5. Through the Looking Glass Ruins

Complete story — includes the ending

Gus begins to doubt his skills as an illusionist. When he meets a gang of students from Glandus High, including Mattholomule, they invite him to the Looking Glass Ruins to collect Galderstones which can empower magic. However, Gus discovers that the ruins are an illusionist graveyard and its guardian turns out to be an eccentric illusionist. The Glandus students trap Gus and the keeper to steal the stones, but a guilt-ridden Mattholomule helps free them and they scare the gang away, befriending Gus in the process. Meanwhile, Luz meets up with Amity to enter the forbidden section of the library to learn more about Philip Wittebane, the first human on the Boiling Isles. They locate Philip's journal, but find its contents devoured by a mouse. This angers Luz, which alerts Malphas, the master librarian, who then fires Amity. Amity confides in Edric and Emira about her feelings for Luz and they re-dye her hair lilac. Luz manages to get Amity's job back and Amity shows her that the mouse, dubbed an Echo Mouse, can replay the contents of what it has eaten. As Luz thanks Amity, she receives a kiss on the cheek from her, which flusters them both.