Johnny, when he finished the potion and drank it, turned from the waist down into a skeleton, only the rest of his body was a closet. Only the right side of Elizabeth's body was right, a closet with one eye and one half mouth, the other half was ... Elizabeth. As for Alexander ... A hand and the head were not under the influence of the elixir.
Of course others were even more horrible ... or terrible. A little girl remained the same, except for the tongue which was 5 times longer, and Pepplyn Hallow's five fingers had become three hooked anatomical structures, like those of a chameleon.
So this shy little boy, Christoph, was often the fastest and the best at most of those practical tests. But even the second in the class, which was not in line with the tradition of the Soimestis, not even the talkative Alexander did want to enter Professor Harmony's quiz. Because even if you didn't know an answer, Miss Harmony still helped you with clues, so many that she got you close
Outside, night was as gloomy as the darkest place in the closet. As it was cloudy, no light in the sky managed to cross the thick blanket between the stars and the moon that watched the Earth and the land of Elmbridge School of Magic. There was also fog so thick that it gave the feeling that it could support almost anything ... even a person.Elizabeth slept peacefully in her room.Her hawk had a pedestal made especially for it. The bird didn’t rest, but watched over the girl.Suddenly, there was a bump in the drawer of the little nightstand near the girl's bed. The noise was strong enough to wake Miss Edwards. Scared, she sat up and looked at the protective hawk.“What was tht?” she looked at the bird, as if waiting for an answer. As she raised her head from the pillow, the candle immediately appeared to light everything around the bed.Thus, the girl saw her hawk looking at her calmly and quietly.“It can't be something ... dan
It was early in the morning. Elizabeth didn’t sleep since the diary event.The candle totally disappeared, but not because it had melted, because this didn’t happen with magic candles, but because the sun came in through the windows of the room, warming the whole bedroom in vivid light.Even though many of the other students didn’t wake up, she got out of bed. She couldn't stay that anxious anymore. She wanted so much to see how she could find out what was written in the diary, that she prepared twice as fast as usual and walked out of her room as if she were a witch on her broom.She went to Johnny's door and knocked.After a few moments, Johnny's roommate finally came to open the door.“What happened to Elizabeth? It's still early ... it's Saturday.”“Pepplyn, I’d like to talk to Johnny.”Pepplyn Hallow left the door open and invited her inside.Johnny woke up when he heard the
Holding their hands they climbed down three floors, in the blink of an eye they entered a corridor leading to one of the school towers and then descended several floors deep into the basement of the same tower, stopping at a door... a door leading to the "Wisdom Pavilion".Of course they were also met by a small stone elf.“Good day. We want to enter the Wisdom Pavilion,” said the boy.“Of course. Not very often are students interested in this Wisdom Pavilion. So I’m glad to see that you want to talk to the old wise men in the world.”And the door opened.The children entered a huge room where there were various framed paintings, representations of all the personalities who ever lived, famous researchers and scientists."Let's see what we know about the diary," Johnny told the girl, with a faraway gaze as if he was a lost three-year-old child, with no parents, in one of the London train stations.“&
“What have you done? Have you thought about opening the diary?”“No ... I waited for you to go and see if Da Vinci could help us. Instead I calculated a few old recipes ... the quantities of ingredient that need to be mixed.”“How boring is maths time ... but how boring it is to spend your Saturdays like that,” Johnny complained. “I never understood what magic has to do with maths ...”“Mr. Knudlac said that what helps us in difficult situations in life is knowledge. This is what Mr. Kant told us, do you remember?”“Yeah ...” Johnny said not very convinced.“All subjects such as mathematics, chemistry, biology and others are part of the knowledge. They help us to become good wizards. To think before we act.”“I think we should also socialize. Too much can damage your brain...,” Johnny smiled proudly, though because he had such a smart girl next to
Elizabeth entered the shop with a small panel, ripe cherry colour, where it was written in moving letters, bright green: "Everything for everyone." That panel was a flying one and probably if you were ignorant and went past it, it would wobble in front of you until you walked inside, into the little store.As she stepped inside, she heard a harsh voice like that of a professor who scolds his student for not learning the lesson:“WHAT DO YOU WANT!?”Miss Edwards didn't know where the question came from, because there was no one there. She looked very carefully in the store so small and narrow, that almost no other person could enter. But she saw no human face.Inside there was just a shelf with a few things on it. Some beautifully written papers suggested that stuff was at great discount. Outside the shelf was a very clean counter, with no one behind it.“Everything for everyone?” the girl murmured. “I think you can count with yo
