Piper racked her brain for two days...two days she didn't have.
"I need...something!" Piper explained and pounded her forehead with her hand. "Ow. Okay, gonna stop doing that." Piper sat on the couch and put her head in her hands.
She heard the familiar sound of a bell twinkling and looked up.
"Hello Kitty." Piper greeted the cat. She couldn't think of a real name, so she called it Kitty. She bought it a nice red collar that had a tiny, silver bell on it.
The cat had a small piece of paper in its mouth.
"What do you have there?" Piper asked and took the paper from the cat and patted it on the head. This cat seemed so...human.
"It's an ad from the newspaper." Piper said mostly to herself as she looked at the paper. "This is an ad for Midnight Magic Bookstore." Piper read. Piper didn't notice, but Kitty rolled her eyes.
"Oh! Oh! Maybe I could find a book there on the amulet or Eulb!" Piper exclaimed. She put the ad in her pocket and grabbed her keys.
As she was leaving, Kitty let out a very loud meow.
"Do you want to come?" Piper asked. The cat just went out the door and to the car.
Piper finally found the right bookstore after about twenty minutes of searching. It was a little place and the sign was barely noticeable.
Piper picked up Kitty and entered the bookstore. It was very warm inside and thick perfume wafted through the air. It was so heavy it made Piper lightheaded and almost made her pass out.
Piper sneezed and came back to her senses.
"Um, hello?" She called out.
There was a jingle of beads as a woman came from the backroom.
"I'll be leaving now." The woman said to someone in the backroom. The woman noticed Piper and called to the person in the back, "You've got a customer."
The woman smiled at Piper and left. Kitty started squirming in Piper's arms and jumped down then ran into the backroom.
And from the backroom came Phoebe carrying Kitty.
"Is this your-Piper?" Phoebe asked.
"Yes, Phoebe is that you?" Piper asked.
"Yep, it's me." Phoebe replied and put Kitty down on the counter.
"Wow, so, what are you doing here?" Piper asked.
"I finally got myself a job." Phoebe said. "I figured with my...line of work, working here would really come in handy."
"I could see how thousands of books on magic could help." Piper said.
"So, what brings YOU here?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm on a little mission. A demon named Eulb wants this amulet. A girl had the amulet and then the girl disappeared and so did the amulet and now the girl, once I find her, will be my innocent and the amulet is just another thing to protect, then I vanquish Eulb." Piper explained.
"They're getting more and more specific these days." Phoebe commented.
"So, any ideas?" Piper asked.
"Hmmmm...well, these books basically have the average magic stuff." Phoebe said and Piper got a disappointed look. "BUT, Ms. Mizzerworth has a personal, darker collection in the back. Come on." Phoebe motioned for Piper to follow her into the back room.
When they got in there, Phoebe pointed to a small shelf that had books packed in.
"There they are. I'm going to go turn on the AC and I have to sit at the counter out there, so just come out when you're done." Phoebe said and disappeared from the back.
Piper knelt down and looked at the books. Kitty sat on top of the shelf and just looked down at Piper.
"Demons of the Dark, Beating the Unknown, To Hell and Back, Devilish Well Wishers..." Piper read off the titles of the book before she found one she could maybe use. "Magical Items and the Demons Who Want Them: Complete Volume." Piper read. "Long title...whoa! Long book." Piper took the giant, thick book that must've been about a thousand or so pages long and sat down at the small desk near the corner.
She opened the book and looked at the first few pages.
"Thank God...there's an index." Piper mumbled and ran her finger along the writing. She found amulets and looked through the amulet sub-index.
"Euhd, Euij, Eukk...here it is. Eulb, page 554." Piper said and turned to the page on Eulb.
She skimmed through his history and short biography and attacks and read about the amulet he wanted.
"The Omnis Amulet allows the wearer to know all about its surroundings. The Amulet allows to wearer to decipher any surrounding persons magic heritage or place if any. It would be especially useful to Eulb because of his many witch ritual killings. He would be able to more easily pick out witches. The last known holder of the Amulet was last seen in 1952. The Amulet was stored in a secret space and only the descendants of the last holder can unlock its hiding space and secrets."
Piper thought about what she had read. She then skipped down to Eulb's powers.
"Energyballs, shimmering, shape manipulation..." Piper read the list of powers, then noticed that someone had scribbled something at the bottom of the list.
"UPDATE: Eulb has gained the power to change humans into ani-mals." Piper looked over at Kitty shakily.
"Oh my God." Piper breathed. Kitty stared at her and looked like she smiled a tiny cat smile.
"Are you...where you...human?" Piper asked. She couldn't believe she was talking to a cat.
Kitty nodded slowly.
"Phoebe!" Piper called.
