Chapter #6 starts as Marcia walks Jenna to the Wizard Tower as she hides in her cloak. They take the long way to avoid being seen. When they arrive at the Wizard Tower gates, they find that the young sentry Marcia had seen earlier is almost dead, freezing under the snow. They dig him out of the snow and Marcia saves him from death with Magyk. Jenna feels like she recognizes the sentry’s face, but she cannot put a finger on the memory. Chapter #6 ends as Marcia carries him inside the Wizard Tower, Jenna in tow.
In Chapter #7, Jenna is awed by the Wizard Tower’s interior as the spiral staircase takes her, Marcia, and the sentry up to Marcia’s luxurious chambers. Marcia replaces the sentry’s soaked clothes with warmer ones, and, much to Jenna’s delight, replaces Jenna’s wet socks with fuzzy, purple ones. Silas, Nicko, and Maxie (the Heap’s pet wolfhound) arrive unexpectedly, bearing Jenna’s forgotten birthday present, a pet rock that moves and eats. Because it was getting late and too dangerous to be out, Silas, Nicko, and Maxie are forced to stay with Marcia and Jenna. The sentry wakes up and only speaks when Jenna asks him his name, his answer being Boy 412. Alther arrives, bearing the news that the Assassin was inside the Wizard Tower and coming for Jenna. The Assassin arrives quickly, leaving no time for them to prepare. Chapter #7 ends as Marcia stops the Assassin with a Thunderflash and leads everyone to their escape- the rubbish chute that goes to the Municipal Rubbish Dump.
Chapter #8 takes place inside the Rubbish Chute. As the Heaps, Marcia, Maxie, and Boy 412 tumble through the filthy, food-waste filled chute, they become increasingly worried that the long slide will never end. At last, they come to the bottom of the chute, which is protected by a rat door. Marcia uses Magyk to open to open the rat door, and they escape at last onto the pile of rubbish that makes up the Rubbish Dump. This is where Chapter #8 ends.
Chapter #9 begins with Sally Mullin, who’s cafe sits near the Dump. She sees Marcia, Silas, Nicko, Jenna, Maxie, and Boy 412 on top of the rubbish dump and decides to investigate, suspecting the worst. They explain to Sally all that had happened in previous chapter. Sally provides them with clean clothes and some provisions and sends them off in her boat, Muriel. Silas decided that they would sail to the Marram Marshes to hide at Zelda Heap’s (or, if you were a small Heap, Aunt Zelda’s) Cottage. As they leave, Sally prepares herself for the Hunter, tasked with hunting down the Princess, to come and question her. This is where Chapter #9 ends.
Chapter #10 starts as the Hunter arrives at the Rubbish Dump. He and his Pack began to search the Dump for the Princess. Meanwhile, inside Sally’s cafe, all but five of Sally’s customers depart, leaving her to worry about what the Hunter will do to her if he finds her. The Hunter and Dom Daniel’s Apprentice, who was forced to come along, continue to search the Dump. The Hunter at last spots Sally’s face in her cafe’s window and goes to question her. This is where the chapter ends.