Shaking his head he paced the small prison finding it hard to go and see if Leaf was ready to take action against Raistlin. He knew that she needed her space but there was still the problem of this mysterious and evasive knowledge she held inside her mind. All of them didn't have any clue what this knowledge might me, and truth be told he was curious about it. Dalamar didn't really understand her pain he never really had any friends so this pain was new to him. He didn't like Cleo but he never imagined for her that kind of death. Sure sometimes he wanted to throw a fireball spell at her but that was a fleeting thought of his.
In the small prison it held Diane, Josh, Rebecca, and an assortment of other people that Dalamar had been to absorbed in his thoughts to even think about. They had all been very suspicious of Leaf when she first came here but they had learned to respect her for the pain and torture she endured for them. Leaf had helped them boost their own confidence and actually contemplate the thought of freedom. She had inspired them, even Cleo before she died, could see that they were finally coming to her side.
"Would you quit pacing already Dalamar!" Diane snapped finally unable to stand it anymore, "Were all worried about Leaf but your pacing isn't really putting the others at ease so sit down and keep quiet."
"Diane will Leaf be alright?" Rebecca asked sitting beside Diane, "I like Leaf I don't want her to hurt herself or do something rash. She won't leave us will she?"
"Of course she'll be alright Rebecca," Diane said smiling down at Rebecca as she held the small girl closer to her body, "Remember Leaf when we first saw her. She was so strong and sarcastic but you know you helped her. Anyways how could she leave you?"
"I helped her, how?" Rebecca said perplexed and non-believing, "How did I help her Diane?"
"Remember she wanted to kill herself instead of being a prisoner again," Diane said softly in remembrance, "but you came up and with that innocence that Gabriel tried to break over and over you brought her to help us. You gave her courage to fight for our freedom even though we all thought freedom was foolhardy and over rated."
"I don't think so Diane," Rebecca whispered, "Leaf had the courage already and she didn't need any of us to help her. She was strong and she always will be. I just want to go and give her a hug. I don't want her to be sad anymore."
"She won't be for long," Dalamar stated looking out the window finally finished pacing around, "That's not her style not anymore that is, she may have been able to sit around back in the Tower of Suns but not here. She's changed and for the better I think. She'll come around and fight her way out of here and get all of you out of here at the same time."
"You mean it?" Rebecca asked the hope once again in her eyes.
Dalamar nodded unable to bring anything to mind to say to the young child. Rebecca was young she still had a long time to live. Some of the people down here were clinging to life to give the others some hope that they might make it out of here.
Sighing he began to stare out the window the room gone quiet once again. He still remembered how Leaf would come back and forth to come and see him in his homeland. She was always venturing out so that she could see his new magic tricks. After one day though he had told her quite mean things, only to get her away to safety. His homeland was being invaded and he wanted her to be safe. He supposed that Leaf was his friend and if she died he would be in mourning just as much as Leaf was mourning Cleo's death.
Leaf woke to the brilliance of the sun on her and Cleo's now lifeless body. She had hoped that she had dreamed it all, but she knew better when she awoke. Sitting up her hand still in Cleo's lifeless right hand. She couldn't help but feel that if she let go of her hand that she would lose Cleo forever. Trembling from her emotions she worked to gain the courage to release Cleo eternally to allow her spirit rest. As she slowly took her hand away from Cleo she felt an ease that she hadn't felt holding the hand. She wanted to grab the hand and put it back in her own except she had to let go of Cleo. She put the hand under the blanket and shedding a few more tears went to the tunnel and crawled through.
Crawling knowing exactly where she was going she went through what she would say to the others. Especially Josh, he had told Cleo that Leaf was no good that she would bring her trouble. He was right; cause of Leaf Cleo had died trying to help her. All because she had befriended Leaf she was dead.
Propping the stone slab over she crawled through and wasn't surprised to see everyone here waiting for her. Tears crept back into her eyes and she tried her hardest to find any words to say to them. Anything would have been expectable as long as she said something. Her throat closed up and she just couldn't say anything, she couldn't find the words to say to them. To say that Cleo's finally gone, that none of us will ever see her smile or cry ever again. She was dead and Leaf couldn't say it she didn't want to admit it.
