Uh-Oh!
'No, you won't!' you call over your shoulder as you speed back to the
castle. As you run, you have a sudden flash-back...
Some-one who looks just like you, but in unfamiliar clothes, holding
up a piece of rusty metal to the light and frowning as though they
were reading some engraved writing, then closing their eyes and
murmuring something under their breath. There is a flash of brilliant
white light and suddenly you are back on the same dusty road that you
were running along. You stumble and sprawl to the ground, but you are
far up the road and your father has stopped chasing you.
You wonder what you just saw. Was it a message of some kind? Was it a
glimpse into the future? Were the words on the piece of rusty metal a
spell or enchantment, and if so, why did the girl look exactly like
you?
You continue your journey to the castle, to see the alchemist and see
if he can explain it.
'WHAT!' your father roars. 'So you would betray our trust and put
shame to this family's name, all for the sake of some stupid old fool
and his stupid old tricks?! He chases you out of the house with the
birch-rod. 'I'll sell you as a slave, wench!'
