title: Majix: Notes from a Serious Teen Witch
author:  Douglas Rees 
description: Douglas Rees has written a wide range of titles for young readers, including humor, historical fiction, and picture books. He holds several awards, including the Nutmeg State Award for young adult fiction. When he isn't writing for kids, he works with them as a young adult librarian. He lives in the San Francisco Bay area with his wife, Jo, who is the model for the outgoing, lycanthropic librarian in the Vampire High novels.
zlib_text: BY MARIE BRENNAN
  
  
  
  
  
  _Warrior_
  
  
  
  
  
  _Witch_
  
  
  
  
  
  _Midnight Never Come_
  
  
  [**Extras**](../Text/Witch_toc.html#appe-1)
  
  
  
  
  
  ![art](../Images/Art_P431.jpg)
  
  
  [**Meet the Author**](../Text/Witch_toc.html#auth-1)
  
  
  
  
  
  MARIE BRENNAN holds an undergraduate degree in archaeology and folklore from
  Harvard and is now pursuing a PhD in anthropology and folklore at Indiana
  University. Find out more about Marie Brennan at [www.marie
  brennan.net](http://www.marie%20brennan.net).
  
  
  [Chapter One](../Text/Witch_toc.html#chap-1)
  
  
  FOR EIGHT DAYS, Mirei thought she could relax.
  
  
  Those days weren’t empty of stress; her very presence at Starfall was a source
  of tension for the witches around her. Her life was no longer in danger,
  though. Her magic was under control and the Primes were no longer planning to
  execute her; on the whole, her situation had improved. And so Mirei began to
  relax.
  
  
  But on the ninth day, a Cousin woke her with a message that she was needed in
  Satomi’s office. That alone was a sig