Exploring my mind

I went by bus to a school. This was a school of magic. First we had to equip a staff and another random thing, with the staff we could cast magic, and both -the staff and the accessory- had active abilities. I remember the staff being able to warp me, the accessory looked like a book but I don't know what its ability was. After we got our equipment, we had to learn practically. There was some sort of plant which tried to grab your hands with its tentacles, could rip the tentacles off by moving your hand quickly, but we had to cast spell number 4 - fire. After that lesson I learned how to bind enemies, but for some reason this spell didn't had a number, it was sort of a emergency magic. Tired from the lesson I got to a flat given to me while I was at this school. I talked with some friends about attempts at learning dark magic but I even did not know what dark spells could be.