Thomas clicked his fingers and the portal closed. He sighed pleased that his work was done now to collect the pay and go possibly helping the two he had just deposited in the forest. Help her for old time's sake repay her a little. He took out of his pocket a small crystal I was a luminescent green and made Thomas feel slightly guilty as he remembered how this crystal came to look like it did. He had teleported into Marcia's bed room looked at the woman he once watched in wonder as she helped him when his little ideas that involved MAGYK went wrong. Thomas mumbled the spell he had practiced quite diligently and watched it take effect. Marcia's dark hair shortening fur growing across her elongating face ears moving to the top of her head and shaping like triangles. Marcia's eyes shot open and she sat up seeing him she jumped up and tried to make him leave by throwing a few stun curses but he easily avoided them her accuracy getting worse the more dog like she became. he had seen how much it hurt her as every few moments she winced with pain and guilt stabbed at him for harming her but it had to be done no matter how distasteful. As the bones in her legs reshaped Marcia fell and he took his chance placing the crystal right between her eyes and saw the look of hatred in them as she fell unconscious on the floor. when the spell was finished he took her out of her night clothes put a muzzle on her snout, a leash on her neck and carried her to the sitting room and tied her to the sofa now to take care of the apprentice. A quick NIGHTMARE spell and he would be out of it for a while.
A loud knock on the door brought Thomas back into reality. There was little dought in his mind who it was so he opened the door and inside walked a scribe with grease hair and acne. "So did you do it?" asked Merrin Meredith strutting into the room. Thomas thought this was a stupid question "Do you see them here? No. so of course I did." Where are Septimus and his tutor at right now?" Merrin asked with a smirk on his face and Thomas thought he looked like a fool. "Somewhere in the forest why do you care as long as they are not here?" "I ask the questions around here mercenary" Merrin snapped. Yes because you are such a stupid boy Thomas couldn't help but think. "How do did you deal with his mentor?" Thomas was starting to regret taking this job but money didn't come often so he had little choice. "I transformed her into a dog and used this" Thomas showed Merrin the glowing crystal. "And what exactly is that?" "This is a kind of storage device. It will take out memories and store them those who are plagued by nightmares of past deeds use them often. Madam Overstrand will slowly but surely forget who she is that is how I know he will have trouble coming back. Not to mention she has a few broken ribs. If he is back by dawn it will be because he didn't sleep and carried her around let's hope he doesn't eh."
Merrin had listened will glee that the boy who had stolen his name was suffering and possibly going to be eaten was absolutely amazing and all by his plan that would show them that he wasn't worthless that he wasn't stupid that was better than even DomDaniel himself. The sudden fear of Septimus making it out of the forest before the Extraordinary forgot very much and they came back what would happen to him. Merrin dismissed Thomas with the money he had promised. So he decided to go and look for places to hide and get a few spells that might help. Merrin had seen the pyramid library a few years ago when he was still known as Septimus Heap so he knew just where to go and it didn't take him long to find it. to make sure no one could get to him he climbed one of the book shelves and waited practicing the charms he had picked up on the way to his hiding place and fell asleep after a short while. Merrin woke several times imagining that he heard voices coming from just out side the door that lead to the library. he could of sworn once or twice he heard barking and then remembering the the Extraordinary was a dog was wide awake and ready to fight only to realize it had been his imagination. Merrin finally whent to sleep a few hours before dawn and had very realistic nightmares. Merrin climbed down from his hiding place and went to the kitchen to see what there was for breakfast. If Merrin had known what was going to happen later that day he would have stayed in his hiding spot.