Hi everyone who is reading this! This is my first attempt at a story. Like it says in the summary, it takes place after Elvenborn, and there will be several of characters that you'll recognize, if you've actually read the Elvenbane series. Which you should, if you haven't, because it's really good.

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: RINA!: Mother's mental "voice" flashed through my head, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. My careful thoughts, organized to the point of obsession, scattered, and the complicated spell I had been completing flared and died. What did I do now? I wondered. It always had to be something –that or a chore that Mother or Father, or a senior wizard or dragon wanted doing.

: Yes, Mother?: I ventured a careful thought-thread to her mind, :Is there something you needed?:

: Yes: Mother snapped :Your father needs to have that amber-globe you borrowed last week- now! He's working on a very important protection spell, and needs the extra power:

Oh, no! I thought, did she mean the amber-globe that I'd let Leonora, Uncle Keman and Aunt Dora's son borrow?! The one that he'd promised to return yesterday, and hadn't?!

:LEO! Answer me, now!: I sent a thought-shriek into my best friends head, praying that he was a) awake or b) at least half-conscious. Leo had a distressing tendency to fall into a half-coma, resisting even the loudest of my mental shouts. Fortunately for me, Leo was wide-awake, practicing his shapeshifting into smaller and smaller forms.

: What, Rina?: he asked, sounding weary and a little annoyed, :I'm trying to get past half-blood form, and you know how hard it is!: Changing into shapes smaller that half-bloods had been introduced to our Lair by Aunt Dora, who said that one of the elders in her former Lair had found a way. Most young dragons ignored it, but Leo seemed to be in a similar position as I was, trying to live up to his parents' fame.

: Leo, I need that amber-globe I lent you a couple days ago. Mother said Father needs it, and I'll get into trouble if I don't get it to her!: My thoughts were slightly slurred, as I was running at top speed to my hoard, to get my scrying and magnifying-stones. Being raised with the Kin as well as half-bloods, my lifestyle was a mix of both: I ate cooked food, and slept in a bed instead of on the floor, but I kept a hoard of some gemstones and valuable trinkets I found, as well as the shed skin of all my Kin family.

:Oh. Uh, Rina?: Leo's thoughts were hesitant. My skin instantly began to prickle, and I felt another scolding from Mother on the way, :I'm kind of busy right now… see, I'm not the only one practicing shifting…Kara's here:

Fire and Rain! I thought indignantly, can't Leo keep his mind off her for five minutes?!

Karactina, another young dragon, was Leo's er, female friend, was very nice, but Leo was extremely devoted to her, and Rina was hard-pressed to tear him away from her.

: Leo. If you can't tear yourself away from your adolescent lust, I'll just have to scry for it in your rooms: I couldn't help but sound stern; I needed that globe! When there was no response, I pulled my favorite scrying-stone, a concave quartz disc, and concentrated on the globe of amber. After several moments, I located it in his sleeping-chamber, and yanked at it with my power. A moment later, the globe appeared at my feet, slightly glowing from the magic that had been worked on it.

: Father?: I asked hesitantly, sending a thought-tendril in his direction, :I have the globe; should I bring it to you, or do you want to get it? I'm right outside my hoard room:

: Yes, Rina, I'll get it from here: My father Lorryn's voice sounded weary, but relieved. Apparently that spell he'd been working required more power that he'd originally thought, something that often happened with my father. The amber-globe glowed again, and disappeared. I breathed a sigh of relief: another scolding escaped.

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Ok, this is my first fanfic. I know it's not the best, but I'm working on it! Please R&R, I need the advice! Oh, and if you are slightly mentally challenged, Rina is Shana and Lorryn's daughter, and she is living in the new Citadel, in the parts that the Dragons took.

Thanks!

SDC

PS- I'm really sorry about this, but there'll probably be a little while between each chapter, because it's summer vacation and we're going on a trip soon.