Chapter 1

The rain pitter-pattered outside and threw water droplets on my window. It was very quiet in the house as usual but, with a more obvious presence as silence always seems to have on days like that one. I sat at my desk scribbling away various spells when I heard a soft knock on the door. I paused and lowered my quill slightly, unsure whether my ears were playing tricks on me. Then I heard it again, a soft knock sounded twice upon the door, barely louder than the rain. I pushed back from my desk and called for the person to come in.

A girl walked in absolutely soaked from the rain. Her wet brown hair was plastered to her forehead and was dripping all over the rest of her. Her boots squished and squeaked as she hurried over to me and then she hastily tried to explain something to do with a frog but she seemed to be having trouble speaking at a normal human rate.

"frog….woods..erffr….the witch!..rfwqewf…frog!"

"Come again?" I asked.

I watched her attempt a few more times to form a coherent sentence but after realizing her efforts were futile I had her sit down and made her a cup of tea to calm her nerves (if such a thing could be accomplished). After soaking my couch and finishing her tea she seemed ready to try to explain the reason for her fright.

"I was wandering through the Fugue woods and I was chopping trees and made a turn and before I knew it I was lost! I wandered for hours until I came to this house and when I went inside there was a frog… and the frog….the frog….asdfgj…frog…."

I could tell we had gone back to square one so I somewhat reluctantly prepared ANOTHER cup of tea. I watched her silently while she drank and couldn't help but notice she probably had the world's biggest brownest eyes I had ever seen. I was contemplating what spell must have been used to achieve peckers of such proportions when she gave a little cough indicating that she was once again ready to proceed.

"So I arrived at the house and went inside and the frog…it-it….SPOKE! It said it was witch and that I was to come to you and ask for help and so I ran all the way over here- I actually didn't really know where I was going- at some point I actually ended up at Garmon Mine District-I think that"

She probably would have babbled on had I not cleared my throat to interrupt. I told the girl that it probably was indeed the witch; the woman was always trying spells way above her head and either blowing something up or accidentally turning one of the weasels outside her house albino.

"You'll need to bring me Perfect Butter, Good Cornmeal, and Hibiscus. Come back when you have all three."

I then proceeded to usher the intruder out of my house when right before she stepped out the door frame she turned around and gave me a huge smile.

"Thank you for your kindness Mr. Wizard!" she said and then ran off.

I closed the door and sighed at the sight of all the little pools of water on my floor. I took a towel and began to mop up the presents left to me by the girl whose name I didn't even know. I then went over to my sink and began to clean the tea cup she used. I was about to sit back down and continue my work on my spells when I saw something on my couch. I walked over and picked up the damp item in my hand. A fugue mushroom with a little note underneath.

To Mr. Wizard

Love, Molly

I'm not quite sure why but I smiled slightly. Molly, the girl who dripped all over my home.