Ok this is chap 4 there was some confusion about some stuff and I'll clear it up in this chapter and in the next couple of chapters. I'd like to thank the person who sent me the really good tips for the story and I'll try to stop using run on sentences. Ok on we go- Aeo

The bright sunlight was warm on Frye's face as she savored the beautiful feeling of warmth it gave. The prison was behind them now with the entire city of Summersea before them. She glanced beside her at Ailan who kept her head bent to hide from the sunlight, flinching when she looked up. Frye sighed and continued on down the dank, dusty main street, heading for the market place. Unknowingly she sped up and started to jog leaving Ailan behind in her rush to see familiar streets and faces again. There was a soft padding of feet behind her and with a glance over her shoulder she saw Ailan start to run after her. A grin slid across her face and she changed her pace to a lope, passing dingy stalls with filthy people in a blur. It was all like she remembered, as dirty as dirt its self but home never the less. The people at the stalls selling half ripe fruit and the baker turning out half loaves were the same though some had changed and many were missing but that was life in the new Summersea.

A sudden thud drew her attention back to the place Ailan had been mere seconds before. "Ailan?" Her voice echoed back to her and she took a step forward before looking back towards the bustling market place where she had thrived for years. Her shoulders straightened and a slight frown marked her face as she headed into the shadows of the alley. She started to whistle softly to herself and continued deep into the Alley looking for her friend and former cell mate. "Frye?" Ailan's voice was choked by something and a yelp sound down the street. "The Shadow mage catch her!" A dark tendril streaked across the dark stones of the alley to tightly grab her arm. A yell sprung to her throat as the prickling coldness ran through her, causing her arm to shake and a brief draining feeling. She tried to pull it off but she was starting to feel strangely weak like she was pulling herself through molasses and it wouldn't come off, clinging to her like a leech.

After a couple of minutes it quickly let go and Frye quickly ran down the alley it darted down, carefully to avoid touching it to keep all her strength. She saw a blinding flash of light in front of her and quickly darted behind one of the many piles of garbage that littered all the streets and alleys. Slowly she started to whistle again, desperate for anything to calm herself down. The tune was called "the thief's disguise" and was quite soft, barely heard as she tried to calm down. She slowly peaked out again and saw Ailan standing in front of a tall, broad-shouldered man in a white robe.

Frye gasped as she saw that her friend's eyes had turned into a whirlpool of ebony shadows, each twisting in and out of each other as they escaped through her fingers to attack both of the mages. The man was having a hard time, wincing each time a strike hit him and the flames that burst from his palms had little affect on the shadows that just snuffed them out. The other dedicate, a woman stood behind her, dressed in the same white robe with a blinding light glowing in her hand as she blocked the shadow tendrils that lashed at her from every angle.

Knowing the garbage couldn't hide her forever Frye took a deep breath and stepped out into the open, whistling the thief's tune in her mind as she drew her self up like a noble or someone who might have authority, Dedicate Waterspinner she thought picturing the tall white haired Dedicate to try to get a picture of authority.

"What are you doing here?" She yelled with a furious scowl and was surprised as the two mages quickly dropped to one knee "Dedicate Waterspinner, we're merely acquiring a new student for the training facilities." The light wielding Mage stuttered, glancing from her companion to Ailan who was leaning against the wall, her eyes wide with terror as she stared at Frye. Frye's concentration wavered as the fire mage looked up expectantly. "It is expected that the Dedicate capture the students themselves, Your Honor." Frye started to panic and her concentration broke her picture of Dedicate Waterspinner shattered as well as her Mind Whistle. "Look it's just a beggar!" Both of the mages were on their feet again and started towards Frye, murderous looks on there faces. "Oh no." She scrabbled one hand behind her in the garbage heap to find something to help her as the two mages approached with a deadly look on their faces.

