Epilogue - Dawn's Graduation
**Dawn's Graduation** Written By: Skabaard "Dawn," Valorie said dryly, "the ceremony isn't for hours yet, and you're already freaking out." The equine sat at the end of Dawn's expansive bed, her fingers idly playing with the wrinkles in...
Valorie - Confrontation
**Confrontation** Written By: Skabaard The first thing Valorie did when she woke up was smile. She could get used to starting every day like this. She cracked her eyes open a hair's-breadth and peered around the room. It was much larger...
Daryn - Birth
**Birth** Written By: Skabaard Daryn practically skipped through the wide spacious hallways of his home. If they could have accommodated his wingspan, he probably would have tried to fly. He couldn't remember the last time in his life that...
Daryn - Resolve
**Resolve** Written By: Skabaard Daryn could sense the familiar auras of Valorie and his apprentice press against his wards as they approached his freshly reconstructed home. He lifted his great, horned head and pulled himself from his...
Valorie - There and Back Again
**There and Back Again** Written By: Skabaard Valorie stood just off the banks of the river, calf deep in the placidly flowing water as she drew in deep, meditative breaths. True to her word, it had only taken Salixia a couple days to...
Dawn - The Return
**The Return** Written By: Skabaard Something impossibly light tickled against Valorie's consciousness, dragging her to reluctant, sluggish wakefulness. For a brief few seconds, the equine's disoriented mind scrambled for footing before it...
Clara - Waiting Game
**Waiting Game** Written By: Skabaard Clara stood proudly on the steep, peaked roof of one of the lower towers that rose above the Archmage's complex, overlooking the long, winding path up to its front gate. The cool early spring air...
Valorie - Odyssey
**Odyssey** Written By: Skabaard "So, what all have you got in there?" Valorie asked Dawn, pointing to the pack the apprentice carried over her shoulder. The pair of them walked casually through the gradually crowding streets of Southcliff....
Valorie - Outset
**Outset** Written By: Skabaard It was with great reluctance that Valorie stirred from her slumber, sweet dreams fading slowly into vague consciousness. Grumbling under her breath, the groggy equine rubbed her eyes and sat up, stretching wide...
Valorie - Preparations
**Preparations** Written By: Skabaard Valorie walked with Dawn through the maze-like halls of the Archmage's compound in companionable silence. It was not long before Dawn ushered the equine into a small, but opulent room. Centered in the...
Valorie - Purification
**Purification** Written By: Skabaard Dawn gave the pair of dragons a pointed look as they stooped through the doorway into Daryn's study. "Next time, love birds," she said with a hint of amusement, "try not to shake the building apart during...
Daryn - Settling In
**Settling In** Written By: Skabaard The thick, sturdy oak door leading to the Archmage's sleeping quarters nearly flew from its hinges as Daryn roughly kicked it open, sweeping Clara into the spacious room in his arms. Situated in one of the...