Warnings: Some language and violence but other than that nothing.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything if I did then well The books would never end the way they did.

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The stars glittered overhead as three girls sat before a roaring fire. Their features went from one extreme to the other; a dark-skinned, dark-haired, and dark-eyed girl with a slight frame and long black hair; a wavy-haired brunette girl with eyes of every shade imaginable and an average build; and a girl with dark blonde hair, blue green eyes, average build and braces. Together, they stared up at the stars, absent-mindedly holding marshmallows speared by coat hangers over the fire pit.

" I think I found Sirius again," the dark-haired girl dreamily said, pointing her free hand. "I won the star-finding contest again."

As the dark blonde cast her a glare, the brunette blinked. "What? Sorry, I was looking at the moon. It s so shiny." The other two girls stopped and looked at her, disbelief flooding their expressions as the brunette turned and looked at them. "What?" the brunette protested as the dark blonde smacked her hand against her own forehead.

"Should I let out the dog?" she asked as her marshmallow caught flames.

The dark-haired girl leaned in and blew out the marshmallow like a birthday candle when the brunette one muttered, "Don't. Dogs are highly flammable" This received another puzzled look as the brunette pulled her marshmallow away from the fire and devoured it in one bite.

Reaching out for a bag, the brunette girl took yet another marshmallow when the dark-haired girl exclaimed, "Oh! I found an awesome quiz on the internet last night! Maybe after we finish roasting toasting marshmallows, we can go take it."

The dark blonde girl nodded. "I m sure I can hijack the computer from my mom."

Perking up, the brunette girl tossed her hair out of her face. "Oh! I thought of a random question." Her friends looked over her as she stared upwards and added, "If you had to be a mystical creature or anything mystical, really what would it be?"

The blonde and dark-haired girl stopped, thinking. Suddenly, the blonde straightened. "I know! I d be an ice phoenix!"

The brunette frowned, not even looking at her. "An ice phoenix?" she asked, sounding skeptical. "Why?"

Sulking, the blonde crossed her arms. "Because."

" Because?" The brunette s voice was flat.

"Yes," the blonde sniffed. "Because."

The brunette shrugged when the dark-haired girl murmured, "I think I d be a dragon rider. You know because I like that kind of thing. I wouldn't be a dragon you know, the whole ripping things apart thing but a rider" She nodded, her gaze distant when she added, "And I found the Pleiades."

The blonde rolled her eyes, once again smacking her forehead. "What are you looking at?" she exclaimed as the brunette pulled her marshmallow away from the fire.

" The moon, was her reply." Consuming her marshmallow in yet another gigantic bite, the brunette admitted, "I think I have the whole ripping apart thing down pretty well"

With a snort, the blonde girl muttered, "Let me guess what she'd be."

"A bunny," the dark-haired girl volunteered.

"A dragon?" the brunette girl innocently guessed.

The blonde girl crossed her arms when the dark-haired girl added, " Any reason why you chose to ask that just now?"

The brunette merely shrugged, staring at the fire. "It s good nickname material, I think." Turning her gaze to the blonde, she decreed, " I dub thee Icewing. You know, cause you re an ice phoenix?" The blonde, now called Icewing, nodded, lifting her eyebrows when the brunette turned her gaze to the dark-haired girl. "And you your dragon would probably be a dragon of the night, what with your obsession with the stars. Right?" The other girl slowly nodded when the brunette added, " So you're Nightwing".

"And you?" Icewing prodded.

The brunette girl straightened, the light of the fire flickering in her eyes. "I would be Scales." Her voice was solemn.

Nightwing remained silent for several moments, thinking. "So we're Icewing, Nightwing, and Scales?"

Icewing eagerly nodded. "I like how that sounds. Like the Three Musketeers! The Mystic Triangle! The...."

"Golden Trio," Scales softly decided, staring down at the fire.

Nightwing nodded. "The Golden Trio."

A feeling of solemnity overtook them for a moment as a heavy silence bridged between them. Feeling a pair of eyes, Scales looked up at the sky and frowned when a burst of wind suddenly put out the fire.

The Golden Trio stared at it for several moments, each of them feeling a cold sense of unease when Icewing stammered, "I think we should go inside take that quiz that Nightwing was talking about."

Scales nodded, staring at the place where the fire used to blaze with a small frown on her face. "You lead the way."

Together, they went into the house as, far away, eyes watched their every move.