Companions familiar : House of cats (Catherine Dybiec Holm) Mountain challenge (John Mierau) Just Hanah (Doranna Durgin) Companions disguised : The day Michael visited Happy Lake (Matt Walker) Eggs for dinner (Jay Lake) Dances with coyotes (John C. Bunnell) Riverkin (K.D. Wentworth) Companions of power : Wings to fly (Fran LaPlaca) Last of her kind (Janny Wurts) Blood ties (Sarah Jane Elliott) Dragon time (Ruth Nestvold) Companions unexpected : Robes and wands (Janet Elizabeth Chase) Uncle Ernie was a goat (Kent Pollard) A Sirius situation (Daniel Archambault) Once upon a toad (Wen Spencer) Companions beyond : The power of eight (Jane Carol Petrovich) Darkbeast (Mindy L. Klasky) Kitemaster (Jim C. Hines) Singing down the sun (Devon Monk)