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You turn the page to find out what's in store for you—only to have the letter yanked right out of your hand.

Icy fear shoots through your veins to the pit of your stomach—nobody can find out about this! You look up to see Fizza in the light of your doorway with the letter held up and a mischievous smile on her face.

"Give it back!" you say as you get up from your table and reach for it. But your fellow squire just lifts it further out of your grasp.

"Ooh, something secret, huh?" she taunts. She has a wicked smile playing under her thick mess of black hair.

You have to get that letter back. If anyone finds out you're learning magic, you'll never be a squire again—and probably much worse. And while Fizza is technically your senior squire, meaning you're supposed to respect her and follow her orders, she also tries to annoy you every chance she gets. You may have only started this season, but Fizza has only been a squire for a year. If that. You debate to yourself how to deal with her.