The Boy Who Went Magic by A. P. Winter

Author:A. P. Winter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

The following morning Bert sat in the Professor’s cabin, wearing an oversize woolen sweater over his regular school shirt and trousers, giving an account of the prison to Finch and her father. Through the rear windows the ocean passed peacefully below.

“The doctor was executed?” said the Professor.

Bert nodded grimly.

“It’s a shame,” said the Professor. “It was brave of him to contact me the way he did. I’m sorry I didn’t explain earlier, Bert. I was trying to protect the two of you.”

“Did he tell you about the spirit?” asked Bert.

“No. I suppose he didn’t have the opportunity to sneak a longer message to me. He just sent me the key to Voss’s vault and instructions to get you away from Penvellyn as soon as possible.” He rubbed his chin. “I also suspect he didn’t know exactly what Voss is planning with the spirit. You mentioned something about a weapon?”

“That’s what he told me,” said Bert. “Just before they took him away.”

The Professor nodded. “I suppose that makes more sense than Voss wanting to gain magic powers himself. I mean, no offense, Bert, but taking on the powers you have wouldn’t exactly make him an unstoppable force. There has to be something more.”

“He is crazy though,” said Finch.

“Good point,” said the Professor.

“There was something else,” said Bert. “He said he wanted to capture the spirit in this dark crystal. It sounded like that was what he was planning all along.”

“That sounds troubling,” said the Professor. He looked out the window. “Anyway, Bert, it’s good to have you back with us. I would never live it down with my crew if I’d let you save my life like that and then left you to rot in Grimwater Prison.”

Bert nodded. “Thank you. I don’t know what would have happened if I’d stayed. But how did you know where to find me? Did the doctor tell you that too?”

“No,” said the Professor. “I don’t believe he could have smuggled out another note, or planned a jailbreak. And the method of contacting us was different.”

“We landed at one of our pirate havens,” explained Finch. “And there was a messenger pigeon waiting for us. It had a note that told us which cell you were in and when to rescue you.”

Bert was confused. “So we don’t know who helped me?”

“There can’t be a shortage of people that hate Prince Voss,” said the Professor. “I suppose another one of his men is trying to get in the way of his schemes. Good luck to them, I say.”

Finch nodded. They didn’t appear overly concerned.

Bert was uneasy about their complacency. The more he thought about Voss’s words, the more he sensed a wider danger. “We have to stop him,” he said.

The Professor glanced at Finch. “I’m not sure we want to pick a fight with the man in line for the throne of Penvellyn just now, if we can help it, Bert.”

“But he’s already picked a fight with us,” said Bert. “We can’t let him do what he wants. If he catches this spirit, and uses it with this weapon, something terrible might happen.

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