Feeling her tears creep down her face she tried her hardest to stop them but couldn't. Leaf didn't even notice Josh coming to stand in front of her. She did though bring her head up and looking into Josh eyes saw that he too had tears in his eyes. He was genuinely sorry that Cleo was dead. Slowly he brought his arms around her and hugged her, allowing her to cry into his shoulder. Bringing her arms around him she took the comfort that he offered.
Pushing her at arms length Josh stated, "Leaf I'm sorry I never thought this might happen. She's really gone isn't she?"
Nodding her head she watched as he absorbed in this news dreadfully. Cleo never had talked about her relationship with Josh all that much. All Leaf knew was that Josh was her friend and that's all that really mattered.
"It seems you were right to distrust me," Leaf said her throat less constricting, "I'm an enigma compared to the rest of you and a danger to you all."
"Sure you're a danger we all are," Diane said her tears already flowing for Cleo, "Which one of us doesn't have a power that's dangerous. That's why the Conclave deems us a threat cause we don't know how to control our respective powers."
Leaf immersed herself in this knowledge and thought for a moment in silence. Her thoughts in mayhem all focused on a plan that was quickly forming in her mind. Dalamar saw that she had a plan and smiled in spite of the glares he was receiving from those near him. The old Leaf was back and was once again forming a plan under the scrutiny of the others around her.
"Leaf?" Dalamar asked locking eyes with her, "You have a course of action don't you?"
"Of course I do," Leaf, stated the two of them on the exact same thinking pattern, "You're going to help me orchestrate this plan."
"Am I a part of this plan Leaf?" Rebecca quickly said running out of Diane's reach and standing in front of Leaf, "I want to help I don't want to sit back and watch as everyone else risks their lives while I'm safe and snug down here."
"Rebecca that depends on how you do," Leaf stated smiling at her as she bent down to lay her hand on her shoulder, "Remember that we'll be killing people and were going to use our powers to do that. The very powers that the Conclave doesn't want us to use, and you Rebecca need to be very skilled at using them until then your going to have to patient till I give you my answer to that question."
Rebecca nodded and went and sat back down beside Diane holding onto Diane's hand tightly actually afraid that might happen.
Leaf saw Rebecca do this and made a note of how young she was and how she just wanted to help everyone else out. Still though if Leaf allowed Rebecca into this fight she would have to keep a tight eye on the young girl.
"Leaf are you sure you want us to use our powers?" Josh asked a little worried at what the clash of so many Solana using their powers at the same time, "I realize that its probably our only line of defense cause none of us know what how to fight."
"It'll be just fine Leaf knows now how to fight with her powers," Dalamar stated coming to stand behind Josh, "I see it in your eyes the knowledge and understanding so don't try and deny it Leaf."
"I wasn't going to Dalamar," Leaf said smiling at him, "I do know how and I think this plan might work better then the one I had before I realized about my wings. Is everyone in agreement?"
Leaf looked around the room and saw each and everyone stand up and nod their head. Sighing inwardly so not to show any more weakness she watched as everyone smiled at her. They knew she was relieved that they were going to help her considering the last time she had a plan the scoffed at it and told her to forget it. Leaf wasn't the type to give up not anymore all cause of Cleo.
"Alright lets get started Diane, Josh, and Dalamar come with me back to my room," Leaf stated beginning to crawl back down but was shocked that the three didn't come, "Lets get going we don't have that much time Raistlin isn't about to just sit and let us learn to use our powers."
"Leaf don't you think we should go somewhere else to learn to use our powers," Diane quietly said being respectful.
They were worried about Leaf's mental ability to return back to the room that Cleo and her had so many memories. Gritting her teeth she closed her eyes and feeling for the first time in a long time a breeze she opened her eyes.
"Lets get going! My room will be sufficient so come on!" Leaf stated beginning to crawl back to her room; the room that held the dead body of Cleo, "Hurry up you three I don't have forever!"
Dragging herself out of the tunnel she helped the others out and went to the door. Putting her ear up she listened for the guards, a while she stood there just listening being sure that there was no one outside trying to listen to what was said in the prison room. She didn't care too much if they were out there but she did want some privacy to tell her friends what was needed to be told. Finally sure that there was no one outside she drew away from the door to look at the others. She had to be sure that she could trust them or the plan wouldn't work at all. Leaf knew that Raistlin would never kill her till he got the information he needed but still she didn't want the others to lose their lives.
"The three of you know that this will be dangerous in addition to that I'll need your help to train the others," Leaf said yawning from exhaustion her emotions had not been kind to her body she was on the verge of falling over from all the shock she had endured.
