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WE ARRIVED AT A HUGE HOUSE THAT WOULDN'T BE CLASSIFIED QUITE AS A mansion. More like the two hotel suites Bes, the dwarf god I mentioned earlier, bought for us after Carter was bitten by a snake he purposely jumped on, before Zia, a fire mage and Amun-Ra's temporary host, burned them to the ground. I stepped out of the limousine and gaped in awe. The girl stepped out and walked in, shouting as she took off her shoes, "Dashie! We're home and we have her!"
Spike climbed out behind her. He had stopped laughing a few minutes ago. Now his face was filled with even more delight. Almost…
"Spikey-Wikey!"
Another teenager I didn't know descended down the stairs gracefully, her violet mass of hair in ringlets. She flung herself towards the baby dragon and tackled him, squeezing him in a bone-crushing hug.
"Come on, Spikey-Wikey. Dashie's not feeling so well. You too, Twilight. And-," She stopped, staring at me. Of course. She had never seen me before. Twilight saved me from explaining myself, which I didn't like much.
"Rachel, this is Sadie Kane, one of Dashie's friends. Sadie, this is Rachel, the fashion freak of the house." She rolled her eyes. Rachel blushed, her hair swinging. "Why thank you, Twilight. " Then she stopped. "I think…"
Twilight rolled her eyes again. "Come on, Sadie, Spike." She started up the stairs.
We raced upstairs, banged open the door to the second room on the right-
And I did a very impolite thing. I stared at her.
But who could blame me?
My best friend was a horse.