Grey Magic ~ by SaralynArati

SaralynArati

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All better... that sounds good. All good sounds better but is probably not an achievable goal even for a magic wand.

10 years ago

MizMickey

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I agree that trying to rule most of the world would be a huge headache. Frankly, I don't see why anyone would run for a major office. All those factions and party politics combined with personality clashes and periodic plots to destroy some part or other of the government sound like a quick trip to the local mental institution---I wouldn't want to be in charge of that either! Now if I had a magic wand and could make things all better that might be different, but I might not have the only one.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Story continues on this doll: httpwww.dolldivine.com/Azaleas-Dolls/SaralynArati-2941411

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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On the fifth evening, Butterfly is again summoned to dine with the Queen, but it is to be a large affair with both the cabal Sisters and the prospective members in attendance. Summer Wind hopes that she can pick up some useful information here, since she feels that so far she has failed to do anything but hide successfully. The young princess, however, is in luck. Talk is all about "when!" Apparently, now that Mourning Cloak is dead, they plan to inhabit all land to and beyond his mountain.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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The climate is remarkably temperate to be so far north, and fruit trees are in abundance. More than once, Summer Wind is so strongly reminded of her mother that she must blink away tears. On the morning of the fourth day, the girl faces her first test: what was your mother's name, so that we might reunite you with her family if they still dwell here? Moon Shadow has prepared her with a suitable answer, however; an orphan servant of hers who went south to seek her fortune. Butterfly passes.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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What Butterfly perceives of the countryside is this: the hills are lovely and the homes are charming eight-sided houses, with wide windows but thick shutters in case of inclement weather. The people, however, are afraid. Even though she is not yet wearing the purple sash or armband of the cabal, folk are wary of her and hurry their children back inside when they see her. A few to the east of the city seem to recognize something in her, and smile at her if she is alone, but do not dare speak.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Of course, there are "black" spells intermingled with the "grey" and even the "white", and Summer Wind knows these to be traps for the page-flipper. Care must be exercised. Also, she eats as little of the food provided in the main dining hall as she can, as she suspects it of being tainted. Water, she conjures for herself. Butterfly is discreet about building too obvious a friendship with Moon Shadow, but she visits her sporadically and when she can, although they no longer discuss secrets.

10 years ago

SaralynArati

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Therefore, Butterfly takes all opportunities offered to explore the city and the countryside, and spends the rest of her time immersed in books. Some are history of the region, but mostly she chooses magic books, at first as "white" as she can find, and then, curious as well as in character, she begins to devour tomes of "grey" magic as well. Sometimes called "clear" or "red" magic, these spells are neither black nor white of themselves, but depend on the intent of the caster, and application.

10 years ago