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When Daine opened her eyes she thought she had gone blind. After a few moments her eyes adjusted to the darkness. Her whole body ached and her head pounded. She put her hands to her face to rub her head. The wild mage's arms felt strangely heavy and when she moved you could hear the sound of clanking.

Daine froze, and then looked down at her hands. On each hand there was a manacle which was attached to a slimy, cold, stone wall with a heavy chain. She felt the metal and suddenly she didn't feel groggy and tired anymore. Adrenaline flowed through her veins, powered by fear and rage.

She Jumped to her feet and charged forward hoping to break the chain. But she was jerked back to quickly to be the fault of the chains on her hands. She looked down to her metal and saw a thick band of metal squeezing her thin waist. It was a wonder she hadn't felt it at first since it was a little tight.

At that moment Daine lost it throwing all of her strength against the chains binding her to the wall. It was no use they were to strong. Daine kept at it as her enemies bit into her wrists and stomach. She screamed in rage and then suddenly stopped. That was odd. When she had been caged in Carthak by the evil Ozorne all the animals had turned on the humans, feeling her anger. Now she new none of the people were doing that.

"Have I gotten so much control over my magic that I totally blocked them out?" Daine thought.

The Wild mage shrieked again and strained at the chains. The Cage at Carthak had been bad enough but now she was caged and tied to the wall like a dog.


"Stop!" came a hoarse, weak sounding voice, "You'll only wear yourself out and that is what he wants,"

Daine stopped and listened. She heard the rattling of chains on the other side of the dungeon.

"Who's there?" She said.

"I," came the voice, "am Lord Henry Swobet,"

Simultaneously, all of the wolves awoke in the night. A pack member's voice had been silenced.

Daine! They all howled. Her voice had been cut off. Something must have happened to her. said Brokefang quietly.

Dead? whispered Shortsnout.

I don't know. Hurry! We must find out what happened! shouted Brokefang as all the Pack jumped to their feet to race after him.

Daine wasn't at breakfast.

"Where's Daine?" asked Maura as she came down to breakfast. Tillie just stared open mouthed at her parents.

"We're afraid that Daine had to leave in the middle of the night to go back to Corus, Dear," Said Lady Lauren.

"Yes," added Lord Henry, "It appears they needed her after all,"

"But she didn't even say goodbye!" exclaimed Maura.

"It was dreadfully important. She told us to say goodbye for her," explained the lady.

Tillie stood up suddenly eyes flashing. "N-" before she could get out a single word her body felt as if it was on fire.

She gasped and then sat back down. Maura looked concerned,

"What was that dear?" asked Lauren

"Nothing, I'm just, um, upset that she didn't say goodbye too." she finished lamely looking down at the table.

She looked at Maura's concerned face and said, "Don't worry Maura, I'm fine,"

Lasku felt guilty. He had to do something. Anything.

"How could I do that to them?" he thought. The spy heard footsteps. He looked up and there was Aeejah. He was grinning from ear to ear and the look on his face was more than a little arrogant.

"Ohh, great. Just what we need. He's even more conceited than before!" He thought to himself.

"What d'you want?" he said aloud.

"Can't I come to congratulate the stable boy who made this scheme possible?" the mage said innocently, "What is the matter with that horse?" Lasku followed Aeejah's gaze. He pointed to Cloud. "I think that's the wild mage's horse," he said, "Maybe she knows something happened to Daine,"

"How could she? She can't communicate with her! I made sure of that!" Lasku just shrugged.

"Oh no! They got you too? Tillie must be so worried!" exclaimed Daine as she tried hard to peer across to the other prisoner since their cells were facing each other's.

"Tillie? Who's she?" Daine's mouth fell open, "Your daughter." she said in disbelief.

"I don't have a daughter," said the voice claiming to be Lord Henry "Here let me explain. I am the Lord Henry Swobet. One night I was kidnapped by a man who looked extraordinarily like me. I was brought to this place and left here. Do you know where we are?"

