It was 1997.Our babysitter watched him, our daughter and a couple of other children.I was working at Merrill Lynch in Princeton, New Jersey, at the ti...me. One of the managers came looking for me as there was a phone call for me.I never got phone calls at work. Surprised was my word that day.The babysitter was on the phone. We, my wife and I, had left the main numbers for each of us 'just in case'.She said that my son had fallen out of the tree in her front yard. He had gotten the wind knocked. Your smile was all I needed to remind me of happier things.’ By that time I had recovered enough to let go of her. I bent down to retrieve her dropped package. I heard the distinctive rattle of broken glass as I lifted her bag. ‘Well, I guess I need to return to the shop. It is a present for my sister. A pretty set of glasses.’ She explained. ‘It is my fault, I will replace them. Where did you buy them?’ She tried to protest, but finally agreed to split the cost of a new set. We chatted as we. There are numerous such schools for magic of varying size and specialties, but, among them all, three stand out as Grand Academies that all wish to attend.There is Silania Academy in the forested country of the Elves, an academy that focuses on Nature magic and guiding the elements more than any other, seeking to use their magic to bring balance to the energies of the world. Then there is Fauleki Academy in the mountainous Dwarven lands where magical craftsman who specialize in making magic. I was hot shit for a sixteenyear old. And I flaunted it every chance I got. But momcouldn’t see me like this.I knelt down and took my backsack off and peekedinside. Usually I keep an extra set of gym clothes withme. “Shit!” Not today.Something rustled in the brush behind me. Startled, Ifumbled with the pack and dropped it. A dog; a mangydirty mutt came forth, panting. I held out my hand forhim to smell. He growled, sniffing the air. I loweredmy head and tried to remain calm..