Disclaimer: Daine, Numair, Tortall, ect. are not owned by me or my friend. Tamora Pierce owns all of it.

A//N: EVERYONE READ!

Ok, so, this is a sorta special story. I'm writing/updating this story for a girl named Elisa. She came up with all the ideas for the story, and everything (except for the author's notes, and, obviously, Tortall charries), is hers, not mine. So send reviews, and we'll both read them, although if you have ideas for the story you'll have to address the reviews to her. Yep. So… have fun with chapter one. Rhymes…

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Chapter one
Back in Tortall
Daine rode on her grey pony, Cloud, trotting along in the streets of town.

She was thinking about what her and Numair should do about their love. Should they
tell everyone, or keep it a secret? If they told everyone, they wouldn't have to be secret about it, hiding it, pretending in public. But then everyone would think it a 'scandal', although there were obviously still rumors going around about how Numair had lost his head over a pretty face, long before they both realized their love. If they kept it secret, their friends would think of them the same as always, and they wouldn't have to explain. She sighed inwardly, confused.

The girl looked toward her teacher who was riding
with her, the black robe mage Numair. He glanced back at her with a questioning look. Daine smiled at him and turned to look at the path ahead of them.

I love him, she thought, I really do.
The smile stayed on her face as she thought of him, with his brown eyes, and that
long black hair.

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((A//N: K people, REVIEW on it so far please. Wow my dad laughs loud…))