Crystal's Adventure in the Blackwood Forest

Chapter One:

Into the Old Mansion

Crystal's story begins in Townsville, only about three years ago. She was on her way to the Blackwood Forest just outside of Townsville. She had short, brown hair, brown eyes, stood at 5 feet and 3 inches, and wore a Powerpuff Girls hoodie with a pouch at the front and a blue shirt underneath, blue pants and white sneakers. She had a flying DVD camera named Tectonic, nicknamed Techi, beside her with a yellow body, pink lens, pink, flapping wings, green eyes and it was square on the sides, but skinny at the front and back. She was no ordinary person, however. She was a Magician of Light with immense power. She had almost every power in every generation of magicians, witches, warlocks and sorcerers.

"Okay, Techi," said Crystal as she hands her camera friend a CD. "Make sure you film as much evidence as possible."

"Roger, dodger," squeaked Techi as he inserts the CD. Crystal immediately jumps off her position and heads towards the Blackwood Forest. She leapt so high that she practically touched the sky. As she landed, she ran across a thin river and into the forest, with Techi following right behind her. Just then she stopped, only to see a large, purple cat with pink stripes, sleeping on a low tree branch. Techi flew towards her.

"Who's that on the trunk?" he asked.

"That's the Cheshire Cat," said Crystal, softly. "It looks like he sleep-walked again."

"How will we wake him?" asked Techi.

"I know just the thing," said Crystal. She reaches into her magic satchel and pulls out a feather duster.

"Coochie coochie coo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!" she hummed as she tickled the Cat with her feather duster. This made him laugh and as he woke up, he realizes that he's not in his home any longer. He gazes up at Crystal and Techi and asks, "What's everyone doing at the Blackwood Forest?"

"We are in the Blackwood Forest, Cheshire," said Crystal. "Look!" She showed him their location.

"Just as I thought," said the Cheshire Cat. "The last thing I remember was beautiful music." He gets up and asks, "By the way, where are you going?"

"I'm trying to get to the Blackwood Mansion," Crystal explained. "We heard there was some para-normal activity here so we thought we could investigate the area."

"But this place is haunted," said the Cheshire Cat. "This place is taken over by a red demon."

"A red demon? What does he look like?" asked Crystal, curiously.

"I cannot describe him so much as show him to you," said the Cheshire Cat, unsurely. "But I will help you with your mission. I've known this place for at least 2 years."

"Great!" exclaimed Crystal, excitedly. "Then you're comin' along for the ride!" She shows the Cat her pouch. "Jump in," she said, with excited eyes. The Cheshire Cat did as he was told and the gang ran deeper into the forest until they had reached their destination. The mansion, as Crystal thought, was a huge mess. The windows were shattered, with broken glass on the ground. The porch looked very old and it felt like it was going to collapse from underneath. The vines had covered the entire estate from rooftop to the bottom. There was no one inside, for the place had been abandoned for many years.

"This is it," said Crystal, eagerly. She walked onto the porch up to the door and turned her head towards her camera friend. "Techi, are you getting this?"

"You got it!" Techi squeaked, excitedly. Crystal takes the doorknocker and knocks on the door, but there was no answer. So she decides to go in, with her Cheshire Cat friend tucked away in her pouch and Techi following behind her. As she got inside, she called out, "Hello! Anyone in here? Hello!" There was no answer. She looked around her location for any sign of life, but there was no one to be found. The place was so covered in dust and garbage, that no signs of life can be found. Suddenly, she spotted something she never came across before. A red mist was flowing to another room, as if it was dancing in the wind.

"Guys check it out," said Crystal, excitedly. The Cheshire Cat poked his head out of the pouch and immediately recognized it.

"That's the red demon's mist," he said. "He would often send this mist to do his bidding."

"The only question is, where is it goin' to?" Crystal said with curiosity. She followed the red mist with her camera friend close by her. Just when she was doing so, she came across a small black and white, female cat with green eyes. Crystal knelt down to see her.

"Hello," she said. This made the cat jump so high that she became attached to the old, broken ceiling. This scene made the Cheshire Cat laugh. The cat looked down and saw Crystal on the ground.

"Why you little Christian M.O.L," she said, angrily. "Wha'dya mean sneakin' up on me like that!?"

"I'm sorry," Crystal apologized. "I didn't do it on purpose. I was wondering if you could give us a tour of the Blackwood Mansion."

"Oh, it's tour you want, huh?" said the cat. "Well it's a target you'll be." She spoke with honesty and warning in her voice. "I'm not proud of this, but my master happens to be a human killin' demon."

"He kills," Crystal gulped. "people?"

"People!?" exclaimed the cat. "He wipes out EVERYBODY and EVERYTHIN'!"

Crystal gasped and coughed as if she was disgusted.

"Plus," the cat added on. "he's got a power that can sense competition from a mile away. You think you can beat a demon?"

Crystal shook her head no with her hands covering her mouth, as if frightened by what the cat had told her.

"Hm. Then if you know what's good for you, you leave this instant and never come back."

"But I came a long way," Crystal explained, "and I need all the proof I could get of this place."

The cat looked at her with one eyebrow upward.

"Please ma'am," she beseeched. "can I please get a quick tour of the place before I go?"

The cat smiled. "All right," she said. "all right, all right, all right, all right. I'll give you somethin'. But if my master catches you-"

"Don't worry," promised Crystal. "If he catches me, I promise you won't here another peep outta me."

The cat laughs in agreement. Then she asked "What's your name kid?"

"I'm Crystal," said Crystal. "Crystal Lee. And who are you?"

"Name's Zenobia," said the cat.

"Nice to meet you, Zenobia," said Crystal, politely.

"Aw right then," said Zenobia. "shall we start our tour?"

They immediately start exploring the mansion looking for evidence of para-normal activity.