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Since a young age Evie had an extraordinary talent for magic.
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When she could barely walk, she summoned a magical light, without even thinking about it.
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That's when Evie's father decide to teach her magic.
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Father
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Evie, your talent is gift from the goddess!
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Her father hired the best magicians to be her teachers and filled her library with spell books.
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She read every single one of them.
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Basic magic, healing magic, astrology, alchemy... Even books about ancient magic, now long gone.
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Little by little, the pressure began to overwhelm her.
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Father
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Evie, your talent is a gift from the goddess!
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That's what her father had said that day.
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And he had smiled so brightly, just for that moment.
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She wanted to make him smile like that again.
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But he never did. No matter how hard she studied.
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When she looked at her father, all she saw was the sad, lost expression he'd worn ever since her mother had gone.
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It was all too much. Evie began to dream of escape.
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She gazed at the sea and longed to travel far,far away.
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She never expected the opportunity to come so soon.
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Father
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Tonight. A boat leaves for the west. You need to be on it.
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Her father slipped her a single ticket.
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She was to go to the magic school in the west.
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Evie
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What about you? Aren't you coming with me?
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Father
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I will. Later. You are to go first.
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It was the freedom she had longed for, but she found herself shaking.
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Whether it was there fear of excitement, she couldn't be sure.
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That night, her father had to all but push her into the carriage heading for the port.
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A knit settled in Evie's stomach as she sat in the carriage.
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This was what she'd wanted, but something didn't feel right.
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Evie
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Maybe I'm not ready for this...
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Evie made the carriage turn around.
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As they approached the manor, Evie's worst fears were realized.
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The manor was engulfed in flames.
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Evie rushed into the manor.
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Black Magician
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The daughter of the traitor who attempted to dethrone the holy king with lies!
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A hooded figure stood in the entryway, as if waiting for her. He chanted a spell.
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Evie fought back with everything she had learned in her long years of studying.
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She defeated the magician with the last ounce of her strenght...
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But she could not save her father.
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Father
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Look how you've grown... You've made me... so proud...
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Father
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Now go be... the person... you want to be...
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He spoke the words with a smile brighter than Evie had ever seen. And then he was gone.
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With nothing left, Evie headed to the magic school her father had chosen for her. For many years, she studied.
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Evie
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I've decide to become a mercenary.
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Evie graduated as valedictorian. Her declaration after the ceremony shocked everyone who knew her.
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Her teachers and peers tried to convince her there where much nobler uses of her talents.
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But Evie had never forgotten her desire to choose her own destiny.
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Evie
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I want to help the common people, so that they never lose hope.
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That's what she said, but she also wanted to be free.
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And in the carriage on her way to Rocheste, Evie was freer than anyone.
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