Unleashed:Awakened first part of a book that is still in progress.

My name is Lance; Lance Starfinder. I’m a twenty year old, six foot tall, average guy. Oh yes and I’m in jail. Why you ask? Well I was driving on a rainy night and suddenly some nutjob cut in front of me and I slammed into his car with my massive truck. Since he had a small little car, I totaled it and ran over him. I panicked and sped off. Obliviously, the police caught up to me, and now I’m in jail for murder and a hit and run.
So as I was sitting in the cold, damp, jail I heard thought I heard the sound of screaming. I went up to the door and listened closely. Suddenly a awful shriek pierced the quiet, and then the sound of swords clashing followed soon after. I backed up to the side of my cage and sat there for about an hour.
As I was sitting there in the dark, the sound of footsteps slowly got closer, stopping at every cell. After what seemed like hours, a man appeared in front of my cell. He looked at me and came in to the room. And then, I panicked. I screamed my head off and tried to hide in the corner of the room. Now you are probably wondering why I was so scared. Well I was so freaked out because the man walked into the room…without a key…without any way in… he walked through the bars! And the bars were still intact! He just turned into a ghost or something!
The man jumped at me and put his hand over my mouth. “keep quiet, and I won’t kill you. Understand?” “Yes” I replied in a small voice. “ok good. Now since you are the only one left alive in this horrid place I have to assume you are the person I am looking for. What is your name?” “The names Lance” I said. “all right Lance, I am going to tell you something beyond your wildest dreams. You may not believe me because it seems so far-fetched, but here it is. You’re a magi lance.”
I looked at him like he was a complete nutjob. “Me? A mage? I think you have the wrong guy. I’m just a normal guy in prison for a hit and run. Besides, mages aren’t real. They are just stories made up by book writers.” The man looked at me. He chuckled. “They are just stories huh? Then tell me, how did I walk through those bars?” I paled. Then suddenly the truth hit me, and the world started swimming. Seconds later, I toppled to the floor, out cold.
I woke up to the man looking at my face in worry. I sat up. He looked at me. “Are you okay kiddo? I know it’s hard to believe, but there are thousands of other people just like you! I know this is all hard to take in though. Here Take this card. It’s the Magi academies address. You have 2 days to decide what you want to do with your life.” Then he touched me and the world spun around. When I opened my eyes again I was standing in an apartment. First things first, I went down to the front desk to see where I was.
As I walked down to the front desk, I looked at the card. On the top it said magi rank 7, name: harvester stars: 6. Stars? What did that mean? So I went down to the street and looked around. I saw a TV shop near so I went in. I watched the tvs until they said where I was. After half an hour of waiting, I finally got what I wanted. “San Diego morning time news” said the nasally announcer. So I’m in San Diego huh? I looked at the card again, tucked it in my pocket and went back to my apartment.
While I was walking back to my apartment, I sat down on a bench next to a massive tree. I looked at the card again. The address was lenen street between the ice cream shop and the TV shop, right at the base of the big tree. I looked around. The ice cream shop was on my left and the tv shop was to my right. I turned around. Behind me was a massive tree. I marked the place mentally, thinking I might need it if I had to run. Then I walked into my apartment, to get some much needed rest after this long day.
As I was walking to my bedroom, I heard growling and scratching at my door. I paled; that didn’t sound human. I started walking to my room faster. My door flew in. there was screaming, I’m not sure who; I think it was me though. I sprinted as fast as I could into my bedroom and locked the door. I then flipped my bed upright and hid behind it. Then there was pounding on my bedroom door, slow and rythmatic, like the person, or thing behind it had all the time in the world.
Then my bedroom door flew open and all hell broke loose. I screamed for help there was a flash of light. Then a small dragon appeared. It had short, curled horns on its head, with dark gold scales and red eyes. The monsters seemed to freeze. Then I looked more closely. They actually DID freeze. The monsters seemed to be frozen in time.
I looked at the dragon. “Are you another monster?” I asked? The question was supposed to be to myself but the dragon responded “no” “you called for help and I came.” “I am your familiar.” Then what was happening to me started to sink in. I was trapped in a small room with a dragon the size of my arm, 3 monsters that want my blood and I am apparently a mage. I started to hyperventilate. I was scared out of my pants. Trying to lighten the situation for myself I started joking around. I remembered reading in one of my story books ,when I was a kid, that wizards would often rhyme for spells. So as a joke I tried one. “Lightning hear my cry! Make these dumb monsters die!” I wiggled my fingers and lightning shot out of them and roasted one of the monsters. I screamed! “What Is going on here???” now I rhyme out spells? This is a complete joke! Suddenly, harvester teleported into the room with a worried look. He looked around saw the monsters and turned them to dust with one quick spell. I looked at him blankly. Then I passed out; For the second time that day. I was woken up quite quickly, because when I fainted I was standing so I smacked my head on the floor. I looked around and saw the dragon. It looked at me and said in my head “call me when you need me and I will come”. Then it disappeared. I saw harvester standing near me. I looked him in the eye and said “you got me. Count me in.” “Great!” harvester crowed. “When do I begin?” harvester looked at me funny. “Now of course! Now come with me”
When Harvester walked into a tree, I wasn’t even surprised. So much had gone on in the past day nothing could surprise me anymore. I just followed him in. when we got in the tree, it actually was the size of a normal room. Except it had lots of paths leading out of it. I followed him down one of them. He took me to a room and said “this is the test room. It tells me your potential as a mage.” He then left and locked the door. I sat there for about a minute when suddenly a cold wind started whipping around me. A ghastly face appeared in front of me and looked me in the eye. I jumped back. It stared at me for a bit and disappeared. Suddenly there was an excruciating pain in my back and I collapsed.
When I came to, I saw harvester standing near me…again. He looked at me and said “well? How did it go?” “Horrible” “that’s about right” he said “so how many bronzies did you get?” “What are bronzies” I asked. He looked confused. Well, they are what we call the bronze stars that appear on your back after your testing. How many did you get?” “oh” I answered. “I got none. He looked horrified. “What? I was sure you had potential! I checked it twice myself!” I though back to when I used a spell to blast that monster, but all I said was, “well, I don’t have bronze stars, but I do have these black ones” I said. He looked surprised. “Black ones? You’re just full of surprises aren’t you?” “what’s special with black ones”? I asked “well, black stars usually don’t appear until you test for journeyman mage.” He said. Suddenly he paled. “Stay here!” he shouted, and ran out of the room. He returned about 3 minutes later panting. “Lance… you never told me your last name. Could it possibly be starfinder?” he asked “how in the world did you know?” I cried! He got even paler, if that’s even possible. He looked at me and said “you are part of an ancient prophecy. You must tell nobody about this. Understand?” “okay” I replied. “Now head off to your dorm and meet your roomies.” I Know this wasnt written too well. this is my first book, and it slowly gets better. i would appreciate any help that i can get on expanding, and the spelling/capitalization or any other problems you might see. Thanks!-Andy