Chapter 1
Ashley returned from yet another boring day of school. She heaved a sigh as she passed through the doors of her haunted mansion.
"How was school?" Red asked sarcastically. Red was cleaning the house while wearing an apron and using a feather duster. Ashley went her vast library and sat near the desk on the left side of the library. She pulled out her brand-new golden scepter out of her backpack. The red orb at the end was held by four prongs that resembled claws. She took out a rag from the desk drawer and began polishing it.
The doorbell rang, interrupting her mindless polishing. Ashley insisted that she get the doorbell and have Red continue tidying the house. She answered the doorbell to find a boy and a girl, everybody with equal ages. The boy had short, brown hair and wears a navy blue sweatshirt, blue jeans, had grey eyes, and was equal height with Ashley. The girl had wavy blonde hair, going all the way down to her upper back, and was slightly taller than the boy next to her. She wore a dress with a black top and silky plaid dress with black lines and white squares, and had blue eyes. They both had light colored skin.
The girl asked as politely has possible, "I hear you're good at magic. We just came into town and wondered if you could teach us anything. You're name is Ashley right?"
Ashley said nothing to respond and let them enter on pure instinct. After they passed, She froze, and had no idea what came over her. Ashley's natural killer instinct just isn't there today. They found themselves in the library, and each got a chair at the desk and began studying some spell books.
"This one casts a barrier around you and protects you from anything as long as you can hold it long enough," Ashley explained as she pointed to a page with a picture of a generic humanoid figure with a barrier around it. "Let me demonstrate."
Ashley walked to the center of the library and put her hands, palms out, and then chanted, "Leshe, an ialdo!" and swing her arms out towards her sides. A transparent, light-blue shield surrounded Ashley in a shape of a bubble.
"Come on! One swing," Ashley challenged pointing to the girl. She looked puzzled and pointed to herself. Ashley then nodded. She reluctantly came up to the bubble. Ashley folding her arms in confidence. The girl took a massive swing, the barrier could not withstand the power of the swing and took it's final stand by bouncing her arm off it's protective field, and vanished. The girl looking more confused than before, decided to take this opportunity to introduce themselves.
"Sorry, we've forgotten to introduce ourselves," She said awkwardly, "My name is Evelyn, over there is Jr." Evelyn introduced with a smile. Jr. waved from the other side of the desk.
Ashley smirked, "Meh. I'm not really one for formal introductions. Thanks, I guess."
The sound of the Christmas bells filled the room. Ashley turned to Red with an annoyed face. Evelyn produced a cell phone, and walked over to chat with whoever is on the other line. Ashley looked around the room to find a subject to talk about. Her eyes then fell on Jr., and he returned the gesture likewise. They blushed then quickly looked away from eachother.
"Hey! We gotta go! Their waiting outside!" Evelyn's voice rang throughout the mansion. Jr. hopped out of his seat and dashed for the door. He looked back at Ashley and waved. As she closed the door behind him, a sudden feeling passed through her. Somewhat panicked, she ran up a flight of stairs and ran into her room.
Ashley's room has one closed window, and blinds rolled up, barely letting enough light in to see. There was a mirror, a dresser, a hat rack, a lamp, a nightstand, a personal bookshelf, all colored brown, and her bed inside the room. The walls were colored brown, with the wallpaper peeling in several corners. The bed and frame was colored black, One of the pillows was black, and the other was crimson red. Sitting, between the pillows was a rabbit doll. It was beige-white colored and had stitches for a mouth and black circles for eyes. The blanket was nicely made, colored crimson red, and the edges was black.
Ashley locked the door with her back leaning on it. She closed her eyes calmed down a bit and looked through her personal bookshelf in hope for some answers. She pulled one out titled Emotions Of Little Witches. She knew one day this book would be useful, and now seemed to be the day. She flipped through all the 128 pages of emotions, their roots, and what causes them. Ashley found the last page to be on love. She ripped out page 128 and began studying immensely. Ashley couldn't make out what it was, there was no definition. She threw it on the ground and stomped on it shouting "Worthless!" over and over.
She laid on her bed and checked the black digital clock on the nightstand. It reads 3:46 PM. Ashley decides to take a nap and hope the whole thing blows over.