Danger In The Night Part 1
"Why in the Ever Realm would Jade leave Enchancia without even so much as a good bye to me?" Amber pouted.
"She left without so much as a good bye to all of us, Amber, not just you." James pointed out.
"You're right, James," Amber sighed. "as usual."
"Still," Lucinda sighed bluely, looking out the window while listening to the rain. "Timothy was right, Enchancia won't be the same without Jade."
"Still," Sofia said, she wasn't going to let her best friend's move bring her down. "I'm so excited to meet this girl Lita! I hear she is Angeloran on her mom's side with her dad being a warlock from Satu."
"You mean... she can transform from human to angel and back again at will," someone asked. "just like how I can transform from mermaid to fairy to human and back again at will?"
Everyone turned to see Marie standing in the doorway to the parlor, feather duster in hand.
"How's it going, Marie?" James asked.
"Swell, James." Marie answered.
"What's going on?" Amber asked Marie.
"Just doing a bit of dusting around the castle, and I found a pair of blue shoes that look like they're made for dancing in the throne room." Marie answered Amber, showing her the shoes.
"Oh no! Marie! Throw those trick shoes away," Amber shouted. "they used to belong to Cedric!"
"Cedric?" Marie asked Amber.
"Our former royal sorcerer." Amber explained to Marie.
"Oh! Now I see! I'll send these right down the garbage chute then!" Marie said to Amber.
"See to it!" Amber said to Marie.
Marie left with the trick shoes and her feather duster in hand.
Over at the Embassy of Satu in Wuton, Jade came home from her first day at Wandlight Academy of Sorcery with a boy she quickly made friends with because he was sad about his best friend moving away.
"Mom, Dad," Jade said. "this is Taiki Hamasaki, he's being bullied by the members of the flying derby team for the Satu School For Gentlemen just because he is of the working class and a half blood wizard, I hope it's okay that he's here so we can study for our upcoming transfiguration exam."
"It's fine with us." Liang said.
"Yes! Come on, Taiki!" Jade exclaimed.
Jade and Taiki raced up to Jade's bedroom to cram.
Back in Enchancia that night, at the home of the Vanoor family that had once been Lucinda's house, Cayley was getting into her nightgown.
When a knock sounded on her bedroom door.
"I'm decent! You may come in." Cayley said.
Cayley's father, Jerrick entered his daughter's bedroom.
"Get dressed, Cayley, Mom's waiting in the wagon! We have got to go!" Jerrick said, his voice was urgent.
"Where to, Dad?" Cayley asked.
"To Professor O'Toole's apartment at Hexley Hall," Jerrick said, he was hurried. "Timothy is staying the night there and he is in terrible danger!"