"Of course we know Leaf," Josh stated looking perplexed by Leaf's talk, "What can we do to help? This time I'm not against your plan."
"That's good to know," Leaf said yawning again.
She knew she was tired but this was ridiculous. She couldn't stop yawning it was as though she was under a spell. Turning to face Dalamar she saw a wickedly grin on his face. He wouldn't, he couldn't be apart. No she couldn't be betrayed again, could she?
"By the expression on your face I take it you understand what's happening Leaf," Dalamar whispered coming to stand in front of her, "Your body feels like lead doesn't it?"
"No you can't do this," Leaf couldn't see Dalamar but she knew he was there, "Why? Why would you betray us Dalamar?"
"I never fully told you the whole truth Leaf," Dalamar stated lifting Leaf's head to look at his, "The Conclave never sent me, Raistlin sent me. I am in fact his apprentice and when I had heard your name thrown into a conversation with my Shalafi I told him instantly that I knew you. That we were how do you say it, old friends."
"So you helped kill Cleo and now your going to kill Josh and Diane," Leaf said anger rising to an extremely dangerous level.
"That's for my Shalafi to decide Leaf," Dalamar whispered pushing her over.
Falling on the floor hard she couldn't get back up. The spell that Dalamar had woven around her was strong and she couldn't break free from it. Instead she cried and felt absolutely helpless; she was helpless just like when she back in the Tower of Suns. She might, as well just give up no matter what she does there's always some one new to betray her.
"Come now Leaf don't cry Cleo didn't cry like this when she was hanging from the ceiling," Dalamar's voice broke through her despair reminding her of her promise, "She screamed and writhed in pain but didn't cry."
Leaf desperately wanted to avenge Cleo but she couldn't. She wanted an end to this; she wanted just to be with Cleo. She had grown to love Cleo just as Cleo had loved her. But as long as they kept her alive with the prospect of gaining knowledge from the gods she was doomed to stay alive. She couldn't tell them anything but what they already knew.
Leaf heard the door open and she knew straight away that it was the guards that she had been listening for. They would take her to Raistlin and she would be at his mercy if there was even mercy left in that broken down body. She heard the screams of Diane and Josh but she couldn't help them. She was already in a dilemma; she couldn't defend herself or fight back anything. The screams went on and on and Leaf wanted nothing more in this world then to have them stopped. With an earth-shattering scream they stopped. Everything was quiet as they led her away from the prison cell. Leaf knew in her heart that Diane and Josh were dead the guards had killed them.
Dalamar was in front of her leading the way. She passed familiar gardens that her and Gabriel had once discussed so respectfully to each other. All lies back then, still lies now. She was forever trapped within a mess of lies as though she was the bug trapped on a spider's web. Her heart grew heavy as they kept walking she wanted to be put back down in the cell where her misery could eat away her sanity. As she walked by the windows she was a little shocked to see that it was dark already. Night had fallen already, but it had been light down in her cell. What sort of magic was placed on those cells? She saw the moons of the gods and was a bit shocked to see the black moon also. They were staring at her urging her to do something before she was put forever into a lifetime of misery. She weakly asked them what would they have her do? She was under a spell she was as she had said earlier helpless. Hearing no reply she turned her head back down to the ground where she would keep it there. No matter what she wouldn't look at Raistlin or Dalamar and she swore she wouldn't tell them anything. So absorbed in her thoughts she hadn't noticed that they were now entering a room. They threw her onto a soft bed that Leaf's body welcomed with open arms. She didn't move at all she just laid there till she heard footsteps behind her. She could tell by the footsteps that they were Dalamar's light step of the elf that'd betrayed her openly. Leaf desired nothing but to strangle Dalamar's lying betraying neck. Reduce the life in him to nothing watch him suffer dearly as Leaf was sure he had watch Cleo suffer as she was tortured to the brink of death.
"Leaf my Shalafi will come to see in a couple of hours by then the spell will have faded and you'll be back to normal," Dalamar whispered softly his voice loathsome and frightening to Leaf, "Goodnight ancient cohort."
Leaf heard the door shut behind Dalamar and she felt silent tears fall down her face. He had called her what she never wanted to hear again. Ancient cohort, yeah like that had been of any help to her so far. All it had done was cause more trouble then it was worth, she finds out what she is and what does it do destroy the only friends she had ever known. If she was an ancient cohort then she should be able to withstand this spell, she should've been able to save Diane, Josh, and most importantly Cleo.
