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A/N: Hello. Again, I do not own anything Avalon-related. But you can still enjoy this story!

I woke up Sunday morning, the sun streaming through my window. I got up and dressed in a faded blue t-shirt, jeans, and black hiking boots. I glanced at my misty blue jewel attached to my copper bracelet. This was no ordinary jewel. My name is Erika Davies. Just yesterday me and my friends found about us being mages! I had my magic stone ever since I could remember, but this was the first time I ever found out that my mom was a mage as well.

I ran downstairs and started eating my breakfast. My mother, Kara Davies, was still in bed. She likes to sleep late on her day-offs. My dad, Lorren, was reading the paper. Suddenly I heard a howl outside. My dad seemed to not have heard it. I ran outside to find Chris and Cheryl outside as well.

"Guys! What was that?" I asked.

"Lets go find out!" answered Chris. We took off toward Flower Field. When we got there, we scanned the meadow for anything strange. Nothing was there.

"Uhh..."

Suddenly a blinding flash of light nearly scared me out of my wits. A circle shape started forming in the middle of the field. It flashed more light until it looked like a window - looking into another world!

"What happened!" asked Cheryl. Chris cautiously approached the thing.

"It looks like...like a portal," she said. I gasped. Me, Chris, and Cheryl looked inside the portal. There were dozens of sick animals staring out at us.

"Oh, my gosh," whispered Chris. The animals one by one stepped out of the portal and onto the grass. The portal closed.

"Wh - what do we do?" Cheryl asked. I looked at the animals. I had never seen any animals like these before. There were kinds that looked like ponies with wings, some that had long necks and duck-feet, and others that were just plain weird. But there was something wrong with these animals. There were gashes across the animals's body that seemed to be dripping green poison. I new they were in trouble. I reached out and touched one on the neck.

"It's okay, little guy. We're going to help you," I said to it. I stroked it's neck and it closed it's eyes. I started to cry. All of a sudden, blue light leaked out from my jewel and covered the animal in it like a blue blanket. Then, the light was gone. But it left something: The gashes were gone!

"Erika! You healed it!" exclaimed Chris. I stared at my jewel.

"Your jewel has healing qualities!" said Cheryl, gaping at me. If I could heal this animal, maybe I could heal all of them. . .

"Guys! Put all the animals in a straight line," I ordered.

"Why?" asked Chris.

"I'm gonna save them," I answered.

Me, Chris, and Cheryl started leading animals over to the tulips, forming a line. I came to them one by one, and bathed them in blue light. That was when their injuries disappeared. After what seemed like hours of healing, I was done. And feeling extremely tired.

I staggered over to a rock and leaned on it for support.

"Great job, Erika!" praised Chris. I smiled. I had a new power. . . .

Suddenly a howl pierced the morning atmosphere. I whipped around and saw a WOLF with a FERRET on it's back.

"Aaagghh! What's that?" I yelled, leaping behind Cheryl.

"I am Stormbringer," said the wolf.

"Where - where did you come from?" asked Chris timidly.

"I live with your mother," the wolf pointed to Cheryl.

"How come I never saw you before?" asked Cheryl, disbelieving.

"We mistwolfs can turn into mist when ever we like," Stormbringer said. "Your Tuck is related to the mistwolfs." (A/N: Tuck is a regular dog, distantly related to the mistowlfs, so he can't turn into mist)

I stared at the wolf. The ferret on top of the wolf was Ozzie. He was Chris's mother's ferret. But he was wearing a red vest. . . .

"Hey! Ozzie! That's my vest!" shouted Chris. The ferret smiled guiltily.

"Sorry, Chris. It was cold," said Ozzie, struggling to keep the vest from falling off his tiny body.

"Uh... Chris? Your ferret is talking," I said. Chris nodded her head nervously.

"Fear not, Dreamer," the wolf said. I stared at it.

"Dreamer?"I asked.

"Yes."

"Well, it would certainly describe Erika," said Cheryl, giggling. I glared at her. What did all this mean?

I stood in the middle of my backyard. My parents were asleep and I had decided to practice my powers. I raised my jewel and shut my eyes. A thick fog started coming out of my jewel. It started to obscure my vision.

"No!" I was not going to repeat what happened last time. I waved my hand and the fog divided into two parts. I did it! But, how do I get rid of this mist?

I raised my jewel again and spun around. The mist started spinning and went back into my stone. Yay! Next I decided to make myself fly. I kneeled down and shook my jewel back and forth. A cloud started forming under my feet. I concentrated on feeling light as air. And suddenly, I was!

I looked down and saw the grass growing farther and farther away. The cloud was leading me up into the air! I loved the feeling of the wind whipping against my face.

"ERIKA!" yelled someone. I jumped and the cloud vanished. I fell face down into the grass.

"Oww..."

"Erika! Are you alright?" I looked up and saw my mother in her robe.

"Fine..." I muttered.

"What were doing out here this late at night?" she asked.

"Nothing. Just getting some air," I answered, brushing the dirt off my clothes. I realized that I could tell my mother what I was really doing, but I was used to lying about my powers.

"Oh, okay. But you should come inside now. It's getting cold," said my mom. I nodded my head and headed inside with my mother.