"Well the last place I remember being was the fief Dunlath. I'm not sure if we're still there,"

"Dunlath!" exclaimed Lord Henry, "I was supposed to go there. I had been appointed guardian of a young girl named Maura. Do you know her?"

"Know her! Maura is a good friend of mine. I was here visiting her with my teacher Numair Salmalin." answered Daine.

"The Numair Salmalin? You must be the Wild mage! This is not good. Something is obviously going on." Daine could hear the clanking of chains as the other prisoner began to pace.

"I'm just glad Numair had left before this happened, he might have been caught to. He got summoned back to Corus."

"My dear girl, don't you see? If he was here they would have got him too!"

"Well Numair's not stupid. He'll figure it out, and they haven't seen an angry Numair!" said Daine smiling.

Numair did not even say good bye to Alanna. He just Turned spots around and galloped of. Spots obviously knew something happened to Daine, since he seemed to forget his weariness. They went on stopping only when spots couldn't go on and Numair almost fell off the horse from exhaustion. He hated himself for stopping. While he was resting something was happening to Daine, the love of his life. On the second day he saw another horse and rider. They both stopped and got off their horses. They knew each other. Numair felt the rage boil up inside him. It was that hostler. He recognized him now, he was also the messenger. The mage walked slowly to the other man. His long strides eating up the ground, his black magic spilling out of his hands, crackling like a hungry fire and pooling at his feet.

"What did you do to her?" He asked quietly, dangerously. Lasku backed away. For the first time in his life he was intimidated. He was terrified.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO HER!" he roared and with his magic he picked up Lasku and flung him against the trunk of a large tree. Lasku gasped in pain and fear. The air was knocked out of him. He was having trouble breathing. He tried to say something but he couldn't. Numair flung him against another tree.

"I'll kill you!" He screamed, "How dare you do something to her!!!" He slammed him up against another tree. Lasku was in pain. He tried to stop the magic but it was to strong. He could only lesson it slightly. The spy was being flung from tree to tree. If the mage didn't stop he was going to die.

He found his voice at last, "Please," he gasped, "I came to help,"

"Why should I believe you?" Numair whispered but Lasku heard every word.

"Because it's the truth," he said, strength failing.

"TRUTH!" roared Numair again, "Truth. Just like that letter was truth! Just like everything you say is truth! You are nothing but a liar! Nothing but a dead liar!" and with that Numair clenched his hand. Lasku felt as if a real hand, strong and deadly was clamped over his throat. He gasped for breath but none came. He tried to scream, but he couldn't. His body felt like it was burning and he was slowly suffocating.

"Oh Gods," whispered Daine, "These chains block out wild magic! Numair said he was probably the only living expert on wild magic, and he never made these."

"Daine," said Lord Henry quietly, "He said probably. There could be others,"


"We are in a lot of trouble!" said Daine as she leaped up again and began to attack the chains for the umpteenth time today.

Lasku was dieing, slowly and painfully. It hurt. He hadn't wanted to die, not yet. Now Daine would probably die and so would Numair. There love would be lost and so would Tortall. Aeejah would win. The pain lessoned and he thought he heard a cry of pain and surprise.

"Maybe dying won't be so bad after all," he thought and the pain stopped all together. Lasku slid down the trunk of the tree wincing in pain as he hit the ground.

"So this is the Black God's Domain," Lasku said to himself, "Funny, it looks a lot like were we were before." a tall figure blocked his vision and Lasku knew no more.

When Lasku opened his eyes his whole body ached. It was dark and he could see the light of a fire. He sat up and groaned with pain. Numair walked over and sat next to him.

"Sorry, I sort of lost control," said the mage as he looked into the fire.

"Really? I honestly couldn't tell." Lasku said with a smile. Numair smiled too and blushed slightly.

"Don't worry about it, I understand,' said Lasku gently, "I know you love her," Numair looked up sharply, mouth open.

"I saw you saying goodbye," he said simply.

"You're a pretty good spy," said Numair, "We're usually very careful about that kind of thing."

