The Strange Pet, By Blake Hanson
	Magen awoke screaming. Looking around she realized her dream of her beloved home, 
 KluckNut Forest, burning was only a dream. But she couldn't stop shaking. Hearing her 
 screams her brother came in asking, "what happened to make you scream?" As Mike put 
 his arm around Magen to comfort her she answered, "It was the most vivid dream so far. 
 It was like the others but it was more... realalistic. I was walking down the mountain 
 path and something was fallowing me. I couldn't bring myself to look back at it. 
 
 As I entered out house I heard screaming behind me. When I turned around all I could 
 see was fire. The fire was everywhere." Magen started to sob, "and... and then I saw 
 you!" At this Magen started to sob so hard she couldn't go on.

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	When she woke up Mike was sitting on a stump out side their window. Magen 
 went out to him. She started to say, "Michele th.." Mike interrupted her there by 
saying, "Don't worry 'bout it. You kin and I love you." Mike gave Magen a hug and 
 went inside to make breakfast.
	After breakfast Magen decided to take a walk in the woods. Magen started off 
 with a picnic lunch in her backpack. Instead of taking her favorite path that led to 
 her favorite waterfall and swimming hole she decided to explore and make a new 
 path. Magen had just passed a river when she heard whimpering and human voices. She 
 looked through a bush in the direction of the sounds and saw three humans riding 
 horses. One had his bow drawn and loaded. Magen looked where the man was 
 aiming and was appalled. She saw a cowering, whimpering wolf at the feet of the 
 first horse. The marksman let fly his arrow and Magen ran to stop it. The wolf 
 sulked out of the way of the arrow before it could strike. Magen positioned herself 
 between the wolf and the riders.
"How dare you!" Said Magen.
"Move out of the way of the Imperial Guard silly girl." Said the first rider.
"It is only a wolf. What business do you have with it?" Asked Magen.
"Our business is our own. Now get out of the way." Said the second rider.
"Well then" said Magen, "I cannot allow you to harm this wolf any more."
"And how does one elvin woman expect to stop three armed Imperial guards?" Inquired 
 the first guard.
"Like this" said Magen. Flicking her wrist she ordered the vines that had wound 
 themselves around the horses legs to strike. Each rider was tossed off their horse and 
 restrained by the vines.
	Magen co horsed the wolf to fallow her with a little food and led him back to the 
 river. There she tried to mend its wounds using her magic but nothing worked on 
 the animal. Magen spent the rest of the day playing in the river with the wolf. She 
 named it Eloth the elvin word for night because it had pitch-black fur.
	Magen decided to go home because it was getting dark. She was afraid that 
 bringing Eloth to her town would frighten the other townsfolk. Magen new of an empty 
 cave around where she was so she led the wolf there. At the cave she made a bed 
 of needles and leaves for the wolf to sleep on. She also put the rest of her food out 
 for him.
	When Magen got home she helped Mike make dinner. Mike went to bed early 
 that night. Magen went outside to look at the stars before she went to bed.

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	Magen woke up in a silent scream because she had cast a temporary silencing 
 charm on herself every night since she had found the wolf. Her dreams were 
 becoming more and more detailed. It had been fourteen days since Magen had rescued 
 Eloth. Every day Magen would bring food and water to Eloth but today was 
 different. Today was the day she was going to bring Eloth into town. All the wolf's 
 wounds had healed and it was running around entheausaticly every time Magen arrived.
	Magen made Eloth fallow her. They started walking down the mountain path 
 from the cave. At first Magen looked back every few minuets but every time she 
 slowly lost her nerve to show Eloth to her town. So eventually she willed herself to 
 stop looking back.
	Magen's house was the first one off the mountain path so she went into it. She 
 beckoned for Eloth to join her but he didn't. Then she heard it. A long piercing 
 scream. Magen whirled around and froze. There in the town square was Eloth 
 breathing fire all over the place. First, he went after the smith shop, then the 
 general store. He was burning everything he could. Mike, being the worrier of the town, 
 charged out to attack Eloth. Eloth turned and saw Mike. The wolf blew a large 
 turret of flame directly at Mike and struck him with it. Mike fell to the ground 
 screaming in pain. Magen reanalyzed she alone could defeat Eloth. She gathered 
 up all of her magical and emotional strength. She created a great turret of water 
 and directed it at Eloth. When the water struck the wolf there was a high pitched 
 yipe from Eloth and then the sound of stem. When the steam cleared Magen saw 
 Eloth's body lying in the middle of the town square.
	Magen took Eloth's body and buried it by the river where they first met. After that 
 Magen and her brother had many more adventures. But that's another story and another 
 time.