom and dad!' My brother and I yell at the same time.

'You are both welcome, now try and get some sleep! Tomorrow morning we are going to Cadevor to buy both of your school supplies!' My mom says excitedly.

My brother and I both nod. 'Yes mom'

I quickly get up off the floor and head to me and my brother's bathroom to get changed. I quickly walk back to get some clothes, since the ones I have on are drenched in sweat and water.

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The next morning my brother and I woke up jumping up and down. Today was the day we got our school supplies! Quickly jumping off my bed, literally, I ran to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. After I finished, my brother walked out the bathroom as well and we both made our way down the stairs.

Reaching the bottom step I hear my parents speaking excitedly from the kitchen. As soon as I enter the kitchen, my nose is assaulted by the amazing smell of my moms pancakes with eggs and bacon.

They quickly turn to see us walk in, ok well we didn't actually walk in, we ran in and jumped in our seats.

'Pancakes!' my brother and I both yelled at the same time as the mountain of pancakes appeared in the middle of the table.

Mom sighs as dad grins handing us plates with pancakes on them.

'Pancakes and Bacon is all you boys think about' Mom says rolling her eyes.

'Nuh uh! We think about sausages a lot too!' My brother and I say at the same time.

Mom rolls her eyes again. 'why can't you boys be normal kids?'

My brother and I both look at each other.

'Hey what happened to us being special?' My brother says.

'Yeah! We are too awesome to be "Normal" kids!' I said fist bumping my brother.

My mom laughs, walking over to the table with a plate full of bacon.

I quickly dig in on my plate filled with eggs, pancakes and tons of bacon! Some people may say this is pigging out, but I call it eating like a man! In a matter of minutes my plate is empty and I'm reaching over to my apple juice.

After finishing breakfast, my brother and I get changed and rush back down the stairs so we can hurry up and get to Cadevor.

I couldn't wait till I got my wand and magical pet.

As soon as we got into the Living Room, my dad cast a spell on the door leading outside. Then he opened the door and there it was, Cadevor!

We went in through the door and immediately we were rushing through the swarm of bodies walking about.

'Stay close, both of you!' Dad yells through the noisy street.

As soon as we got to a clearing where we could get a breather my parents shared their plans.

'Alright you three, first we are going to the wand store which is down the street. Next, we will go and find you both your pets. After that we will get your robes, then we will get the normal books you will need regardless of what class you both get in. Then we will go and open two bank accounts for both of you' My dad says.

We all nod and rush back into the swarms of people. After walking for 20 minutes, we finally made it to the wand shop.

Walking inside is a tall man that looks old enough to be my great great grandfather. He looks at us and smiles.

'Hello there! Welcome to my shop! What can I do for y'all?' He asks.

'Hello, I got my two boys who need to get their wands' My mom says respectfully.

The old man nods quickly in understanding.

'Of course of course, let's begin shall we?' He says walking over to the back. We quickly follow.

We enter the back room, and find it quite large. In the middle, there's a big platform with three steps leading up onto it. The room was circular in itself, and all around we saw little drawers which undoubtedly held ingredients for making wands.

My brother just stare at everything in awe.

'Ok, so if one of you might step on the platform here, then we can begin!' He says excitedly.

Before I could think about moving, my brother is already charging towards the steps. I didn't even get a chance to yell at him when the room suddenly started to shake a little. Almost every drawer was opened, with different ingredients flying through the air. As soon as all the ingredients were floating around my brother in the circular platform, a small black log appears in the middle and starts to peel away until a wand remained. It was about 18 inches long, with designs running smoothly on the sides. Then the ingredients started to become absorbed into the wand! I couldn't believe it. Then the wand is complete, floating in front of my brother. My brother grabs it and steps down from the platform, holding his wand proudly.

'That was AWESOME!' I yell excitedly. 'Me next!'

I quickly run up the steps and step into the circular platform. I look at the old man and see him casting a spell to begin constructing my wand.