"Ancient cohorts take time to control their powers my dear," a smooth harmoniously voice sounded from beside her all Leaf need do is turn her head, "Come on turn your head towards my voice my dear little Leaf."
Turning her head Leaf saw to her amazement a beautiful elf woman. Leaf saw that she had long flowing black hair with astonishingly clear green eyes like Leaf's. If Leaf wasn't so tired with shock she could've sworn that this woman might be her mother. The woman had the same bone structure that elf's had the same abnormally thin waist and hips. But her presence was soothing and almost a tranquil experience if Leaf would just forget her problems she'd be able to finally find some rest in this woman's presence.
"Leaf you've grown into such a beautiful young woman," the woman whispered smiling down at her, "I wish I could have been their to help you grow up not to mention watch as your powers grew with time. By the look your giving me you're not happy to see me, that's to be expected but that doesn't mean that we don't have much to talk about. I'm afraid that we need to desperately talk but first lets get rid of that spell on you. Can you remove the spell without harming her?"
The woman was now looking beyond Leaf's capability to see whom she was talking to. The people that Leaf guessed were behind her didn't talk but seemed instead to act. Leaf felt her body rise out of the spell and release her body back to her own mind. Leaf couldn't help but stare at the woman that was in front of her.
"Who are you?" Leaf asked still remembering to be distrustful of anyone, "Tell me!"
"Calm down I can't harm you Leaf," the woman stated quickly, "I'm already dead the gods of magic have been so kind as to let me come and help you and to remove the spell off you I might add."
"Gods of Magic?" Leaf stated turning around she once again saw the three gods standing in their respective robes looking directly at her, "Not you again, you were much help last time. Why you just couldn't have told me all this instead of putting me through hell I'll never understand!"
Leaf was not happy to see them again they had already proven to be useless. She wasn't about to rely on them for help. But what this woman had said about being dead did seem unusual. Why would some nameless woman she hadn't met at all in her life come to help her? Turning she faced the woman.
"Who are you?" Leaf asked again this time having to exert quite a lot of self-control to keep her voice calm.
"Well I didn't expect you to remember me," the woman began, "I'm your mother Leaf and I'm so sorry that you've had such a hard time of life. I never wanted that but I had no choice. I couldn't let Gabriel find you as a child I had to give you up."
"Yeah whatever," Leaf stated walking away from the woman, "I don't care anymore all I want now is revenge for Diane, Josh, and Cleo! I don't care anymore with whatever crap you all want to tell me now. Cause most likely it's not even the truth."
"How can you say that?" her mother whispered shocked, "Why wouldn't you want to know the truth? I swear that it's no lies this time."
"Tolerable enough I had once trusted in everyone that would extend to me a kind hand," Leaf muttered running her hand through her hair and shaking it, "I've learned my lesson though and its about time that I began to just take action instead of plotting and trying to make plans. Never really works I always get caught and what happens I'm imprisoned more and more. I might add with more spells around me then I imagine might not be to advantageous to living long for me."
"You can still trust people Leaf," her mother stated trying to spark whatever goodness was left in her daughter, "I know you've been hurt but I'm here to help you. I can take the spell of you mind and allow you free access to your childhood."
"What?" Leaf rounded on the spirit of her mother, "Are you saying that all the memories I have with my siblings in the Tower of Suns growing up aren't real?"
Her mother nodded her head in sadden truth. Quickly Leaf sat down before she fell to the floor. She was going to make sure that this time she shows no weakness in front of the gods of magic and her dead mother's spirit. Angry beyond belief she calmed her fury enough to stop the shaking of her body before she puked.
"Am I allowed to ask why or am I going to have to figure it out on my own?" Leaf asked closing her eyes calming herself before she did something she might regret.
Leaf wanted nothing more then to have someone she knew besides her helping with this process. But all her friends were dead cause of her as always. Feeling tears creep into her eyes as she thought of the prospect of leaving this place alone she fought the tears down. No matter how depressing it was to think of leaving by her she swore that she would not leave without putting up a fight. First though to the matter of her true past.
