Prologue: Hidden Power

Prologue

As the snow fell it tickled the nose of the two young six-year-old girls, the cold turning their face's rose red, causing the freckles on the first girl to stand out. They giggled and threw powdery white lumpy snowballs at each other then ducking under their forts, only to pop up seconds later and firing again. Their mini war went of for hours until their hands went numb and they couldn't feel their toes. They hurried inside and pulled off their soaking wet gloves and ice-covered boots. "I'm glad we got a break for once." Sky smiled at her best friend Alice. Little did they know, that was the last snowball fight they'd ever have with each other.
Sky left the next day, they said she didn't make it. The 'academy' said she didn't quite make the cut, she wasn't good enough to get in. We didn't know why. Then.
This academy was for special kids, not like kids that excel, well, it could be that... but... it was for strange children. We had magic, the ability to do stuff others couldn't do. Running faster then a cheetah, or disappearing into thin air, changing into animals, and manipulating elements. If you took everyone is the school, you'd be able to do anything.

But, would you give up everything to know something like this? Would you be willing to trade your friends for endless power? To only have maybe 23 kids ever around? To always have someone watching you to make sure you won't escape? To be Isolated from the outside world? Would you be willing to protect your life to be trapped forever?