As soon as he finished, the whole place shook. It was like three times harder than when my brother got his. Immediately every drawer opened, and I mean ALL of them! I couldn't believe it. Suddenly hundreds of ingredients were floating around me, then out of no where, a fairly large white log appears a few inches in front of me. I watch in amazement as the log begins to peel itself as it forms into a wand. A minute later and the wand was complete. It had designs all over it like my brother's wand, only difference was that mine was white and a little longer than his. Several minutes later, all the ingredients were absorbed into my wand, making it have a slight glow. I reached for it, as soon as my fingers wrapped around it, I felt raw power course through my body. I then noticed I was floating four inches from the platform. As soon as I realized this I dropped to the ground with a 'thump'

I quickly scramble to my feet and walk over to my parents who were wide eyed with amazement and pride clear on their faces. Even my brother was looking at me in glee.

'That was awesome!' My brother yelled in excitement as he ran to me.

'I know! Hug me bro!' I screamed as I ran to my brother and we both ended up on the floor almost in comas from smashing our heads together.

'Well that's not what I meant by hug me, but that was pretty awesome too!' I say laughing.

My brother quickly starts laughing too.

The old man, after getting over his shock and amazement, finally walked over to us.

'That was the most extraordinary thing I have ever seen in my entire life!' The old man says.

My brother and I scramble to our feet and run over to mom and dad. They both give us hugs.

'We are so proud of you both!' My yelps, her eyes brimming with tears.

'You got that right! My two boys, the strongest mages alive!' Dad says with nothing but pride in his voice.

We quickly pull away after a minute of hugging and walk back to the front of the shop. That's when I noticed we had an audience.

There were three people standing by the doorway leading back to the front. A man a woman and a daughter. She looked about my age. I look at her and smile. She sure is pretty.

We walk over to the front after my parents have a small conversation with the adults. After purchasing the wands, which the old man didn't know what to charge us for them, we left the store and headed towards the pet shop which was ironically next to the wand shop.

Walking inside, we found it was almost empty except for three families. We walk over to the counter where a man in his mid thirties was.

'Hi, we are here to purchase two pets for my two boys here' My dad says proudly.

'Good, you can't be a Mage without your trusty companion, can you?' The man says.

'Well have a look around and if you are looking for a pet in particular then let me know. A little advise though, the animal chooses its partner. This isn't some human pet shop where you take the one that looks cutest. Look around and look Ito the eyes of every animal, you will feel a strong pull towards it, that's when you will know that it's your pet.' The man said.

My brother and I quickly nod our heads and walk off excitedly.

For half an hour I still had not found my animal. My brother hasn't found one either. We both look at each other and sigh. We will be here a while.

We had almost made a complete circle around the store when I suddenly felt a strong pull towards a door. It seemed to lead to the back. Looking at my brother, I knew he felt the same thing. I guess this is what the man was talking about. We walk to the door and enter a giant room that looks like a warehouse. At the far end, I see two giant cages. My brother and I make eye contact, and rush towards the cages, knowing our animals were there.

As we came closer I saw what animals were inside the cages.

One held a dragon, complete with white scales and a spiked back, it had blue eyes and a long spiked tail. The other held what looked like a griffon. Both animals were small, both up to my stomach. The one that instantly drew my attention was the dragon however. As I looked into its deep blue eyes, I felt as if I knew everything there was to know about it. I cautiously walked towards the dragon, stretching out my hand in front of me. The white dragon looked at me curiously, then when I couldn't reach any further into the cage, it leaned its head towards my hand, rubbing its beautiful head against my hand.

I laughed out loud as I felt happy that I finally found my partner.

My brother found his partner too. It was the brown colored griffon. He gave me a thumbs up and opened the cage. I did the same with the cage holding my dragon. As I closed the cage door, I feel movement behind me and turn around to find my parents with the man from the counter behind them. He looked shocked.

'How on earth did you manage to calm both beasts down?' He asks.

My brother and I both shrug.

'We just followed the pull you told us about and it lead to the dragon and griffon.' I said matter of factly.

The man nods. 'I did say that, but I had no idea these two would ever get a partner. They have both been trouble since they arrived a week ago. That's why I took them out the front. I was going to sell these two back to the company that I bought them from, but I guess this solves my problems too.' He quickly adds.

My brother and I both jump up and down excitedly. Now we can definitely fly!

