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So here we go…. Chapter nine of Dragon riders by The foreseer of Avalon who does not own Avalon web of magic or the Inheritance cycle, who only owns this plot.

Previously…

"What happens when the portal gets bigger an bigger and doesn't vanish?"

"That means that another portal has opened at the same place. Why are you asking all these questions?"

"Because of that." She pointed to where they thought the portal to Ravenswood had been vanishing. Instead, they saw another one in its place.

"Anything could come out of there." Said Zach quietly.

They looked at one another. "Go for the trees." Said Adriane.

They ran to the nearest group of trees and hid as best as they could. They knew that something was going to come out of it.

Chapter IX: An elf asks for help.

They saw something coming out of the portal. It looked human. But it only looked human. It could be a shape shifter taking the form of a human.

Adriane could feel strong magic coming from it. She told Zach and Dreamer telepathically to be ready to use magic at any time and told the others (including Zach and Dreamer) to spread out and surround the thing that was coming out of the portal. They did as Adriane told them to and did not make any noise.

When the human-like figure stepped out of the portal, they saw that it looked more elf than human. And they saw that it was a she (let me explain. She was not wearing a dress, skirt, or anything that girly. This would classify her as a girl.). She was as tall as a human, but her ears were pointed, like an elf's. She moved gracefully. Adriane thought that made her more-elf-than-human too, since any ordinary human could never move like that.

She felt the elf's mind coming toward her. She quickly filled her head with pictures that trees would usually have (so that if the mind came to her, then her mind would be neatly hidden with trees. Because it would look like a tree's) She hoped this would help her.

Then she observed the elf that had come through. She-or he whatever-it was, looked like she wasn't used to traveling with portal. It looked like it was her first time; she looked very dizzy. This was no doubt the work of some small, mischievous, wild, and untamed bit of magic. The elf thing looked around and took in her surroundings. She/he sat down (she really dropped down) on the ground. She looked like she was fighting to stay conscious, but some other force took over and she fainted.

"Adriane!" said Emily telepathically. "She could be hurt!"

"She could be trying to trick us." Replied Adriane (and that was done the same way.) "I'll go in her mind and take a look." With that, Adriane tried to talk telepathically with the elf. She found that there were barriers around her mind, so she put up some around her's too.

"Who are you?" said the elf. (and she did that telepathically, they are going to have this conversation telepathically.) Her barriers started to grow stronger.

"I am a someone." Adriane said.

"Answer me and speak the truth!" The elf said, her voice getting louder.

"I am a someone. And I am speaking the truth." Said Adriane calmly. This elf was going to be tough.

"Are you my enemy?"

"Not as far as I know."

"How can I trust you?"

"You'll just have to trust me."

"Why should I trust you?"

"Because if I were your enemy, then we would be fighting now. By the way, what is your name?"

"Arya. What is yours?"

"Why should I tell you?"

"Because I told you my name."

"I t could be a fake name."

"It is my real name. I swear by-"

"Alright. My name is Adriane."

"Adriane………?" The elf sounded surprised.

"Do you think you can get up?" Adriane was oblivious to the surprise in the elf's voice.

"No. this portal traveling is very difficult for me."

"Is this your first time?"

"Yes."

"I thought so. Don't worry. It can happen to many people, especially if it's long distance. Nothing unusual about it. My fried is a healer, so she can do something."

"Thank you…….."

"Emily." Said Adriane aloud. "She's 'innocent' as far as I can see, so can you help her?"

"Okay." Emily said. She walked over to Arya and put her hands on her forehead. "Adriane, I need your help." Adriane put her hand on Emily's jewel, sending amber and silver light into it. Emily directed it to Arya, bathing her in healing light.

Arya opened her eyes.

"You're awake." Said Emily.

"This is Emily. She helped you." Said Adriane.

"Thank you Emily." Said Arya.

"Do you need any help?" Asked Emily with a smile.