Lasku laid back again groaning, "Yep, the best spy ever," He said, "I'm so good that I have nothing better to do then to attack young innocent people and then almost get killed saying sorry."

Numair chuckled, "At least you tried to apologize, and I'm glad you think I'm an innocent, young person."

Lasku laughed too, "Yes, very innocent," he said sarcastically.

Numair grew serious again, "its okay, I mean, you've got to listen to your king,"

"Hmm, but what if you don't like your king? What if he is a big, stupid, cruel, idiot that you can't stand or admire? What if his orders are to do whatever some evil mage says and you hate each other so much that you can hardly stand it? What if that evil mage tells you to kidnap some wonderfully nice, sweet, young woman and hurt another man who is probably the only powerful mage who isn't an arrogant jerk? And all of this is because the evil mage is bent on revenge?" asked Lasku before he could stop himself. Numair looked into the crackling flames for a while. An owl hooted in the night and you could hear the bats fluttering up above the trees.

Finally Numair spoke, "You say an evil mage bent on revenge. Revenge on whom,"

Lasku looked up, "You," he said, "He hates your guts. He wishes you nothing but pain and misery."

"Who," asked Numair?

"A man named Aeejah Merric."

"Aeejah?" a smile formed on his lips, "Mmmmhmmmm. So I was right, it was him."

Lasku looked at the other man, he found this funny? "His plan is to get you to work for Damian. But he says whether you agree to or not he is going to torture you."

At this Numair began to laugh. "Aeejah is going to kidnap me? He's going to torture me? Oh gods! What ever am I to do? Maybe I should just give up and go home!"

Lasku jumped to his feet even though every part of him was on fire. He swayed a bit before steadying himself on a tree, "How can you joke like that? Aeejah is the best mage of Tusaine!"

Numair continued laughing, "Tusaine must be a pushover country if Aeejah is their best mage!"

Lasku grew angry, "Look, shut up! This is no laughing matter. I have this power that can break spells or if they're really powerful, it will weaken them. The other day Aeejah got mad at me and he glued be down to the ground for hours. I used all my strength and in the end I passed out. I'm not sure if I even broke the spell. He may have just stopped it before anyone could come and wonder why I'd been in the same exact spot for the entire day. The reason I may even be alive now is because I tried to lessen your magic."

"Yes, I was wondering why you weren't dieing as quickly as you should have," said Numair thoughtfully.

"I didn't stop you did I?" asked the spy.

"No someone else stopped me," said Numair looking at his arm, "for that I'm grateful,"

Lasku looked at his arm and saw a bandage on it, "So am I. What happened to your arm?"

Numair looked at Spots, "Spots stopped me. I guess he knew you were telling the truth, or at least he thought I shouldn't just kill someone like that."

Lasku looked at the horse too, "I'd have to agree with you on that one," he said as he limped over to Spots. The horse leaned out to sniff him and then whinnied softly. Lasku leaned on him for support before he collapsed on the ground. He stroked the horse, whispering his thanks. Still leaning on Spots he said, "The reason I was able to come was because Aeejah told me to track you to make sure you didn't come back to soon. I won't be expected back for a few days yet but even then, I won't be able to explain what happened to me."

At the mention of Aeejah Numair fought back a smile, "Don't worry," he said, "I can fix that." The mage motioned Lasku over. The spy staggered back to his companion and then fell to the ground, fighting back a cry of pain that fought to escape his lips. Instead it came out as a groan. Numair rummaged through his packs, "I'm glad Daine made me bring this along," he said bringing out a container of healing ointment, "I wasn't planning on trying to kill anyone on my way here but I'm glad I have it." Lasku took off his shirt, which was ripped and torn by his near death experience. He looked at the salve with doubt in his eyes. How could that help much? Numair saw the look it the spy's eyes and smiled, "Don't worry, It's plenty strong. One time Daine fell off a cliff and it helped her a lot."

Lasku snorted, "Sure, I can believe that!" he said sarcastically.

"If you don't now you will in a few minutes," said the mage as he rubbed the healing salve on all of Lasku's bruises, cuts and sores. Within moments they had disappeared.

