Chapter Six
Snooping Around
Inside the apartment it was dark; Darry figured that had to do with the fact that it was nearly dark outside. Kellie reached forward and flicked a light switch; the apartment was engulfed in light, it looked just the way it did when they had entered earlier in the afternoon.
"Looks like a normal apartment." Darry pointed out, though she wasn't near ready to admit that all was normal.
"Looks can be deceiving." Kellie said, looking around the apartment. She walked over to where Charlotte's cage was and peered inside.
"The spider's not in here." Kellie muttered, tapping her finger against the glass.
"Maybe they took it for a walk." Darry muttered gamely and walked past her cousin and into the hallway. Darry walked to the bedroom door and opened it; looking around. It looked like a normal bed room, Darry thought, as she walked inside.
"What are you doing?" Kellie asked, running to catch up with Darry.
"I'm snooping around, isn't that what we came here to do?" Darry asked, raising an eyebrow at her cousin.
"Yeah, but my dad always taught me it was improper for you, me, to sneak into someone's room and go through their things." Kellie said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, well, my dad taught me that I was evil but you don't see me listening to him, now do you?" Darry asked.
She walked over to one of the dressers in the room, it was easy to tell which dresser was Melissa's because it was littered with trinkets that reminded Darry of some of the things covens used.
She pawed through a few of the things and picked one thing up; it was a string of what looked like human and animal teeth, they had holes drilled through them and were tied to what looked like dried human innards.
Darry grimaced and set the grotesque necklace back down. Kellie opened Riley's dresser and started going through his clothes, messing up the neatly folded clothes.
She reached in and picked up another object, turning it around in her hands to look it over. "What's this?" She said, looking over at Darry. Darry turned to face Kellie and opened her hands, as though to say 'let me see'.
Kellie tossed Darry the heavy, metal object; her cousin caught it and then let out a hiss of pain, dropping the object to the ground.
"What's the matter? Darry?" Kellie asked and walked to her cousin. Kellie bent down to pick up the object and was surprised when it didn't cause her any pain. Darry bit back tears and took at her palms, which looked like they had been burned.
"What is this thing?" Kellie asked, careful not get the object near Darry again.
"It's made of silver, whatever it." Darry hissed, dropping her palms to her sides, slowly.
"Oh, silver hurts werewolves; you're not a werewolf now, though, why did it hurt you?" Kellie asked.
"Tomorrow is the night before the first night of the full moon." Darry answered. "My wolf traits start to come about around now, I can hear and smell really well at the moment." Darry answered.
Kellie dropped the object back on the ground. "Weird, why would Riley have something silver in his dresser?" Kellie asked.
Darry and Kellie left the room and looked around the hall. "There's nothing here." Kellie pointed out, running her hands along one of the walls.
"No, there is." Darry muttered and placed her palms flat against another wall; the wall rippled like it was made of water and Darry's hands disappeared. "There's something behind here." She said, looking back at Kellie.
"What is that?" Kellie asked, hurrying to her cousin's side.
"A glamour, used to hide what's really there." Darry answered. "Let's go." She said and motioned to the ripply wall.
"In there?" Kellie asked and looked at her cousin like she was crazy.
"Come on." Darry said and stepped into the wall; Darry disappeared before Kellie's eyes.
"Wait!" Kellie called and followed her cousin into whatever was beyond the wall.
What was behind the wall amazed both Kellie and Darry; it was a room, though a very dark room. It was filled with smoke and Darry was sure she heard something growling from somewhere in the room; it was impossible to tell how big the room was, in a room made by magick, it could be as large as needed.
Kellie moved her hand through the air, pushing away some of the smoke to get a better look of the room. "What's this?" Kellie asked and pointed to a large cast-iron pot.
"It looks like a caldron." Darry answered, joining her cousin at the pot. She peered inside, the caldron was empty except for the caldron was rimmed with a thick, red fluid that was stuck to sides.
"I think Melissa's a witch." Kellie said and put her hands on her hips.
Darry nodded. "I think you're right." Darry muttered.
"Why would Riley marry a witch?" Kellie asked and started looking around again. "It just doesn't make sense."
"Maybe he doesn't know she's a witch." Darry answered and picked a book off of a table that looked like it was made of bone and gristle.
Kellie shrugged; Darry flipped through the book. "This looks like a diary or something." Darry muttered. "Oh! I know what it is! It's a power journal." Darry exclaimed, not knowing why she had yelled.
"What's that?" Kellie asked, taking the book from Darry.
"It's a place where witches or other spell casters write down their spells and thoughts and chants and whatnot." Darry answered. "You're not supposed to let anyone see it." She added.
"Oh well." Kellie muttered. "She didn't let us see anything." Kellie added.
Ignoring her cousin, Darry lifted her head and cocked it to the side. "Did you hear that?" She asked, her eyes darting over to her cousin.
"No, not a werewolf, hello." Kellie said, shaking her head.
"They're home." Darry whispered. "We have to get out of here." She added, looking over at Kellie.
"Yeah, that would be the right answer." Kellie whispered, suddenly fearing that Riley or Melissa would hear her.
Silently, Kellie and Darry crept toward the way they had entered; Kellie clutched the power journal to her chest, without even knowing what she was doing.
Quickly and as quietly as possible, Darry and Kellie slipped through the wall and back into the living room; both of them pressed themselves up against the wall, Darry stopped breathing without even realizing it.
"Oh Melissa, I have to get something from the car." Darry heard Riley call; she heard the apartment door open and shut and only heard one person in the apartment now.
"What are we going to do?" Kellie asked, whispering in her cousin's ear and pressing her nose against her hair.
Darry shrugged. "Maybe Melissa will go out with him or go the bathroom and then we can sneak out. We can't let her know we're here." Darry whispered back.
