.. and it scared me.Aimee must have thought much along the same paths as I, which is why she gave me that clue that it might be the military. How woul... I find out? I was not trained for intelligence gathering. I was trained as a soldier, and then had training with special operations. Of course, O.C.S. was there, but that was basically development of leadership skills, and military analysis. Intelligence was part of O.C.S., but only as a tool.I believed that Mary had mentioned on some occasion. “I’ve been thinking of the problem of not having enough wizards,” she told them as she removed two boxes of a bright polished coppery hue from behind a partition in the wall. She placed them on the table.“With my discussions with Aronha and her dragonkin and the faeries, I learnt that the Keltria people of long ago had several stages to their people becoming wizards. One of the first stages was the novices or rookies, as I’ve decided to call them.”“The second is mages then high-mages and if. It impresses the customers and attracts new ones." But mum..." No buts just sit still while I fix your hair."I knew when my mother would not budge and this was one of those moments.I had planned on a nice day playing with my friends but my mum had madeother plans unbeknown to me. So now I find myself sitting in the salonchair awaiting all the beauty treatments on the menu as could be soplainly seen from the board hanging on the wall. How many treatmentswere there to give? It would seem lots as. I said, “I believe Make’s father or someone he knows is trying to do something. There’s a hearing Friday to determine if charges should be filed against us!”Agnes wasn’t happy about the coming situation. I said, “Agnes, we need to get Tracy, Amanda, and Melody for sure. I think we should take this seriously. I’m calling my father after these two classes and see what he says. He’s the District Attorney for our county. He’ll know what to do. We’ll go to class and I’ll meet you in your common room.