The House of Life

Liam XI

„Oh my god these sandwiches are so good", Liam said stuffing them into his face. "I wonder who made them…"

"We got it, Liam", Sky said with laughter. "We all understood you make amazing sandwiches"

Liam chuckled. It's evening in the desert. They are at the grand canyon. They bought some food at a local convenience store, so he made Chinese-Fireball Sandwiches á la Liam. The sandwiches were probably too spicy, but everybody was super hungry, so they ate whatever they were given. They were eating around the pickup. Amy and Kate were sitting in the trunk, Sky was sitting on the hood (how the hell did he get up there) and Liam was leaning onto the door. All they had to do now was wait. Wait till Sadie's secret lair shows up. They must have been waiting for hours and eaten dozens of sandwiches because now, the tourist attraction was closing, and the sky has turned orange.

"When will it show up?", Kate complained.

"It will be there", Sky responded with a smile. "Soon"

Kate smiled back. They were acting differently towards each other. Something has changed. Because the last time Liam checked, they wouldn't speak a word to each other.

"Look!", Amy shouted.

Finally.

But when Liam looked to check, it wasn't there. He was confused.

"Amy, where is it?", he asked. "I can't see it"

"Me neither", Kate added.

"You guys seriously can't see it?", Amy asked.

Everybody shook their heads.

"Well it's right there!"

"Maybe only magicians can see it?", Kate suggested.

Amy facepalmed. "Right, how could I not think of that"

The mood was really tense.

"Was that sarcasm?", Liam asked. "Cuz, I seriously can't differentiate"

"No, it wasn't", Amy replied.

"Was that sarcasm, too? You know I really can't- "

"Shut up", Sky said.

Amy sighed. "It's an old but powerful spell. We also have it on the Brooklyn House"

"But the only difference is, that we can see the Brooklyn House", Sky said.

"Yes, but do you know what my aunt is famous for?"

*dramatic music stars playing*

"No", Liam answered. "Are we supposed to?"

Everybody facepalms.

"Oh", Liam realized. "That was a rhetorical question"

Amy laughed this time. "Anyway, if there is one thing that my aunt is famous for, it is for fiddling with spells"

They were at the front door of Sadie's lair. Amy sprayed something on them, which tricks the spell into thinking that you're a magician. So, they could now finally see the lair. Well, they couldn't actually see the lair. It turns out, that Amy didn't see a full fortress but a 7 meters high wooden door.

There was just a door, nothing else.

Liam guessed it was some sort of spell that Sadie used.

"Well, why don't we open it?", Kate asked.

Liam facepalmed. "Did you ever watch Indiana Jones? The ancient Egyptians, like, invented booby traps!"

"It's not that", Amy said. "I am not sure what to expect as soon as we go in"

"I say, let's open the door and check it out", Sky suggested. "What do we have to lose?"

Everybody agreed, except Liam. "Right, cuz who needs a life?"

Amy walked forward and pushed the door front. Thank god, Liam thought. But when she pushed the door even more arrows started flying towards them. Liam expected Amy to do something, but she was equally as frightened. But then he saw some water flying towards the arrows and froze to ice, holding the arrows.

It was Kate.

"I never knew you could do that", Sky said.

"Me neither", Kate said surprised.

"I TOLD YOU", Liam shouted. "THERE ARE BOOBY TRAPS"

However, the rest of the group ignored him and continued walking inside. It was a dark hallway with metal walls. It reminded Liam of a sewer. At the far end he could see a wooden door. That must be the main entrance, he guessed.

When they finally reached the door and Liam surprisingly didn't activate any booby traps, the entrance they came from closed.

"Guess it's a one-way trip, then", Sky said.

"GUESS IT'S A ONE-WAY TRIP, THEN?! WHERE ARE WE, IN A MEME?", Liam exclaimed. "WE'RE TRAPPED IN A MAGIC HARRY POTTER SEWER THAT PHYSICALLY DOES NOT EXIST GODDAMMIT"

Just as he said it, the door opened. It revealed a huge room with warm yellow light. The room was in a circular shape with steps going down. The room was messy, lots of stuff were lying around but it still looked good. All the tools and gear were either Egyptian or looked like something which belonged to Galileo Galilei. The walls were covered with old-fashioned wallpaper. But Liam could barely see any wall because the whole room was filled with shelves which were filled with old books, curious potions, trapped hybrid animals and mysterious jars filled with various things. A huge glass chandelier was hanging from the ceiling, radiating all the yellow light. It felt magnificent and homey at once.

"Wow, I didn't expect it to look like this", Amy said. "I can really feel the magic power here",

With the blink of an eye, a small blue smoke cloud appeared in the middle of the room. To be seen was a middle-aged woman, who was wearing a brown Jedi-style robe and beneath it a red shirt and jeans. She had caramel hair with blue tips and blue eyes. She had a young face but had that certain sadness in her eyes. The same sadness Carter had.

"How may I help you?", she asked in a friendly voice. "Since you couldn't possibly have found this place by accident."

"Yes, we wanted to- "

"Ugh", she sighed. "Is my brother sending kids now to capture me?" She let out a deep breath while taking out her wand. "Guess, you'll die, then. Hatb!

"No, w- ", Kate shouted.

But before she could finish, Amy rushed forward, pulled her magic pen out and drew a shield. The woman's wand beamed a red ray towards them, but Amy's shield repelled it and it hit her back. The woman held her wand towards the ray and the wand sucked it inside itself. After sucking the whole ray, the wand glowed red.

"You earned my respect, my brother's minions can't hold it back", she said dusting off her robe.

"Let me introduce myself to you", she said bowing down. "I am Sadie Kane, sorceress of the west"

A/N – Same. text. every. time. bye.