PROLOGUE
the petals of a large tree green fir tree, fell on the ground in a delicate movement. At side, an young woman held an end of branch and agitated it while a chisel was suspended in the airs and cut the bushes. People gathered in circle for discussed and of other went with an open large book which planed opposite their face. All was calm, not only one sound. When looked some with the top it was not seen that ground. This site under terrain was little known but attended much by people with the witch's hats, men with the beards white, some carried long cape blue. A man in a hurry ran at any speed in the direction of a gigantic tree, height of a skyscraper. There were windows which one had completed of rectangular form. The man cut through a path while zigzagging through crowd. He hustled some person and forgot some excused. He made left the people carrying a cape blue. But its hair length to the shoulder was crowned of a hat high form. It carried a tailor with shoes of ceremony and gloves white who specified his nobility. One did not distinguish his face which it hid of its coat. It reached the large tree which was hollow and a large wooden door was drawn up in front of him. It opened it without shouting station. There was certain a number of staircase inside, they led all worms of the stages supported by balconies out of wooden decorated by sheets pink. The man precipitated on the staircase which was closest to him. He crosses the balconies and penetrated in different corridor before arriving in front of another large door. He took again his breath because its small way was exhausting. It was held right well and struck three blows the threshold.
- Enter, says a voice coming from behind the door.
The man opened the large door and remained in a broad part with a very high surmounted ceiling of a large gloss in brushwood lit by candles. There was a green carpet which was held to a wooden desk. A large transparent field of force was used as picture window to let penetrate the light. Another man was drawn up in front of the imaginary window. The man with the cape inclined himself.
-you asked me, Sir, he says with a voice of most pleasant.
The man remained without turned over upright.There remained dumb during a few seconds.The man with the cape did not rectify himself yet.
- Do you know since how long the heiress is it part? He asked sadly.
- Since two years and the two moons, Sir, the man with the cape answered.
The man was turned over and sat down in front of his office. He had a white beard and wore a witch's hat. A pair of round glasses decorated its exhausted face and age by time. It looked at the photograph of a little girl posed on her table. It had the eyes full with regret.
- That made three years, he retorted. Three years, starting from today.
The man with the cape rectified and was held well right. The bearded man signaled to him to sit down on a maroon armchair. He finishes installed and the bearded man looked it in the eyes.
-I soon will die, he says.
The man with the cape shook the head.
- Known as step that! He says sadly.
He was aware completely that the bearded man told truth, but he wanted to avoid of about of spoken for not marked his last day to be lived.
- yes, he says. I prepared so that comes, and that since the day when my grandfather is deceased.
He took a branch carefully carved and agitated it. A superb porcelain service appeared on the desk. It still agitated the branch with the top of the cup and the tea appeared by releasing a delicious odor.
- A sugar or two? Asked the bearded man by taking his hat.
- One, answered, I request from you.
It plunged its hand in its hat and left two pieces of sugar there. It released of them one in the cup of the man to the cape and one in his. They were helped.
-I asked you to think, that no more enough time ago.
- Enough of time for what?
- To lose some of advantage, my dear. Three years it is long my dear and I start to believe that she will not come any more.
The man with the cape was satisfied with listened without putting a grain of salt of it. Even if he wanted more than to contradict him, he could not deny that three years it was long, even more for him that for the bearded man.
- I thus intend to make a great tournament of magic! Exclaimed the hands in the air for more marked this moment.
The man with the cape posed his cup of tea it took the serious air.
- So being able to elect or rather indicated compared to the performances, the next one or next the grand enchanter or grand enchantress!
- But he is not wizard of him granted more time! The man with the cape exclaimed while being raised. It would not be right which it loses the place that one had promised to him without it being prevented!
-I will have prevented if I had not lost all contacts with it! He retorted. And I request from you razor from you. The man sat down quickly. The man with barb rose and put himself the field of force. He made it disappear while raising a hand.
-I understand your protective attitude, he declared, she is my little girl and you imagine the difficulty which I had accepted myself this decision. But do you see? My magic becomes exhausted.
He raised his hand and the field of reappeared force then disappeared also early. Since his chair the man with the cape took a branch identical to that of the bearded man and reappear the field of force agitated it to make.
-You’re almost as powerful for you as me now. Here is which proves two things.
- Which? The man bearded sat down in his place and again looked at the image in a carding brush.
- First of all, that means that my days are counted.
- And in continuation?
-continuation, it is that you are most talented of the apprentices who existed with under center. The pupil with good exceeded the Master.
The man with the cape could not prevent himself from smiling. It was almost the most beautiful compliment which one never told him.
-I recommend to you highly taken part in this whirls. You’re sure of arrived at the phase final and even of gained the victory.
- Is your mind made up? Asked he having still a little hope.
- Yes.
-Are you really sure ?
