New Spring/Chapter 9

==Summary==
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Moiraine walks the corridors that lead to the Tower's lower levels where she is to be tested. Even though she should walk in complete silence, she mutters a few words to herself which earns her a sharp look from the Mistress of Novices. The thought of failure and Elaida's pressure increases her fear even more. But, should she fail, she could carry on the task of finding the Dragon Reborn by herself although the White Tower doesn't like outsiders meddling in the affairs of Aes Sedai.
The passages are lofty and carved from the rock and they are all lit by lamps. There is no dust in the floor and these levels are seldom used.
As they reach a door bigger than any other they had passed the Aes Sedai channels to silently open it. Moiraine's eyes turn right away to the ter'angreal in the middle of the room. It is a great oval ring. There is one Aes Sedai from each Ajah and the Red is Elaida. She almost falters but she is able to answer Merean's questions as part of the ceremony.
Before the test begins Merean explains that she must walk in perfect composure during the test, neither hurrying or hanging back. The Mistress of Novices channels a weave that forms a six-pointed star and tells Moiraine that she must channel the required weave in the order she was given only when she reached the star and that once she reaches it she must weave it first before channeling anything else. As this is explained to her, the Blue sister Anaiya also appears to be channeling something so that Moiraine can remember what she needed to complete the test.
She leaves all of her belongings in the room before entering the oval ring and worries that someone might read the book with the names of the candidates for the Dragon Reborn.
Once she enters the ring she does not remember anything, except that she must weave one hundred times and that she is to walk at a steady pace.
Moiraine finds some clothes in her house colors and leaves the corridor to find herself in a courtyard that looks like the Sun Palace and, as she moves towards the six-pointed star, the dress vanishes. But before she reaches the star to channel the required weave, three men appear in the courtyard and start walk in her direction. She weaves the first of the hundred weaves and turns it into a wall of Air so she has time to move to the second star.
When she approaches it she does not remember anything again and this process repeats itself during the test as she is distracted and challenged by various creatures such as spiders and even Trollocs.
==Characters==
*Moiraine Damodred
*Siuan Sanche
*Merean Redhill
*Elaida do Avriny a'Roihan
*Anaiya
==Objects==
*Great Serpent Ring
*Oval ring ter'angreal