The squirrels jumped from branch to branch, chasing each other around the tree and landing on each branch like acrobats or gymnasts with such grace. Birds sang from high up in the trees, telling a story of freedom. If you looked closely you could see chipmunks hiding in the bushes, not wanting to be seen. A thunderous sound broke the silence, the sound louder than a lion's roar. A herd of horses flew by the other animals, not having a care in the world as they galloped through the forest, sweat trickling down their necks. It was a very hot day and the herd of horses were heading to a water hole, just outside the jungle, at the beginning of the hot dessert. The thumping of the horses hooves was rhythmic, sounding as a kind of music all by itself. The herd had reached the water hole now and were plunging into the cooling water, splashing each other with their head playfully. A few other brave animals had come to the water hole to get a drink daintily sipping from the edge of the water, scared to go any further. The horses jumped out, shaking their bodies to get rid of the water, spraying each other with droplets of water. Suddenly a loud roar sounded outside the jungle, scaring every animal around him for miles. All the animals scattered, except the horses. They had traveled through deserts and fierce jungles to get water and were not about to give it up to a lion, even as scary as he was. The lion came closer and yet the horses stood their ground. It was only the foals who were shaken with fear, trembling, as it was their first time seeing such a best. The leader of the herd, a strong black stallion, told the mothers and the foals to move further back, as the foals were not so strong and he did not want them to get injured. The lion pounced, unleashing his claws and jumping up on the leaders' back. One thing the lion didn't know though is that the stallion was peared to buck him off the second he was touched and gave a mighty buck as soon as the lion had leaped upon his back. The lion went flying, sliding across the hot sand and meowing softly in pain as he had struck a sharp rock when he had landed. THe stallion trotted over to him, holding his head high, since he had won this battle. The stallion then jumped into the cooling water to show that it was his and the lion could not have it and the rest of the herd followed holding their head high, as they were the leaders of this land.

The Castle of Arbania had hundreds of objects inside it, and they all had a meaning in the castle. There were trinkets or vases and many more objects on every possible surface and the castle was quite cluttered. In the biggest and most used room in the castle there was a round, tiny sequin on a painting. The tiny sequin was quite hard to see in the painting and you could only see it if you looked very closely at the magnificently painted woman beautifully painted on the canvas. The sequin was part of her beautiful purple dress that had many other sequins carefully drawn on it. The sequin was placed right in the middle of the ladies dress and looked as if it had always been there. If you looked closely at it you could see it flashing different shades of purple and if you tried you could take the sequin off the painting and hold it in your hand. In fact, what looked like a beautifully drawn sequin was an enchanted diamond. The diamond had a long History and traced back to the beginning of mankind. Let me tell you the story of The Ever Diamond. The diamond was crafted out of the most beautiful diamond a man had found lying in a pool. The pool was quite small and had produced many other diamonds and this special diamond was sadly its last. The man carried the diamond to his workshop and had carefully carved it into the shape of a beautiful heart. He placed it into a beautiful necklace that he was going to give his wife and placed it into his pocket where he thought it would be safest. While the man was heading home a powerful wizard walked up to him and demanded that he wanted the diamond. The man holding the diamond was first hesitant, not wanting to give his greatest piece of treasure to the wizard, but he agreed since he did not want to be harmed. He handed the shining diamond to the wizard and ran away quickly. The wizard put a powerful spell on the diamond that enchanted it as he had done to the pool that had produced it many years ago. Soon other wizards found out about it and they stole from each other with no doubt that somebody would steal it from them since they each thought they were the most powerful. One day a kind wizard took the diamond and shrank it size and placed it on his most treasured painting in his entire castle. The painting showed a woman who was wearing a beautiful purple dress that was adorned with beautiful sequins. He cast a spell that made the enchanted diamond a part of the painting forever. And that is how this special enchanted diamond ended up on the painting that still lays there now. And that is the end of the story.