I have finished Secrets, and will be uploading a new chapter once a day :) There are 7 total chapters. I am now working on another sequel (this time to Secrets.. so Maybe a 3quel?) and I have another story in mind after that (a 4quel? lol) By the time this is posted I will hopefully have the third one done. :) Reviews are encouraged!

2.

The walk to Cedric's workshop wasn't as cheerful as she had been expecting it to be. Her father seemed to notice the sorcerer's mistakes more than his accomplishments. Despite what anyone thought Cedric was a very talented spell caster. He just did better when no one critical was watching. She had seen him do amazing things, since he wasn't prone to be nervous around her.

When she got to his door some of the defeat had been replaced by excitement. She knocked and heard glass shatter on the other side of the door, followed by one of Cedric's colorful curses. It made her smile.

"Come in," he groaned. She opened the door and saw him sweeping up a small pile of shattered glass. When he glanced up and saw that it was Sofia he smiled. "Oh, it's you."

"Who else would it be?" She asked, taking the broom from him and cleaning up the rest of his mess. He dusted his hands off on his robe and retrieved another vial.

"People are always knocking on my door for things," he said absently. He filled the empty vial with a pink thick liquid and closed it with a stopper.

"What's that?" she asked, after tossing out the broken glass. Really, without her occasionally stopping by to see him, his workshop would be a disaster.

"I made this for you," he said quietly, and handed her the little pink potion.

"Ooh, what does it do?" She asked turning the small vial over in her hand.

"It's a small version of the petal spell. Just pour out the contents and rose petals will appear." he fiddled with his wand.

"Oh, thank you so much. I love it." She wrapped my arms around him and hugged him. "But, are you just trying to get out of teaching me the spell?" she asked.

"Maybe, at least for a little while." He kissed her and she felt warm and happy and wonderful. When he pulled away he asked her, "Unless that's really what you want to do right now?"

"Not really," she said. Then she remembered the news about James and sighed. He would not be happy to hear it. "So, I spoke to my parents."

The color drained out of his face, "You did?"

"Yeah, I'm actually kind of worried now…" she trailed off, pulling away. She rubbed her amulet and set the potion by the door where she would remember it.

"You are?" he took her hand and led her down to his private quarters. She couldn't help but blush remembering the last time they were down there at the same time. When they reached the bottom Cedric took off his sorcerer's robe and draped it over a chair. He then waved his wand to clear off a small chaise that had been used to hold stacks of books. They sat down, facing each other.

"When we sat down for lunch James came in,"

"He is back already?" Cedric asked.

"Yeah, because Princess Jun broke off their courtship." She bit her lip.

"That's unfortunate," he said.

"Well, yeah, but then he told us why." She was stalling. She didn't want to say it.

"I'm guessing this is where it gets troublesome." He tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear.

"She left him to be with their Royal Sorcerer," she finally blurted out.

"Oh," he said. "Oh, oh no." He leaned back. "I'm guessing your parents had some… choice words to say about that."

"Well, Dad did." Sofia admitted. "But, that wasn't the worst part." Could she tell him what else he had said? Maybe he could help her come up with a solution. She wanted to be with Cedric, and she just couldn't keep it a secret forever.

"I told you this was a bad idea," Cedric stood up, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Cedric," she grabbed at his hand, and was relieved when he didn't push her away again.

"We could just keep it a secret." He turned around and kneeled down on the floor in front of her.

"You know that won't work. Not forever." She said to him, reaching out to fluff his gray bangs. He grimaced at her, but didn't prevent her from doing it. "But that isn't the worst part."

"What else did he say?"

"He wanted to replace you as my magic teacher, but I told him no." he pulled away from her and began to pace the room. "Maybe we can show him how wrong he is about you? Maybe there is some big display of power we could show him to prove how great you are."

Cedric kicked at the stone floor, "I could make the whole palace float in the air and he still wouldn't think I was good enough for you."

"Well, I think you're an amazing sorcerer," Sofia said defiantly. "And I told him that. I'll tell him again too. This isn't the dark ages, they can't choose my husband for me." Once she had said it, it dawned on her that husband was a little premature. She quickly tried to cover her tracks, "or who I want to court, and be involved with, or… date." She finished lamely. Cedric seemed too upset what her father had said to have noticed.

"You'd go against your parent's wishes for me?" he said softly, looking down at his feet.

Sofia stood and held his face in her hands, "I won't have to. I will change their opinion of you." She gave him a peck on the tip of his nose and added, "Whether they like it or not."