My computer has died. It has gone to that great junk pile in the sky, most unfortunately taking with it all my photos and homework- as well Mystery chapter 4 and 5, notes, and the proverbial cornerstones of my next Septimus Heap fanfic. So bear with me whilst I beg, borrow and steal 2 hour stints on other people's computers in order to get writing again. Even though I can't remember what's even behind the door.
DISCLAIMER: Septimus Heap belongs to Angie Sage. Not me.
Alther Mella could Sense something was Wrong the moment he entered the hall. His ghostly eye Saw, as only the eye of an ExtraOrdinary Wizard could, that trouble was in the air. And even if he didn't possess Magykal eye (which he did), the fact that both Jenna and Septimus hadn't been seen for a while conformed his suspicions.
Alther went over to the small black door behind Hotep-Ra's statue.
Alther, being both knowledgeable and Magykal, was all too aware why the door had been shut. It sectioned off a part of the tower that needed to be locked At All Times.
Many hundreds of years ago, when the Tower was newly built, people came from far and wide. They were all seeking the same thing. Adventure. It was said that the Tower was built on top of the remains of an older, more Magykal, and much more dangerous place. Naturally, people were curious to know what was hidden. However, few got as far as the inner chambers, and nobody discovered the Answer. So the foundations and the chambers were classified as a Mystery.
There was much disputing among the Wizards, Ghosts and Adventurers. Why was it a Mystery? What was the Tower hiding? And why?
The ExtraOrdinary Wizard at the time, William Balthazar, had ordered the Mystery to be locked up and Concealed, that the people might be safe. But not before someone found out the secret. Somebody had Solved the Mystery.
Alther nearly Faded Away in shock. The door had been opened in the last thirteen hours. He had to tell Marcia. Quickly.
But had someone gone through the door into the Mystery, or had something Escaped it?
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