second level

Once the young boy adapted to perceive things in a different way, he had to undergo the second level of the magician's process. Although many of the more experienced wizards told their students that this was the hardest part that a wizard should encounter in their whole learning, Dorsh did not feel intimidated at all. This level was considered the most difficult for not only their physical strength was evaluated, but also how they complemented it with their mental capacity to resolve some problems in certain situations. In this level, students were forced to cooperate as they needed to resolve their problems by taking the right decisions. One wrong decision or hesitation meant only one thing, failing everything at once. No individual decisions could be made, otherwise, the apprentice will be penalised with disciplinary sessions, and if he committed the same mistaker, he would be expelled from the group and the academy as well.
Dorsh was introduced into his group by the teacher. His partners' names were a young man named Miknok, who belonged to a rich family and very polite and kind with others, yet Dorsh did not pay any attention to him. His second partner was a kid named Herlon, who in a way became the leader of the group since he was one of the few that have little knowledge of what magic was about. Dorsh's third partner was the strangest one, but he was the one with which Dorsh got along the best, his name was Mortamizavic, a very strange name, that its owner did not like at all, therefore he called himself Dacres. After getting to know each other, each group had to compete for the better mark. In this sense, the last group would be reproved. The competitions were divided in three levels, if one different group won each level, those groups would advance automatically to the next level of their learning. The first level of competition consisted in a physical test where students had to cross a river near the mountains without any kind of rope or help. Dacres took this competition and surprised everybody by shoving many of his competitors down the hill, producing him to be disqualified. Both Miknok and Herlon were shocked of his partner's attitude. Dacres complained, but unfortunately one of the kids he harmed had a father who was a very powerful influence within the institution, so Dacres got punished with a minimum of 30 days of reclusion.
Dacres, however, was not very tolerant in waiting, so the night previous the second competition he imanaged to escape from his prison and introduce some kind poison in the other kids' beverage. However, Dorsh caught him and Dacres immediately asked him: "You won't tell anyone, will you?" to which Dorsh responded: "Tell what?". "I do not know what you plan to do nor do I care, but they'll catch you, and then you'll be screwed", he said. "I don't care about that, I just want to pass to the second level" Dacres answered. After a brief silence, Dorsh only replied: "I'm going to sleep, see ya". Dacres could not understand what had just happened as Dorsh did not show any emotions despite seeing what he just saw.
The next day, everything worked well until one of the kids fainted prior the competition. Dacres was immediately caught as someone had previously acknowledged it was Dacres who did it. At first, Dacres did not care what were the consequences of his acts, he just wanted to know who had accused him. He went looking for Dorsh, but when he found him, Dorsh coldly told him: "I told you they were going to catch you anyway". Dorsh just left and after a few days, it was known that the ones who had accused Dacres were non others than Miknok and Herlon, his other partners. The next day, both were found dead in their beds. The cause of death, poisoned.
And so, everybody went out to look out for Dacres in order to punish him since he was the only one who could have done it.When they found him, he was sent to jail, where he remained two years.
However, he never admitted his crime as he thought someone had incriminated him with his own poison, but nobody believed him.
Due to the unfortunate events in Dorsh's group, many wizards felt sorry for him and allowed him to pass to the third level. Something that perhaps they might have regretted later due to the horrible consequences that would have in the future. Anyways he satisfied the wizards' requirements for the third level. The initiation.