The Magician's Apprentice

Bonus Chapter: Skai's Confession and a Grim Wish of Luck

This specific bonus chapter doesn't honestly take place during any of my already published chapters. It's just a little thing I've been wanting to write for ages and I've been to impatient to wait any further. Enjoy!

In a slightly grainy quality, the camera view zoomed in on magnificent wooden double doors, and a voice with a slight Mexican accent said, "Well, there it is. That's where Evie and her weird mentor guy live." There was brief shaking as the camera rotated, revealing a young Latino man with dark-honey-colored eyes, and he smiled shyly at the camera.

He had black hair that was brushed into a quiff and thick, dark eyebrows. He was wearing a black and red plaid shirt with the sleeves rolled up, with skinny jeans and scarlet converse.

He glanced up and he smiled until his eyes crinkled. "It's snowing," he said to the camera. "Perfect theme for my mission."

He looked back down at the camera and adjusted his grip so the lens was level with his face. "Wait, lemme start from the beginning," he said, looking slightly annoyed at himself. "Skai here, and I'm going to ask a cranky blind chick a very serious question."

He turned the camera back to the majestic building and said, "Man, this place looks like a museum. I wonder if I can show you what's inside." Turning the camera back to his face he grimaced. "Actually, that's impossible," he said. "The guy who runs this place kind of hates me, so looks like we're just going to look at the building."

The view panned back on the building for a few more seconds until Skai muttered, "Screw it, it's freezing out here. I'm going in."

After some shuffling and shaking, the view went down to Skai's feet, where he began to walk. As he was approaching the building he began to speak softly to the camera. "People are giving me weird looks...ugh, why didn't I bring a coat?"

Finally the footsteps that were jolting the camera stopped on a Persian rug-like doormat, and there were three thunderous knocks.

"I love knocking here," Skai whispered. "It feels like I'm knocking on the entrance to Buckingham Palace or something."

There was some waiting, where Skai began to shuffle his feet in an attempt to warm them. Finally, after about a minute or two Skai pounded on the door again and shouted, "I know you're in there, Strange! Just let me in! It's friggin' FREEZING OUT HERE!"

The door finally opened, and a warm light flooded on Skai's half-frozen converse. There was a shadow of someone looming over him in apparent annoyance.

There was a sigh of exasperation and an adult male voice said, "And just what are you doing here, Skai?"

Despite the obvious fact that he wasn't welcome, Skai adjusted his grip on the camera so it looked less obvious and he said coolly, "I'm here to see Evie."

The man sighed again. "Evie is studying."

"Make her take a break."

"She just started."

One of Skai's shoes tapped impatiently on the rug as he said, "I'll be quick."

"No."

"Why not?"

"Because you're nothing but a distraction to her studies."

"That's not true and you know it—"

"Give me your phone."

The camera gave an awkward quiver as Skai asked in an overly-innocent voice, "Whatever do you mean?"

"You've been recording as soon as you came on the property. Give me your phone."