Mr. Mac-arena said I should make an announcement so I found this newscroll. I hope that if I write a letter, maybe my mother will read it and come find me. I was a bad boy. I snuck out of the hut where my Aunties live because I wanted to find my mother. I hid in a barrel so I'd be safe, but then I got stuck and couldn't get out. I messed myself and it made me cry a little. I'm really strong though, so I broke out of the barrel. Somebody put ropes and pillows and blankets all around it when I was sleeping, which is why nobody heard me calling for help. But I got out anyway. My Aunties say I am full grown already!

My mother's name is Luce and people tell me she is a witch! I've never met her, but I bet she is the best mother in the whole world. I can't wait to see her. And I know she is a good witch, and not a bad one.

Lots of people told me to be careful because there are bad folks in town who want to kill me. I thought maybe one of them was my other Auntie, Babajaga, but now I think she might be all right. She is scary though and lots of people say they don't like her. They said she is conceeded (or something like that). Anyway she was nice to me and helped me get better after Mr. Gurgi knocked me down in this cool training place on an island. He said he was training me to destroy the world, or ... maybe he was going to stop me ....hmmm I guess I don't remember because he hit me real hard and I couldn't stand up afterwards. But he is going to make me a strong warrior like my father -- who might be a famous knight, or maybe not. No one really knows who my father is, though most people say his name is Sleipnir.

My Aunties are probably mad at me because I snuck out. I think they are looking for me and I am real sorry I ran away. I think they got lost because I can't find them. People keep asking me what their names are, but I don't know, they never told me. But they are really nice. My Aunties give me lots of good things to eat and drink. Some of it tastes kind of bad (especially the powdered stuff they mix with water) but they say it will be good for me and will keep me calm and docile (but I don't know what docile means). My favorite drink is called dove's milk and I drink a lot of that. When I told Mr. Blue and Ms. Althea about it they got really worried and Mr. Blue said that doves don't give milk and wondered what it really was.

I have made some other friends like Ms. Lorian and Mr. Bones who have been extra nice to me. I even met a ghost, it touched me too and it was really cold, but I wasn't afraid. There are lots of other people I met. Some were nice like Ms. Axell and Ms. Looloo, and Ms. Slyph (she's silly), some were scary like Mr. Thrax, and some like Mr. Tarf were mean (he turned his back on me and walked away when I tried to speak to him). I can't remember everyone I talked to, so I'm sorry, but everybody knew my mother and her friends. I think their names are Prue and Ashe and Tere, hmmm there was someone else too, but I can't remember...

My Aunties never told me my mother had these friends, so maybe they're not. Anyway, I hope my mother reads this letter. I am getting much better at writing. My Aunties say I'm a real fast learner.

Bye,
Destroyer