A/N: I'm glad you all enjoy chapter two. Seeing all your excitement and making you sit at the edge of your seats made me want to write the next chapter right a way but considering how tired I am at the end of school day I figured I would write it today and I'll try to make this one as long as I can because I'm not sure if I'll be able to this weekend, considering how my plans for the weekend turned around on me but we'll see.

Amethyst Ambition

Chapter 3: Suspicion

"She nearly found out what was going on! We need to keep the princess away from that book," Grimtrix muttered to himself. The gray-haired sorcerer leaned back in his seat as he thought over what the next step should be. "Perhaps we should make her drink the potion right as she gets back from Royal Prep instead of waiting for Cedric to harm her yes...?" he suggested with smirk at Wriggly who nuzzled her master in agreement.

"Then lets make it so.

" I hope Mr. Cedric is feeling better today." Sofia said to her animal friends as she changed into her sorceress outfit. She and her siblings had just got home from school and Sofia couldn't wait to get back at spending some time with her friend.

His attitude from yesterday made the princess wonder if her sudden vacation had upset him. While he had been under a lot of stress and was still upset over Wormwood's betrayal Cedric didn't seem upset before she left. In fact, he had encouraged her to go visit her aunt.

Whatever had him so angered Sofia could only hope for the positive as she walked out of her chambers and towards the sorcerer's tower for her lessons.

Meanwhile in the workshop Cedric was just putting the potion he had worked on overnight in a bottle. He couldn't wait to see what sort of results he would get once Sofia arrived but wait...harm his apprentice? How could he think of such a thing, after all she had done to help fix the relationships with his friends and family...she made his life better.

The sorcerer closed his eyes, clung to his head and groaned."Stop it, you need to quit thinking of such things! Sofia has done nothing hurt you!" He muttered to himself but then heard another voice in his head.

"Oh but she has...the princess has filled your head with lies about friendship. She's the reason you lost your familiar and she is trying to push you back from your destiny! You need to get rid of her so you can free yourself from her spell."

"Get..rid..of my apprentice?" Cedric asked as he opened his as in confusion. "I..I can't. It's all because of her that I got the family wand from father and now he's able to see that I'm great sorcerer."

"YOU IDIOT!" the voice shouted, making Cedric wince. "She just wants you to think she is good and innocent. Princess Sofia is a wolf in sheep's clothing and you need to kill her before she does the same to you."

A sudden pain began to go through Cedric's body as he quickly shut his eyes and fell to his knees. " I...must...kill..."

"Yes...Sofia is evil and you must give her the potion so she won't be in your way at claiming Enchancia." The voice said evilly.

After trying so hard to push the pain and voice away Cedric felt weak . He couldn't keep his eyes open anymore and before he could stop himself from falling he hit to the floor with the potion tightly closed in his left hand.

A few minutes later Sofia's familiar knock reached his ear. He opened his eyes and quickly answered the door.

"Hi Mr. Cedric," Sofia greeted with a hug and walked inside. "Are you feeling better today."

The sorcerer closed the door and smirked "Oh, I've been better, princess." He then remembered the potion he still had in left hand. He needed to give it her now so that she wouldn't be in his way later when he tried to take over Enchancia.

"But before we get to your lessons, Sofia, I need you to drink this." Cedric said as he held the potion out to her.

"Why, are we doing something really cool?" She asked in excitement.

"You could say that. Now, drink."

Once Cedric had handed the potion bottle over to her, Sofia removed the cork and looked to her mentor.

The man didn't look very happy or excited. Instead, the man held a frown with crossed arms over his chest and...wait was his eyes glowing purple? Perhaps she was seeing things but as she closed her eyes and shook her head the glowing purple eyes were still replaced with his usual brown. Something wasn't quite right.

"Well, are you going to drink it or not?" Cedric asked after a long period of silence. He was beginning to run out of patience.

"I..."Sofia started to explain something until she caught a glimpse of a purple object. She wasn't able to get a good look at the object from where she stood. Sofia was afraid to make a move towards his desk, the last thing she wanted was for her friend to do something he would regret. "I...I think I'll drink it later besides I just had a big lunch and-"

"You WILL drink it now." Cedric interrupted making the preteen jump back at his firm statement.

"Mr. Cedric, are you okay?" Sofia asked feeling tears starting to well up up in her eyes and making her vision blur. "If I did something wrong I'll fix the problem. You know I will. Let me help you."

"The only helpful thing to do right now is drinking that potion, princess." Cedric answered as the purple glow in his eyes got brighter.

The last time she had saw her mentor with those glowing purple eyes it was during the burglary when he was trying to rescue her. Now, his anger was directed towards her and she was quite scared right now as Cedric began walking towards her and making her back away.

Once her back was against the wall Cedric grabbed her wrist and took the bottle from her hands. "Since you're refusing to drink this I guess I have no choice but to pour it on you."

His grip on her wrist became tighter so she wouldn't get away but as he looked into her scared, tear-stained face for a minute his heart dropped at the sight before him. Closing his purple glowing eyes, he dropped the bottle making it smash to the floor in pieces and having the concoction spill all over the floor.

Seeing that he had given up on forcing her to take the potion Sofia stepped closer and tried to reach out to him. "Mr. Cedric?"

When he opened his eyes his brown orbs showed up once again. "S-Sofia, you need to leave the workshop." Cedric warned as he grabbed her arms.

"What-why?" she asked becoming afraid again.

"Because, I could very well harm you. I-I don't know what's wrong but something has taken control over me and it seems to want you gone."

"But how can I help you if I can't come back?"

"You'll find a way. Now go before I loose control again." All of a sudden the pain began to return again but this time it was worse "Ahhhh!

"Mr. Cedric!" Sofia called in worry.

"Go Sofia," Cedric said as he tried to push the pain away. A light engulfed the workshop but when it died down a raven with purple glowing eyes was in Cedric's place.

The princess bent down in front of the bird and picked it up. Sofia wasn't sure if she should speak to it, she's didn't want him to realize she could talk to animals but before she could say anything the bird flew off of her hand and out the window.

"Mr. Cedric!"

A/N: Well, another cliffhanger. Like I said before. I don't know if I'll update this weekend but we'll see what happens.