Disclaimer: I dont own Septimus Heap or any characters in it.
Authors Note: This story gets very fluffy and for those of you who like this story, I'll try to have chapter two up by Friday at the latest. (If you do like this please R&R)
Preface: a few moments earlier...
Septimus had tried to surprise Marcia with an awesome birthday present while she was in the process of adding a crucial piece to her Magykal experiment. Years worth of work was about to pay off when, Septimus had flung open the door and shouted "Happy Birthday, Marcia!" The piece in her hand dropped and shattered into a million tiny fragments.
"Septimus!" she had shouted, "that piece was completely irreplaceable!" Her hands balled into fists "You… ARRRRRGGGGHH, Why? Why! Why did you have to come now? You just destroyed my entire careers worth of work! Septimus stared at Marcia sheepishly
"I...I was just..." Marcia had cut him off.
"I don't care what you were doing!" (Septimus had begun crying.) "Couldn't it have waited five more seconds?"
"I didn't know you were working!" Septimus had wailed.
"You…" Marcia had stopped "Septimus hadn't known" she'd thought. Composing herself, she yelled "Out!" and had motioned towards the door.
"Out!" Marcia screamed, pointing sternly at the door.
"I hate you!" Septimus yelled as he ran out the door and bounded down the hallway. Marcia stared quizzically after Septimus, he wasn't usually very emotional. Marcia bent down to pick up the box and bunch of flowers Septimus had dropped when he ran. She took one look at the ruined bouquet and dented box and angrily tossed them aside.
Marcia had been so absorbed in her work she hadn't even heard Septimus yell "Happy Birthday". She crossed over to the table and bent over the remaining pieces of her work. "Years of work, destroyed in seconds." She muttered angrily. Beginning to feel slightly guilty, Marcia picked up the discarded package and untied the purple ribbon. She slid the lid off the box and a card was lying on top of what looked like a bunch of purple marbles. She unfolded the card and inside it read: Happy Birthday, Marcia! It would be nice if you could come by the café at 2:00. Marcia set the card aside and looked at the contents of the box. Lying inside, was the most beautiful necklace Marcia had ever seen. It was a string of pearls, dyed purple and hanging off the string of pearls was a small, gold rectangle. Lapis lazuli letters set into the gold spelled out: Marcia
"Marcia said what!" Jenna exclaimed. Septimus had just finished telling Jenna about the recent unpleasantness. "That pompous witch!" Jenna spat.
"I need to go to the café and tell Sally that the party's off." Septimus sniffed. "I'll come with you, Sep." Jenna said quickly. Septimus turned on his heels and they both set off towards Sally Mullin's Tea and Ale House.
"The party's off." Septimus said loudly as he stepped through the door of Sally Mullin's Tea and Ale House. The confused faces of Nicko, Sarah, Sally, Beetle and Marcellus stared back at him.
"Why?" Beetle called out, bravely. Septimus took a shaky breath.
"Because I've ruined Marcia's life's work. She hates me now." he sighed
Up in the Wizard Tower, ExtraOrdinary Wizard Marcia Overstrand felt awful. She was crushed by the guilt of making Septimus cry and she had another one of her headaches. A sudden wave of lightheadedness washed over her and she sat wearily on the windowsill "Why did I have to take all my anger out on Septimus?" She sighed. Marcia looked out from her perch on the windowsill, trying to spot her Apprentice. Suddenly Marcia lost her balance, screamed and fell from the window of the 21st floor of The Wizard Tower.