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Akkarin studied the piece of paper that lay before him. Everyone who had gone mad, had either eaten bread or mashed potatoes. Well, that would have to be carefully disposed of, with small samples kept to see what had caused all this trouble. Then Sonea ran in and skidded to a halt in front of him.

"Lord Balkan had sausages and mashed potatoes for lunch." She told him.

"Thank you Sonea," Akkarin smiled at her.

"Can I have my reward now?" She asked him, her eyes full of hope.

"Reward?" Akkarin asked her, the smile vanishing. Sonea looked at Akkarin with the most pitiful expression on her face. He gave in, and nodded. "Okay, what do you want?" Suddenly the music player turned itself on. "How did you...?" Akkarin asked her. He had tried to create a box that played music for years, but had never succeeded.

"Dance with me." Sonea requested, holding out her hand. Akkarin stood up and took it, moving in front of her, realising that another opportunity like this might not arise again, and she probably wouldn't remember if she was still drugged... They waltzed to the music, and the steady rhythm calmed Akkarin's mind. Sonea put her head on his shoulder, and he put his hand around her waist.

"Ha!" Lord Balkan cried, running at them with his sword. The couple broke apart, with Sonea screaming, causing Lord Balkan to fly between them, and his sword to go deep into the wall.

"Bloody hell!" Akkarin cried, watching Lord Balkan try in vain to remove the sword from the wall.


Lorlen Hurried through the crowd, dragging Lord Finnegan along behind him. He had left Lady Vinara and told her that he would meet her at the University entrance when she was ready, because he was fed up of travelling about two feet every 10 minutes. Then he started as cheering began around him.

"He's got Lord Finnegan!" Someone shouted. Then and only then did Lorlen realise his mistake. The people who were still drugged were crowded outside the High Lord's residence, watching Lord Balkan swinging his sword whist standing on the roof, balancing precariously. Seeing as they hated Lord Finnegan, trying to go through them with Finnegan being dragged alongside him, wasn't a good idea.

"I'm just taking Lord Finnegan to... err... the High Lord, to... decide what to do with him!" Lorlen tried to explain. The crowd didn't buy it.

"He's trying to protect him!" Someone else called.

"Why would I tie him up if I was protecting him?" Lorlen asked with pleading eyes.

"It's a ruse! Grab him!" The first speaker cried. With a great cheer the whole crowd surged forward and grabbed Finnegan, then carried him on their shoulders towards the arena, ignoring Lord Finnegan who was shouting protests and abuse.

"That's not good..." Lorlen muttered, and ran into the residence.


Lord Dannyl watched eagerly out of the window as the carriage pulled up outside the magician's quarters. Lord Errand had granted him a two month break because of all the work he had been doing for him recently, especially the bi-annual tour of Elyne which he had been dreading. He had already spent two weeks at sea, and had been delighted to be on the Fin-da, where he had dunk siyo, and sang songs with Jano and the rest of the crew.

The carriage stopped, and Dannyl suddenly noticed that there were no magicians or novices roaming the grounds, which was odd for a Freeday. Then he noticed everyone gathered round the arena, where Lord Finnegan, not someone he usually came into contact with, but knew many interesting stories about. Taken over with curiosity, he ordered his bags to be sent to his rooms and started towards the arena.


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