"Thou who has power from the heavens, guide onto me your true form!" the girl called out as her hands moved above her head, glowing a faint blue. From her hands came a bright light which shot out to the ground in front of her like lightning. When the light faded, a small dove sprang from the ground, and flew off into the blue sky.

"Very nice, Lina." An older man with long gray hair said, laughing slightly afterwards.

"Really, Sayrune-sensei?" she said, her lips curving into a sly grin. She posed, her blood red colored hair swaying with her in it's braid. "No one can compete to the great Lina Inverse!" she called out, holding the 'V' sign with her fingers.

"For an 8 year old..you are good. But can you do this?" A younger man called out, fluiently swinging his arm to his side, his shoulder-length violet hair moving with him. "The power of trinity..the power of infinite. Gather in my hand.and give me your power. Bend to my will, Oh creature of the dark lord!" he called out, as a gaint dragon made of stone and rock imerged from the ground, only a few feet away. Lina stared in awe, then clenched her fists at her sides, her face written in expression of anger.

She then turned to the violet-haired man. "Rocoso! That's no fair! You know I'm not as skilled in summoning as you are.." she said, crossing her arms over her chest, her crimson eyes narrowed slightly. Rocoso laughed slightly, walking over to Lina and embraced her tightly. She pouted, but then hugged back.

"I'm sorry, Rowan*.But, I can't have the town people thinking your better in magic then me, can I?" Rocoso said, grinning while running his hand roughly over her hair.

"Of course not! Rocoso, the great sorcerer in who has saved the city of Flockhart from a gang of bandits!" she said out loud, trying to pull Rocoso's hand off of her head. "Stupid bandits, they're just plain rotten.when I'm older, I'm gonna teach 'em all a lesson!!" She chirped, grinning to herself.

"Come on now, you too, time to go in." Sayrune called out, walking into the large house behind them. Lina ran into the house, slowly followed by Rocoso.

Little did they know..a pair of golden eyes were watching...waiting...

*Rowan: Means "little red one", derived from Gaelic ruadh "red" combined with a diminutive suffix. This name can also be given in reference to the tree. Since Lina has both red hair and eyes, Rocoso calls her this.