2 weeks have passed since that day, and she was doing some running, a lot of towns people needed help finding things, so she just went to find them. The days have been slow for her, but this is how wizards get the currency, 'crowns'. Today she finally decided it was time to upgrade her equipment from the crowns she has been saving up, the first thing on her list was armor, she decided to go with a black trench-coat with purple outliner, and she chose to enchant it, however…
"So, what enchantment does it have"
"I don't know, but it will come when the time comes"
"What is that supposed to mean"
"It means, that i just gave it the ability to get enchantments, but I don't chose it"
This, kinda made Veronica mad, she spent a little over 500 crowns on the armer, armer, that could have been only 100, just for some STUPID enchantment, that may not come until after she replaced it. She only had 106 crowns left, so getting a weapon from the blacksmith was out of the question. So, instead she decided to look for more quests.
Walking down the back alleys, you can sometimes find interesting things, Veronica once found jewelry down there and sold it for 50 crowns, but this time, this time it was different, she felt a gust of wind from all sides swirling around her, then from behind her she heard.
"Greetings, I am Ben Wallace, sorry about the wind, I use it to go around"
"Oh, its fine, Im Veronica Graves, is there something I can help you with"
"As a matter of fact, do you think the magic council became corrupt, branding wizards as 'evil' just because they don't share the same opinion."
"What do you mean"
"I mean us 'dark mages' aren't all bad, some of us want to help our families and towns"
"I don't know what you mean, what do you mean, the magic council exist so that mages don't kill each other"
There were whistles in the distance.
"I have to go, think about what i said, the dark mage society will welcome you dearly"
As he left Veronica was left standing there as the magic council guards came. As they interviewed her, she told them everything. Afterwards, she decided just to go home.
As veronica was lying in bed, she was wondering about what Ben meant by 'the dark mage society' after around an hour of wondering, veronica, passed out
The next day, Veronica was back to doing her rounds, when she got the morning paper "new magic society of dark wizards reveal themselves" the heading went, as veronica was reading it, she realized that Ben was not the only member openly active that night, there were others, and apparently, there leader, was Alex Calding. As Veronica thought about this, she decided to go talk to Ignacio about this, she hit the door three times, no answer, she hit the door around nine more times when a friendly old woman came around the corner and said.
"Mr.Banks left the town the other day dear, he should be back next week, he said that the magic council wanted him"
'Why would the magic council want Ignacio, was it because of the dark mages? No, he left before we knew about them' Veronica thought, after a while she just decided to go and continue helping the town, usually the mage that does the most for a town can get into a paper, and she wanted to be the title. A few weeks have passed and Veronica feels stronger now, maybe be able to go out and fight some bandits soon. Then, as Veronica was doing her rounds, someone asked her if she could deal with the bandits blocking the roads. She agreed and left to find the bandits. Something about bandits, is that they don't use that much magic, that's why they are bandits and not dark mages, but they can still be quite dangerous, as she was walking down the roads someone behind he yelled,
"Hey you, get on your knees and drop everything you have on you"
Veronica spun around to see someone in a leather coat with a mask over the face.
"And why should i listen to you, there's only one of you" Veronica retorted
Just as she said that nineteen more bandits came out from the undergrowth, all with swords in hand, Veronica was now surrounded and had no idea how to win. But just as she was about to give up, a thought came into her mind, she smiled and said.
"Alright, if you want my stuff, then take them from my cold, dead, hands"