Again the children sat extremely quietly at their desks.This is how they used to sit at maths time, which many professors avoided teaching to the children and which was then taught by none other than ... Professor Knudlac.“Julian Southwood, please tell me how you find out what it means ...”The professor read a recipe.“What does it mean: 4 measures of beetle powder and 2 and a half times more ... juice of Dionaea Muscipulatore Grande? A carnivorous plant,” explained the professor to the children, poking his nose out of the book.Julian drew on a small tablet 4 measures of beetle powder. After that he drew four measures of dust ... and four more and four more.The students who already knew the result started laughing.But with a simple, short-sighted piercing gaze of Knudlac’s, they twisted their guts for laughter.“Let's see, Julian Southwood. Let's think about it,” Knudlac tol
“Let's not rush ...”The boy cleaned the blackboard because he felt something was wrong."Let's think a little," the professor told Johnny. “A quarter less than the quantity of a quarter of a cup it means ...”The boy wrote again on the blackboard.¼ - ¼ = 0Again the same mistake, so the professor stood up and started writing on the blackboard.¼ - flying chestnut tea1- ¼ - water from dragon scalesThe professor gave Johnny the magic chalk.“And the same amount of basilisk glue.”But Johnny was so confused, that he was about to cry."I don't understand why we should learn such calculations," he sighed.“Because we need maths all the time. For potions, for example,” Knudlac again showed Johnny the geranium that was quiet and calm.“I'm not interested in potions,” the boy defended his point. “Neither
Elizabeth sat at her desk and looked at the diary. Bedtime was to be announced soon. She checked the time and unfortunately she had only nine minutes before going to sleep; it was 8:51 pm.She took out that pen with transparent nib which she got from Rujnoiu. She wandered what she should do to see if there was anything written in that mysterious diary. She opened the diary where someone expressed thoughts and placed the pen on the page where it was opened. But ... nothing happened.“What was written with ice ... will only be seen through the ice. Maybe I should try to write something ...”And she tried to write the text that came to her mind all the time.But she couldn’t write more, as the ice nib began to light in the room where she was and the pen jumped out of her hand, starting to move by itself in the air, writing letters and forming words, texts, written in a blue hue like the clear sky. All the words written by that pen appeared
Silence was deeper than it is in a cemetery after the fight with the evil wizards.Vlad's army of wizards suffered heavy losses. But also a win, which may worth the effort and all sacrifices, because now they had a parent of magic on their side ... that elf Lord, a force that the powerful army of black magic hasn’t had until now.Elizabeth watched sadly and tearfully Miss Harmony's fiancé crying, holding her breathless body in his arms.“I'm so sorry ...,” said the girl. At any moment, she expected a miracle to wake up from that nightmare. You know the feeling when you breathe in relief after a bad dream when you’re awake, sweating and terrified.Still, nothing happened because the girl wasn’t in a dream. Everything was as real as possible ... including the words spoken by Miss Harmony's fiancé:“YOU HAVE A REASON TO FEEL SORRY! YOU KILLED HER! You didn’t leave to her any chance to defen
As he saw he could do nothing, he disappeared, to look for help, perhaps.“As I can see we’ll be more in a short time. And as I set out to stay fewer, I don't delay the introduction ... I introduce to you the new Prince of Dark Magic, Lord Tbylisium, whom you had the honour to know for sure.”As soon as the elf Lord appeared, he cast a curse on one of the wizards who were with Knudlac.“Pel’Nai Vejyje!”And that wizard disappeared turning into ash. His guardian, a wolf, also disappeared, to Knudlac and his group’s disappointment, but also of Vlad vampire’s.“What a pity ... I even felt hot blood boiling in him, calling me to drink it.”“I didn't have such a great idea for an entry like this! Magnificent!” exclaimed Vlad laughing. “Worthy of a true Prince of the Night ...!”Only he and the other evil wizards smiled. Everyone in Knudlac's group was sad…for they
Even she believed that, but not her Guardian. The little hawk descended from where he was in the air with speed and clung to the bloody creature’s mouth. He began to snatch with his beak pieces of fur and flesh from the mouth of the Lycanthrope.She screamed again, but not as before. This time it was a cry of pain. He tried to catch the hawk with his claws, but failed, sign that something was going on. Smoke began to come out from the creature's mouth, his limbs failed to obey him and suddenly something seemed to poison his whole body. Howls and screams of a wolf about to die were now heard from the Lycanthrope.Elizabeth saw that the wolf-creature was started shrinking.The hawk stopped attacking and landed on his master's shoulder watching calmly the huge Lycanthrop shrinking more and more until he became an old, skinny wolf.Scared and confused, physically destroyed and suffering from the curse put on him, the old wolf collapsed exhausted to the
