Marcia Overstand, standing tall and proud, bent down and clutched the Apprentice by his wrist. She smirked.
"You will be taken care of." She lifted her chin slightly, to show she was more important than him.
Marcia snapped her fingers and transported herself and Merrin to the Wizard Tower.
Merrin adjusted his too big robes with a scowl. "You cannot keep me captive!" he snarled, trembling with rage. His attempt at being free was ruined because of this ExtraOrdianry Wizard. He would make her pay for taking him against his will.
"Just so you know, I am not keeping you captive. I will train you, turn you against Darke Magyk." she huffed, frustrated.
This boy is going to be a problem. she thought bitterly. He practiced Darke Magyk. He should be cast out of this world, never to return. Yet again, he was just a child. He didn't know any better.
Merrin pushed up his too big sleeves and followed the ExtraOrdinary Wizard up a spiral staircase. He couldn't help but trip over his robes. Marcia helped him up with no effort at all. He was a short scrawny boy, smaller than any eight year old she had ever seen. She pitied him, but only a little.
She pushed open the door to her room, stunned to have found it unlocked. "Someone has been in my room!" she gasped. The chairs and tables were overturned, her fire pit was drenched with water, and her room smelled horrid.
"What happened in here?" Merrin asked softly, kicking a pile of wadded up clothes with his bare feet. (He had forgotten to put his shoes back on before he had dashed off.)
"I… I'm not quite sure, little one." Marcia snapped her attention to something lying on her desk. She scrambled over to it. It was a letter, written in deep blue ink. She read it aloud. "The Stone is hidden where the secrets are kept. Find the Stone and reveal the answers."
Merrin stood in silence, thinking it over. "It's a riddle." he pointed out.
"What did you say?" The ExtraOrdianary Wizard spun around, her eyes wide.
"It's a riddle," he repeated, "Where are secrets kept? Where can you find answers?"
"The library." Marcia retorted. "What is the stone?" The Apprentice questioned. She ignored his question and dug around in her drawer for something. She pulled out a necklace. A stone was missing from the center. "The Stone of Maygk. It restores the power concealed inside the Wizard Tower. Someone came in here searching for it. Come. Let's take a quick trip to the library, shall we?"