"No." Said Arya. She got up by herself, then fainted again.

"She must be really tired." Adriane said.

"I know." Said Emily.

"Emily, what happened?" said a voice behind her.

Emily was so surprised that she screamed and practically fell on top of Adriane. Then she saw who it was when she turned around. "Oh. Hi Marlin." She squeaked.

"Did I scare you?" Asked Marlin, helping her up.

"Oh no." Said Emily. "I wasn't scared. I was just …… surprised."

"Adriane." Marlin said. "You have to give me another clue."

"Out of the more-than-three people, at least one is not human and never will be human" Said Adriane slyly.

Marlin looked very confused.

"Where is Loren?" Said Zach.

"I thought he was with Kara." Marlin said.

"Wait a minute." Said Adriane. "Where's Kara?"

"I think she's with Loren." Emily said nervously.

"Then where's Loren?" Said Adriane and Zach together.

"I don't know." Said Marlin and Emily.

"Oh no." Zach said.

"I do know that we have to get Arya better." Said Emily.

"You're right." Adriane said.

"But we also have to look for Loren and Kara." Emily said. "They can't go wandering off like that."

Adriane started to giggle. She tried to stop it but it was very hard, so she gave up.

"Adriane?" Said Emily. "What happened? Why are you laughing?"

"Never mind." She said when she was able to speak.

"Then why are you laughing like that?" Zach said.

"All right. I'll tell you. I just need your attention."

When everyone was paying attention (everyone except Arya. She was unconscious), Adriane started to speak. "Kara Davis, the daughter of Stonehill's mayor, the president of Ravenswood, the blazing star, the fairy princess," She paused for a dramatic effect. "Needed me to pick out her clothes for this week because she wanted to flirt with Loren so badly."

Everyone had their mouths open.

"No wonder she looked more Kara-ish today." Emily said.

"She did?" Adriane said. "I didn't notice."

"She couldn't have made those color combinations by herself single handed." Emily said. "It would be too much for her."

"I didn't notice." Adriane said. "Did any of you besides Emily notice?" she asked Marlin and Zach.

"No." they said in unison. They didn't want it to look like they liked Kara.

"Are you sure?" Said Emily dangerously. "Be truthful."

"We are sure." They said, sounding like robotic zombies (if there was not anything called robotic zombies, there is now!) "And we are truthful."

"Okay." Said Emily. "We need a plan to get Kara to stop flirting with Loren at inappropriate times."

"How about we leave that for later and concentrate on finding Kara and Loren back here?" Adriane said.

"We need someone to go and look for them and someone to stay and look after Arya." Emily said.

"Right." Adriane said. "Zach and Marlin can do the first part and we can do the second part." Then, in a quieter voice so that only Emily could hear, she added "I'm not about to leave her with the boys. Who knows what they would do."

Emily nodded. She understood perfectly.

"Why do we have to go looking for them?" Said Marlin, and started to return to his snobby self. "I have more power over you because-" he was cut off by Emily.

"You are going with Zach so stop complaining."

Marlin folded his arms and looked snobbier than ever, but he didn't talk. Even a small sound didn't come from him.

"What did you do?" Adriane said. "He looks like he would jump off a cliff or something if you asked him to."

"I just kept him under control"

One year eleven months three weeks six days twenty three hours forty minutes and thirty seconds later…..

Adriane: Thank you it's the best gift ever.

Zach: You're welcome.

Kara: How did you make it?

Zach: That's a secret.

Emily: Tell us!

Zach: Nope.

Kara & Emily: Tell us, O great time mage.

Zach: Nope.

Adriane: *laughs evilly* you will never know.

Kara & Emily: We will know.

Author (that's me): *walks in the room* GET BACK ON TRACK!

Kara: But-

Author: No buts. We aren't supposed to tell them what's going to happen to you guys one year, eleven months, three weeks, six days, twenty three hours, forty-one minutes, and thirty seconds later. Oops. I mean, One year, eleven months,-

Every one who is not the author of this story: Never mind. We'll get back on track.

