Morning seemed to come quickly and Seradia didn't get a wink of sleep. She was up all night reading the book and she couldn't believe what she had found in it. She hurried out of the Hall of Attainment and ran across the court yard and into the Hall of Elements. She was in such a hurry she didn't even stop to see if anyone was training and if anyone had greeted her she wouldn't of known. She was lost in her own thought and excitement. She hurried down the stairs and ran into the Arcanaeum and straight to Urag. "Urag! I found something in this book!" Seradia was so excited that she yelled causing Urag to jump and nearly fall out of his chair.
"Dammit girl! You shouldn't sneak up on old Orc's like that. You could get killed." He glared at her a little. Seradia gave him an apologetic smile and than placed the book on his desk opening it up to a specific page. "Here." She pointed at the pages. Urag picked up the book and began to read it. It only took him a moment to go through the pages that had information, he set the book back down and nodded as he rubbed his chin thinking. "Interesting indeed.." He said as he kept rubbing his chin.
He than got up from his chair grabbing the book. "You should go see Master Tolfdir and tell him of your findings. He'll definitely be interested." He said as he walked over to one of his book cases and placed the book back in its original spot. Seradia nodded and quickly left the Arcanaeum and walked into the Hall of Elements. She saw that Tolfdir was standing in front of the orb examining it. "Master Tolfdir!" She ran up to him. He jumped a little also getting startled by her loud excited voice. "Oh! Oh my dear! You startled me." He laughed a little. Seradia rubbed the back of her neck. "Sorry." She gave him a small smile.
"That's quite alright. Now tell my dear, what is it that you need?" He asked giving her his usual smile. "I came to tell you what I found out about this thing." Seradia said as she walked up to it and looked at it. "It's called the Eye of Magnus and it has some kind of strange power." She said as she examined the markings. "The book didn't explain what kind of power though..." Seradia scratched the side of her face as she examined it more. "I see. I see." Tolfdir nodded as he too was examining the strange markings. "This whole thing is just extraordinary!" Tolfdir began to walk around the Orb with Seradia following him. "These markings are so unusual! In all my days I've never seen anything like this!" Tolfdir kept going on. "I've studied this thing many times trying to figure out what these markings mean. They're not Elven, Daedric, or Ayleid! I have no idea what they could be or what they mean. I think-" He was cut off by Ancano loudly clearing his throat grabbing their attention.
They both quickly looked at him not knowing when he had entered the room or how long he had been there. "I need a word with out mage here." Ancano said in a demanding voice. His eyes quickly went to hers, he wasn't looking at her like he usually did . The way his eyes hit her it almost looked like he was shooting daggers at her. "Well! I've never come across someone so rude to-" Ancano quickly cut off Tolfdir. "It is important! The Arch-Mage demands her to his quarters." He quickly glared at Tolfdir and Tolfdir glared right back.
Tolfdir than let out a low sigh. "We'll have to continue this some other time my dear." Tolfdir said and than walked away. "Come with me." Ancano's voice sounded strange. Seradia nodded and slowly followed him to the stairs that led to the Arch-Mage's quarters but before they even took a step up them Ancano quickly turned around and faced her. Seradia quickly looked up at him confused but also nervous. "I demand to know why a man claiming to be from the Psijic Order wants to speak with you." Ancano sounded angry.
Seradia quickly looked down trying to avoid his angry looking eyes. "I..I don't know..." She stuttered nervously. "I hardly believe that!" Ancano yelled a little making Seradia wince. "I really don't know!" She slightly yelled back looking up at him. Ancano was a little surprised by it, he than sneered at her. They stood there for a moment glaring at each other till he finally let out a small sigh. "Very well, come on." He said quickly turning back around and walking up the stairs.
Seradia could feel her heart beating fast, Ancano had never raised his voice to her before and she didn't like it. He's been acting strange since she got back yesterday, something about him was off. He wasn't acting like his usual self towards her and it made her stomach hurt. She kept her eyes on his back as they walked up the long stair way to the Arch-Mage's room. Once they reached the top step Ancano quickly opened the door and let Seradia go through it first.
Her eyes widened as she saw there really was a mage from the Psijic Order here. As soon as they approached him everything went still and Seradia felt the familiar sensation she felt back at Saarthol. "I am sorry to suddenly appear like this mage." He said. "My name is Quaranir and come here because I must urgently warn you." His voice sounded troubled. Seradia quickly looked around. "What have you done here?" She quickly asked him before he could continue. "I have frozen time around us so that we may speak privately, I can't hold this spell for long so I must hurry." He explained. Seradia nodded and listened carefully.
"The orb you have obtained, The Eye of Magnus. You must prevent anyone from using it! I fear what consequences it will bring if it is misused. It is just simply not ready to be here! I cannot hold this spell for much longer so I advice you to go seek Augur of Dunlain for he can give you advice and information about it. Watch yourself mage, things are getting dangerous." With those last words everything suddenly went back to normal. "So now that she is here, will you explain your presence?" The Arch-Mage asked him. He and Ancano had no idea what just happened. "I'm sorry, I don't know what you're talking about." Quaranir quickly said making Ancano and the Arch-mage furrow their eyebrows down.