After several minutes, we calmed down a bit.

'So, um, what gender is my dragon because I can't tell' I ask.

'Yeah! I can't tell my griffon's gender either' My brother Mason says.

The man smiles. 'The griffon is a male and the dragon is a female.'

Cool, I thought.

We make our way back to the front and purchase our pets. I look down at my new partner in crime proudly. I have a frickin dragon as my companion! I thought excitedly.

After we got all our other stuff and opened up the bank accounts for my brother and me, we ate lunch.

'Alright you two, we still have one more thing to do. We have to go to the Registering to see what class you both will be going to.' Dad says.

'Aww I thought we were done! I want to hurry up and use my wand!' my brother says.

'Yeah, me too!' I say.

'Yes, I know but getting Registered is more important. It will tell you what your class will be and what natural abilities you will possess. It will also tell you what house you will be in' Mom says excitedly.

My eyes instantly light up. 'I want to be in the Dragon House!' I say.

'Me too!' my brother says.

'Yeah yeah, come on, let's get going then' Dad says, getting up from the table.

We follow suit and in 20 minutes we arrive at a huge building. In the front of the steps it had two giant griffon statues. It looked like a bloody castle!

We climb up the steps and enter the building. Inside we found that it looked like a theatre, only difference being that instead of a big screen in the front, the was a mirror. A huge mirror actually.

I look at my dad, puzzled.

'It's simple here son, you simply walk up to the mirror, place your right hand against it and it will do the rest. Be warned, it's rather loud, so don't be surprised if a bunch of people look your way when he yells how many Spikes you both went through.' My dad says.

I sigh, I hate being the middle of attention.

My brother gives me a look as if saying 'You first' I give him an evil look and walk to the mirror. Luckily there wasn't a line or anything or I would have been fuming.

I reach the top of the steps leading to the mirror and find my dragon walking next to me. I grin, at least I have her with me.

I step up to the mirror and instantly feel every eye trained on me. I gulp nervously and touch the mirror. Instantly I feel a slight yank on my arm as if it's being sucked into the mirror. Then the loudest voice I've ever heard booms at me.

'Jason Dimitri, Age 14, 5ft3, son of Jackson and Martha Dimitri, twin brother to Mason Dimitri. You endured 89 Spikes, making you the strongest Mage in the world!

Your Class is fire, your natural talents are, Illusion, Conjuring, Healing, and Infiniti. Your are drafted into Dragoli! Congratulations!' The mirror yelled so loud my ears were in pain.

Too bad I didn't get the power to mute people! I grimly thought.

I quickly skipped down the steps and ran past the people that tried to stop me to talk with me.

As soon as I got to my parents I ran up to them and hugged them both. I looked around to hug my brother and found he was already walking up the steps. He's all brave now!, since I did it first Nd he knows what to expect, I thought.

'We are so proud of you, sweety!' My parents said.

'Thanks mom! Thanks dad!' I replied glowing with pride at making mom and dad proud of me.

I am then interrupted by the sound of the loud voice.

'Mason Dimitri, Age 14, 5ft3, Son of Jackson and Martha Dimitri, Twin brother to Jason Dimitri. You endured 73 Spikes, making you the second strongest Mage in the world, second only to your brother! Your class is Ice, your natural talents are Energy, Animi, Enchanting, Alteration, and Infiniti. You are drafted into House Dracoli!, Congratulations!' The loud mirror voice yelled.

Now people were applauding for us in congratulations.

Mason finally came back, a big grin plastered on his face.

'We got the same House!' He yelled happily.

'I know!' I replied just as excited.

My brother and I then both jumped in the air and hit our chests together.

'Your father and I are both proud of both of you! Congratulations! Now let's get out of here and go home, school starts in 2 weeks and I want to yeah you both some things at home' Mom says.

We quickly nod and head back home.

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Authors note.

Hey guys, i just wanted to give credit to the true writer of The Fire Class, I personally never read the book, only the chapter of a guy in wattpad, who I found out had stolen the story from the original writer.

For the most part i made this chapter myself only using an idea or two from the Fire Class book, most of the story here is mine however.

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Thank you!