All that Maryanne and Aaron know about their parents is that they died in some mysterious accident. The only heirloom from them that they have is a necklace left for Maryanne. It doesn't help that the only one they know with the answers to their questions is a cryptic wizard who avoids answering them. More questions arise as strange things begin to happen, and it all starts when a mysterious figure begins appearing in the forest. It all seems to go wrong when Maryanne's magic suddenly fails and she becomes sick. Now the siblings need to rely on Marcus to tell them everything about who they are, who their parents were, and the significance of the one item that seems to be at the center of it all: The Red Pendant.