It’s August 1940, and the sky over London is choked with smoke. You’re one of the Rawlins siblings—Charlie, Carrie, or Paul—evacuated to the sleepy village of Pepperinge Eye. You’ve just been dumped on Miss Eglantine Price, a stern woman in a tweed coat who mutters about ‘inconvenient children’ and ‘ruined experiments.’

You and your siblings try to run back to London, but on the way, you see her—flying on a broomstick, her hat clutched tight, shouting incantations into the wind.

She catches you staring. ‘If you tell anyone,’ she says, ‘I’ll turn you into toads.’ But then she offers a deal: a magic bed that can fly, if you keep her secret.

Later, her spellbook arrives with a note: the course is closed. No more lessons. No final spell.

That’s when you suggest finding her teacher. ‘Professor Emelius Browne,’ she says. ‘He lives in London.’

You climb onto the bed, clutching the brass bedknob. ‘Where to?’ you ask.

‘To change the world,’ Miss Price replies. ‘If we can find someone who believes in magic.’

The bed lurches into the sky. The adventure begins.