A/N Get out your party hats!! I updated!! *sarcastic cheer*
Honestly, I'm really sorry but somehow I just forget the point of my story and then I forgot to post it =S
It's really amazing how many cool stories there are in Septimus Heap now!! *hugs every author*
Please tell me what you like and what you absolutely hate. I still have to work on the rest (I hate typing!!!) Now I hope you didn't forget what happened =D Oh almost forgot: Thanks to every single person, that reviewed!! It makes me reaaaaaaaaaal happy. And a little guilty if I haven't updated in forever ;)
I just looked at my chapters and my god they're sooooo short!! I would've merged them, had I known . I guess ignorance is bliss...(Dunno if that makes sense, but it sounded wise)
Beetle had to get back to work and Septimus didn't want to return to Marcia just yet. So Jenna and he decided to visit Sarah at the Palace. It was a really quiet walk back, even though Jenna attempted to get a conversation started a few times.
When they arrived, Jenna suddenly remembered something important.
"Hey, guess what Sep! One of the books about the Castle history says that there used to be Magykal pictures in the Palace. If you hung them up in a certain order, they would give the Palace an indestructible protection. I thought maybe would could start looking for them, you know, just for fun?"
Septimus readily agreed and thought it was a great idea and secretly thought it would be a great distraction from Marcia. He really didn't mind that Marcellus and Marcia were in a relationship, but he felt hurt that all those times Marcia had gone to see him, she'd never told him. And he wasn't even allowed to visit Marcellus! The more he thought about it, the less he could see ways that lead past him having a talk with Marcia. Though when he would, he was sure to tell her that it was plain unfair that he wasn't even allowed to see the man, he was once apprenticed to, while she had been visiting him for ever.
To find information about the Protection Pictures, they had to use the Pyramid Library. Marcia and Marcellus had left the Wizard Tower to Septimus' relief. It was a really interesting to leaf through books about the Palace. Jenna was fascinated by the fact that there had been a Queen, who had been considered the best thing that had ever happened to the Castle. A close friend had described her as "someone, with whom you automatically felt at ease". Later, one had found out that the Queen had been mentally unstable and she had been carted off to Prison.
They had been there the entire night and now they had:
- Sketches of all the Pictures (by Septimus, he loved doing artsy things, not that anybody knew of course)
- Names of said Pictures
- A very strong Search Charm
- Lists of the possible locations of the Pictures
- Maps of possible locations
- Milo Banda's treasured compass
- Jenna's backpack with all things above
- Septimus' Young army backpack with his survival kit
- Lots of Charms that might come in handy (Septimus' Backpack)
- A list of what they still had to do
The List of the things yet to do went as following:
- ask Sarah/Silas/Marcia if expedition was even allowed to take place
if first point fulfilled:
-ask Nik for a boat
- Exact locations of the 5 Pictures
- FOOD!!!
- run plan by Beetle and ask if they might need anything else
- Clothes
They were sure the lists weren't done yet, however it still had been a great way to pass the time. Jenna and Septimus weren't really serious about their search even though their lists looked quite so. They had gotten carried away as it actually was fun to plan a trip they weren't even going to do.
Jenna was on the verge of falling asleep, so Septimus just spread out another mattress next to his bed and they both drifted off.
The following day, Septimus woke up and saw Marcia waiting for him. He was reluctent to speak to her at first, but it wasn't as bad as it could've been. They quietly discussed what they had on their minds and their conversation filled up a few hours. When they were done, Marcia had apologized to Septimus and given him permission to visit Marcellus. And she had agreed to the journey her Apprentice and the Princess wanted to do, as it would "clear both of their heads" and "give each other some space". Septimus found this weird. Marcia never apologized and now, he had just received one!! He secretly wanted to write this into his diary with a fat, red pen. He also was bothered by the fact that he was allowed to go somewhere just like that. Since the Marcellus episode, he felt like some animal in a cage.
Soon after that Jenna woke up and after breakfast they skipped off to the Castle to ask Sarah about their journey. It was all quite weird, as they never thought they would ever go. After some persuasion, Sarah agreed and they decided to ask Nik for a boat then. Nik was delighted and wanted to come too. He thought they could do a little detour and visit Snorri while they were at it. So they chose a boat, and decided to take all the stuff they needed to the cabin already.
After they had moved their stuff to the cabin, Septimus sat down with Marcia to exact the locations of the pictures. When Septimus finally emerged from the Tower, he had several maps with crosses.
There was a huge map, which covered the whole world, then others, that were maps of the places the pictures were, then others that showed every house of the locations. It turned out that one picture was under water, one on a mountain, another in a forest, the fourth next to a volcano and the last under ground.
Jenna decided to take the maps with her and make little files of each picture, so they knew where it was, what it looked like and how they had to get it.
Within a fortnight, Jenna and Septimus had acquired a ship and had also got together all essentials for their travel. Saying good-bye was a sad affair, especially for Beetle. He didn't really want to see Jenna less then he saw her now. However, for once his friend Septimus decided to use his mushy side and he came up with two pieces of paper, two very special pieces of paper. He planed to give Beetle one, and take one with him, as the papers were twins of a sort. If you wrote on one, the writing would appear on the other one as well. It was a great way to communicate. And it was fast. Much faster then using birds and Septimus doubted they'd find a Message Rat floating around in the sea.
Before the crew of the Ollie, Septimus' and Jenna's boat, could shout some last good byes, the boat started to sail away. Merrin managed to sneak onto the Ollie by simply Transporting himself into the store room of the boat. He might be a loon, but since he got kicked out of the Manuscriptorium, there was no denying the improvement in his Magykal abilities. DomDaniel would have thought he was just half the idiot he was before. But he wouldn't have cared.
Merrin plan went as following.
1. Kick Jenna's leg and take her hostage.
2. Kick Septimus-even-though-that-was-actually-his-name-and-he-just-stole-it in the gut and maybe Bodybind him as a Safety measure.
3. Sail back and become Eternal-Super-King of the Castle. And rename the Castle to Merrinland.
He thought his plan was foolproof and soon his patience would be rewarded.
The end. Not really xD Still stuff to come. Oh rats!! Forgot disclaimer.
Disclaimer: Imagine that this story is a kind of chest full of toys. I just borrowed them to fool around a bit. BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN I OWN IT!!!!
Stay happy people. Holidays are approaching =D