Disclaimer: Nope, don't own any of it!=J It'd be nice, though…

Note: It's a bit boring right now, but I promise to try the best that I can, if that means anything…I've got a really good plot planned out=D

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Having had a rough day, Veralidaine Sarrasri decided to take a break.  She had helped to train the new Riders the whole morning, and was tired out as usual. One particularly nasty trainee had seemed to decide that it was worth punishment to be able to make Daine's job miserable. He had taken to doin the opposite of whatever Daine had asked of him.

As she hadn't spent much time with her People friends lately, she thought that now was the best time.  Making her way back to her room, she decided she would rather visit the Tahoi and the dogs at the kennel first. She hadn't used much of her Wild magic for a while now, and since there seemed to be no other need for it, she thought she would use it for her own pleasure this time. 

When she reached her room, she pulled off her leather boots, and walked out onto the deck.

Daine then exchanged hands and feet for paws with pads, nose for snout, and plain skin for soft, golden fur.  Feeling much more comfortable, she ducked out from under the now useless fabric and jumped over the railing. And as always, the badger god's claw hung securely around her neck. 

Daine the dog now trotted contentedly towards the kennels.

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When she neared the building, she could already sniff her friends out. Every sent was unique to her nose.

Seems like they're all there!Daine thought gleefully.

Since the dogs could sense her approach too, they needed no hint as to who was coming.  All broke free of their handlers or cages, and raced to be the first to meet the newcomer.

All together and greetings over, they romped playfully in the grass yard, Daine thinking all the while that she'd been missing this all along. She felt at home here, where no one thought she was a out of place and such.

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As Numair Salmalín was hard at work, sweat poured from every pore. He was bent over a strange contraption that seemed to hold more of his gift than he did. He seemed on the point of breaking down, until he felt some of his used magic return to him. 

I should be worried about where that came from, but not right now!He thought.

And once again he immersed himself in his treasured work.

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While a stable hand was walking towards his charges, he noticed that a faint black mist-like substance was floating towards one location: the room where the strange mage stayed.  He started walking at a faster pace to better avoid whatever was occurring.

As Daine and her friends played around, she thought that she should walk

over and visit with the horses in the pasture. 

"I have to go now," she told her companions. Instead of her voice, it came

out as a series of barks.  Not concerned about wondering why she didn't speak

mind to mind as she was used to (she didn't normally use the animals' language),

she said her goodbyes to them. 

Sitting down to try and remember her formal shape, she found it too difficult at

the time.

Just as well,she thought.I don't have any of those cloth things that our owners

useon themselves anyway.

So Daine the Dog just shape shifted her paws to hooves, raised, fluffy tail to a

drooping one, and her dog sense to a horse one. 

Not being able to wait any longer, the Horse named Daine galloped over to the

pasture where her herd brothers and sisters awaited her. 

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Alanna the Lioness was in her roomy quarters at Pirate Swoop when her husband George came in.

"You might want to take a look at this," he told her.

He held up a pair of earrings that she had received from Numair as a birthday present three months ago.  Peculiar as they normally seemed, they now seemed even more out of the ordinary. Instead of the normal glittering black magic that flowed around inside of it, it was now floating out of it.

Frowning, she glanced to her left at her dresser and did a double take: the intricate bracelet that Numair had given her three yearsago was doing the same thing. 

Noticing that the magic was going in the same direction, she muttered, "His magic." Making her voice more audible, she said to George, "Could it all be going somewhere? Both seemed to be headed in the same direction."

Both of them walked over to the balcony that overlooked a wonderful view. In the distance they not only saw the two black fires of the jewelry, but many others floating in the same direction.

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Numair seemed to finally realize that he wasn't loosing as much strength as he had been a little while ago. He now chanced a look around his workroom. He gasped audibly.  All around him his Gift hovered, and he hadn't noticed a thing.

"I must have been too preoccupied," he said aloud.  "I wonder where it came from. I should have sensed it here."

He searched the strange but familiar magic with his own low supply. To him it felt like an old object, long lost but found at last.

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As the Horse called Daine grazed happily in the grass with the herd all around her, she thought that she ought to get back to her regular schedule.  At this time of day, she should've been being ridden by those young trainers.

While sharing these thoughts with the others, they said that they did this about once a week.

Then the new Horse realized that that was true, and then went back to grazing.  (this is supposed to be a thing kinda like she's getting memories from the horses without noticing it)

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I hope you liked it!(= Please review. i don't mind constructive criticism…do you think it was too short? i'll try to add more today! c(=