Ferryl Shayde - Book 2 - A Student Body by Vance Huxley

Author:Vance Huxley [Huxley, Vance]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Tags: General Fiction
Publisher: Entrada Publishing
Published: 2017-11-07T16:00:00+00:00

Meeting with Magic

Involving all the betas meant two meetings. First the magically active Taverners had to gather somewhere they could talk freely, then the whole Tavern could meet in Brinsford. Organising the first one didn’t take long because everyone who knew about it wanted to talk about the Leech as soon as possible. When his usual visitors mentioned finding a suitable place, Frederick offered his house and gardens. All the Taverners who had been there agreed the place would be perfect, providing they brought their own food and pop. Frederick couldn’t afford to cater for them beyond a few cups of tea.

When Eric, Jenny, Abel, Rob and Ferryl/Claris arrived outside a big, rambling, rundown house in Jenny’s dad’s pickup, there wasn’t any doubt they’d found the right place. Petra, resplendent in her fur catsuit and shorts, wasn’t exactly inconspicuous. She looked up the road behind them with real curiosity. “Where’s Kelis and Laurence?” She smiled wickedly. “Has he got lost or run out of petrol?”

“No, Kelis has made the ultimate sacrifice. Laurence is going to have a problem when he finds out. She finally agreed to him dragging her home to meet his family, and on her own in the car without a chaperone so he’s really chuffed. He doesn’t know about this meeting, but can’t be too miffy with Kelis. He’d have insisted on coming if he’d known, a bit awkward with everyone else doing magic tricks.” Abel chuckled. “Or not actually tricks, which is the problem.”

“Not for long. You do know he’s playing the Tavern game every night if he can find a meeting or crash a Skype game? I reckon some of them have coached him a bit because he’s drawn a Tavern mark on his arm, and Shannon swears his leaf trembled last time.” Petra turned to sweep an arm across the house and garden behind her. “How do you like the Stourton Tavern? Frederick nearly bust a gut to volunteer, and as a bonus he’ll get the whole house plastered with hexes. Those who are good at them are running classes for the amateurs.”

“Hah! We’re all amateurs, according to Ferryl.” Rob glanced at Abel so he took off his jacket and the cat-woman tattoo version of Zephyr took a bow. “Though other magical apprentices apparently take twenty years to learn some of what we’ve got, and other glyphs take a hundred years.” Rob glanced round. “Worse, some of us won’t ever be able to cast advanced glyphs. Anyone really struggling with the plant growth glyph or lesser ones might never get any further, which makes them potential Witches and Warlocks.”

“Crap, that won’t go down well. We’d better have a meeting with those who are definitely past that stage and work out how to deal with it. Meanwhile, come on in and let Frederick give you the tour.” Petra pointed to a big gate in the wall at the side of the house. “There’s a big garden through there, with an overgrown orchard. There’s dryads but Frederick didn’t know.

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