Talons of Smoke

Chapter One - (Obscure)
Obscure was having a very bad day. Everything was going wrong! But, he hoped, with hard work and... Er... A good moral compass?... He would get it right. He furiously scrawled another sentence on the scroll, his eyes narrowed.

I enchant this pen to do a jig in my desk, he wrote quickly. Obscure stared at the pen, willing it to do a dance. And the best thing about it was that it did! It did a jig! He whooped and nearly banged his fist on the desk, but his little sister Integrity stirred and whispered in her sleep. Obscure settled down grudgingly, his snout still wrinkled in a smile. He grabbed the pen and tried to write, I enchant this pen to stop jigging, but he couldn't get it to write because it kept dancing. He growled irritably and tried again, but it wouldn't write. Obscure grabbed the pen and three it at the wall, wincing as Integrity stirred again.

The pen wouldn't stop dancing. Obscure had to tackle it and force it to the ground, breaking it and throwing it out of his window. It broke on the path, it's silver remains shattered onto the cobbles. Obscure stared at it, amused, before rolling up the scroll into it's black leather case and stowing it in his blankets.