10 years later, Sarah Hasley, now 16, arrived at a small town, which held the entrance to the magic academy Shining Chariot attended: Skytree Academy. Sarah first had to find the terminal which led to Skytree which proved difficult since no one recalled a station existing in the first place. Sarah soon found a structure with an overgrown tree nearby marked as the terminal to Skytree. As she hurried toward the terminal she accientally bumped into another girl: a purple cat with hazel eyes. She was also a new student at Skytree. Sarah attempted to converse with her, but she instead messes with her with potions and illusions. Sarah then arrived at the terminal and overheard three students talking about her. They then laughed at her when the realized that she was unfamiliar with leyline terminals. Sarah then attempted to climb up to the leyline entrance, but kept slipping. She then saw another girl: a grey cat with green eyes arrive. She saw Sarah and asked her if she was okay. "No," Sarah replied, "I don't have a broom, and it is not like I can fly one anyway." Sarah explained that she was a new student at Skytree and that she was unfamiliar with magic. The cat offered Sarah a ride to Skytree. Sarah was very glad by this and introduced herself to the cat who went by the name Artemis. While riding the leyline, the girls accidentally lost some of their luggage due to turbulence. "Are you carrying any salt with you," Artemis asked Sarah. Sarah was confused until Artemis clarified: "the leylines hate salinity." Sarah was carrying some pickled plums with her, which she was about to toss, when she saw her most prized possession: a card of Chariot blow away. Sarah then fell off Artemis' broom, and hit the purple cat from before. Sarah, Artemis, and the other cat all fell down the terminal far from the Academy.
Meanwhile at Skytree Academy, in one of the teachers' rooms, a crow cawed to its owner which was a grey cat with blue eyes. "What's the matter?" asked the owner curiously. The crow cawed back and the owner summoned a map of the leylines. One location was glowing brightly indicating that someone was there. "No way," the owner exclaimed, "the Forbidden Forest of Arturus?!" The forest was where the girls had ended up after the accident. Sarah reclaimed her card only to find that she was sitting on top of the purple cat. Sarah quickly got off her, and as the cat stood up she said: "Can you be less of a pain in the neck?" She said it in a higher pitch almost childlike. "You're alive," Sarah stuttered in amazement and surprise. The cat responded "It's not easy to kill a mage." Sarah and the cat then found Artemis with a broken broom. Sarah and Artemis were both confused about their location until the cat clarified their location: Arturus Forest. Artemis was familiar with the forest and explained to Sarah about the forest. "Arturus was a holy place protected by magic trees." Artemis said, "Once lost even a mage would have trouble getting out." Sarah was worried for she feared that they would not be able to get to Skytree. Sarah found some of her luggage, but the rest had been claimed by a monster plant known as a mandrake. The girls ran away from the mandrake while the purple cat set up ropes. Sarah and Artemis stepped into the circle of ropes, which merged into a ball. Sarah then had to yell something out. The call summoned a dangerous creature: the Cockatrice. "The cockatrice can only be found in the Arturus Forest," The cat explained, "It has a lethal toxin in it's feathers which are highly sought after by poison collectors such as myself." The cat had planned for Sarah and Artemis to be sacrifices, which agitated Sarah. Sarah and Artemis then ran away from the cockatrice while trying to avoid its breath which could instantly petrify anything it touched. The cat obtained one feather, but she soon became the cockatrice's new target allowing Sarah and Artemis to escape. Artemis got injured during the escape, but Sarah told her not give up. While Sarah carried Artemis, Sarah recited lines that Chariot had said. "I won't give up, my story's about to begin! She yelled. "extend your paw, adventure awaits, my heart is pounding and my head is spinning, but I will become a mage!" As Sarah spoke those words, Chariot's wand which was known as the Shining Rod appeared before her and Artemis. "I'd know that wand anywhere!" Sarah said excitedly.
Sarah was snapped out of her fangirling however, when heard the cockatrice roar at the poison lover cat. Sarah looked at the Shining Rod and immediately knew what to do. "Artemis stay there and hide," Sarah instructed Artemis before she pulled the rod out of some vines surrounding it. Sarah lured the cockatrice away from the cat. Sarah lured the cockatrice into the vines of the mandrake. Sarah and Artemis were then given a lift from the purple cat who was known as Lilly Shuel Parkman. "It's really nice to meet you Lilly." Sarah said before an explosion set off by the monster fight was heard. The cockatrice had broken free and had taken flight in pursuit of the girls. Due to the weight on the broom, the girls were unable to out-speed the massive dragon bird. Behind the cockatrice was the grey cat from Skytree with the crow. The girls then had to dodge the bird's flame breath, the grey cat caught up with the girls and wondered what happened. The cat then noticed Sarah and also recognized the Shining Rod. The Cockatrice then launched one last flame that disintegrated Lilly's broom. As the girls fell back toward the forest floor, the cat flew after them. "Recite the spell," she shouted to Sarah, "you have to use the magic!" As soon as those words were said the rod began to glow. The cat then yelled out a spell for Sarah to chant: "Noctu Orfei!" Sarah recognized the spell for it was one that Chariot used to transform the rod into a bow. Sarah repeated the first part and then repeated the rest of the spell with the cat. "Aude," they both said before Sarah yelled out with the cat in sync the final part of the spell: "Fraetor!" "Shining," Sarah said as the rod transformed into its bow form, "Ark!" Sarah then summoned an arrow and fired it at the ground. The arrow summoned a leyline which sent the girls to Skytree Academy leaving the cockatrice in the forest. The girls made it in time for the opening ceremony, which left everyone baffled. Sarah was allowed in thanks to the headmaster under special consideration which was very rare. Sarah soon found out that new friends were also her roommates. Sarah then reintroduced herself to her roommates.