CHAPTER 1: Silence
Adriane Charday ran, her long black hair whipping around her. A ghostly mist curled around her legs then bubbles. There was a flash of light. A huge and small wolf appeared on either side of her. "Stormbringer. Did you have a nice run?" Adriane panted.
"Yes. I love to run with you, warrior," the large wolf replied.
"Dreamer?"
"Yes," the small wolf growled, showing his fierce some teeth in a wolfish grin.
"Good," Adriane hugged her knees. She was lost. Her friends were distant. She was lost as a person. Kara Davies was coming back from Hawaii today, along with Emily Fletcher. Her only friend that was human and still was around was Zach Mist, the mysterious boy of Aldenmor. Aldenmor was the magical world that Adriane, Kara, Emily, Zach, and Ozzie protected. Adriane was the warrior. With a fiery attitude, she was always ready to fight with her paladin, Stormbringer, and her bonded, Dreamer.
Kara, the blazing star, boosted the healer and the warrior. She was bonded to a magical cat Lyra. Her paladin was a fire stallion, Starfire. She was also a HUGE Barbie! She was popular and sometimes snotty. But Adriane had to admit, she did care about animals.
Emily, the healer, was a shy girl, and loved animals. Her bonded/paladin was a strange shapeshifting creature, named Indigo. It was usually in the form of a unicorn. It had transformed Emily's jewel for her. Emily was quiet, but was always ready to help when an animal was in danger.
But lately, Adriane's friends were distant, almost as if they weren't there. But Adriane knew if they weren't there, she wouldn't be sitting in the Ravenswood forest. Kara had been grounded, as soon as she came back from Aldenmor, and then went to Hawaii a week later. Emily went with her, leaving Adriane in Stonehill, Pennsylvania, all alone. Gran needed her. She couldn't leave.
Suddenly, Adriane heard footsteps behind her. She whirled, twisting her arms up, a wolf stone pulsing silver and gold light on her wrist. A furry gold and brown blob slapped into her stomach. Adriane stumbled but caught herself. She raised the ferret to its full height.
"Ozzie? What's up?" Adriane squinted at the ferret in her enclosed hand.
"The portal has opened!" Ozzie screamed.