A terrible scream suddenly woke Elizabeth from her deep sleep. The girl jumped to her feet as if she were a soldier awakened by the sergeant for instruction, a few hours before the alarm.“What was that?” asked the girl, scared."I don't know," said Fahria, slightly frightened too. I don’t know all the creatures that live on these lands. I also heard some more terrible screams tonight, which scared me too.”"I didn't hear anything ... I was probably too tired," Miss Edwards said, wiping her eyes.“We have a keen sense of hearing ... and sight too. We can hear and see things even two, three days apart.”Jiao Long slowly approached the girls. He gave the clear impression that he looked for something in particular. It was obvious he was scared too and he thought it would be better to have companions on their way to their final destination.“I think it would be better for us to continue our journey
“Mr. Knudlac, do you think it’s okay for me to take part in this event? I think it was more appropriate if Alexander ... I drove him mad and I think I ruined our friendship.”“My dear, if anyone ever ceases to be your friend, it means you’ve never been a friend of his. In life you’ll meet many people ... but only a few are true friends.”The girl thought a little of Mr. Knudlac's wise words, then she continued:“But, my participation ...”“You were chosen for your magic power that’s amazing even for the oldest wizards. They saw hope in you. So everything is as it should be. You’ll be a great wizard.”“Is it true that only the most powerful wizards participated in this contest?”“No, but it's true that everyone who won this contest became very powerful wizards.”“For example?”“For example Vladimir
“That little one?”“Yes, it’s she.”“That girl with that sceptic face boy?”“I don't even know her. She had certainly just come from the world of sceptics.”“Are you sure it’s her? Are you sure?”“That's what I heard ...”Several children were gathered in the school yard talking about the latest events. Elizabeth was in the spotlight, alongside with Johnny and Alexander, who was accompanied by more friends of his.“I don’t understand why? Why did he choose you? An ignorant girl ... I had to be the one who ... My name had to stay forever in ... The total glory had to be mine!”“Do you think I want to participate in the last event? I don't think I'm ... able to do that.”“Then why did you enter this contest? WHY?!”Elizabeth said nothing more. She was scared.“To mess up with my busi
The boy began to inspect the door. Elizabeth did the same.It seemed that door was locked. It could only be opened by solving a riddle.What can burn like the most terrible fires,To put out any flame or glare, such as water,But also to float like a flake,Which makes it very pleasant to the touch ...“Riddle again. I don't like riddles,” Alexander sighed.“I do,” smiled the girl. “Let's see. What could burn like fire? But also can put out the fire. A liquid ...”“Yes, I know this has to be, but what exactly?”“In chemistry we talked about substances ...”“Yes. Theoretically, Nitrogen, Hydrogen or Oxygen can be liquid, if they’re cooled to very low temperatures, but ...”“It might be water,” the girl tried to interrupt Alexander.“Nitrogen burns under certain conditions the skin and cools everything, so it can be use
The first train ride was a more than incredible experience for Elizabeth. Along with Professor Knudlac, Johnny and Alexander with whom she spent the journey in that train compartment, she learned many things and stories.Out of the window, they could see the sand caves of touareg wizards. Those magic caves crossed by the train, which they left behind, were dwellings of those touaregs that changed size and shape according to their inhabitants’ will.The sand moulded with those nomads’ wands formed mansions, castles or magnificent palaces, as never seen before.And their interior ... could take any shape. Pyramidal, spherical or even in the form of an icosahedron - a geometric body that has no more or less than twenty corners.At that window, when they came to the surface, they could see the magic river and the imposing magic waterfall, both of them bearing the same name, Bighaar, which was different from any other waterfall because the water fl
Tzurtzurk looked at the children who didn’t understand him at all.“You should be told. Do you know why the corridor is called like that? Not because no one finds it anymore, but because whoever enters it’s really lost. That’s why it’s called the lost aisle, of the lost one ... for anyone who dares to enter it ...”The kids didn't say anything. Because what they experienced made them realize what dangers they faced and they could experience something even worse than that.They looked down, ashamed.Tzurtzurk waved his wand in his hand and they all disappeared from the crypt, reaching the place where ... they were likely to hear their punishment.…“You haven't been told since you came here that there are some places where you don't have to go?” the stone elf responsible for the surveillance of the crypt walked very furiously around the three children, in Mr. Knudlac's great room.