Amberosia hugged him and then Ludwig turned and took off just before the dawn. The sorceress leaned back in the chair. The words of the gargoyle echoed in her mind, repeating over and over 'dark magic'. Contemplating over it for a long while and then she looked at the strange plate.

   What if he's right? The sorceress thought, then grabbing the dish bolted out of the office and ran straight for the dungeon. Stepping into the lowest level of the marble-stone castle she slipped into the dungeon and set the plate down on a small table. 

Going through the shelves she found a few books on darker magic, going through them hoping she'll find the symbols somewhere. Amberosia needed to know what they were dealing with. She still wished the empress would just come home but knew that wasn't going to happen. 

     Searching through the first book, determined to find an answer. She needed to find something a clue, anything to lead her to the empress. There was again nothing in that book, she tried the next one. She needed to find the empress, the sooner the better. 

Searching through the book until her eyeballs throbbed with intense pain. She kept going until lack of sleep, stress and worry took over. She fell asleep sitting there with her face upon the open book.