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Chapter 1

"That's why we have to go," said Alexandria, staring out at the ocean, "Our Grandparents died during the war of the ring. And now that our parents have

died, our only living relative is Gandalf, we have to go across the sea and find him."

"I guess," said Glory sifting the sand through her fingers.

"Well, we'd better get home and get some sleep. It's a long trip across the sea." said

Alexandria lifting her mermaid tail out of the water and turning it back into her human legs. Then her and Glory walked across the sand, back to their little home



on the beach. Both girls were the same age, 29, but they looked no older than 18. They looked quite a bit alike considering they were cousins and their mothers

had been twins. Glory however was quite a bit shorter than Alexandria. She was only about 4'4. She had long, wavy light blonde hair and bright green eyes,

and like Alexandria, she could also turn into something else: a fairy. She could shrink down to a mere 4 inches tall with little pink wings. Alexandria also had

blonde hair, but was more than a foot taller than Glory. Her hair was done in tiny braids that, from a distance, looked like normal strands of hair. She also had

colored streaks in her hair that changed color with her mood, as did her mermaid tail. The girls packed up all the things that they would be bringing, then walked

up to say good bye to Louisa, a witch who had taken care of their mothers since they were babies, and who the girls considered to be their grandmother. She

had helped develop their magical abilities and also taught them to use many different kinds of weapons. Alexandria took to archery and Glory was very good with

a sword. But both girls were very good at everything that Louisa had taught them. After a short visit with Louisa the girls went home and went to sleep.

Alexandria and Glory awoke to the rising sun shining in their eyes.

"Ready to go?" asked Alexandria.

"I'd be more ready if I had gotten more than 3 hours of sleep last night. No one should have to be conscious at this hour," complained Glory with yawn as she threw

her bag over her shoulder, and pulled the hood of her cloak over her head. The girls took one last look at their house before climbing on Alexandria's winged horse,

Nurdilwen , and flying off over the ocean.

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