Hello everyone!! First chapter to my version of the Dresden Files!YAY!!Anywho, all italic words are Dresden when he's narrating. Anyways, I hope you like it. Please review!
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You know that old saying, "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade?" Well, that's what I thought about with my powers. I mean, I've got 'em so why not use 'em? People don't always understand what I do. I want to help people, yet, not all see 'help' in the same way. For instance, when people have lost something, they come to me thinking I can find it. Thankfully, today's client didn't come in because he needed help finding his car keys.
"Harry Dresden," I introduced myself, shaking the hand of a young man who had just walked into my shop. "How can I help you?"
"Jack Donovan." he replied, "I need help finding someone."
"Alright, have a seat." I said and showed him to a chair that wasn't covered in books. He sat down and grabbed something from his jacket pocket. He handed it to me and I realized that it was a picture of a young woman with long black hair. She was just about to get into an old rundown car. She had a serious look on her face, and was looking away from whoever was taking the photograph...as if she didn't know she was being photographed. Not commenting on the unusualness of the photo, I asked Jack a few basic "missing-person's" questions.
"Is she a friend, relative...?" I inquired, handing him back the photo.
"She's my sister. Her name is Amy." he answered. "She's been missing for about a week."
"Have you contacted the police?"
"Yes, but they haven't come up with anything."
"I see." I said. "Do you guys live around here?"
"Yes, in Norridge."
"Where was the last place you saw her?" I asked.
"At my apartment. She was going to go to work." he said, and started to play with his thumbs.
"Do you have anything personal of hers?"
"Um, yeah..." he trailed off as he reached once again for something in his jacket. He pulled out a chain. It was a necklace with a Celtic knot design. "Will this work?"
"Yeah." I reached over and took it. "This'll work just fine."
Soon after Jack had gone to go to work I was in my back room mixing in the ingredients that would help me find Jack's sister, Amy. I dropped the necklace into the now bubbling cauldron just as Bob started talking.
"Harry, something about the case is...unsettling."
"Why do you say that, Bob?" I asked, still concentrating on the potion before me.
"Something about that Jack isn't right." He said and came over, hovering over my work.
"Bob were you snooping in on our conversation?" I asked, turning to him.
"I'm a ghost, Harry. What do you think?"
"Doesn't mean you can snoop! You'll scare the clients away."
"I'm just worried, Harry. Do you not think that something about this case is wrong?"
"No I do not. Now do you mind? I'm trying to work here."
"Don't say I didn't warn you." he said.
I dipped my crystal into the concoction just as Bob disappeared into his skull. Pulling it out, I set off into the direction that the spell took me.
Several minutes later, I ended up in Summit. A ruddy area, that was fairly deserted at this time of day. The spell lead me to an old apartment building. Parking the Jeep, I headed in, with crystal in hand. It lead me up a few trash covered floors and down a quiet hallway, where finally it brought me to a door. Room 34B. I knocked, and could hear muffled noises behind the door. Finally, it swung open and revealed Amy, the girl in the photo.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
"My name's Harry Dresden, I was hired by your brother to find you." I answered.
"My brother?"
"Yes. He's very worried about you, and has been looking for you." I informed her.
"Mr. Dresden, I don't have a brother."
Well, what do you know? The old ghost was right.