It had been a week since Charlie had arrived in Caspia, and he had settled in rather nicely. He had got to know Skylar and Caspia much more, and they began to really grow on him. However, he still needed to get back home, to his mum.
They had all looked at the plan to infiltrate the castle, and agreed they wanted to get a better look at the castle.
"G'morning!" Said Skylar, when Charlie came down the staircase.
"Morning, Skylar" He replied.
Charlie sat down at the table and started tucking into his full English breakfast that had been prepared by Skylar.
"This is delicious" Charlie commented
"Just like always!" He added.
Skylar smiled and went upstairs to get dressed, and as she did, Merlin came down. He lunged himself onto the sofa and started reading a book. Charlie felt that he was closer to Skylar than he was to Merlin, but wasn't too sure why. A few minutes later, Charlie went upstairs to get changed, and Merlin shouted to him.
"Hey Charlie, we're gunna go to the city today, dress up nice and warm!"
"Ok, sure!" Charlie replied.
Charlie ran up the staircase and into his room, where he saw Skylar making his bed for him.
"Oh you really don't need to do that, ya'know!" Charlie remarked.
"Oh don't worry about it, I don't mind. Oh and did Merlin tell you we're going to the City? When you're dressed, come outside, I've got a surprise for you!" Skylar replied with a grin on her face as she left the room.
Charlie racked his brain to try and think what this mysterious surprise could be, but nothing came to mind. He whipped on the warmest clothes that Skylar had bought him a few days ago, and scurried down the stairs as fast as he could. He stopped at the bottom, and realised that that is exactly what he did on his birthday. He shook it off, and put a smile on his face and began running again, to the front door. He stepped outside, and saw two, large white horses. His mouth fell open at how beautiful the creatures were, and walked closer to them.
"Charlie, meet Starlight and Shadow." Announced Skylar.
Charlie couldn't take his eyes off of them, it was like something magic was pulling him nearer and nearer.
"Charlie, you can share mine, Starlight. Hop on!" Skylar said.
Skylar jumped onto Starlight, and Merlin jumped onto Shadow. Charlie had never ridden a horse in his life, so couldn't help but feel worried, yet extremely excited at the same time. He walked over to Starlight and grabbed Skylar's hand, and she pulled him up.
He felt much more superior on top of Starlight. He felt like he was free to travel the world, and see what Caspia had to offer him. (If he could ride a horse, that was...).
"Ready?" Asked Skylar.
"No..." Replied Charlie.
Skylar laughed and galloped off into the dark forest. Charlie didn't realise he would be thrown back so much, so instantly grabbed onto Skylar's waist. They galloped through the deep forest, until the emerged into the snowy hillside above the beach, and joined onto the gravel path that was signed.
"To the city".
Merlin led the way most of the time, with Skylar and Charlie bringing up the rear. After 20 minutes of constant galloping along the gravel path, the city came into site, and Charlie's face lit up at the amount of people that were bustling through the streets and sidewalks, and then Skylar and Merlin came to a halt.
"Here we are!" Announced Merlin.
They trio dismounted the horses, and tied them up outside a pub named.
"The Duo Of Wands".
They all started walking down the main street in the City, and Charlie was glaring at all the fascinating shops that were selling the most amazing things. He suddenly realised he had no money, so his smile dropped.
"Skylar, I don't have any money!" He exclaimed above all the hustle and bustle of the City people.
"Oh don't worry about that, our parents left us a fortune in their will!" She replied with a laugh.
Charlie didn't say anything, as he couldn't wait to get his hands on the goods that were for sale. He walked past a shop called.
"Ye' olde broomsticks"
Inside, were dozens of different styles of broomstick, and decorations for people to personalise them with. Then he passed another shop called.
"Percy's Potions."
Charlie's eyes glowed when he strolled passed this shop, as she saw shelves full of dozens upon dozens of different coloured potions, and some people were testing them. One person drunk one and started flying all over the place! Charlie gave out a little laugh of disbelief.
All of a sudden, there was an extremely loud bang that came from the street around the corner. The trio looked at each other with worried expressions, and ran for the source of the noise. They turned the corner and saw about 30 people crowded around a few men. There was one cloaked man, who looked to be fighting a 4 other men, who looked quite official. Police men, Charlie thought. The cloaked man shot a huge red spark out the end of his wand, and it hit the floor in between the other men, who all went flying up into the air, and landing with a loud thug. Everything cried out.
"Ouch!.."
Then Skylar said.
"We should do something!"
"No, they wouldn't listen to teenagers Skylar, let's just watch!" Merlin said followed by a laugh.
Skylar sighed, and stood their helplessly.
The four men got up, and all shot the same spell. Charlie thought this would be the end for the cloaked man, when suddenly, he cast a spell which looked like a sort of force field, which deflected all four spells, sending them back to the caster. The four men all fell back, unconscious.
All the bystanders fell silent, and stepped away, allowing the cloak man to leave the circle. Then it happened. The cloaked man turned and faced Charlie. Charlie's face dropped, and he fell to the floor.
Skylar and Merlin screamed and pulled Charlie up.
"Charlie! What's wrong!?" Skylar exclaimed.
Charlie didn't answer. Instead, he began running to the man, and tried to catch up with him through the already bustling crowd. He manoeuvred through the crowd, and came out the other side.
The man had gone.
Skylar and Merlin had caught up with him.
"Charlie! What is it? What's wrong?" Asked Skylar.
"It was...It was my Dad."
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