PathFinder by Angie Sage

Author:Angie Sage
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2014-09-07T16:00:00+00:00

Septimus was at Bott’s Cloaks with Beetle, Chief Hermetic Scribe and unsuccessful remover of Grula-Grulas. It was Beetle’s second day at Bott’s Cloaks but this time he had with him an unusual display of force: the ExtraOrdinary Wizard, accompanied by his twin brothers, Senior Apprentices Edd and Erik Heap.

They were met by Miranda Bott – a large, irritable woman who had recently inherited the shop. Although Miranda dutifully continued the family business of selling Magykal cloaks (both preloved and soon-to-be cherished) she was not very welcoming towards Wizards.

The previous day with Beetle had not been a success – the Grula-Grula had thrown a spectacular temper tantrum and had ruined the last of Miranda’s precious ancient cloaks. Finally, with her business in tatters and the stink of old cheese filling the shop, Miranda had agreed to allow the Wizard Tower to be involved. “I’m not having any old Wizard, mind,” she had told Beetle. “You can bring the ExtraOrdinary or forget it.”

Miranda sniffed disdainfully at the sight of the ExtraOrdinary Wizard in his impressive purple accompanied by what she took to be two bodyguards. Edd and Erik Heap were powerfully built and had a wild air about them, gained from years of living in the Forest. Miranda wasn’t keen. “You can leave them outside,” she said.

There was no way Septimus was going to leave Edd and Erik outside, but since becoming ExtraOrdinary Wizard he had learned a lot about the art of diplomacy. “Miss Bott,” he said, “I would so much like you to meet my brothers Edd and Erik Heap.”

“How do you do, Miss Bott,” Edd and Erik murmured politely.

“Humph,” harrumphed Miranda.

“And of course, you have already met the Chief Hermetic Scribe, Mr Beetle.”

Miranda Bott was not to be mollified. “Of course I’ve bloomin’ met him. He practically moved in here yesterday. Fat lot of good he was too. I hope you are going to do better, ExtraOrdinary.”

“We work as a team,” Septimus said smoothly. “The Chief Hermetic Scribe performed stage one of the removal yesterday and all went as planned.”

Beetle quickly mastered his look of surprise. Sometimes the new, ExtraOrdinary Wizard Septimus took him aback. His old friend had turned out to be a natural politician.

Miranda Bott was less impressed. “Rubbish!” she declared.

“So now, Miss Bott,” Septimus was saying, “in stage two we all need to attend to your uninvited guest. And I promise we shall do our very best.”

The sincere expression in Septimus’s clear green eyes and his calm manner began to soothe Miranda Bott’s frazzled temper. So she smiled and said, “Thank you, ExtraOrdinary, I do believe you will do your best. Please come in.”

The Grula-Grula removal party stepped inside and Miranda bolted the door behind them. The smell was atrocious. Even Erik and Edd, who were used to Forest smells, wrinkled their noses in disgust.

“It’s the most revolting creature I’ve ever set eyes on,” Miranda declared. “Its personal hygiene is non-existent. Follow me, please.” She set off through the shop, past tables sporting piles of neatly folded cloaks of various shades of blue and green.

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