Chapter 3:

"Higher!" Bianca shouted.

"I'm trying!" I yelled back as I out all my strength into keeping the huge boulder in the air. Despite not actually holding the rock I could still feel its weight on my bones. In fact at some point I feared it'd crush me. Finally I heard Bianca yell,

"Alright! Let it go!" With that I shove my arms into the air, sending the boulder flying across the grassy field. I let out an exhausted breath I wasn't even aware I was holding. "Good job!" Bianca smiled. I laugh tiredly as I walked over to another hip high boulder in the field. I grab my shirt and vest that had been laying atop it and put my shirt back on.

"Thanks." I replied tiredly. "I should be thanking you tough, I-I am grateful for what you've taught me."

Bianca gives me this almost sad smile before looking at the ground with a deep sigh. "You really shouldn't be thanking me." She replied. "What good is a teacher if she can't do what she teaches?"

I knew Bianca had trouble with controlling the magic she learned from the sorceress. I had asked her a while after the encounter I had with the beast myself.

It was a quiet afternoon. Fayra walked out of the dragon nursery tending to the bleeding bite mark on her arm. As she kept her focus on the wound she didn't see the person before her. Neither did Bianca.

"Ow!" The both exclaimed as the crashed into each other, before laughing at their clumsy behavior.

"I'm sorry!" Fayra laughed. "I hadn't meant to do that, are you alright?"

Bianca laughed back. "I'm fine really I was being just as careless ah- what happened to your arm?" She asked bring the topic to a close.

Fayra looked down at the injury and just gave an amused shrug. " Oh you know baby dragons. They're curios and will chew on anything in sight. Flame meant no harm he just wanted to play."

Bianca took Fayra's arm and led her down the hallway, "Well we should still tend to the wound! What if it gets infected?" Finally they stopped at what Hunter liked to call, the 'Doctor's office' which was little more that a small room beside the garden full of medicine and bandaids and other odds and ends to heal the little dragons that got hurt… Or HUnter if he scraped his knee again.

"I'm fine. Besides I was going to clean it anyways." Fayra offered gently. Bianca searched the cupboards until she found what she was looking for. A bottle filled with a bright red liquid. Unfortunately the shelf it sat upon was just a little too tall for Bianca. Even on the tips of her toes she could reach it.

Fayra saw the women's struggles and decided to help. Using her magic she pulled the bottle out just enough that it fell into Bianca's hands. Bianca turned and smiled at the human. "You magic has improved!" She said.

" Of course! It's all that training you make me do." Fayra replied back with a chuckle. Bianca walked over and started tending to Fayra's bite.

After a long pause, Fayra spoke up. "Bianca, may I ask you something?"

"Yeah sure!" Bianca replied, turning back to the cupboards to find bandages.

" Well ah… The Soresseress. When I was in her castle, she mentioned you." Bianca froze. " She said you were her apprentice?"

Bianca stayed quite. She silently pulled out the bandaids from the cupboards and walked back over to Fayra. Dressing her wounds without saying a word.

" Bianca?" More silents. " Bianca.. I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked. Let's forget about it okay?"

"No, no it's alright." Bianca spoke in a hushed voice. " I just would rather not think about it."

" I don't think of you any differently." Fayra replied." We all make mistakes. That was the past."

" It isn't just that." Bianca sighs. Looking out the window at the grauden. " The entire time I worked under her… My magic was never good enough. Even now it's still weak. I can't do anything right."

Fayra frowned and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Bianca, that isn't true. I know it isn't. I may not be very use to the world yet, but your magic is some of the most powerful I've ever seen."

Bianca smiled back. Blinking tears out of her eyes she muttered a small, " Thank you."

" You are a wonderful teacher." I replied as I buttoned up my vest. " Stop letting the Sorceress's words tell you otherwise. Besides, how would I have gotten this far if you weren't good at magic?"

Bianca gave a weak laugh and shrugged. " You're right, you're right. Anyways let's get out of here." She looks up, " I thinks it's going to rain."