Chapter 1

I was approaching the Crystal Palace, ready to fly up there when Bible came up to me and opened his mouth, I heard an actual male voice coming out.

"It's okay, everything's going to be okay," it said, "I promise."

"Bible?" I asked. That didn't sound like him at all, after all, you can hardly understand what a puffball is saying.

Bibl e protested in his normal voice, and then covered his mouth when the voice sounded again.

"It's okay, little one."

I walked over, and through the tangle of leaves saw a young man talking to a strange looking animal. I saw him feed it something and I gushed at the scene.

"Awww,' I said quietly so he couldn't hear, "That's so cute!"

Unfortunately, Bible just had to yell out loudly.

"Awww!" He said. Right then, the guy looked up and saw us. I tried to hide away in the bushes, but I guess he'd already seen us. Bible flew away quickly.

"I'm sorry, we shouldn't even be here," I said.

"No it's okay," he said, coming closer, "Are you Elina, Azura's apprentice?"

"Yes," I remarked, coming closer. I noticed he was wearing a lot of green and that his wings were green as well. I asked him if he was an apprentice as well.

"Yes, my name's Linden."

"Linden..." I repeated.

I must have said the name super dreamily because Linden looked at me with a concerned look in his hazel eyes.

"Are you alright?" He asked.

"Oh, yes, yes, I'm just fine." I said, like nothing was wrong.

"Anyway, have you ever met a cromby?" Linden asked me. I said no. The cromby whinnied as Linden stood up to face me, and I noticed he was taller than me by a few inches. "She likes you."

How do you know that?" I asked.

"I'm an Oriad," Linden started, "we're known for being good with languages." That wasn't surprising now that he mentioned it.

Just then, Bible came back with something in his hands, and I asked Linden what the other apprentices were like. His reply was that they seemed nice enough, and that it's hard to tell. Bible fed the cromby something and it was so cute! They both hugged each other, I mean isn't that the cutest thing? Linden and I both started to laugh.

'I should probably get to the dorms," I stated, " I guess I'll have to meet everyone at some point."

"I can go with you," Linden replied. A guy had never asked to go anywhere with me. This wasn't anything big, but I wasn't going to let this opportunity go to waste. Anyway, Linden was pretty attractive.

"Alright," I said, trying not to sound too eager.

We flew up to the Palace when a thought crossed my mind. I finally remembered why I said Linden's name dreamily. It was the name of the guy I had crush on when I was little. Gulp.