Grown Enchantress (Book #2, Young Witch Series)

Epilogue

Queen Madeline was crowned just a short month after her father's funeral. In a break of protocol, she herself made much of the feast that was to be consumed by those select few invited back to the palace to celebrate.

Her mother was still confused about the day she was told her husband was dead, and Lady Jessamine, Enchantress of Devall, invited her to come and stay at Devall Hall, to recover from the shock. The queen accepted, but promised to go after the coronation of her only child, and enjoyed watching her daughter organise everything smoothly.

Jessamine and her family were invited, and Jessamine was asked to make and decorate a cake for the occasion, which she decorated in a style reflecting both the old king, and the new queen, making it a day for both.

Years after this, Jessamine officially opened her school for magic, and managed to get parliament to pass a law that all those given the magical talent needed to be trained, not just those of noble blood, and she received students from all over the kingdom, and even some from neighbouring kingdoms, and not all of them were children, either.

Queen Madeline made a point of visiting the school each summer, and staying to see how things progressed, and help with the teaching of the students there. Many of the new students were in awe of their queen, who not only did household chores by magic, but should also show them how to do it by hand, when they said it was beneath them. This was often only the children of noble blood.

Many noble parents still thought this type of household magic was only for those of lesser rank, until suddenly, those very students were outshining their own classically grounded children in the universities, and started to send their children to Lady Jessamine's school.

Many old students asked to become teachers at the school, so many asked this, that Jessamine began to set up schools in other parts of the kingdom, and soon had every position filled from previous students, and began to accept students from other training styles, to mix into her own training, and give her students a wider magical education.

Queen Madeline ruled her kingdom wisely for many years, and eventually married a prince from a neighbouring kingdom, and had several children, all of whom inherited her magical gift, which she sent to Jessamine for teaching. Even her husband raised eyebrows at that, preferring that his children were taught at home, as was proper, until Madeline said that she was queen, not him, and that her children would be taught by the lady that was one of the most important people in her life, and where she herself still spent part of each year, overseeing.

Decades later, after both Madeline and Jessamine had passed, their legacy still carried on. The royal children were all sent to Lady Jessamine's school for their magical education, and the school still catered to students from all classes, mixing them together, to show that everyone was entitled to an education in magic.

The kingdom became known as one of the greatest centres for magical learning in the known world, and continues so until this very day.