"And that's why we should do this my way." A feeling of deja vu made its home in my gut. "Why does it feel like we've done this before?"

Scarlet knew that she was unwanted before she understood anything else about the world around her, even the cruel words that were used of her.

"I am Scarlet and I know what you are doing."

There were less and less griffins and pegasi flying around each year. Jaden said that apparently they were endangered in the wild due to poaching.

The streets were quiet, tension hung over it thick like vines. Bereth kept his head down and observed as he kept walking.

Bereth looked at the village in the horizon. Something in his gut told him that he should avoid it; whether it was the threatening magic hanging over the perimeters or the fact that he was supposed to safeguard his mentor's ring, he did not know.

If only I understood what the Harmony Blade truly wanted so I could do it…