"I blocked out your true memories and allowed your mind to make real ones," Leaf heard her mother's voice penetrate her mind, "Gabriel was close to finding you and well as I'm sure you know now each Solana is different from each other. Each is born into a different category like yourself your under the category of an ancient cohort. An extremely powerful Solana as I'm sure you know. I never meant for this to happen, I'm so sorry my dear sweet daugh-"
"No your not," Leaf interrupted silently whispering the words as her eyes snapped open revealing a startlingly a blaze of green.
"What?" Lunitari uttered taken aback at Leaf's behavior.
"Exactly what I said Lunitari," Leaf said her eyes turning their merciless gaze onto Lunitari, "All of you aren't sorry for what your actions led to. You all aren't sorry that my first real friend who I openly say I came to love is dead. That my kind, Solana is being imprisoned. You gods of magic aren't sorry for not telling me the truth in the beginning and you mother your aren't sorry one bit that you blocked my memories. You wanted me to have a normal life, that didn't work out for you now did it?"
"Leaf I am truly sorry," her mother pleaded tears sinuously from her black eyes.
For a while they were all quiet as Leaf stared at her mother's eyes. She had always been led to believe that her father was Solostran Speaker of the Sun. Solostran didn't have green eyes like hers. She had always imagined that she had gotten them from her true mother who'd been killed along time ago. Her mother had black eyes, maybe a little brown in the sun not the moon though.
"Who's my real father?" Leaf asked bluntly watching attentively at her mother, "Tell me now 'mother' who is my real father? Don't try and pawn Solostran off, as my father he doesn't have green eyes like mine, and you don't have green eyes. So unless you're not really my mother or you put a spell on Solostran to think that I was his daughter so he'd take me in. Then he'd come to hate me as much as you hated me. My real father would be someone who wanted power and revenge after all I can see the fear in your eyes. Solostran isn't my father and those aren't the real gods of magic."
"Very perceptive young one," an old and tired voice sounded from under the white robed one of Solinari, "I never thought that'd we have one so quick to figure it out."
"Well done my daughter," her mother said smiling as her body became no longer translucent, "Didn't I tell you all that she was a special one?"
"Whoever you all are I'm really not in the mood for this crap," Leaf snapped sitting in a plush chair near the bed, "Go bug someone else, or better yet ruin someone else's life you bastards!"
Sure she had figured it out, great for her. Now they could leave her alone and stop the lies and secrets. Leaf shielded her eyes from the view of them. They disgusted her and she wanted nothing more then for them to leave her sight. She wanted nothing more of them; she never wanted to see them again.
"Come now you should really perk up a bit," a young vibrant voice full of hope stated in a somewhat manly voice, "Name's Mark come on shake my hand you know you want to."
"Get lost!" Leaf snapped pushing his hand away with her other, "Leave me! If I have to I will make you leave!"
"How will you do that?" the old voice sounded again, "With your powers, you don't even know how to work them while us we do. Your mother has been watching you ever so closely ever since she had to pretend to go into Gabriel's hands only to have us safe her and well she's been going nuts ever since then. Trying many times to get to you before Gabriel, but ancient cohorts only act if the gods of magic's tell us so."
"I don't care anymore so just leave me," Leaf snapped.
"We can't Leaf now that you've been well exposed to your real power's its not really suited to your normal life as an elf," her mother whispered.
Leaf removed her hand and looked to her mother and simple asked, "What's your name? I don't remember anyone ever telling me your name."
"Leaf now isn't the time to try and be mother daughter bonding," her mother scolded lightly coming and kneeling down beside the chair, "You have to understand that your personality as an elf will take precedence over your duties and beliefs of an ancient cohort."
"What's your name?" Leaf asked again.
"Malian now will you just listen to me," Malian stated absolutely frustrated, "Now your personalities and your duties will cla-"
"I have been listening Malian and let me guess you want me to come with you all and be a good little ancient cohort," Leaf snapped, "Be a good obedient little servant to the gods of magic and any other god that might ask for me to run some errand or to wipe there but if it may be."
"Leaf!" Malian exclaimed, "You will talk about the gods with a little more respect than this young lady or so help me you'll be in big trouble."
"Mom you gave up your right to punish me when you abandoned me," Leaf stated without a doubt over stating the word mom in a mocking tone, "I don't give a crap for what you all do, and come to think of it I'm a pretty horrible person for saying it. I'll let you know this though I'm not about to abandon these people here when they need the help the most. Sorry if that's selfish of me but I've come to care about the people here and I think I just might be able to get them out of here. Even if I'm on my own."
