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Septi plaster on the wall, wondering when Jenna was going to reappear He tried to i inside the Queen&039;s Roo, but he did notto take a closer look at ever since Jannit had fished it out of her toolbox and handed it to hi you could use, Master Septimus" He put his hand into his tunic pocket and took out the Flyte Charh he had known it soly si the power that it possessed, and the old, yellowish gold was scratched, the flightssuch as they werebattered and bent

As the arrow lay quietly in his pal made him reach into his Apprentice Belt and take out his own silver winged Chariven to him when she had asked him to be her Apprentice Septimus loved this Charm With itand a lot of concentrationhe could hover about ten feet off the ground, but he could not fly Not as Si, and indeed had frequently woken up convinced that he could, only to be disappointed

Sitting on the cold stone floor, with no sign of Jenna&039;s return, Septiht they were both beautiful in different waysin his left hand he could feel the powerful spirit of the ancient golden arrow and in his right the delicate lightness of the silver wings As he looked at the over his skin and disturbing the air around hi ht in theback and forth like a sht Enthralled, Septiht hand over to his left, where they landed delicately on the Flyte Charold of the two Chars settled down and resuinal flights

Septimus picked up the coer and thu sensation ran through his fingers and Septie to fly He leaped to his feet and went over the sardens He saw the long shadows of thein the trees, and all his drea across the lawns, scattering the rooks and ski out low over the Riverwith some effort, Septi the Flyte Charm into his Apprentice Beltout of teh the wall

Septian, and then stopped in astonish

"Oh, Septimus," said Aunt Zelda, as Septimus stared, open-mouthed "It is so wonderful to see you safebut there is no tion Boat" Aunt Zelda clattered down the narrow stairs, and Septimus heard a yell of surprise as Aunt Zelda bumped into Spit Fyre

"Down, Spit Fyre Yes, it&039;s lovely to see you too Now get off my foot, please"

Seption had already chewed his way through the rope They followed Aunt Zelda and Jenna out the side door at the foot of the turret and down to the Palace Gate Aunt Zelda kept up a brisk pace Showing a surprising knowledge of the Castle&039;s narrow alleyways and sideslips, she hurtled along Oncoe patchwork tent approaching theainst the walls, and, as the tent passed by with the Princess, the ExtraOrdinary Apprentice and a feral-looking boy with bandaged handsnot to onin its wake, people rubbed their eyes in disbelief

Soon Aunt Zelda and her retinue eed from the tunnel that led under the Castle walls into the boatyard They wereacross the upturned boats "Heaveheaveheave"

Aunt Zelda gave a screa of yard-hands pulling rhython Boat was rising fro dohile the Dragon Boat&039;s head was still slued, slowly stroking the dull green scales on the dragon&039;s long nose

Rupert Cringe was on the deck of the Dragon Boat He was caked injust ped into the Moat and at last fixed the huge canvas slings in place beneath the keel With his mask pushed up out of his eyes, Rupert darted fro the ropes

Horrified, Aunt Zelda ran across the boatyard, dodging between the ropes and anchors, discarded masts and stays, and sat doith a bump beside Nicko

"Aunt Zelda?" said Nicko, not quite believing his eyes

"Yesit&039;sout to touch the dragon&039;s motionless head She rested her hand there for aher own head in disbelief "Jenna, Septimusquick Come and sit here beside on Mastermust do this," she said

"Do what?" asked Jenna

"The Transubstantiate Triple," said Aunt Zelda, ferreting through her many patchwork pockets

"HeySep can do that," said Jenna, excited

"No, I can&039;t," said Septimus

"Yes, you can Well, you nearly can I&039;ve heard you tell Godric"

"Only because when he first asked ot really upset and started wailing Then all the other Ancients in the Palace began wailing too It fuland they wouldn&039;t stop I had to go and get Marcia, and she told oodness&039; sake But I read about it anyway, just in case Godric asked me questions It&039;s the four elements, isn&039;t it, Aunt Zelda?"

"It is indeed, Septi leather pouch from one of her pockets "This has been handed down froer than anyone can remember We keep it in a Locked box called the Last Resort Every Keeper hopes that she will not have to use it, but every Keeper knows that one day the Time will Come There&039;s a prophecy written on the box

The Time will Come, for it must be,When She will Fly with Two of ThreeFor Then must Ye full Ready be,And Keep the Triple Close to Thee

"No one really knehat it , I realized that once again, for the first tion Master, the Queen and the Keeper And then when you and Jenna flew off with the Dragon Boat, I knew that the first part of the prophecy had happened, that the Ti, but when Jenna walked out of the potion cupboard, just as her dear mother used to do every MidSue sandwich Now let&039;s see e have here"

Aunt Zelda tipped the leather pouch and three s around their riave the leather pouch a shake but nothing else fell out She put her hand inside the pouch and felt around, but it was empty Aunt Zelda&039;s face fell "There must beIt&039;s that Betty Crackle, wretched woman She was so careless What can we possibly do with three empty bowls?"

"I think I knohat to do with them," said Septimus slowly

Aunt Zelda looked at him with new respect "Do you?" she asked

Septi you wish to Restore" he said, thinking hard Septimus had read all he could find about the Transubstantiate Triple, but when he asked Marcia about the whereabouts of the Triple Bowls, she told hio

"You do it, Septiht that you should"