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It was one of those days in the forests of Briarwood that was so perfect that nothing could ruin it. The sky was blue and free of clouds, the birds were singing, the rivers were flowing, and the fauna was a deep summer's green that looked so healthy, so alive. In the forest, a red-haired woman walked, holding a baby wrapped in a red blanket that was no more than a few months old. In the distance she saw another woman wearing a purple headdress holding another baby around the same age sitting on a log, watching two men train for battle. The woman sitting, turned around and waved the other woman over. The woman holding the baby in the blanket sat down next to the other woman and embraced her, for the two women were sisters. The baby wrapped in the red blanket began to cry.

"Shhh, shhh, Bowen," his mother said rocking him gently, "you don't want to disturb your father and your uncle Daggeron."

Her sister smiled at those words, though Daggeron was her brother-in-law's apprentice, he was more family than anything else. "At least Clare hasn't woken up yet," the woman said to her sister referring to the baby in her arms.

The red-haired woman, Udonna continued to rock her son who just wouldn't stop crying. Her sister, Niella, smiled at her, Udonna, the all powerful sorceress, who at times seemed not to have a care in the world, was reduced to the classic picture of a mother whose child would not stop crying. Just then, the two men, master and apprentice stopped training. The master saw his wife, Udonna and his crying son, and walked over to them. Udonna smiled at her husband.

"Here, let me take him," Leanbow said to his wife.

Udonna handed Bowen over to his father, whom at that moment stopped crying, and turned her attention to her sister and her daughter who at that moment chose to start crying. Daggeron came over and smiled at his teacher. "He's going to look like you when he grows up," Daggeron said.

"I know," Leanbow replied with a smile brighter than the sun, "he's my son, why shouldn't he look like me?" he asked, and began to rock and sing a song to his young son.

Daggeron could only grin at that, as he turned around and went over to a tree where he had put a genie's lamp there earlier. As he bent down to pick it up, a cat stuck his head out of the lamp. "How did the training go today, Solaris?" the genie named Jenji asked, referring to Daggeron by his mystic name.

"It went well Jenji, but…" he paused at that, and looked over at the happy family, something all of the sudden didn't feel right. There was an approaching sound, and it was getting louder by the second.

"Daggeron, what is it?" asked Jenji.

"I'm not sure," he stared off into the forest, "Leanbow!"

Leanbow at that second froze, and put his hand ontop of Bowen's head. Udonna noticed this and stared up at her husband. He handed Bowen back to her. "Something is not right, take Bowen and go home, I'll meet you there." He turned to Niella, "Niella, we may need your powers of the gatekeeper."

She nodded and stood up holding Clare. Niella looked down at her sister who still hadn't gotten up from the log. "Udonna," she began as her sister stood up, "this may be the last time I will see you…"

"No!" Udonna interrupted with a gasp, "don't talk like that!"

"I think it's my time, I want you to take care of Clare for me," she stated handing Clare to Udonna as she positioned two infants into her arms, as the noise got louder and louder.

"Go Udonna!" yelled Leanbow and Niella together.

She didn't even look back and she began to run with two infants in her arms, never knowing what was going on in the battle behind her…