- Nothing will make me change opinion.
The man with the cape rose and moved towards the door.
-I ask you to gather all the apprentices and the enchanters in large court. Prevent them of my coming
- Well.
He inclined himself again and left the places. The bearded man remained sited on his chair.
- Did I make the good decision?
The man with the cape descended the staircases gently all. He did not expect that the bearded man convenes it for him announced new also alarming. But the fact of thought of these remorse did it forgets any trace of anger and pushed it to defend its cause. It so much was lost in its thought that it had not even seen the apprentices who all were already in row. It had arrived in the hall when the young graduates started with mumbled.
- Alexander! A young teenager shouted among much other.
He looked in his direction.
-are you already in row? The young man shook the head.
Alexander put himself arranged of pupil opposite him. They fixed it eyes.
-The Grand enchanter recommended to me to warn you his coming! He declared.
Apprentices plastered their saliva while others had an assured air. The Grand enchanter appeared in front of them without anybody realizing some.
- My dear apprentices and enchanters! He announced while making start everyone except Alexander. He was accustomed to enter surprising of his Master. I have news with you announced! As you all know it, we have some annoys in who concerns the heiress.
Everyone mumbled again. The heiress was a known person of all.
- A little of silence I request from you!
Known as Alexander.
-spites of these circumstances, I decided myself that I would indicate great tournament in fact, my successor as a grand enchanter!
The pupils keep silent themselves; one would have said that part of that it had revealed was not unknown apprentices.
-it tournament will be set out again in three day, known as the large enchanter. There will be various tests with the writing and the practice. All people, that it would be an enchanter or an apprentice, all will have without exception taken part there.
A young girl with glasses raised the hand.
- Yes, known as Alexander.
- Is this included amongst the internships monthly?
- Not, the grand enchanter decided. It will not be understood in the monthly internships.
The young girl agreed and everyone become moth-eaten to mope.
- To choose one among you will be a quite difficult task, acknowledged the Large enchanter. More especially as you all are very gifted. I will not be delayed to make a long discourse because; you still have things, much of things to be learned before the great day. Before whirls it starts, I will like to establish with advises magic, some rules. These rules to you will be taught as soon as the moment will have come. I after a fashion ask you to inform your entourage in the city. I will also like to have all the teachers in my office when the courses are finished. I would not say anything more if it is only, after having designated my successor, a great reception will be organized. Here are my dear! I wish you a beautiful end of the day and do not forget: we are under cover, it is necessary to keep our identity secrecy until the people of the covered world decide of allied with us! The grand enchanter disappeared as early as he appeared.
Alexander clapped hands.
- You can lay out now.


The rows were detached to form friendly small groups of people.
Alexander turned over in the tree and was stopped by an old woman with the gray hair and a witch's hat.
- If I do have of course, did Anne decide the escaped one with the great task which was predestined to him, is not that step?
-She did not decide anything of the whole professor, he retorted. It is the large enchanter who estimated simpler of nominated another person.
He continued walking by being unaware of it but the lady always followed it.
- Think that she would have been ready if it had agreed to be the large enchanter?
-I repeat you that she did not refuse anything nor accepted! He howled. She has the right well to be free like everyone!
- Is this really what you think?
It stopped and sighed. He was irritated.
- Think that everyone is free to make what passes to him by the head? Think that everyone have the right to be able to do what they want in their short existence? Do you have think of the poor anybody which did not ask anything and which against their will one obliged to become enchanter?
Alexander did not anything. All these questions made him reflect more that he would not like.
- Think that it right of is declined the destiny which was imposed to you since of the years, that you accepted, that you learned with mastered, who people insisted with you taught?
-She had actually done all what you had just said, but nobody had learned to him with liked this destiny. And that gives him the rights to think of it.
The professor put a hand on the shoulder Of Alexander. It looked at it right in the eyes.
- Young man, you are the wisest child of this school. You must have estimated proud. I wish you very a good luck for the tournament! Thus act in this way. Determined you to render comprehensible with your adversary that one learned to you with liked your destiny.
The professor moved towards one of the staircases. Alexander remained upright not including really if the professor had asked his question for aggravated, or for encouraged not to lose the hope lasting the tournament. Whatever her intentions, she had carried out both at the same time. Since he was only one child, this teacher was his preferred. The more it aged, the more it found that it was the person more comforting in her knowledge.
The heiress had not declined nor not agreed to be the heiress. The fact that it is the back little girl of the large Marline, pushes to him with being what it never wished. She wanted to take a way different from that of her ancestors. She preferred left under center to go explored unknown grounds. She never returned. Alexander regretted not having given him more wrong, just so that it from does not go away. Her absence killed the good moments that it passed to under center. His/her dearest friend was left without listened.
He now regretted to have supported it in its projects. But even without it, under center had known various evolutions…