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// Twilight's Letters - Joining the Mages Guild 
// Story: Friend of the Nerevarine 
// by DVAN56 
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Dear Princess Celestia,

Vvardenfell Day 3(Joining the Magus Guild.) 

First off since I can't send these letter to you till I get back I got a blank journal to write these letter to you. That way they will be nice and neat when when you do get to read this. However I'm still only going to use one page(front and back) per letter. 

The last few days were...testing to say the lest. Still haven't found a way home yet but I have become part of a group called The Tamriel Mages Guild. As the name implies they are a group of mages that offer their services to other for a fee. However being a members has benefits such as access to knowledge deemed as “to dangerous for citizens” and by law can only be in the hands of guild members. I hope to find a way home through the Guild, if not however I will however be learning more about this worlds magic so that's a plus. 

Actually joining the guild was a bit embarrassing. They didn't care that I was a unicorn which was odd considering the reactions I've been getting from other “people”. I won't go into details but I just want to say some of the mages were looking and poking at places they really shouldn't have been. And I ended up using the memory spell to erase that memory of all the mages in the Balmora guild hall.

Also I forgot to mention that Sanjuro has been ordered to help me get home so he too is helping me with the mages guild. We had to do a task first before we became members of the guild however. The task was simple enough, to gather some alchemy ingredients, namely a group of mushrooms and flowers. It started off well till Sanjuro decided to pig out on a type of mushroom that made him fall into a coma. I ended up dragging him to through a swamp with my magic.  

This next part is hard for me to write but I need to get it out. 

I found shelter in a near by structure that was build into the hillside. It was better then the swamp. However later I would discover this was a burial site. Sanjuro woke up some time later. I was checking up on him when I notice his pulse was way to high, almost double what it should be. I started freaking out about his health. He then slapped me a crossed the face and yelled at me to calm down. 

It felt horrible. The closest thing to a friend I have and he slapped me for being concerned about him. Without think I ran deeper into the tomb. That was a mistake. 

Deeper in the tomb was another “person”. He was dressed completely in black, his armor was well made and to the untrained eye may have looked just like clothing. He it looks like some of brother's profetion has rubbed off on me. 

Anyway this “person” in black wasn't like Sanjuro. This one was out to hurt other. Before I new what was happening he threw a dart at me which logged itself into my front leg. I screamed as I backed away only to hit the wall behind me. The “person” in black came up to me with a dagger ready to kill me. I was sure of it. 

Sanjuro however heard my scream and came to help me, even if it was a failed effort. He had a sword but it was worthless for the most part. It broke in two upon hitting the black armor.  Sanjuro was then pinned to the wall and was about to be killed and I just reacted. 

I didn't mean for it to end this way...I didn't even realize what I did till it was too late. I killed him Celestia. I grabbed the broken part of Sanjuro's sword and ran it through with my magic. I don't remember what happened after that other then waking up the next morning in that room. 

The walk from that tomb to the road where the flowers grew was a quiet one. We almost gathered them all without incident. The last flower we needed was by a small pond, in the pond however was a creature. I'll be honest I don't really know how to describe this creature with words. 

Sometime I wounder in Sanjuro has any common sense. I can understand the not having knowledge of the outside world from being a prisoner his entire life but you don't go getting that close to a wild creature you know nothing about. I didn't want to see him get hurt so I grabbed him with my magic. Then he asked if I was alright.

I broke down. I started going off about all the wrongs. How I lost my wing, and how I’m now trapped in another world. Then I started to realize how I had gotten caught up in the excitement of learning the new things about this world that I didn't truly realize how bad my situation was. Trapped in a strange land with no way home, and without my friends. 

I was weeping Celestia, more then ever before. I don't know how much time past but it turned out that my outburst or my crying didn't go unnoticed. The creature that was in the pond came out and walked up to me. I didn't even notice it. The next thing I knew it started licking me as if it was a dog. In fact it was the similarity of its action to a dog that helped me calm down a little. 

Anyway after I got it to stop licking me it was wanting me to get on its back so I could ride it. I did as Sanjuro went and picked the flowers. Its back was oddly comfortable despite the very leathery hide. 

It was on the walk back to Balmora that I found out something new about Sanjuro. Though in all honesty I should have seen it come being that he was imprisoned his whole life up till a few days ago. He didn't know what it meant to be a friend. I was speechless for a good five minutes as my brain was trying to register the fact that someone didn't know what friendship was.

I told him what I could. That a friend is someone you can rely on to be by your side. To help you through a hard situation or just to make you laugh. However I don't think words are going to be enough to get the point acrossed to him. It looks like I got a student to teach in the ways of friendship now.

I'm almost out of room but I can get one last thing in. I am not leaving the city of Balmora again without more knowledge about what to expect in this world. Their are only a few books in the mage guild hall but there is a book store close by. I don't think I have to tell you what I’m planing to do tomorrow. I just hope Sanjuro can handle it.

Your Friend,
Twilight Sparkle