Yay, the big finale!!!!!!! (muttered grumblings of 'finaly!')

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Numair stood like a tree all through the funeral, head bowed, he ignored all the women trying to get his attention, and the people trying to talk to him. His magelet was dead didn't they understand that?!! He just wanted to be alone. (ignoring Alanna, the Lioness, when she had tried to comfort her tall friend, had nearly gotten him 'chopped into cheese cubes', and it had taken King Jon, Queen Thayet, George, Onua, Buri, and ten other brave souls to stop her.)

He stood, looking into his punch cup as people he knew-and even some he didn't know-said their final good byes to his magelet. George, the still-fumming Alanna, Thayet, Jon, Onua, Buri, Sarge, Miri, Duke Braird, and Raoul, stood with him.

Almost everyone had said their goodbyes when a voice asked, "What's this? A party? And you didn't invite me?!"

Numair couldn't take this,he turned around and yelled, "A PARTY!?!!" he roared, "THAT'S WHAT YOU THINK THIS IS?!!!!! A PARTY?!!!!!!!! THIS IS DAINE SARRASI, THE WILDMAGE'S FUNNERAL!!!!" he turned away, his tears blinding him.

He heard the voice laugh, and thought it sounded familiar.

"Only one problem Master Mage," the voice said, still trying to recover from it's giggle fit, "I'm not dead!"

"WHAT!!!!!?!!!" cried Numair, spinning on his heel to face the speaker.

There amongst his friends, all of who modled him-mouths hanging open, and eyes wide in disbelief-was Daine Sarrasi, his maglet.

"You're dead." He whispered.

"I am?" she questioned, looking quizzical, "I certainly don't feel dead. Oh, you must have thought the shadow-wolf was me in wolf form! Interesting thing really, it turns out a shadow-wolf's blood turns red when it dies, and I guess you could say I fought my twin on the riverbank."

"You mean… that wasn't you… and that's…" Numair, for once in his life, was completely baffled.

Daine sighed and taking the tall mages hand led him toward a nearby bench, "I'll tell you everything in a minute, but right now, I think we have to tell everyone I'm not dead."

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The End

For now I may write more later, but for now the end. I'M BUSHED!

I may just kill you if you don't review.