A/N: Woo! My first TP fic! Just so u know Briar and Sandry should soooo get together! Yea so the go to Tortall thing has been done b4 but hey! My story! So I hope you like it!

Key: 'Blah' that's mind-speak

"Blah" oh come on ::guess::

*Blah* that's thinking

Lady Sandrilene fa Toren woke with a scream. Panting, she reached for a small globe next to her bed, glowing softly. She paced around a bit, clutching the globe and biting her lip. Then she crept out of her room and up the stairs, shielding the light from her globe as best she could when she walked past her sleeping friends' rooms, then up more stairs to the roof. Lady Sandrilene laid down, settling her globe beside her, and sighed. She had been doing this for the entire time they had spent back at Winding Circle. The unmagic still haunted her in her dreams. It seemed she would never sleep the whole night again. *Well I have more time, * she thought, trying to look on the bright side of things as she looked to the inky sky.

'Is this why you're always yawning, Sandry?' asked Briar Moss magically, he and her two other friends could mind-speak to one another.

'Don't you ever leave me alone?' retorted Sandry, looking to either side of her to see where Briar was

'Behind you, oh you're a quick one you are' he smirked. Sandry grimaced and then stuck her tongue out at the green mage, much like she did when she was a child. She and her mage friends where now 18.

"Stalking again are we Briar?" she asked cocking an eyebrow

"Hmm…" he said stroking his chin, trying to look like he was deep in thought though Sandry thought he just looked strange. She couldn't help but giggle, Briar ignored this and said "Well that means one of two things: I'm madly in love with you," Sandry snorted at this "Or I'm plotting your death." He grinned evilly and Sandry smiled back

"Oh no" she said sarcastically "Whatever shall I do? The horribly violent, bloodthirsty green mage is after me!" she then struck a dramatic pose and gave Briar a look that said 'Top that!'

Briar just smiled mischievously "I never said which one."

Sandry smirked, took out her braids and tossed her head. She ran a hand through her hair before walking slowly to Briar swinging her hips. Sandry stood directly in front of the boy and leaned in over his shoulder "Would you like me to pick?" she asked in a husky voice and then stepped back and saw the look of complete shock on Briar's face. She fell to the ground with tears in her eyes she was laughing so hard. Briar, realizing she was kidding the entire time playfully shoved her. Sandry screamed as she tumbled over the edge of the roof. Briar laughed and lent his power into some nearby moss. It rapidly grew under the falling girl who landed on it and bounced up. The moss was just like a green trampoline. Briar leaped down and started bouncing with Sandry, who looked like she was ready to kill.

"I'm now plotting your death Briar." She said in an icy tone "I'd have many a broken bone if you weren't a plant mage."

"Well I am a plant mage Lady Sandrilene, so don't get mad about it." He was now doing flips on the springy moss. Sandry jumped off and picked up a glob of mud.

"Oh no Briar I don't get mad." And just as Briar turned around to see what the thread mange was about to do Sandry threw the handful of mud, which hit Briar square in the face. Sandry burst into giggles

"So it's a war you want eh Sandry?" smirked Briar as he hopped of the moss and tossed some mud at Sandry whose giggles turned into shrieks. Soon they were throwing mud and insults at each other between laughing and screaming. Then, completely mud covered and exhausted they fell down shaking with laugher.

Sandry soon let her mind drift. This was her last night in Winding Circle for quite awhile, tomorrow her and her four mage friends were going to Tortall. The person who rescued all of them, Niklaren Goldeye, was good friends with that kingdom's ruler, King Jay or Jim or was it Joe? Oh never mind there was some crisis over there and the four mages and their teacher were coming. And there was a girl knight about her age. She couldn't wait to talk to her! Maybe she'd teach Sandry-

"Sandry?" Briar voice brought her back to reality she looked over to him lazily

"Hmm?"

"What do you think the kid knight will be like?"

Sandry laughed and shook her head, making her light hair fly. "She's the same age as us! She's not a kid." Briar shrugged "And I don't know what she'll be like but I bet that if you hit on her she'll cut you in half."

"Haha. Very funny Sandry fa Toren. I hope you use better manners there or they'll think you a silly bleater."

"You should talk about manners Briar Moss! Wasn't it you who slurped your soup at my Uncles dinner party and Rosethorn had to hit you in the head before you realized everyone was starring at you?" she started to giggle again

"Hey! I told you not to bring that up again!" Sandry just laughed harder "That's it!" A vine crept up and turned Sandry upside down. She was screaming and trying to old her nightgown up. Then she realized who was behind it and used a lot of colourful words to describe the hysterical plant mage. After rolling on the ground for a long while Briar made the vine let Sandry go. She came down with a scream and a thud.

"I hate you Briar Moss!" she yelled

"Oh but I love you Sandry." He yelled back Sandry made sort of a 'humph' sound and started to walk back in the cottage. *I'm glad everyone's such light sleepers*

'I thought you two would never shut up! What were you doing out there?' Daja asked Sandry magically

'Nothing, Briar was just being a bleater.' Sandry said with venom

'Are you sure you didn't lose something?' Tris asked with a giggle

'TRIS!!!' said both Sandry and Daja

'Hehe, sorry,'

'You better be.' Quipped Sandry

'So…did you?'

'TRIS!!!'



A/N- So what do you think? Is it a keeper? I want feedback people!!

Love Swim Angel