Disclaimer: Once again none of the characters belong to me except Gavin

Author's Note: If the story says Erik anywhere Erik and Gavin is the same person. When I was writing the story I decided to change Erik's name to Gavin sorry if it has confused anyone I just realized that it said Erik in some places. Thanx for the reviews please keep reviewing.

Chapter 4

"Daine? " Numair whispered then his eyes rolled up to the back of his head and he collapsed. Daine was about to go to him, when Gavin snapped and she was suddenly against the wall and chained. With a flash of a green- black cloud, Gavin vanished.
Daine changed her arms into those of a cat and the chains fell off and hit the wall. She ran up to where Numair lay.
"Numair, Numair?" Daine repeated, stroking his long hair away from his face. When he opened his eyes his vision was very blurry, he could just make out Daine, knelt in front of him. Soon he was taken up in a tight hug. "Numair? Are you okay?"
"Fine - I'm fine. He drained my Gift." he croaked. He was still trembling and breathing hard from the force of the spell. Diane helped him to sit up against the wall for support, then reached into her pack and pulled out a flask of water.
"Here, drink," she told him. He obeyed, draining half of the water. When he was done, Diane replaced the water into her pack, and then began the task of picking the locks on Numair's chains. When she was done, she swept a brown curl away from her face and looked up into his dark eyes. They kissed holding each other tightly making sure they were both okay.
"Numair, what happened?" Daine asked, "I went to wake you, at about midday, but you were gone." Numair explained briefly rubbing his raw, sore wrists.

"He took - he stole your Gift? I never knew there was such a spell," Daine inquired.
"Yes, it's a spell very few mages have learned. It's illegal"
"There's a way to get it back right?"
"There is a way, but with Gavin it might be hard. The jewel or amulet he used would have to be broken. He'll probably have other spells protecting it."
After a long silence, Daine exclaimed, "Well, okay! Let's get out of here and find that jewel" She walked to the door only to find it locked, "Be right back." She glanced through a small window, a few inches away form the ground used to pass stale food to the prisoner then disappeared and Numair saw a small mouse crawl under the door.
Daine looked around and found she was alone in small, damp corridor lit with only torch flames and lined with other jail cells both empty and taken. At one end of the corridor was an empty jail cell, the other a small, lit room. Diane ran towards the room. There was a guard asleep at a desk and a set of keys next to an ink bottle. As quietly as possible Daine changed back to her human self and crept towards the desk. The keys jingled as she picked them up, making the guard stir. She tiptoed out of the sentry's room, and then trotted towards Numair's jail cell. With a click, the lock opened and she walked inside.
Daine went over to Numair and helped him up. Still a little light- headed, he balanced himself by holding Daine's shoulder.
"You sure you're okay?" Daine asked taking the hand resting on her shoulder and kissing it. He nodded. "Then you don't by any chance know where he would be, do you?" The girl asked, looking up at him.
"No. Nor do I know where anything is here." answered Numair and they walked out of the room.