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The grand summoning hall of Arcane Academy hummed with latent energy, marble pillars catching the afternoon light that streamed through stained-glass windows. The air was thick with ozone and the metallic tang of magic, broken only by the proud roars of summoned beasts. Sasha Aldridge stood at the edge of the summoning circle, her crimson hair pulled back from a face set in grim determination. Her black eyes swept the room—proud lions, fierce griffins, ethereal elementals—each a testament to noble blood. Now it was her turn. She stepped forward, palms down, chanting the incantation. The runes blazed azure, and a swirling portal tore open. Light exploded outward, and when it faded, silence fell. There, in the circle's center, sat a figure—no older than seventeen, clad in tattered clo…