All of four of the ancient cohorts were angry that Leaf was mocking them and insulting there faith in the gods, not to mention being disrespectful to there responsibilities.
"I take it your all a little mad at me now?" Leaf asked standing up to face words of hate and most likely a punch or two.
"You know if you don't come with us your doomed to not only walk this earth alone but you'll pay when you get to the after life," Mark whispered, "You'll be condemned to the Abyss and we won't look at you as you take that last walk to the resting of your eternal torment. That if we meet again we will attack you and try and kill you. You will be seen forever as a rouge and one that is in need of being eradicated. Do you still wish to stay?"
"Yes," Leaf stated sending her mother into the older man in the white robes embrace crying her eyes out.
Leaf felt a twinge of pain and wanted nothing more then to go to her mother and embrace her, hold her mother and tell her everything would be okay. She couldn't do that though she had to be strong. She watched as her mother came up and took Leaf's hand and taking a necklace of her she placed the fine chain with a blood red ruby in the shape of a drop in Leaf's hand. Closing it tightly she nodded to her daughter and smiling went into her own robe and drew forth a letter. Handing the letter to Leaf she turned and left with the other ancient cohorts through a portal that materialized right in the doorway to the balcony. Leaf watched them leave and smiled as the portal disappeared and Leaf fell onto the bed thankful for the quiet her mind desperately needed.
Taking the necklace her Malian had given her she put it around her own neck and decided that it would be best to open the letter now and read it's contents before she forgot. Ripping it open she red the fine letter in flowing script which was her Malian's writing almost identical to her own Leaf noticed. The letter red:
To my dearest daughter Leaf NigthithenIf you are reading this then that means you are the exile that the rest of our kind have awaited for thousands of years. Somehow I knew instantly the day I stepped through the portal myself; leaving behind my fellow Solana that you would be the that very Solana that the rest feared. You have a big heart for forgiveness and though you probably see that as a weakness it is not. It is what saved you from a life of what I'm sure you would call servitude, or to you another prison.
I am truly sorry that you grew up alone and imprisoned but I assure you that now that you've taken the first step on your pathway to your destiny you won't be imprisoned forever. Before I get to the most important information that you wish for I want you to promise that you'll try and find someone to love and love you back, not to mention take your wings and fly like the dragons do. I wish I could have done that before I went through the portal.
I'm sure you've already guessed that Mark is our leader and well he's very serious and hates change. So I think you two are going to have quite a lot of confrontation. Nothing you can't handle my dear. Though it might just get annoying to you fighting the same cohort over and over again, try to go easy on him he's a good person just simple minded.
Well you wanted to know who your father truly is well who else would it be but a young elf who was particularly keen and quite stubborn about my believe in the gods. His name was Avian, a simple elf who soon was exiled for his blasphemous mouth of course. He was a great man though frustrating at times just likes you. The two of you would have been happy together had it not been for Gabriel and his Master for killing him. Know this though that necklace I gave you was from him. He knew instantly when Gabriel and his Master that he would die and I would leave this plane of existence to go another. He had hoped to give you that necklace for your twelve birthday; yes you did have a family till you were twelve that's when I put the spell on you. He had it specially made for you; it's to remind you of all the blood that has been sacrificed over the years to give you life. Enjoy it dearly my daughter I have nothing more to say.
I love you very much!
Malian Nigthithen
P.S.
Just so you know two things before I officially say goodbye; the spell that's blocking your memories will dissipate once you are finished reading this, also I've left you a little friend to guide you and keep you company. His name is Leo for strength my dear he's a ferret. Farewell!
Her mother was right about having her memories return to her and she smiled as she remembered all the fun times they had. She had really loved her father dearly and now he was gone cause they wanted an ancient cohort like her and her mother.
One thing Leaf didn't understand was the part of a 'little friend' what was she talking about? Jumping Leaf was startled as she felt something brush her arm. Turning she saw a furry little rodent thing that she called a ferret. It was long and small, wait she had seen one of these things in a book back at the Tower. She had always wanted to see one and raise one herself. Smiling she realized that her mother had given Leo as he was called to her to watch over her.
"Thanks mom," Leaf whispered picking the little ferret up and stroking him, as she laid down on the bed a little happier then before.
Finally falling asleep the little ferret curled up beside her. Trying to steal warmth from her as the two slept soundly till Raistlin would come to destroy whatever peace Leaf had gained.