"Again!" Commander June yelled, and as commanded, I shapeshifted from my actual form, to a Mantiqoure, then into a Hypogriff, and back into my actual form. I pant as Commander June hummed in thought, "you did better then last time, your mother will be pleased, but you need to change into more than three to four things," he commented with a straight face, "I know, I know, but without my necklace, my energy drains out of me with every spell I do," I stated once I caught my breath, "then you'll need to take it slow when changing to preserve more energy to fight," he added while gently putting his left hoof on my right shoulder, I simply nod in reply. "Commander June, where is my mother now that you had brought her up? I haven't seen her since last night," I was worried that my mother might be in trouble but that worry went away when I saw mother walk towards the arena where Commander June is training me, "sorry that I was gone for so long, apparentky there's a lone Changewing who had gotten the information on the location of where your necklace night be, but it was only a setup made by Princess Celestia," mother said the last part with venom, "at least your home safe mom, that's more important than my necklace, I love you mom," I whispered the last part into her ear while enveloping her into a hug, "heh, love you too Silver," she said while returning the hug. That's when I started to cough up a storm, mother looked at me with worry and fear as Commander June bolted somewhere else, he soon came back though with my Light Potion that will keep me alive and some energy back for a long time until the effects wear off again. I quickly drank the potion and felt relief from the pain in my throat, head and chest.
