Ok this is my first fanfic so excuse me if it sucks

Disclaimer- I may be an obsessed fan but I have not bought Tamora Pierce's rights to ANYTHING (I cant safely say im not in any way connected with her cuz I emailed her and she emailed back, but I have not bought the rights to her characters or worlds!)

-I cant run for much longer- Cloud said. Daine sighed. -I don't need you to ride for much longer. Just another mile?- she asked -ok but this better be worth it..-
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"I just don't get it.The other People told me he was here!" Daine was referring to her teacher Numair Salmalin, who was supposedly badly hurt and injured, and also supposedly in view of where she was standing. -But the Stork-man is here- Cloud said - I sense him- -You can sense him?- Daine asked -Of course I can, being around him so much. He's right over there- she said, nodding her head towards a small rock -I can see his magic- He's shape-shifted, Daine thought, I have to get him out. Carefully she listened for the sound of alien animals. Sure enough, right in the middle of the ground under the rock, there was a snake. One that did not sound right. She went over and carefully lifted the rock.
*** The last thing Daine remembered doing before she fainted was calling -Numair, come back-

Like it? I know it sounds way too much like when Daine first meets Numair, but it gets better(I think)