Wish
It was an arid summers day. The wasteland winds blew quite strongly carrying the sands of the desert with it. It was always like this in the Barren Ridge – only a few signs of life and activity except for the occasional hunting of the inhabitants for food and water as well as the majestic Dune Sentry, Border Guard and School of Pathmagic and Animagic, that was suspended high up in the sky. The earth cracked under the heat of the blazing sun, and the animals all stayed in their nests and burrows for shade, but one. A lone hawk kept gliding about in circles – as if waiting for something to happen.
What am I doing here? thought the young Merlin just before he noticed a hare scurrying about outside its hole as it tried to resist the strong drag of the wind. Merlin dove in attack of the rabbit. As he was about to reach it, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind that made him lose concentration and change back into human form. The animagus crashed beside the rabbit's hole startling the small animal that lived there into losing its grip and being blown away by the strong wind.
As he lay on the hot ground, thoughts of the past year started pouring into his mind. "Much has changed since I left," he said to himself, "yet it seems like I'm back to where I started." Merlin tried to bring himself up. It's like waking up from a long dream, he thought. " I really wish I could be with her again," he said to himself as he fell again, on his back. Then he just lay there on the warm ground, thinking.