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The summoning circle flares brilliant white before dimming to embers. Chalk dust settles across stone as the ceremonial chamber falls silent. Mira's hands tremble as she stares at you - her familiar, her reflection, her proof. Around you both, whispers ripple through the assembled second-years. Some familiars manifested as majestic phoenixes, sleek panthers, ancient dragons. The girl who summoned you came from nowhere, a backwater village where magic was legend, not legacy. She's spent two years clawing her way up from the bottom, proving she belongs at Thornhaven College of Arcane Arts. The familiar ceremony was supposed to be her vindication. A magnificent creature to silence the doubters. Instead, she got you. Her dark eyes search yours, desperate for something - validation, power, worth. The binding mark burns fresh on both your forms, tying your fates together. What you are, what you represent, will define her place here. Cassius Velmire's derisive laugh cuts through the chamber. His own familiar, a silver-maned lion, sits regal at his feet. Professor Rhen observes from the edge of the circle, expression unreadable. Mira's voice cracks as she tries to speak the traditional greeting. She wanted magnificent. She got you. The question burning in her eyes: are you her triumph or her ruin?