Lasku looked and his arms in awe, "Is this stuff made by gods or something?" he asked.

"Uhh, maybe. You'd have to ask Daine." said Numair. He left the decision of telling people her parents were gods to Daine. He wasn't going to tell Lasku, especially if the last memory Daine had of him was being kidnapped.

"In a few days you will be healed even more. By the time we get back to Dunlath you'll probably be able to fake being perfectly fine.

Lasku caught a worried look on Numair's face. He guessed what it was for, "Don't worry. They aren't going to do anything to her until I get back. Their idea of a reward for being a good little spy is to watch someone be tortured. Even then they don't want to really hurt her just scare her," he said reassuringly. The mage looked relieved.

Numair really was relieved. He was still worried, but not as much. He had been thinking of the time he had spent in captivity and was hoping Daine's experience wouldn't be as bad as his. Numair shivered thinking of the time he had been captured right before he had met Daine.

"What's wrong?" asked Lasku

"Hmm? Oh, nothing. It's just... cold tonight," he answered as he lay down. Lasku knew he was lying. It was a warm night.

Tillie was angry. She hated her parents. More and more every day. She used to have a good pretty good relationship with her father but over the years he got busier and busier. Then her mother died. Tillie had trouble getting over that, especially since she and her da had drifted further apart. Tillie reminded the mage to much of her mother. It got worse. Then he got remarried to that awful Eurianne. He became happy again but that was only when her stepmother was around. She was afraid that he loved his new wife more than he loved his daughter. She knew he loved Eurianne more than his late wife. Over the years Tillie had refused to believe that her father was a bad man. Deep down she knew it but she buried that knowledge under everything else. She could admit it no longer. Her father was cruel to others and was obsessed with power. That is why he loved his new wife better than the old. Tillie had to help Daine and Numair she just had to.

The girl snuck down to the dungeons. She had a hunch that Daine would be imprisoned there. She didn't want anyone to see her over there in case someone got suspicious. She had gotten her first chance to go down there. Tillie's feet made slight tapping sounds on the stone steps. She saw to things stirring. Two? Why two? Shouldn't it be one?

"Who's there?" called a brave voice.

"Daine?"

"Tillie?"

Tillie lit the candle she had taken with her.

"Thank the Goddess you found us! Where are we?"

"We're in Dunlath still. Daine there's something I have to tell you." She stopped suddenly, waiting for the burning to start but it didn't. That's when she remembered. Maura said that this dungeon stopped magic. Perhaps spells like the one Aeejah had put on her wouldn't work!

Tillie remembered the other something. She took a step closer and saw it was the figure of a man. With a start Tillie recognized him. Or at least she thought she did, "Da!! What are you doing down here?" she exclaimed.

Daine could not help it, she began to giggle. The man began to laugh to. "Tillie, this is Lord Henry." They both laughed harder at the look on Tillie's face.

"I didn't know he kidnapped you too," she whispered and the others grew silent. Suddenly she yelled, "I hate him! I hate him! Him and his stupid wife!" and she burst into tears. Daine got up off the floor and walked toward the crying girl. She could only get far enough to pat her shoulder. Lord Henry came as close to the front of his cell as possible, too. This was the first good look at him that Daine had got. He looked remarkably like the Lord Henry she thought she knew except that his clothes were torn and ragged. He was thin and his gaunt face looked hungry. It was obvious that he was starving.

"They haven't done anything to you yet, have they?" she asked quietly.

"I just woke up a few hours ago," said Daine reassuringly. They both looked at the man beside them.

He shrugged and said, "Every once in awhile they come down to give me food." I can believe the every once in awhile, thought Daine looking at his thin body.

Tillie wiped away her tears, "I should leave now," she said and she waved and left.

Before she got to the door Daine called out, "What's the mages name?" Tillie turned around, "Aeejah," she told her, "and his wife is Eurianne. Don't tell anyone I came down here ok?"

"Agreed," said the two prisoners in unison.

For the next few days the two companions traveled slowly. Lasku had to be tied to his saddle since he was too weak.

