LD entered the courtyard and noticed Ell sitting by the fountain. She strode over and grinned. "Hiya."

Spotting her guardian, she stood up quickly, and bowed, "Hi Lady Darkness"

LD rolled her eyes. "I'm still not used to the whole Magician thing. And the bowing bit catches me off guard completely."

"sorry" ellen grinned "Hey LD, could you teach me how to sheild please?"

"Never mind." LD shrugged. "Sure. Apparently thats what guardians are for. Here and now?"

Ellen bit her lip, "well, i think i rather need to learn it, i'm rather accident prone..." (yep, i decided to make my role play accident prone, who would have guessed!)

"Hmm... very good point. I'd recommend you learn shield as soon as possible." LD tried not to laugh.

"so how d'you do it?"

LD took a deep breathe and licked her lips. "Right to create a shield you need to locate your magic source." LD began. "Close your eyes and breathe deeply. Relax and find that source. Then push it into a barrier around you."

Ellen did as she said, and soon enough, a faint white barrier appeard around her "I DID IT< I DID IT!"

LD beamed. "That was quick! Nice one." "It gets easier as you practice and do it more often."

Ellen looked with dismay at her sheild that had fallen almost straight away, "I hope so, and if i practice it'll get easier... anyway, thank you! one more thing, can you teach me how to make a heat globe?"

"How very ambitious of you Ell." LD raised an eyebrow. "Don't you think it would be best to practice on the shield before jumping to a heat globe straight away?"

"Fair enough, i just needed to know how to dry off, i've already gotten wet, alot." ellen sighed "ah well i'm going to practice that." ellen smiled, "thanks LD"

"You're welcome. Maybe you should try and keep clear of things soggy and wet. Think you can manage that?"