Skylar had had a hard time adjusting to the new body, though she stopped worrying so much about the radical change the second she caught sight of herself in the mirror...  It was almost as though she had stepped out of a dream!  Knowing that she would be treated to that every time she stepped in front of a mirror calmed her down a lot!<br/><br/>While at the Sanctuary, Skylar began schooling in magic, finding it came surprisingly easy for him...  Certainly much easier than most of the others, they said it was because she was a sorceress, and magic would come naturally to her, but that if she didn't know how to cast a spell, she just didn't know how to cast it.  She could read the intricacies of a spell for years and still be no closer to casting it than the firat day she saw it.<br/><br/>More difficult for her though, were her lessons in how to act like a woman as opposed to as a man.  This was try difficult for Skylar and at times almost seemed more like she was being brain washed than being taught lessons, but while she would of course never lose some habits from having lived as a male for 21 years, she certainly did act much more feminine now.<br/><br/>It wasn't until after the first few weeks at the sanctuary that Skylar began to realization how boring her life had been, spending most of her time on the computer, and now that she was learning so much more interesting things, she finally began to get more excited at the whole ordeal, even taking up the name Phoenix, as she had been given a new life by way of fire, just as the mythical...  or perhaps not so mythical bird.<br/><br/>On the day that they were to set off, Phoenix grabbed her favorite new outfit (http://www.episodeseason.com/digital-art/hot-elves/sexy-elves-girls.jpg) and walked out to meet up with the rest of the group and wait for Cornellius to arrive.