"We have to plan this out. There's not going to be any rushing in killing every one we see, understand," said Lasku.

Numair looked at him, "Oh alright, I guess I owe you one for attacking you last night huh?"

"You got that right!" exclaimed the spy.

"I agree with you, but it's kind of hard to take Aeejah seriously. When I knew him at the University he was a bumbling clumsy person who could get nothing right!" said Numair.

"Maybe that's what he wanted you to think," retorted Lasku, "The Aeejah I know is a powerful mage."

Numair was thoughtful for a few moments.

Then Lasku asked, "Why does Aeejah hate you so much?" he asked. The spy didn't think the other man would answer but then Numair said, "I think he resented that I was always better than him. Also, he thinks I purposefully got him kicked out of the University,"

Lasku looked at Numair in disbelief, "He got kicked out of the University? Hah!! Finally, something else to rub in his face!!" He said laughing

"Not if I rub his face in the dirt first!" said Numair deadly serious.

Tillie had been sneaking down to the dungeons whenever she could to tell the prisoners about Aeejah's plot and to bring them food.

"Has my father come down yet?" she asked.

"No," answered Daine

"Actually," added the real Lord Henry, "I haven't seen him much since the day I was kidnapped. He comes down and just stares at me every once in awhile. It's that Eurianne that actually talks to me. Gods! I hate her!"

"Welcome to the club," muttered Tillie. Daine heard her and smiled.

The noble continued, "She comes and laughs at me. Tortures me with talk of being outside and good food. I haven't had anything but stale bread til you came along young lady," he said looking at Tillie.

"I think there trying to break you guys down by starving you," said Tillie softly staring at the dancing shadows on the cold, stone wall, lit by the candle she brought.

The wild mage watched the shadows too, "Do you think you would be able to bring Maura or someone down to help us?" she asked.

"No, Da put a spell on me. I can't say anything about you or their plot without dieing a painful death. The only reason I can talk to you now is because the dungeon cancels out magic. Daine is wearing those chains because they specifically cancel out wild magic." she answered sighing.

"What about me?" asked Henry indicating the chains binding him to the wall.

"I think he just doesn't like you," said Tillie.

"Oh,"

Daine couldn't help but smile.

The mage and the spy were staking out Dunlath.

"Knowing Aeejah, he probably has traps all over the place for you," said Lasku. Numair just nodded and bit his lip. Good he's finally taking Aeejah seriously! Thought Lasku. To tell the truth Numair was fighting back a smile.

"I've got an idea," said Lasku as he got up, "stay here," and he disappeared through the trees. He disappeared a while later with a girl with him. To Numair's surprise it was Tillie.

She looked just as bewildered, "Wha-" she began to exclaim but Lasku clapped a hand over her mouth, "Please, we are trying to keep his presence a secret here. Understand?" Tillie nodded. He let go of her.

"You kidnapped some one else?" asked Numair.

"I did not kidnap her!! I asked her to come with me because I had something interesting to show her."

"Ah so you lied, that could be almost classified as kidnapping," Lasku threw up his arms in exasperation.

"Actually," said Tillie looking from the mage to the spy, "I find you very interesting."

Numair bowed, "Thank You," he said smiling. Then he frowned, "How do we know she isn't with him?" asked the lanky mage.

"We don't," answered the spy, "Don't you every risk anything on a hunch?"

"Never in my life!" said Numair crossing his fingers, "any one telling you other wise is lying. Oh and the other day that wasn't as much as a hunch it was a... a...-"

"Enough!" said Lasku, "we have to tell her! Tillie, your father,"

"Don't worry, I k-" She screamed. The fire started. Lasku clapped his hand over her mouth again.

"Stop!" said Numair, "Tillie, this won't hurt okay?" he said gently placing his hands on the girls temples. His magic played over her body. "Ah, I thought so. Tillie the spell is off now. You can tell anyone any thing." The girl nodded.

"Now to plot!" said the spy as they all put their heads together to find a way to rescue the wild mage.

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