Chapter 21: Find You!
"I'm not lost, a spy rat is never lost." Stanley said, "I'm just re-analyzing the surrondings.". "Re-analyz a little bit quicker then!" Odale snapped. "Yes, plase Stanley." Jenna said, and looked down the street, "That man from the quay is still following us.". The street was filled with people, a nearby circus had just had a late show. All the time people shuffed past Odale, Indigo, Jenna, Thunder and Stanley. And they talked loudly about the show, but anyways Odale noticed two familiar voices; "But she said; Don't go to circus's!". "You didn't believe everything that old witch said, did you, Sep?" Nicko said. Odale scouted through the crowd, but she didn't see anything. "Odale, what is it?" Jenna asked, but Odale didn't seem to notice. "Septimus! Nicko!" Odale shouted. "Strange, I think that I heard someone say our names." Nicko's voice, which came from beside a burly woman, said. "Probably someone with the same names." Septimus voice, which came from the same place as Nickos, replied. "But no one has such strange names as we've got, Sep. Especially not so strange as yours." Nickos voice answerd. "Hm, Nicko is a pretty strange name too, I think. My name at least means something.". Now Odale was sure that it was Septimus and Nicko. "Sep!" she shouted and threw her arms around him, "Sep, you're alive! Oh, I was so worried!". "Odale, what are you doing?" Jenna, who hadn't seen Nicko and Septimus yet, asked. "Jenna?" Septimus and Nicko said with one mouth, and Odale letted Septimus go. "Nik? Sep?" Jenna answerd, and both Nicko and Septimus rushed to hug her. "We found you! We found you! Jen, what happend?" Nicko said. "I'll tell you later, it's a long story. Is he with you?" the last thing was about the Wolf Boy, who Jenna just had noticed. "Yep. Tell you later." Nicko answerd with a smirk. "Would you be nice and step of my tail? It hurts, you're very heavy-footed." Stanley said. Nicko looked down. Stanley glared up. "Isn't that the message rat?" Nicko asked. "The secret rat." Stanley corrected him easily annoyed, "Goes anywhere, finds anything.". "Exept finds Florrie Bundas lodging house." Odale said loudly. "Found it." Stanley said and painted at a garish house, painted in so many colours that Odale nearly got headache again. At the house there was a sign that read;
THE DOLL HOUSE
FOOD AND ROOMS FOR GUESTS WITH CLAIMS
PAYING IN ADVANCE
"She've re-painted the place since I were here the last time. And changed the name." Stanley said, "Follow me.".
But there wasn't any rooms left at the Doll house, and once again they were at the crowded street. "But where shall we go no?" Jenna complainde. Septimus and Odale glanced at eachoter. "Well..." Odale said slowly, "You won't like this, but I knows a house where we at least can sleep.". "Why didn't you say anything aout that before?" Jenna exclaimed. "Because I'm talking about the Witch Port Coven." Odale answerd. Nicko, Jenna and the Wolf Boy widend their eyes. "Who are you hanging around, 412?" the Wolf Boy said. Odale smirked. "You have no idéa." she answerd, "But hurry up now, they may be going out for a raid.". Odale leaded them to the house beside the Doll House, and knocked at the door. When Odale almost had given up, one of the witches called Veronica opend the door. Veronica smiled. "You again? And more friends? Welcome." Veronica said. Odale gave the others a look that said 'Come on, they won't bite!', and stepped in. Afraid to be leaved outside, the others followed her. "Do you want dinner? There may be something left..." Veronica told them, "Not much though.". "No thank you, Verona, it's fine. Really." Odale said, "We only wants to get somewhere to sleep. Just for the night, it's complicated, but I can explain another time.". Veronica pursed her lips. "And did you visit the Wendroms?" she asked. Odale opend her mouth, but Septimus answerd before her. "Odale didn't, but Nicko and I did." he answerd. "And..? Won't you tell her?" Veronica said irritated. "Told me what? Septimus?" Odale exclaimed. "That your mother is a Wendrom Witch, if that was the thing that Veronica meant." Septimus replied. "She's a what! Is she even alive? Why has no one told me!?" Odale stared from Veronica to Septimus, she didn't knew who she was angry on. Or even if she were angry at one. "And your mother told me to give you this." Septimus said, and searched through his pockets. "Here it is." he finally said, and pulled the packet out of the pocket. Odale received it with an mix of disgust and recognition. She opend the little piece of fabric that the thing laid in. The thing were a bracelet. Odale frowned, and picked it up. "Odale- from the sea..." she read out loud, and followed the squiggly letters with her index finger. Then she turned it around and looked at the deep-blue stone on it. "Thank you Sep. I guess..." she said, and pulled the bracelet on. It was too big, but when she had pulled it on it shrinked perfectly around her wrist. Nicko whistled lowly. "Classy." he said. "How was she like?" Odale asked Septimus. "Serious." Septimus answerd, "And she also had a bracelet like that.". "How did she look like?" Odale corrected herself. Septimus bit his tounge, he wasn't so good at describing people. "She had darke-blonde hair. And witch-blue eyes. But else, your eyes are very much alike." Septimus replied. "Oh." Odale said, she wanted to hate her mother? Her mother had left her in the snow, when she was newborned. At the longest night of the year. But why didn't she hate her mother? "But where should you sleep then?" Veronica interupted Odale's thoughts. "Ehum, the living room at the second floor?" Odale suggested. The witches never used the living romm at the second floor. Verona shrugged. "If you wants." she said, "You got the house to yourselfs. The others has gone on a raid, but I will follow now. But however I trusts you. You can take whatever you wants from the pantry, but do not enter the decoction room.". Odale nodded. "Understood." she said shortly. Veronica smiled. "And well, I'm going now. Have a goodnight." she said, and went through the door. "You got a lot to explain, Odale Overstrand." Nicko said with a smirk.