Author: good. *Clears throat* zero years, zero months, zero weeks, zero days, one hour, five minutes, and thirty seconds later…

"Where are they?" Adriane was running out of patience.

"Adriane," Emily said. "Patience is a virtue and you must use it. It will help you-"

"Whatever." Adriane said, cutting Emily off. "I was using patience, but now all my patience is leaving me."

"Adriane," Emily said. "I know that is has been an awful long time, but you can't go crazy."

"TIME?" Adriane yelled.

"That wasn't literal language." Emily squeaked.

Adriane still looked suspiciously at Emily for who knows what (actually, since Zach was the time mage, there were some problems that I'm not going to bother explaining).Suddenly she felt a mind touching hers, and for a moment she thought it was Arya's, but then she saw that it was the mind of someone else entirely. She turned around and-

Mommy!

-got licked by the red crystal dragon which was the Drake. He rolled over.

Tickle!

Adriane giggled and tickled his tummy. This dragon only looked ferocious to it's enemies, but it was a good friend. The Drake could fight, but he could also be the most puppyish creature on the web. Something licked her cheek. She turned around and saw-

"Dreamer! How did you get here?" She asked the dark brown mist wolf.

Dreamer licked her harder.

She smiled at him and looked at the red stone on her hand. Why do I end up being the one to get the stone that's the center of it all? She thought. When Zach had left to look for Loren and Kara, they had decided that it was a good time to start another one of their "crazy" experiments. This time, Zach had told her to hold on to his stone and he would see if he could still use it's magic. Strangely enough, Adriane could also use it's magic. Dreamer had said it was probably because it was given to her. Then they came up with another theory saying that if magic, any kind of magic, was given to you, you could use it. Adriane had given the dragon stone to Zach, so he could use it. But if he had stolen it from her (here, Zach had given Dreamer an evil look.), he would not be able to use it. So they had already planned their next experiment, in which Adriane's stone and Zach were going to be "the center of it all".

"Adriane, we need your help." Emily said, walking toward her.

"What now?" Said Adriane, sounding bored. She was actually upset that Emily had shaken her out of her "pleasant" thoughts.

"Kara wants to practice opening a portal." Said Emily.

"So she's back?" Adriane said. She thought Kara was gone for good and would hopefully never return.

"Yeah." Emily said. "So is Marlin and Zach, but I can't find them…" her voice trailed off.

"What?" Said Adriane. She was completely unaware of what was happening behind her.

"There's a portal behind you." Whispered Emily.

"Adriane, what happened?" Asked Zach. Loren was behind him, and they thought that it was better if they didn't play the prank anymore.

"Is anyone fooling around?" Adriane said.

"None of us have been using our magic" Zach said.

"Then that's a real one." Said Emily.

"Where is Dreamer?" Adriane said. Then she saw him get in the portal. "Dreamer, No!" She screamed. Then ran in the portal by her self.

The Drake saw that one of his bonded was in "danger" and so he went in after her. Arya woke up because of all the commotion (don't ask. In inheritance, elves have supernatural senses), and saw Adriane and the Drake go through the portal. She followed them. The others were too confused to move when that was happening, but when it was over, they jumped through too.

Half an hour later…

"Arya?" Adriane said to the elf ho was with her. "Do you know where we are?"

"I believe I do." Said Arya.

"So where are we?" Asked Adriane.

Arya looked around before saying "We are in Alegesia."

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And so… what happens to the other mages? What happens to Adriane and Arya? Will they mages to survive? And Will The Foreseer of Avalon update sooner and stop torturing her readers? (waves arms for a dramatic effect)… Read on to find out. Please review this story… because reviews help me update faster! Oh yeah.. since this is my first update in the new year… I didn't update since last year! Anyway… review this story and HAPPY NEW YEAR!