"You asked to see this mage just a minute ago! I demand you explain yourself!" Ancano glared at him as he approached him. "I really don't know what you're talking about. I seem to find myself lost and we at a misunderstanding." Quaranir ignored his glare. The Arch-Mage just looked at him confused. "I am sorry for the confusion. I think it best if I take my leave now." He gave a small nod to them both and quickly walked past them leaving the room.
The Arch-Mage scratched the side of his face as he looked down confused. "Well..That was something." He than just shrugged and walked over to his usual chair sitting down. "You two can leave me now." He said grabbing a book and opening it up. It always surprised Seradia how laid back the Arch-Mage was and how it seemed like he didn't care. But Seradia just nodded and started to walk but she quickly stopped remembering what Quaranir had told her. "Sir..If I may ask a question..." She slowly approached him.
He looked up at her. "What is it?" He asked. "Do you know anything about Augur of Dunlain is?" She put her hands behind her back. An annoyed look suddenly appeared on his face. "You've been talking to Tolfdir haven't you?" He said with a sigh. Seradia raised an eyebrow at him. 'Tolfdir?' She thought to herself. "I'll tell you the same thing I've told him so many times. It is nothing but a myth now please do not speak of this anymore." He looked back down to his book.
Seradia nodded and than quickly turned around. 'I need to speak to Tolfdir.' She hurried past Ancano ignoring the looks he was giving her. She knew he was trying to stop her to talk to her but she ignored him and quickly walked down the stairs leaving the room. She heard footsteps hurrying after her down the stairs and she knew it was Ancano going after her, her heart beat sped up as she tried to beat him to the Hall of Elements.
Once she reached the hall she quickly ran to Tolfdir who was still observing the Eye of Magnus. "Tolfdir!" She quickly called to him. He turned around looking at her. "I need to ask you something." She quickly walked up to him. Ancano stopped at the bottom step and sneered seeing that she had already reached him. 'Why did it seem like she was running away from me?' He wondered. He started to feel angry about it.
"What is it my dear?" He asked. She slightly looked behind her seeing that Ancano was watching them. She let out a nervous sigh as she turned back around to Tolfdir. "Do you know anything about Augur of Dunlain?" She asked him quietly. A smile suddenly appeared on his face. "Why yes. What do you wish to know about him?" He asked. "Well...What do you know about him?" She asked him as she fiddled with the ties on her robes. "He used to be a student in this college but...He is something else now.." Tolfdir's smile slowly disappeared. Seradia furrowed her eyebrows down at him. "Something else?" She asked him.
Tolfdir nodded. "Yes, one of his spells had gone wrong and..changed him." Tolfdir slightly looked back at the orb. "Can you tell me where to find him?" She asked. "He is in The Midden. Now that I think about it..I haven't visited him in awhile.." Tolfdir rubbed his chin. "If you go do see him tell him hi for me." Tolfdir looked back at her with his smile returning. Seradia returned his smile. "Thanks!" She quickly turned around and started to walk, she saw that Ancano was still there. She quickly shifted her eyes away from him and tried walking past him but he quickly grabbed her arm stopping her.
"Are you avoiding me?" He sounded angry. Seradia kept her eyes away from him and yanked her arm out of his hand. "I have things to do." She crossed her arms. Ancano furrowed his eyebrows down at her. "I need to speak with you about-" Seradia quickly cut him off. "I have things to do." She said again. She didn't like the way he started treating her so until he went back to normal she wasn't going to give him any attention. Ancano sneered at her and quickly walked past her leaving the Hall of Elements.
As Seradia watched him leave she felt her stomach start to hurt again. She didn't like ignoring him but she didn't like the way he talked to her earlier. She wanted him to apologize but she knew he wouldn't because he is not that kind of person. She let out a small sigh as she looked down at the ground. 'I need to go to the Midden..' She thought to herself. As she thought about it a frown slowly appeared on her face. 'The midden?...I don't know where that is...' She rubbed her forehead as she came to realization. She turned around back to Tolfdir but she stopped realizing if she did ask him he would just put her through another lecture since Ancano left the room.
'Maybe Urag knows..' She hoped as she walked through the door that led to the Arcanaeum. She quickly entered the library and walked up to Urag's desk. He looked at her hearing footsteps approaching. "You again? What do you want?" He furrowed his eyebrows down. "Do you know..Where the Midden is?" She slowly asked him. He raised an eyebrow at her. "You been talking to Tolfdir?" He asked. Seradia just sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Yes. Where is it?" She asked him plainly.
Urag furrowed his eyebrows down at her tone. "I think it's underneath the college. There should be a door on the ground outside leading to it. But I advice you to get a little more information on it before you go there. Who know's what could be down there." He crossed his arms and leaned back in his chair. "There's a few books in the basement I think that might have some info on it. The Midden is supposed to be ruins of the old college." Urag explained. "Do you know what books?" She asked him. "Nope." He shrugged. Seradia let out a loud sigh as she looked down at the ground. 'This is all too difficult...' She looked back up at him. "Thanks." She said and than turned around leaving the Arcanaeum and going to the basement.