She saw Ailan still against the wall, lying with her eyes and mouth open as dark tendrils spilled from anywhere it could. Shadows surged from her fingertips and from her eyes and mouth, flattening any defense the two mages had. The tendrils dug into their skin and soon they didn't look human anymore just large pulsing masses of shadow. Ailan jolted with every pulse and a delighted look appeared on her face as the mages screamed in pain and for mercy. "The power." She laughed, standing up and still gushing shadow tendrils that now darted towards Frye. Frye grabbed a piece of an old chair that lay on the top of the heap and tried to fend off the shadows but there were too many.

As she felt the first icy touch of a Shadow on her arm she let out a piercing whistle that seemed to resound through the alleyway and broke the tendrils grip on her. Using her whistles like swords she deftly forced the shadows back towards her friend and the two throbbing masses that were the two mages. "Ailan?" Frye slowly approached her friend who was now twitching. "Frye stay back!" Ailan raised her head and Frye recoiled as she saw that the shadows had started to engulf the rest of her friend's face, spilling over it like oil. Steeling herself, Frye dropped the piece of chair and began to whistle again. There was no tune, it was the piercing blade like sounds from before, and she kept on whistling as she gently placed her hands on Ailan's skinny shoulders.

The pain that ripped through her was like a hot knife or a lightening bolt that coursed through her, but the whistle seemed to dull the pain making it easier to bear and she was there in Ailan's mind. It was dark and haunting pulsing with shadows and dark memories and as Frye soared through her friends mind she saw pieces of the shadow tendrils everywhere clinging to memories and every single part of her mind. Using sharp whistles Frye cut them away easily and started to follow them towards the middle of her friend's magic. The shadow just grew back however and whenever she turned around more were growing where she had just cut them. As she stopped and looked at this with ghostly eyes, she remembered how the light mage had stopped Ailan so easily.

I wondered how long it would take you. Frye turned around to see the ghostly image of Ailan floating opposite her with an upraised eye brow. Wait a second Frye frowned and looked at her friend, if you're here then whose in charge of your body? Ailan shrugged I still am but we've both sunk deep into each others minds so we can see a sort of spirit of each other. Frye nodded and turned back to the growing shadows. How did this happen? She asked but Ailan shrugged I don't know, they came up to me and I got scared and then the shadows started coming out and she shuddered I lost control, the pure magic from the light mages drove my shadows insane and they had to have more.

Frye had perfected a light whistle before in her days before captivity and used this now. What the . . . Frye was now growing brighter then the sun and the shadows slowly shriveled up and she could hear a small keening noise coming out of them as they slowly disappeared. That was good let's get the rest Frye headed down the long tunnel that pointed towards the center of Ailan's magic. No we can't I'd die and a cursed existence is better then the death this would bring. Ailan placed a firm hand on Frye's shoulder and she reluctantly turned around. If you say so but you'll always have the risk of this happening again. Frye cautioned and Ailan nodded. Now to get out Frye glanced around and closed her eyes picturing the how they would look outside her Friends head.

When she opened them again she saw the shadows slowly slinking back into her friends head. "Ailan?" Frye pulled her hands off her friends shoulders then knelt down in front of her. Blurrily Ailan opened her grey flecked eyes and smiled tiredly up at her friend who smiled back. "How do you feel?" Frye asked hoarsely "Exhausted you?" "Double what you said then add some surprise and you'll get what I'm feeling." They chuckled and Frye stood up, offering Ailan a hand up, which she declined. "Look." Ailan pointed towards where the two mages had once stood. All that was left was a small pile of dust; the shadows had sucked out everything. "Come on." Frye said handing Ailan the piece of chair that she had used to fend off the shadows with as a crutch. "I know where we could get some meat for free." Ailan looked surprised "Really? Where?" Frye smiled and gestured towards the shining dome that was the light guards training facility. "Why, there of course."

Chap 4 done whew that was hard with a writers block and all that I hope that cleared some stuff up if it didn't then just review and tell me what I did wrong, flames are fine just anything – thanks Aeo