Prologue

"Feed the magogs, don't touch the sleuth and don't sneak around in my room." Simon had said. But Merrin hadn't listened very closely. He had other things on his mind. Like the Two-Faced Ring, the Darke Index and... Well, getting out of the Observatorium. Merrin wondred what Odale would think about that he had found the Darke Index. He didn't knew if he should tell her, or not. Would she get furious? Would she get... happy? Would she hate him? Would she still be his friend?
In wich case, he should do it. He should begin to use the Two-Faced Ring.

From his secret hidingplace under his matress, Merrin picked out the Darke Index. He opend it at the last page, and read the title:

Darkening the fate of AnOther

or The Ruination of Thine Enemy by Use of the Two Faced Ring

Merrin didn't know if she should smirk or whimper. He knew the words by heart, but had never dared to go further with Darkening anyones fate, since below the title, it read:

Read no Further until Thou art Ready to Do,
Else shall be the worse for you

He decided to whimper, even though it sounded rather cowardly. At least, he was ready. Or maybe wasn't that ready. He supressed the urge to blow it all of and do it tomorrow, instead. But a part of him knew that if he would do like that, he would never- never- do it. He would never get a chance like this again. He sighed, and begun to read further.

First You Summon Your Servant Thing

If Merrin had been nerveous in the begining, this was worse. It was really bad, infact. But, he knew that he had to do it. Merrin pulled out the Summoning Charm from the book and looked at it. It was a very thin, black diamon. Cold as ice. He shuddered and wondered if Odale ever seen anything like this. As it was written that he should do, he put the charm close to his heart, while chanting the summoning. Nothing happend. Maybe... maybe everyone was right? Was he stupid? Merrin felt tempted to just do as Odale always had told him, and find is 'thing'. A hobby, or something. But now, that he already had begun, Merrin didn't want to stop. Otherwise, it would be very bad for him. He knew that. He tried to summoning again and again, twenty-five more times, infact. It didn't seem to work. It didn't seem to work at all... Merrin took a deep breath- as Odale would have told him too, he was sure of- and read further down the page. Filled with disgust over what he just had done, he dropped the book.

Now Address the Thing

Demand to See

Remove it's Invisibility

The instructions further down on the page read. Merrin gritted his teeth, cursed the book- and himself- and begun to follow the rest of the instructions. He did the See, he closed her eyes and counted to thirteen and... he was surrounded by Things. It was a awful feeling. It was like... like when Odale had died. He felt hopeless, powerless... It was just plainly awful, ande even though Merrin would have liked to give up, he knew that he needed to continue. Now, the part that he had been afraid of came.

Now Take with you your Servant Thing

To Find and Fetch the Two-Faced Ring

Merrin was very scared of the Two-Faced Ring. Once, his- and Odale's- old master had told him about it. DomDaniel had said that he- DomDaniel- was indestructible, because he wore that ring. That the ring was indestrucible. It had scared Merrin horrable much. Odale had mocked him because of that for ages. It didn't matter now. Not anymore, not ever. But he really, really had to find the bones of DomDaniel...

He had found them in the EndlessCupboard. It had been really frightening, all of it. To go into that horrable place, to take the sack with bones, to capture the bones and cut the thumb where the Two-Faced Ring was... But now... now, it was done. Over. He had put that ring on, he had chanted all the speel belonging to it. Now, there was only one thing left to do: to get back to the Castle where the one with the fate that he should Endarken were.

(A/N Sadly, no poem this time (sadly and sadly...). However, a quick question: is there something special that you want to see or happen, or is there something I should think of? I'm open to (almost) all ideas. By the way, was it too early to post the new story?)