Merlin abruptly awoke from his sleep after a terrible dream swept his mind,he saw himself being killed by a woman he could not identify over and over again over the course of a few weeks.
He left his bed to go get some water thinking this may help him fall asleep,he walked downstairs over the creepy stairs his dad claimed weren't old.
In fact the whole house was old and most stuff in it needed repairs,he walked outside and looked for the well he would usually get water from,since it was dark it was very hard to see
When he finally reached the well he grabbed a bucket and sent it down the well he grabbed the the bucket once it came back up filled with water,he was about to go back inside his house but he saw a reflection of himself inside the bucket,something was different about his reflection as he saw the woman from his dreams behind him this caused him to spill his water and run straight back inside up the stairs and straight back into his bed.
He went back to sleep thought it was hard considering tomorrow was a vey important day, test day at least that is what his dad refers to it as.
He stopped thinking about since he didn't even know what it meant,he woke up up bright and early that morning and got up to his dad waiting for him in the kitchen ,his dad is farmer and that usually means long days in the field making it feel like he spends more time with his plants than his own son.
"Merlin why aren't you dressed you know how important this day is "his dad said.No I really don't since "you refuse to tell me what so important,you act like it's some big secret,unless it is" Merlin said
"Don't be stupid Merlin I didn't teach you to have your head in the clouds imagine things" Merlin's dad shouted.Merlin thought it was funny he heard this every day.
Merlin finally got dressed and his dad told him to walk to the bid building north of his house.It only took him a few minutes to get there and it was a big building,Merlin was about to enter but before he could a boy that seemed to be his age pushed him to the ground
"Move street rat"the boy said.The boy left merlin there and entered the building,though he didn't like being called a street rat this wasn't the first time it happened,he was mad he couldn't do anything about because his head would be on a platter.
Merlin got up and dusted the dirt off of his clothes which he knew had already been dirty and walked straight in.This was the first time he'd been allowed in a building such as this,they would usually just
kick him out for being to poor,dirty or both.
He walked up to man who asked him what he was doing here and he replied "I'm here for test day".The man seemed to chuckle a little and point I'm in the direction of a black door.Behind that door was a table and a chair, a woman sat at the chair she had red hair and was dressed in a blue dress.
"What's your name" the women said."Merlin" Merlin replied.
Hello Merlin if you would please sit in the chair that would be perfect.Merlin sat in the chair wondering what would happen now,but right in the middle of the test she plucked a piece of his hair.He was shocked to say the least but the woman continued on like it was normal.She put it in a test tube and went into a corner were she must of assumed he couldn't see her but it was quite the opposite.
She took the test tube and destroyed it in her hands,she quickly put her hands in her pocket as a way to hide the broken glass.she immediately said "you show no aptitude for magic".And seemingly pushed him out,Merlin was confused as to what had just occurred now he knew what was so special about to day but on the other hand he had just witnessed some thing strange happen.
She told him that he had no aptitude for magic but how could she know that if she broke the test that was supposed to tell her that.As soon as his body left that room they immediately shoved him out just
like the lady pushed him out of the room.Merlin walked home puzzled as to what had occurred in that room but his mind was soon taken off the topic as he saw his dad standing in front of him as soon as he touched down at home.