Bella's Gift

Bella's Gift is the first book in the series, and features Jillian Frouda, along with Bella, Ivenna, a very special wolf Conall, and the 4 other legendary horses.

Summary
The book's official description states: "The majestic mare Bella must enlist the help of Fiona, Thunder, Jewel and Nike to save an imprisoned girl and her animal friends from an evil presence in North of North."

Plot
This section includes spoilers for the plot of Bella's Gift.

Bella's Gift takes place in Styginmoor, where we find the young Jillian Frouda slaving away to Ivenna in her castle. It is revealed that Jillian has lived here all her life, not knowing who her parents are. Jillian works alongside a cast of various magical creatures who Ivenna has kidnapped and enslaved.

Next, we are introduced to Conall, Jillian's wolf friend, and part of Myrfor's pack. He and Jillian share a close bond, and Jillian reflects how Conall is torn between his loyalty to his pack and to Jillian. We also see Jillian have a vision of sorts of a magical friend and sketch that magical friend in her journal.

Suddenly, things change at Styginmoor when Ivenna captures a sunstone otter. Jillian feels the need to save the otter and uses a sleeping potion in Ivenna and Myrfor's evening meal to steal the key. She talks with the otter who reveals that Jillian is the one who summoned her with her sketches, which actually contain magical summoning powers. The otter also reveals that every other magical friend here was summoned by Jillian unwillingly and that Ivenna is using her powers.

Feeling guilty with this new information, Jillian decides she wants to free all the magical friends. At the otter's advice, she decides they must go to Trail's End and bring Bella to rescue the magical friends. Jillian isn't able to leave noticed, nor get there in a reasonable time, so she talks Conall into traveling the shadow path to reach Bella.

When Conall reaches Trail's End, he manages to get Bella and the Legendary Horses to listen to him. In return, they use their magic to help Conall windwalk with them back to Styginmoor. There, they fight in a battle against Ivenna and her wolves, freeing all the magical creatures, but not Jillian.

Jillian, who feels sad about being left behind, is then forced by Ivenna to draw in her journal while in the forest, resummoning all the magical friends back to the castle. However, then Conall decides to help Jillian and all the creatures escape, meeting with Bella in the forest. However, in the process, Conall is banished from Styginmoor and cursed by Ivenna to have horses legs for all time, so that he will never fit in anywhere. It is also revealed by an angry Ivenna that Jillian was stolen from her Traveler parents, although their identities and more information are not revealed until Pepper's Quest.

In the story's final scene, we see Bella taking Jillian away from Styginmoor by windwalking to Trail's End, with Conall following close behind.

Characters
This section includes spoilers for the plot of Bella's Gift.

Bella
In Bella's Gift, Jillian asks for Bella's help in freeing the various magical creatures captured by Ivenna. She is asked by Conall, who braves going into horse territory to ask her.

Conall
Conall is Jillian's wolf friend whom she shares a brother-sister like bond with, and he is described as the gentlest wolf amongst the pack. He is actually Myrfor's son. He braves the Shadow Path to assist Jillian in asking Bella to help them, and helps to stop Ivenna, effectively cutting him off from his pack forever. After he helps Jillian and the creatures to escape, he is cursed to have horse's legs by Ivenna, and is banished from Styginmoor. He escapes being hunted by Myrfor with Bella's magic which helps him windwalk away. He then joins Jillian to travel to Trail's End.

Fiona, Jewel, Nike, and Thunder
Bella brings the four legendary horses with her to free the magical creatures from Styginmoor. They fight in a battle against the wolves using their various powers.

Ivenna
In this book, Ivenna is revealed to be using Jillian's powers to lure magical friends to her castle to be her servants and serve in her evil plans. Towards the end of the book, she fights in a battle with Bella and the legendary horses. However, she loses, and the magical friends are freed.

Jillian Frouda
In this book, Jillian discovers that she visions that, when drawn in her journal, will bring what she draws to her. She discovers that Ivenna, whom she works for as a maid, is using this power for evil. She also learns that she was kidnapped from her true family by Ivenna.

Magical Friends
Bella's Gift has a wide variety of magical friends in its casts. These include a Bobolink, a Starstone Otter, a Tomtomme, a Twinkle Imp, Pipsqueak Longtails, Fire Spoops, Bubble Turtles, Tassel Mice, Rose Dragons, Tea Leaf Pandas, Ivy Tailed Dragons, Whiffle Bears, and a Violet Pixie. In the book, Bella and the legendary horses rescue these magical friends from Styginmoor Castle, bringing them back to Trail's End.

Myrfor and Ivenna's Wolves
Myrfor is described as the toughest wolf in Styginmoor. He is Ivenna's closest companion, and is known to be extremely cruel and violent. His deep wolf speech is enough to bring fear to anyone who hears it.

Mysterious Power
In this book, another person supposedly in charge of Ivenna and Myrfor is revealed in a cameo. Their identity is unknown, but it can be assumed it is Feral, her sister.

Locations
A list of locations mentioned in this book are:
 * Trail's End
 * Shadow Path
 * Styginmoor Castle