Basics of Spellcraft (Ember Academy for Young Witches Book 1) by L.C. Mawson

Author:L.C. Mawson [Mawson, L.C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: L.C. Mawson
Published: 2020-01-15T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

I smiled as I arrived at my next class to see Ms Maltere at the front of the room.

She beamed as I entered. “Amelia! I’m so glad you could join us. Tell me, have you had a chance to read through the book I gave you?”

I looked away as I made my way over to her. “I’m sorry, not yet. I knew so little about magic, I had to get caught up on the really basic stuff first.”

“Well, not to worry. I’m sure you’re right that you needed something of a foundation to work from, but I think that you should be able to pick it up relatively quickly. You were here to learn even before you came into your magic after all, and that kind of determination and curiosity is swiftly rewarded.”

I was sure my cheeks were bright red as I finally met her gaze, though the cause had jumped from embarrassment at the fact that I hadn’t read the book yet to embarrassment at her praise.

Did she really think so highly of me after such a short meeting?

“I wanted to ask you something about the book,” I said, emboldened by her praise. “Natalie has been helping me study, and when I showed it to her, she said that it was an unedited Maria Brown text, and that Witches aren’t often taught with her unedited texts.”

Ms Maltere gave a wry smile before waving her hand to a seat at the front of the class. “Perhaps this is something the whole class should hear.”

I nodded before taking my seat as she turned to address the class. “All right, everyone. Who can tell me anything about Maria Brown?”

She looked around the room, and I was surprised that no one put their hand up.

Eventually, perhaps realising that she wasn’t going to continue until someone responded, one girl raised her hand.

“Yes, Kimberly?”

“She’s known as the mother of modern spellcraft. But... Well, she was also a bit...”

Ms Maltere raised an eyebrow as she placed her hands on her hips. “Let me guess, all of you were regaled with stories of how she went mad or lost her way?”

Everyone in the room nodded sheepishly.

Ms Maltere sighed. “Maria Brown was a product of her time. Remember, ‘Maria Brown’ is likely not even the name she was born with, but the latest alias taken to fit in with changing times. Like all magical beings on Earth, Witches were fragmented. Even the Amazons, now often thought of as the central authority for Witches, were considered a myth by many. Witches did not have a standard code of conduct, that was decided coven by coven. And much like with Humans, the idea of what practices a ‘civilised’ coven engaged in were decided by conquerors, allied with their Human equivalents.

“Her methods of magic were unorthodox, and there is a substantial argument to be made that the furtherment of magical knowledge was not worth putting dangerous and destructive spells to paper. But there is also the fact that she was at war to consider.

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