Zoey was tending to her garden, thinking to herself. She wasn't quite sure how she felt about the new girl. Rythian seemed to take an immediate liking to her, something that Zoey thought was impossible. And what was all that business about her being Rythian's new apprentice? Rythian couldn't have two apprentices- he could barely handle Zoey as it was.

She was snapped out of her thoughts by someone tapping on her shoulder. She jumped a mile, and turned to find Rythian standing behind her. She grinned sheepishly.

"Zoey, did you take all the feathers from the chests again?"

"Rythian, who is that girl?" Zoey asked, completely ignoring the first question.

"What?" Rythian was startled- he wasn't prepared for his own line of questions. "You mean Terra? I took her on as my apprentice,"

"Yes, but why?" Zoey asked impatiently. "It's not like you don't already have an apprentice,"

Rythian could see what was happening here. "Zoey, please don't be jealous. Something told me it was the right thing to do to take in Terra. Besides, I don't consider you my apprentice anymore,"

Zoey's heart stopped, and her blood ran cold with those words. "You-you don't?"

"No. You're so much more than that, you've learned too much to only be an apprentice. You just need a bit of help with... Control, is all,"

Zoey felt herself go numb with relief, and she let out a breath she didn't know she'd been holding. "Thanks, Rythian. I just don't know about her though. I don't think we should trust her,"

Rythian laughed. "You, the nice, friendly, sweet girl who loves everyone? You don't trust her?"

Zoey blushed from the compliments thrown her way, but convinced herself they didn't mean anything before continuing. "I don't know. She's definitely not from around here, so why is she here, in Yog's Knot?" She asked, referring to their village. She sighed. 'Actually, you're right, I'm probably over reacting. Just be careful, alright Rythian? And here are the feathers," she added, handing them over.

"I'll be perfectly fine. You know the girl can barely use magic? You should've seen her face when she opened the condenser full of diamonds!" He chuckled, then sighed. "But if you want me to be careful, I guess I'll watch her a bit more closely,"

"Thanks, Rythian," Zoey smiled and returned to her garden. Meanwhile, Rythian flew back to the castle. The sight that greeted him upon return made him literally laugh.

"Nice, uh, lizard, good lizard, you can put down the bow now," Terra was standing against a wall, trying to calm down a growling Teep. Teep had his bow raised and the string drawn back, probably thinking that Terra was an intruder. Terra noticed Rythian laughing in the doorway, and glared at him. "Instead of laughing, you want to call off your attack lizard?"

"Teep, she's a friend. It's alright," the dinosaur calmed down and lowered the bow. "Teep, this is Terra. She'll be staying here sometimes. Terra, this is Teep. He's a dinosaur, not a lizard, and he's sort of our guard here,"

"Tell me Rythian, where did you get a dinosaur, and how did you teach it to use a fucking bow?"

"Zoey and I found him wandering around our land. He seemed useful with a bow, so I let him stay," Rythian shrugged as the dinosaur left, leaving Rythian alone with Terra. "Why didn't you try to fight him off? You do have diamond tools,"

"Rythian, I'm a very analytical person, I don't dive head first into battle. When I saw that thin- sorry, when I saw Teep, I immediately registered that he's twice my size, most likely strong than me, was holding a long-range weapon, and has a longer reach with his neck than I do with my sword. Even if he wouldn't have shot me down before I could reach him, I would have been able to get in maybe one good blow with my sword before he overpowered me. If I would have been close enough to hit him, he'd have been more than close enough to bite me,"

Rythian was impressed. Not many people would approach a battle with such a computerized analyzation, and he respected the way she could think like that. "Right," he said, using his philosopher's stone to create a flying ring. "On that note, I believe it's time for me to test your fighting skills. And before we do that, you'll need this," he told her, handing over the flying ring. "And this to power it," he gave her a leftover Klein star from one of the chests.

"What are they?" Terra asked, putting the star in her pocket and slipping the ring on her finger.

"I'll show you," Rythian grinned, and hovered a few feet in the air.

Terra's eyes shot open. "A flying ring? Rythian, are you sure?"

"Of course. Now don't lose that," he continued, but his warnings fell on deaf ears. Terra had already figured out the basics of the ring, and was at the ceiling.

"Thanks, Rythian!"

"Terra, come down from there! I need to test your fighting abilities, lets go," he waved her to the door, and she glided down to leave with him.