A/N: I Do Not own any of these characters they all belong to Tamora Pierce.

Second Fanfic ever, I will continue:P Review and tell me how its going!

Prologue

Queen Amii cried out as three black robed mages chanted and a swirl of black smoke rose up around her. "I won't forget you!" she screamed, before being sucked in to the swirling mass off blackness in the middle of the clearing.

The three mages sighed relief, as the black hole disappeared. "I'm glad she's gone" gasped one of the mages, with black hair and deep brown eyes, Arram III.

"Wow," another one sighed, "All the damage she caused, and we've ridden the world of her, I didn't know I was that strong."

The Arram sighed and sat down against a nearby tree, thankful of the peace after a decade of the evil mage queen ruling.

"We should leave now," the third mage, Ash, said with a worried glance to where the black hole disappeared. The other two mages nodded in agreement as the got up and began walking away from the clearing where they had lured, and demolished Queen Amii.

As soon as they exited the clearing the black hole returned, only long enough for an elegant peacock to gracefully land on the soft grass.

"Thought you could get rid of me so easy? You were mistaken…" Years later…

Chapter 1

Daine peered through the glass enclosure at the majestic bird that was confined within it. "Numair, what kind of bird is this?" she asked pointing at the brightly coloured bird. Numair and Daine had decided to visit the queen's menagerie. Daine had wanted a chance to check up on the animals and see how they were doing.

"Ahh…that would be a peacock," he explained. Daine examined the bird and reached out to try and brush its mind, through her minds eye she saw a big steel wall, as if to keep out all intruders.

Now that's a little strange, I didn't think a birds mind could be so..Protected…She thought to herself.

Daine then noticed the colour of the bird's eyes; they were a shade of midnight blue. What pretty eyes… Daine thought to herself. The next moment Daine was hit by a strong beam of light that seemed to be channeled from the peacock's beak. Daine fell back with a scream.

Where am I? Thought Daine, She remembered falling back. She tried to put her hands down the push herself up on to her feet. When she tried to do so she realized she didn't have any hands. "Uh oh" she thought to herself, she looked down at her hands and realized she had hooves instead. Daine tried to focus on how her old body felt and tried to change back. She then realized with a panic that she couldn't. She was trapped.

Numair rushed over to Daine's limp body.

"Daine," he shook her shoulders lightly with a worried look, "Are you okay?"