Gwydion Abarta has spent the majority of his fourteen years being tormented or completely ignored by five of his six older brothers. He thought he knew why: it's simply what siblings do. That was only a small part of it. As the time to go to Lady Isis' Academy of Magickal Arts draws near, he learns of the prophecy given at his birth. While this information adds new depth to his siblings feelings towards him, it also goes a long way to explaining his father's contempt for their neighbors. The Bastet's are the gypsies that live across the way and it would seem that they play an important part in the prophecy that surrounds Gwydion. It is a part that his father would rather not see fulfilled. Just as Gwydion's days of misery and isolation seem to be dissipating, life takes yet another unanticipated turn.