The Lore of Artificer Axel of the Dunes

It was a dark and gloomy morning, the clock had just chimed for 7:00am, when Axel was awoken by a frantic tapping against the frosty glass of his window. It was a crow, with feathers as jet black as coal and glowing purpel eyes. Axel kicked his legs off the side of the bed, stood up and slowly walked to the window to see what the crow wanted. As Axel approached the window, he could see a glowing green light. He paused and thought for a moment. "Where have a seen that glow before?" It was then that Axel realised he was in grave danger.

The green glow had only been seen by Axel once before when he was a small child, it was the same green glow that filled the room Axel once shared with his brother, Houdini. The night Axel had last seen this green glow, was the last night he ever seen Houdini, after the glow had passed, all that was left was a jelly donut in the bed where Houdini would lie.

The crow continued to tap on the window and Axel sprung into action. He throw on his robe and grabbed his bag of tricks. He ran down the stairs and headed straight for the back door, making sure to open the door as quetly as he could before running off into the dunes as fast as he could. Looking over his shoulder as he ran, Axel could see the green glow moving to the back of his house and begin to head in his direction. He carried on running until he came to a cave where he decided to seek shelter and hide.

While Axel was looking for somewhere to hide in the cave he could see a set of purpel eyes looking at him. "GET BACK!!" Axel shouted. But the eyes came closer and closer. Axel reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out his wand, he raised it and was ready to cast a charm when he paused...... "Your the crow that warned me about the green glow" said Axel. The crow hopped onto a rock beside Axel's head and gently pecked Axel on the cheek. "Who are you" asked Axel, the crow just looked at Axel and hopped on one foot to another. "Whoever you are, I owe you my life" said Axel. He reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out a handful of corn, placed it beside the crow and watched as the crow devoured the pile.

Axel had no idea who or what the crow was, but he knew that this crow was not just a crow............

To be continued

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