  Magic is a Dangerous Business  by almedha   The thing about
magic is that, when things go wrong, there are disastrous
consequences. Kind of like battling.       So maybe I liked his
audacity. Couldn't get into the Order of the Red Erisim no
matter how many times he tried to be noticed, and he still tried
anyway. I wouldn't have let him in—only the greatest wizards and
witches get in. He's most definitely not. But it seems like
every month he's cooking up a scheme to do something great.
     Of course, it's not as though I have no less audacity. But
I'm expected to have a good measure of it, being on the Brute
Squad. Maybe a different kind of audacity. A member of the Brute
Squad just can't avoid getting strange looks for hanging out
with a magician, no matter how bad that magician is.
     Because Lowkhi is a bad magician. I mean, really bad. But
somehow he thinks he's good enough.       I guess another reason
we're friends is because we couldn't be more different from each
other. Him and his fancy violet