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Chapters (50)
  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. - ONE -
  4. - TWO -
  5. - THREE -
  6. - FOUR -
  7. - FIVE -
  8. - SIX -
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  10. - EIGHT -
  11. - NINE -
  12. - TEN -
  13. - ELEVEN -
  14. - TWELVE -
  15. - THIRTEEN -
  16. - FOURTEEN -
  17. - FIFTEEN -
  18. - SIXTEEN -
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  20. - EIGHTEEN -
  21. - NINETEEN -
  22. - TWENTY -
  23. - TWENTY-ONE -
  24. - TWENTY-TWO -
  25. - TWENTY-THREE -
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  27. - TWENTY-FIVE -
  28. - TWENTY-SIX -
  29. - TWENTY-SEVEN -
  30. - TWENTY-EIGHT -
  31. - TWENTY-NINE -
  32. - THIRTY -
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  49. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  50. ABOUT THE AUTHOR

At least if it was this dark, it had to be empty, so that was something. Fort felt around on the wall near the door and located what felt like a lever. Hoping it was for the lights, he pulled it, and the room lit up, instantly revealing something familiar, if still unnerving.

The room was huge, just like it’d been in the last school. But this time there were no wooden crates containing weird artifacts or inhuman remains. This version didn’t even have glass displays on the wall.

Instead, large metal boxes were pushed against the far side of the room, both of them opened. Inside the boxes were the skeletons of two dragons, a large catlike creature, and four magicians, the source of the books of magic that had been found on Discovery Day.

- TWENTY-TWO -

ALONE WITH THE DRAGONS, FORT wasn’t able to resist getting a closer look. To keep it safe, he hid the Summoning book behind some packing material in the corner, then slowly approached the skeletons. He knew he should just teleport out of here, go somewhere he could practice in peace, but being alone with the bones of actual dragons was just too amazing to pass up.

This was only the second time he’d ever seen the dragon skeletons outside one of Dr. Opps’s memories, let alone seen the bodies of the magicians who’d been masters of each type of magic.

And this time, they weren’t behind glass.

He tentatively reached a hand toward the largest dragon skull, feeling guilty about touching it. Even without the glass, the display still felt like a museum, and a lifetime of being told not to touch things was hard to break.

But this wasn’t just history; it was magic. And when else would he have the chance to touch a dragon?

His fingers brushed the dragon’s teeth, and he quickly yanked them away, just in case the monster came alive and tried to bite off his hand. But when nothing happened, he reached his hand out again, and this time touched the creature’s jawbone. A feeling just like magic flowed through him, and—

“Hey,” said a voice from behind him, and Fort’s heart stopped completely as he whirled around in terror to find Gabriel, of all people, standing in the doorway. “I don’t think you’re supposed to touch those, you know,” his roommate said, grinning.

“You almost gave me a heart attack!” Fort hissed, trying to calm himself down. “What are you doing here?”

Gabriel pushed his way in, then closed the enormous door behind him. “Isn’t the more important question, what are you doing here?”

“No? I know why I’m here.”