Adrienne opened the door, and there stood a man with brown hair tied back in a ponytail. He was quiet tall with brown eyes. His face was kind, and he was smiling down at her.

"Can I help you, Sir?" Adrienne asked not realizing who this was. The man smiled again.

"Yes, actually, but first allow me to introduce myself. I am Master Numair." He bowed slightly to her. Adrienne's eyes almost popped out of her head. She had heard so many stories about this man. Her mother had told her wonderful tales about him, and his wife Daine the Wildmage. Adrienne had never dreamed of meeting one of them.

She too bowed low, "It's a pleasure to meet you, my lord." Adrienne said a bit shakily. Numair smiled down at her.

"Your quite like your mother, do you have her Gift?" He asked tilting his head. Adrienne was surprised by his comment. She looked nothing like her mother. Daniel was the one who looked like her, and he had all the magic. She had nothing. She looked towards the ground.

"Um, no I have no gift, from either of my parents. I am without a gift. In fact I'm not much like my parents at all." Adrienne sighed, and thought over the numerous times her mother had tried to find her gift. Adrienne was without a gift, and not like the rest of her family who were special. Aly, her mother, always said there would be something for her eventually, but Adrienne couldn't see what it could be.

When Adrienne looked back up at Master Numair he was frowning and looking intently at her.

"Adrienne, I wonder, if after supper tonight you would come visit me it the tower. Daine will be there too. I'm sure she would like to meet Aly's daughter." Numair waited until Adrienne had nodded earnestly then disappeared down the hall again.

Adrienne went to breakfast in a daze. She sat absentmindedly across from Sam. Who looked up and saw she was sitting there he raised a curious eyebrow at her. She just looked at him wide eyed totally forgetting about what he had said. Sam stopped eating abruptly and leaned forward.

"You do realize your sitting across from me?" He asked bringing his eyebrows in slightly. Adrienne looked at him still in a weird state of mind. She nodded slowly then shook her head as if to clear it. When she had shaken her head a number of times. She stared at Sam who had pushed his food aside altogether and was gazing at her with a 'what the heck is going on' look. Adrienne suddenly got back together.

"Why am I sitting here?" Adrienne asked looking at Sam for an explation. However, he didn't have one for her.

"Right, well, since I'm already here I might as well eat here." She began to eat suddenly, but Sam did not he continued to stare at her as if she were insane. Then without warning he shot a look at his food, and then slowly turned his attention back to her.

"Did you poison my food?" He asked, seriously. Adrienne glared at him as she shoved food into her own mouth. He put up his hand innocently to her glare, and began to eat cautiously.

Once Adrienne was done she rose from her place at the table and headed out the door. Footsteps followed her closely. She looked behind her and saw Sam running to catch up. She sighed heavily, and ignored him as he walked beside her. He took one look at her face and knew he had it in for himself.

"Listen I know your mad at me." Sam said using his hands to talk and not looking at her.

Adrienne made a noise that said 'well, that's obvious isn't it?'

"But I'm really sorry about the whole thing, and I didn't mean to hurt your feelings." Adrienne stopped as he said this last part. He skidded to a stop and came to stand in front of her.

"Then why did you say it, if you didn't want to hurt me?" She asked her face growing red from the topic of what Sam had said about her. He shrugged and opened his mouth to say something then shut it again.

"Adrienne, I just want to be friends again." Sam said now looking into her eyes. She rolled her own eyes and landed them on his again.

" You want to be friends again, well, I'm sorry but that's not possible, because we can't go back to something that was never there." With that Adrienne stomped off down the hall and out the door into the clouds. Sam was left standing in the hall speechless.

The day went by fast. Adrienne was so confused, and angry she hardly talked to anyone, and when she did it was because a teacher called on her, or she was snapping at Charlie or Daniel.

Right after dinner Adrienne headed up to the mages tower to meet with Master Numair, she had told no one of were she was going. They had just watched her go and cowered when she came near them.

Soon Adrienne was standing at the door. She knocked twice. The door swiftly opened, but no one was there. Adrienne was scared at first then heard a chirping noise from the floor. She would have jumped five feet in the air had she not heard about this dragon before form her mother. Adrienne smiled at the dragon.

"Would you take me to Master Numair, please?" Adrienne asked the dragon not feeling at all silly for talking to it. The dragon took her hand and led her inside. The door swung shut behind them. The dragon led Adrienne into a sort of parlor room were a woman in breeches and a shirt, with smoky brown curls, and soft gray eyes sat petting a purring cat. When she saw Adrienne she smiled brightly.

"You must be Adrienne. I'm Daine, and I would get up and meet you properly, but I'm afraid she wont get off my lap at the second." Daine pointed to the cat on her lap. Adrienne smiled and bowed. Before she could speak Numair came into the room. When he saw Adrienne he also smiled.

"Welcome, now if you'll just follow me we'll get started." Numair turned and headed through the door from which he had come. Adrienne looked worried at Daine, but she had already closed her eyes and leaned back on the couch.

Adrienne had no choice, but to follow Numair. She found him in another sort of parlor.

"Now, if you'll just sit on that seat there." Numair pointed to a chair that had an identical one beside it. Adrienne hesitated, but went and sat in it in the end.

" Sir, if you don't mind would you tell me what we're going to do?" Adrienne asked as Numair came and sat in the other chair across form her. The man smiled and nodded his head once.

"I'm going to see if you have a gift of sorts. You see, when you were fighting the Shang the other night she thought she could feel The Gift inside of you. So, she told me about it, and here I am checking you for her. Don't ask me anymore question now. I'm certain they'll all be answered in good time." With that Numair started to prowl in Adrienne's brain, as her mother had done many times before.

This is a waste of time. He won't find anything. Mother never did. Adrienne thought through all this. Finally after a while Numair stopped and Adrienne took her brain back from him. When she looked at him he was smiling.

"So, do I have the gift?" Adrienne said sort of mockingly knowing she didn't.

"You do." He said.

So, how did you like that chappie? I don't know what to think of it myself, but she has the gift isn't it wonderful. Well, you'll just have to wait and see what kind of gift. Oh the suspense. I don't know if it's suspenseful for you, but it is for me. SO weather you liked it, hated it, or just don't know what to think, Review. Thanks.