"I need...something!" Piper explained and pounded her forehead with her hand. "Ow. Okay, gonna stop doing that." Piper sat on the couch and put her head in her hands.
She heard the familiar sound of a bell twinkling and looked up.
"Hello Kitty." Piper greeted the cat. She couldn't think of a real name, so she called it Kitty. She bought it a nice red collar that had a tiny, silver bell on it.
The cat had a small piece of paper in its mouth.
"What do you have there?" Piper asked and took the paper from the cat and patted it on the head. This cat seemed so...human.
"It's an ad from the newspaper." Piper said mostly to herself as she looked at the paper. "This is an ad for Midnight Magic Bookstore." Piper read. Piper didn't notice, but Kitty rolled her eyes.
"Oh! Oh! Maybe I could find a book there on the amulet or Eulb!" Piper exclaimed. She put the ad in her pocket and grabbed her keys.
As she was leaving, Kitty let out a very loud meow.
"Do you want to come?" Piper asked. The cat just went out the door and to the car.
Piper finally found the right bookstore after about twenty minutes of searching. It was a little place and the sign was barely noticeable.
Piper picked up Kitty and entered the bookstore. It was very warm inside and thick perfume wafted through the air. It was so heavy it made Piper lightheaded and almost made her pass out.
Piper sneezed and came back to her senses.
"Um, hello?" She called out.
There was a jingle of beads as a woman came from the backroom.
"I'll be leaving now." The woman said to someone in the backroom. The woman noticed Piper and called to the person in the back, "You've got a customer."
The woman smiled at Piper and left. Kitty started squirming in Piper's arms and jumped down then ran into the backroom.
And from the backroom came Phoebe carrying Kitty.
"Is this your-Piper?" Phoebe asked.
"Yes, Phoebe is that you?" Piper asked.
"Yep, it's me." Phoebe replied and put Kitty down on the counter.
"Wow, so, what are you doing here?" Piper asked.
"I finally got myself a job." Phoebe said. "I figured with my...line of work, working here would really come in handy."
"I could see how thousands of books on magic could help." Piper said.
"So, what brings YOU here?" Phoebe asked.
"I'm on a little mission. A demon named Eulb wants this amulet. A girl had the amulet and then the girl disappeared and so did the amulet and now the girl, once I find her, will be my innocent and the amulet is just another thing to protect, then I vanquish Eulb." Piper explained.
"They're getting more and more specific these days." Phoebe commented.
"So, any ideas?" Piper asked.
"Hmmmm...well, these books basically have the average magic stuff." Phoebe said and Piper got a disappointed look. "BUT, Ms. Mizzerworth has a personal, darker collection in the back. Come on." Phoebe motioned for Piper to follow her into the back room.
When they got in there, Phoebe pointed to a small shelf that had books packed in.
"There they are. I'm going to go turn on the AC and I have to sit at the counter out there, so just come out when you're done." Phoebe said and disappeared from the back.
Piper knelt down and looked at the books. Kitty sat on top of the shelf and just looked down at Piper.
"Demons of the Dark, Beating the Unknown, To Hell and Back, Devilish Well Wishers..." Piper read off the titles of the book before she found one she could maybe use. "Magical Items and the Demons Who Want Them: Complete Volume." Piper read. "Long title...whoa! Long book." Piper took the giant, thick book that must've been about a thousand or so pages long and sat down at the small desk near the corner.
She opened the book and looked at the first few pages.
"Thank God...there's an index." Piper mumbled and ran her finger along the writing. She found amulets and looked through the amulet sub-index.
"Euhd, Euij, Eukk...here it is. Eulb, page 554." Piper said and turned to the page on Eulb.
She skimmed through his history and short biography and attacks and read about the amulet he wanted.
"The Omnis Amulet allows the wearer to know all about its surroundings. The Amulet allows to wearer to decipher any surrounding persons magic heritage or place if any. It would be especially useful to Eulb because of his many witch ritual killings. He would be able to more easily pick out witches. The last known holder of the Amulet was last seen in 1952. The Amulet was stored in a secret space and only the descendants of the last holder can unlock its hiding space and secrets."
Piper thought about what she had read. She then skipped down to Eulb's powers.
"Energyballs, shimmering, shape manipulation..." Piper read the list of powers, then noticed that someone had scribbled something at the bottom of the list.
"UPDATE: Eulb has gained the power to change humans into ani-mals." Piper looked over at Kitty shakily.
"Oh my God." Piper breathed. Kitty stared at her and looked like she smiled a tiny cat smile.
"Are you...where you...human?" Piper asked. She couldn't believe she was talking to a cat.
Kitty nodded slowly.
"Phoebe!" Piper called.