A new wizard and his master wizard were in the deep of the dark forest, for the time had come for him to use his wand on his own.
His master wizard, Arthwis, was a very respected wise man; he was going to test his apprentice to see if he was indeed ready to be called a true wizard.
"Now, now, Mervyden, you just finished your wizardry training. Congratulations! I present to you, your magic tool: your Wand!"
The master wizard handled the apprentice a beautiful sparkling wand. Mervyden took it in his hands with wide-open eyes.
"Oh, this is exciting, master wizard! I am anxious to start using it!"
"Yeah, sure you are! But don't forget all the rules!"
"Yes, yes, I know." Mervyden was looking at his wand with elation while thinking about how to start his magic.
"I am thinking about trying on that tree over there. That should be interesting."
"And what is your idea, may I ask?" the master wizard was scratching his long beard.
"Well, I want to make the tree grow some apples; how about that?"
"Good idea; I'm sure that's easy!"
"Ok, here it goes then: Dragon freckle, that tree grows apples!"
Mervyden pointed his wand at the tree and a burst of bright green light involved the entire tree. They both looked at the result with wide-open eyes, as the tree was now gone, and instead of apples popping up, they saw a big green dragon ready to attack them with a loud roar.
"Oh no! What did I do?" Mervyden was astonished.
"Mervyden, you fool! We better disappear, as I can't undo your magic!"
Quick as lightning the two wizards disappeared from the forest leaving Mervyden's clumsy magic by itself.
Short story by C.Crow - All rights reserved
