Please, tell me what you think about this!! Good or bad. Disclaimer: I do not own the Abhorsen Trilogy Garth Nix Does ALSO, thanxs to SiuanSedai for the reminder that I spelled Lirael wrong. Whoops ;)
Sam was still up in the study. He was sitting incredibly still. So still, that Lirael was afraid to disturb him. She waited for almost half an hour before Sam moved, all the while hoping that the message hawk had reached Sabriel safely. What ever was in the desk was obviously very important. An Abhorsen had taken great care in hiding the evidence away. But, Isabiel, if that was who had created the hidden drawer, had left it in a place where finding the secret was inevitable.
Sam slowly stood some time later. He stretched then yelled a master charter mark. Lirael jumped several feet backward, a result of the mark's power. This mark was one for opening.
The desk flared with a golden light, all of the mark flaring up in protest. The master mark, which had hung in the air above the desk, floated into the desk, vanishing.
Sam silently collapsed onto the floor, shaking from the effort. Lirael's had instinctively went to the sword she wore, and her bandolier of bells. But, all of the light and magic faded within a blink of an eye.
Lirael and Sameth sat for a while. Presently, Sam spoke rather hoarsely, "I wish Mogget or the Disreputable Dog was here."
Lirael nodded in assent. The two creatures, two of the nine bright shiners, had left after the binding of Orannis. The Dog had been a special friend of Lirael. She always knew things that might help in a situation such as this one.
"You know," Sam murmured, "That mark should have torn the desk apart. For that matter, if this house wasn't so protected, it would have ripped the room apart. It only made the desk glow."
Lirael had no idea that Sameth was capable of using such strong charter marks. She knew he was a Wall Maker, but his power never stopped amazing her. Lirael was used to using Charter Magic along with the more potent Free Magic, to bind the dead to her will.
The next morning, a note from Sabriel arrived via message hawk. The hawk quickly spoke its message it Sabriel's slightly soft voice,
"Lirael and Sam,
I have not heard much of those who you speak of. Isabiel was remembered to be an Abhorsen who was very bitter. It seemed some one she knew was killed by a necromancer. A dear friend or a husband, it was never specified. The history from that time is very brief. As of Clariel, it is a rather common name. There is no mention of an Abhorsen Clariel, or of a necromancer of that name. Maybe she is the one who killed Isabiel's friend. Please, this is very interesting to me, let me know when you find out more. I doubt that there is anything dangerous going on. Sabriel."
"That was not very helpful." Sameth said.