Once she had completed carving her first rune, Mia sat down and gave her hand a small shake. Okay doing this by hand wasn't as easy as she had first anticipated and it was making her hand all sweaty as well.

She rubbed her hand against her robes, wiping away the stickiness before taking the bruin in hand again. Now to move onto the next rune. Mia wondered if there was any particular places they should carve the runes. She couldn't remember whether Professor Truebridge had said they had to carve the runes in any special order.

Again Mia, stood and moved around the desk and placed her bruin against the desk at an angle. Once again she chanted while she moved the bruin along the desk.

"mannaz mannaz mannaz
m m m a a a a a a n n n
mu ma mi me mo
mun man min men mon
um am im em om
mon men min man mun
m m m a a a a a a n n n
m m m m m m m m m..."


Oh, that was a good rune to chant and as Mia repeated her carving and chanting she even threw in a few dance moves to go with it. This time it only took her four goes to get a clear rune into the desk.

Once she had finished, Mia stepped back and looked down at her new rune.



Perhaps with the next rune she might try using her wand.

Maybe she should warn everyone first.