Chapter 1

Jeremy was tall, the Druid looked at him, the boy looked like a disjointed beanpole, looking at him walking made the old druid teeth ache, and he had dark hair and no beard; the druid had tried any possible potion on him even the one with the frog and the hairy worm, still no sign of a healthy beard growing, bloody waste of a good worm, still not many apprentices around these days, the old druid coughed 
"Jeremy come over here", 
Jeremy shuffled his feet forwards. The old druid sighed
"Jeremy I have to send you on a mission, you will rendezvous in Oktar with the great arch-wizard"
Jeremy looked the his old master and then at the empty tree trunk why me, I just took up the job to get out of having to help on the farm
"Jeremy pay attention, now you will go into the tree trunk and that will teleport you to the Oktar woods were the wizard is waiting for you"
After a long embarrassing moment the Druid gave up, 
" Jeremy you are supposed to ask what is the mission"
"ah yes, sorry , what is the mission" 
holy sunshine and moonlight let the metal reinforced point of my sleepers not meet with his backside the druid breathed deeply calm 
"we are aware that there is a secret plot to overturn the balance of the forces"
"ah the old world domination plot"
The old druid clenched his hands inside his long sleeves, "now go" before I kick you over the moon. The Druid shoved Jeremy in the trunk and watched it disappear. The Druid sighed in relief thank the God for the mad priest that started all this otherwise it would have been at least another 15 years before he could get rid of the kid. 

Copyright © 2005 Daniela Newton