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forest will be out looking for us. Sometimes, boy, you don’t use your head,” Master Sernett said with disappointment.
    “Master Wizard, you are wrong to be angry at Tree Brother,” said the sprite. “He has done the forest and my tree a great service that will protect us for all time from the coming evil. Tree Brother has blessed my tree with the power to keep the evil at bay. This clearing will never again know the stench of evil and will be a safe haven for all good and just creatures to shelter in from the coming storm.”
    “Kerwyn, what does she mean when she calls you Tree Brother?” Master Sernett asked with concern
    “Master, she has planted a magic seed in me so that I can hear the trees talking and I can even tell which tree has a tree sprite attached to it. I can tell which tree has the sweetest fruits and which trees to avoid as they could be crabby like crab apple trees.”
    Master Sernett looked from his apprentice back to the shining tree sprite. He could already see the change that had come over Kerwyn. Master Sernett had never heard of any human, wizard or otherwise, ever having being gifted with nature’s pure magic. Master Sernett was concerned for his apprentice, as he had no idea what shape this new source of power in Kerwyn would take. Tree sprites are usually very shy, solitary and peaceful creatures. But since Kerwyn had changed the nature of this tree sprite’s tree, she has become one of nature’s warriors and she had given Kerwyn the same gift.
    “Kerwyn, explain to me what exactly you did to her tree. I need to understand what you have changed her tree into. Tree sprites are not supposed to shine with the One Power but I can sense the power radiating from both her and the tree. It is a strong, peaceful feeling that I’m sure the creatures of the forest can also feel. They will come here to hide from the evil that is all around this clearing.”
    “Master, all I did was cast a spell of protection from evil on this tree,” Kerwyn shrugged his shoulders indicating that he really didn’t understand what he had done.
    “Miss Sprite, may I approach your tree so that I can look at it closer to see what Kerwyn has done with his spell?” asked Master Sernett.
    “You are Kerwyn’s Master and he respects and trusts you. I can do no less for the Master of my Tree Brother, so the answer is yes; you may approach my tree.” With that the tree sprite bowed her head and stepped away from her tree.
    The old wizard approached the magical tree and the closer he got to the tree, the more it looked like it was made of living crystal and not of bark and wood. Master Sernett was puzzled by what he was seeing. Again he thought to himself that Kerwyn should not have been able to do this. Kerwyn was changing the natural laws with the One Power. Kerwyn had become much more powerful then Master Sernett. He was just a junior apprentice but when the need presented itself, Kerwyn always found a way to accomplish what he set out to do. Shaking his head in bewilderment, Master Sernett placed his hands upon the tree wanting to see if it indeed felt like crystal or if it would feel like wood and bark. To his surprise the tree addressed him in an ancient voice inside the master’s mind.
    “Master Sernett, I know that you are very much concerned for your apprentice. Kerwyn has changed me from being just a simple tree into the single most powerful symbol of hope for this forest. Mother Nature has been talking to me about Kerwyn and when he blessed me with this gift of protection from evil, he inadvertently opened up a direct link from my sprite, to me, and Mother Nature herself. The seed that has been planted into Kerwyn is a seed that has come from me but it is a direct gift from Mother Nature. This is her way of thanking Kerwyn for giving the forest a place to protect her children from the evil Black Tower’s creatures. In a sense I have become a conduit, a direct link to Mother Nature and my tree sprite has