Cassie watches as Suzy becomes delighted with what is obviously a novel experience to her. When she asks Cassie to name the creature the Sorceress smiles as she says
[B]"That was a butterfly and yes one of nature's marvels"[/B]

Cassie casts a small summoning spell and waits only a few moments before they come to her and Suzy. Their colors are varied as are their breed as in the beginning there are only 20 then in less than two minutes there are over a hundred

[B]"The butterflies are Gai's most lovely creations but also her most fragile. To understand them and their life cycles is to learn to many changes we all go through. They are in the final stage of their lives and oh how short for many this stage is.
Some feel sorrow ate their passage but you shouldn't as they are enjoying every moment of it and their own beauty."[/B]

Cassandra spreads her arms and the colorful sky dancers light on her covering her with a restless beauty. Among them are reds so vibrant they seem impossible but then are seen the peacock blue wings of others that flash in the sunlight like rare crystals.

[B]"They feed on the nectar of flowers mainly and some believe their colors are stolen from those same flowers but if that were so then the beautiful color of the Monarchs would be the drab shade of the milkweed on which they feed[/B]