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Magic and Sorcery
Written by: BellaCordelia
Chapter 2: Red Blanket
"What are you working on?" questioned Udonna.
Daggeron glanced up at Udonna's inquisitive face. "Something doesn't make sense. Between what you and Clare have told me, Koragg should have had the upper hand in a lot of these fights. It seems weird that he would walk away. But that isn't all that is bothering me."
"What is it then that troubles you?"
"Why did Koragg choose Nick to thought speak to? He could have easily chosen someone else to speak to. And even stranger is the fact that you say that Nick can speak back to him." A puzzled look on Daggeron's face expresses his confusion.
"Should that really surprise you that Nick was chosen when he is the leader of the rangers? Leaders in general do seem to take the brunt of attacks."
"I know, but something seems off. I just can't place my finger on it yet."
"You'll figure it out." she says as she turns away to go back to working on something or other.
Daggeron watched her leave and then rested his head in his hands as a memory came flooding back to him. "I am sorry, Udonna. I failed you. I failed us all." said Daggeron, a sorrowful look on his face as he turned and headed back into Rootcore. 'I can't fail her again. I have to figure this out. I owe her at least that much.' Daggeron looks up just in time to see the rangers coming back in from doing something.
"I'm heading back into town. Does anyone know where my blanket is?" questions Nick as he looks around, clearly searching for something.
"Well, I guess Fireheart can't use it anymore. He's a little big. Here you go." said Jenji as the red blanket in question appears and he hands it to Nick.
"Nick, what's that?" questions Daggeron pointing to the blanket in his hand.
"It's my blanket. Jenji here borrowed it when he put Fireheart in the forest. Without permission, I might add." the last part said while glaring at Jenji.
"Isn't that a little small to be your blanket" questioned the older ranger.
Chip looks at Madison and whispers, "Here we go again."
"It's my baby blanket. I've had it since before I was adopted."
'Interesting' thought Daggeron while aloud he said, "I should let you get going. I am keeping you from getting back to town. Have a good night everyone." as he turned and went back to the desk he was working at. 'That blanket looks exactly like the one that Bowen was in when Calindor attacked me. And I know that Udonna hand made the red blanket special for Bowen. Could it be...? There's no way we wouldn't have picked up on Bowen's magic if he had been here at Rootcore, right?' the older wizard asked himself. I should call it a night. I'm starting to see and think things that simply aren't possible.'
AN: Thanks to everyone who has posted reviews on the first chapter. As you can all tell, I've obviously decided that this particular train of thought is worth continuing. Hopefully updates won't be too far between, but work is killing me in terms of free time.
