Chapter 1- Stone Chucker
I sat there for a while, gazing at the side of my bedroom. I had gotten up early and, thanks to the pet Boggart, had learned the hard way not to go downstairs before the breakfast bell. But I was worried, mad, and confused.
About a week ago, the Spook had gone off someplace dealing with Spook's business. Usually he's not gone for this long. If it was such an important job why couldn't I come? I could have helped. Of course, I already knew the answers to my ridiculous questions. The devil. Ever since the Fiend was let loose into the world by the Pendle Clans, his first priority in destruction, everyone thought, would be me. Yet, it's been about a month and Fiend never spoke a word to me once. The Spook thinks that staying back at Chipenden instead of tagging along and dealing with the dark, will keep me out of harms way. He was wrong.
Soon after hearing the bell, I was downstairs, with Alice, sharing a nice, well cooked breakfast. At first I was picking at my food, then I noticed Alice was looking suspicious. I started eating. Not much conversation went around. But as soon as I finished Alice spoke.
"You all right Tom? Can tell something's wrong, I can".
I looked up, "Nothing, it's just, the Spook's been away for awhile now, I don't think he's ever taken this long away on Spook's business".
"Tom, you never know, it could just be a long travel back" she said with sympathy.
"I know, but-".
That's when I looked over at Alice and saw her face. I've seen Alice worried and even scared before, but this was something different, she was terrified.
"Alice are you all-".
"Something's coming".
"What, you mean the Spook", I said joyed for one split second. Then Alice said something that I never would imagine her saying.
As she slowly responded, "I wish".
I looked at her, confused.
"Tom", Alice began, "what's the safest room in the house"?
"Well, the Spook's library".
"Let's go".
She grabbed my wrist and pulled me along with her, forcing me to run. What was going on? I didn't question her until we were sitting side by side in the corner of the library.
"Alice, what's wrong? You know the Spook won't approve of this"!
It was true. The Spook didn't like Alice's presence in his library. He always had a grudge when it came to Alice, and was cautious whenever she was with us. That's when I got that cold feeling I always get whenever something from the dark is near.
"The Spook won't find out", she said, "Tom, we need to stay quiet, it might scense us".
"What is it Alice"? The cold feeling was getting stronger.
"A Stone Chucker", she said with a whisper.
Stone Chucker's are one of the most dangerous type's of Boggart's. Whether in spirit form or not, they can throw rocks the size of pebbles to boulders. Me and the Spook dealt with one once, the Spook was lucky he made it away with his life. If me and the Spook together had major trouble defeating this thing, what chance did I have?
"Are you sure Alice"?
I asked. Her only response was a nod. I had to think. What would the Spook do? Well, he would go outside and deal with it right then and there. I was different. The Spook did most of the work last time, and frankly, I was to nervous to remember how he did it.
The cold feeling I was having was growing more and more painful by the second. It should have been just a warning, a sign, about dark creatures approaching. I've never experienced pain along with it. I knew I had to figure out how to deal with the Boggart, so I got up, and picked up a book on Stone Chuckers. As I walked back to Alice, I felt dizzy. Was it the cold feeling I was getting? Before I could figure it out, I felt myself falling into darkness. The last thing I knew, the book was slowly slipping out of my fingers.
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