"First off, Anique, there are no fees here. In fact you will be paid to do well in classes. So just relax and listen to my story of how I came here.<br/>I lived in a big city called New York. I worked in a public library as a young adult librarian. I did my job and went home. Socialized with a few so called friends. Yet I was not fulfilled at all even though I was working where I thought that I wanted to be. Nothing was like I imagined it to be. Something was lacking but I did not know what. I learned about many things over the few years that I was at the library and nothing really fulfilled me until one day.<br/><br/>I began to wake up after having the same dream, night after night. It was same every night and yet I could not recall any of the dream until one day I woke up here at this Castle. Other people were here as well. We got our instructions each morning about what we were to accomplish that day. One by one students began to disappear. They were the ones who did not do well and did not even try to learn what was set before them.<br/><br/>One morning I woke up and was the last one at this Academy. Each day I was given tasks to do and I did them as well as I could without a teacher to guide me. All I had was the PLTs and the Equipment Belt. Day after lonely day went by until I was proclaimed by an unknown voice to be The First.<br/><br/>Of course, I questioned the voice and found out that I was chosen to be the head of this academy. I had 3 months to prepare lessons for my first set of students. They all failed for one reason or another. So did the second batch of students. Then the voice spoke to me once more one day. I was told to paint a painting of what I had dreamed about. So I did.<br/><br/>The very picture that each of you touched in one way or another is a copy of my painting. The only difference is that the ones that are on Earth have been magically enhanced to select anyone who has enough magic in their own Magical Core to 'fall' into the Academy.<br/><br/>Each of you have been chosen to be the first to be selected by the picture. I do hope that each of you will do well enough to graduate from this Academy and open new places in the future. This world will belong to those who strive to be the best that they can be.<br/><br/>Are there any questions that I may answer for anyone?” Lady Violetta asked knowing that there will be many questions floating through there heads but who will be brave enough to ask?