Syrah heals Spit Fyre's tail and reveals that she is under a terrible enchantment by the resident evil ghost of the island known as Syren. She fled from The Castle during the Queste and hid on the island. The girl introduces herself as Syrah Syara Septimus remembers meeting her when he went back in time 500 years, during the events from Physik. One day Septimus sees a girl approaching him. He is also perplexed by a voice calling his name continuously. Septimus tries his best to cure the tail with Physik but his attempts fail. They try to find the Cattrokk Light, a lighthouse in the middle of the ocean, and fall onto a nearby island when Spit Fyre's tail gets struck by lightning. But while flying home, they get caught in a raging storm. Jenna, getting tired of Milo's hospitality decides to leave the ship and fly off home with Septimus and Beetle on Spit Fyre. There Milo shows Jenna a big trunk which is full of tiny lead tubes and which he declares to be brought specially for Jenna's safety. Ignoring the voice, Septimus continues his journey and reaches Milo's ship The Cerys. While flying towards the Trading Post, Septimus sees a bunch of seven islands on the sea and hears a voice calling him. They are chased by a senior witch, Linda, but they escape by riding straight into a leaving ship. Under the pretense of feeding Lucy to the Grim, Wolf Boy and Lucy escape from the coven. The witches bring forth a captive Lucy to feed to the Grim. The Port Witch takes him inside her kitchen and wakes the Grim, which is a giant octopus. There he reads Zelda's letter which tells him to feed a creature called Grim and cut-off its tentacle tip. Wolf Boy approaches the House of the Port Witch Coven. Meanwhile, Wolf Boy bumps into Simon Heap in the Port he was looking for his fiancee Lucy Gringe who had been missing. 'Jim Knee' as he is called by Merrin, sets off on his own adventure. When he takes the top off to sniff it, a jinee comes out of it. Due to an unfortunate mix-up, the SafeCharm falls into the hands of Merrin Meredith who stole it believing it to be a rare perfume. She needs to deliver it to Septimus, however, by the time she arrives he has already left. As soon as Wolf Boy leaves, Zelda retrieves a SafeCharm, which appears to be a tiny, pear-shaped gold bottle. She is giving him a challenging test for becoming the first male Keeper. His escapade begins as he plans a simple flight on board his dragon, Spit Fyre, to retrieve his friends from the Trading Post.Īround this time, Aunt Zelda sends Wolf Boy from the Marram Marshes. This enables him to head off on an adventure of his own.

Back in The Castle, Septimus gets a promotion to Senior Apprentice by Marcia Overstrand, for being the only apprentice wizard to complete the Queste. Jenna, Nicko, Snorri, Ullr and Beetle are in the harbor known as the Trading Post, where Jenna encounters her father, Milo Banda, who persuades them to spend the night on his ship.

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