That was it. She was tired of being pushing around because she was in the royal family she hated before. "Listen, prissy. I never wanted to be in the royal family, live in a castle, all that la-ti-da. I used to live somewhere called Mount Eskel, it wasn't even part of the royal colonies. I just happen to be the lucky orphan to be adopted, but I am hated everywhere I go. I wish I could still live on Mount Eskel, so that is where I am headed now... Turnip knows the way but now he and I won't get there because the three of you are likely to tell the guards." She hopped onto Turnip, pucking him to a steady trot. "Face the beast on your own, you never wanted me here in the first place."

Neyrii held up a hand, which glowed red. A huge black dagger flew into it, and Turnip carried her just close enough to the beast so that she could stab it. She threw it into the air, and as it disappeared she held up her other hand. A large black aura appeared and carried the beast off into the dark cloudy sky. She rode back, next to Kasey. "Done. Now if you and your sister don't appreciate me, I will now take my leave. She sped to a fast gallop. A dusty, unused trail lead up a mountain. She smiled towards the academy at the foot, and kept riding up the steep road to Mount Eskel.

(Aww, I hope their either okay, or pass through the golden gates.)

Turnip was really freaking out now, but Neyrii calmed him as the beast loped into the woods. "Hes got a tight brich, doesn't he?" Lightly kicking the spurs, Neyrii sped up to a canter with Turnip. Good news, the monster didn't hurt anyone. Bad news, it was headed into Mount Eskel. The brush woods were only the beginning. Her hood falling off from the speed, they advanced into the wooded passage to Eskel. She decided to take a quick detour to town, paying the rancher for Turnip to stay the night. She stepped just infront of the open gate, waiting for the beast to arrive. "Please, please, please don't hurt anyone..." She felt silly for this wish, but it felt good to be hoping for something. Calm wind wipped her cloak, dress, and hair across her sides. Her circlet's sapphires glowed a violent white.

(Ok!)

After noticing the beast enter the town's first monistary, she gasped. He must have been a holy creature in order to enter the church, so she followed. Stopping at the door, she took her magic paper and pencil out to sketch a key. Neyrii opened the door, walked in, and stopped as soon as she saw the creature. She whispered to herself, "God, its a holy beast. It must be a sign..." (Lotta people were christians back then)

Neyrii was so frightened, she didn't argue. She sprinted to the door, looking back only once. She sat on her chair in the inn, sketching all the people she had met that day. She drew Turnip's frightened ex[injection]pression, Mount Eskel, and everything else.

Neyrii stepped out the inn, pulling on her hood. Running to the stables, she got on her old Turnip. They took a slow trot around town, but then she spotted the man beast she had seen. Pulling her hood down further, Turnip pulled her down to a pond across the road form the church. While Turnip drank from the spring, she decided to sit on the rubble and make her drawings. She drew stones to skip on the lake, and after a while began drawing people and animals again. She couldn't forget the beast man's angry face, she didn't like to make people mad.

Neyrii was frozen with fear, but she decided not to show it. "I-I... I lived in this town, I have only just returned... Please, I am very sorry." She noticed the kindness the beast man showed Turnip, her circlet glowing a calm blue. She held her magic paper and pencil in her hand. She felt ready to peel an ob[injection]ject off the page, but she wasn't sure what to draw. She fingered a blade she had drawn earlier, but seized. She backed up slowly, and as soon as she was out of sight, she ran deep into the woods. She found her secret hideout she had been in the past day. She layed on the ground, looking up at all the drawings of people on the ceiling.

(Yeah it was pretty funny!)

Neyrii gasped at the smell of the unnatural fire, and she grasped a cross that had been tied around her neck. Her faded wings growing on her back, she became a bird. As soon as she saw the beast man, she looked just as terrified as before. Flying back to her hideout, she became normal again. She noticed the sky was unnaturally dark for the daytime, so she decided to make some light. Fetah! A large ball of light floated up to the ceiling, so bright it could be seen from the kingdom, miles away. She remembered that she forgot Turnip at the spring, and was truly devistated. What could have happened? Has he been eaten? Was he spooked? Slowly walking back, she hid behind a tree. She hoped to see Turnip, or something.

Neyrii was obviously too frightened to come out, so she ran out of the town to find something she couldn't quite name yet. She stopped in the middle of a deserted feild, breathing heavily. She hugged herself, closing her eyes. Apparently, Turnip has moved on to a better owner. She had taken care of the old stallion since he was a colt, and she knew it was probably time to brush him away. She sat on an old stump, closing her eyes. "I am a stubborn self-centered princess. Kasey's sister was right. Nothing can change that. I am no better than a cow that gives no milk." Opening her eyes, she looked down at the spring grass. Neyrii wished to go home, home to her parents. Home to her sister. Home to her brother. But no, they were all dead. She wished she could draw the dead, but knew it was impossible. Her legs tingled from a cool breeze, her long blonde hair wipping against her face. She took a paper out of her sack, and drew a snake. Rasys, ni! The snake came to life and plopped onto the ground. It slithered on the ground for a little while, its tongue flickering about. Rasys, meir! The snake disappeared, and in its place was a book. Fein ryb. She picked it up, and began writing and sketching on the pages. "I must finish the guide quickly now..." After about an hour, she came to the last page. She hesitated, for she had written and drawn all creatures she had found. But one. She slowly made the curve of the beast man's shoulder, continuing into a body.