Kellie nodded and chewed her bottom lip. Now she knew why her dad told her not to break into someone's house to 'snoop around', if you got caught it was not a good thing.
Darry cocked her head to listen to Melissa, she was in the kitchen, opening cupboards and taking things out. As she listening to Melissa, Darry began to think that she and Kellie were going to get out without being noticed.
Suddenly, Kellie let out a yelp and jumped up, crying out. Darry jerked her head in her cousin's direction and was sure that Melissa had done the same thing. "Kellie, what the hell?" Darry cried out, knowing that they had just gotten caught.
Kellie pointed to the ground with a shaking hand; sitting in front of where Kellie had been sitting was the spider, Charlotte, staring right at her, or so it looked. Darry blinked in surprise and kicked at the spider.
Charlotte lifted its front two legs at her and bared its fangs; Darry drew back and stood up as well; it was at that moment that Darry remembered Melissa. Darry turned around and was not surprised to see Melissa standing there.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Melissa asked, looking very not pleased.
"Kellie, run." Darry whispered without looking over her shoulder. The second Kellie moved, Darry acted as though she was about to hit Melissa to keep the witch from striking her cousin.
Melissa jerked back and then saw that Darry wasn't going to hit her. She, on the other hand, balled her hand into a fist and hit Darry in the face, splitting her lip.
Darry recoiled and put her hands to her face; Melissa hit Darry again, with the back of her hand. One of her rings hit Darry's cheek and cut it open; Darry felt her cheek bleed.
Melissa drew her hand away and saw that she had some of Darry's blood on her hand; before she could wipe it off, she was attacked from behind. Kellie ran up behind Melissa and hit her with a vase of flowers; the vase shattered and Melissa staggered forward.
Darry looked at Melissa, who righted herself by putting a hand on the wall. Kellie was about to attack her again when she noticed the Charlotte was running toward her, like a dog. Kellie yelled and ran toward the front door; Darry decided that her cousin had the right idea and ran after her.
Kellie pulled the door open and she and Darry ran into the hall, slamming the door behind them. Kellie collasped on the ground, though it was more of a mock collapse then a real one.
"Well, that was the most fun I've had all day." She muttered, looking up at her cousin.
Darry shook her head and smiled slightly at her cousin.
Snooping Around
Inside the apartment it was dark; Darry figured that had to do with the fact that it was nearly dark outside. Kellie reached forward and flicked a light switch; the apartment was engulfed in light, it looked just the way it did when they had entered earlier in the afternoon.
"Looks like a normal apartment." Darry pointed out, though she wasn't near ready to admit that all was normal.
"Looks can be deceiving." Kellie said, looking around the apartment. She walked over to where Charlotte's cage was and peered inside.
"The spider's not in here." Kellie muttered, tapping her finger against the glass.
"Maybe they took it for a walk." Darry muttered gamely and walked past her cousin and into the hallway. Darry walked to the bedroom door and opened it; looking around. It looked like a normal bed room, Darry thought, as she walked inside.
"What are you doing?" Kellie asked, running to catch up with Darry.
"I'm snooping around, isn't that what we came here to do?" Darry asked, raising an eyebrow at her cousin.
"Yeah, but my dad always taught me it was improper for you, me, to sneak into someone's room and go through their things." Kellie said, putting her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, well, my dad taught me that I was evil but you don't see me listening to him, now do you?" Darry asked.
She walked over to one of the dressers in the room, it was easy to tell which dresser was Melissa's because it was littered with trinkets that reminded Darry of some of the things covens used.
She pawed through a few of the things and picked one thing up; it was a string of what looked like human and animal teeth, they had holes drilled through them and were tied to what looked like dried human innards.
Darry grimaced and set the grotesque necklace back down. Kellie opened Riley's dresser and started going through his clothes, messing up the neatly folded clothes.
She reached in and picked up another object, turning it around in her hands to look it over. "What's this?" She said, looking over at Darry. Darry turned to face Kellie and opened her hands, as though to say 'let me see'.
Kellie tossed Darry the heavy, metal object; her cousin caught it and then let out a hiss of pain, dropping the object to the ground.
"What's the matter? Darry?" Kellie asked and walked to her cousin. Kellie bent down to pick up the object and was surprised when it didn't cause her any pain. Darry bit back tears and took at her palms, which looked like they had been burned.
"What is this thing?" Kellie asked, careful not get the object near Darry again.
"It's made of silver, whatever it." Darry hissed, dropping her palms to her sides, slowly.
"Oh, silver hurts werewolves; you're not a werewolf now, though, why did it hurt you?" Kellie asked.
"Tomorrow is the night before the first night of the full moon." Darry answered. "My wolf traits start to come about around now, I can hear and smell really well at the moment." Darry answered.
Kellie dropped the object back on the ground. "Weird, why would Riley have something silver in his dresser?" Kellie asked.
Darry and Kellie left the room and looked around the hall. "There's nothing here." Kellie pointed out, running her hands along one of the walls.
"No, there is." Darry muttered and placed her palms flat against another wall; the wall rippled like it was made of water and Darry's hands disappeared. "There's something behind here." She said, looking back at Kellie.
"What is that?" Kellie asked, hurrying to her cousin's side.
"A glamour, used to hide what's really there." Darry answered. "Let's go." She said and motioned to the ripply wall.
"In there?" Kellie asked and looked at her cousin like she was crazy.
"Come on." Darry said and stepped into the wall; Darry disappeared before Kellie's eyes.
"Wait!" Kellie called and followed her cousin into whatever was beyond the wall.
What was behind the wall amazed both Kellie and Darry; it was a room, though a very dark room. It was filled with smoke and Darry was sure she heard something growling from somewhere in the room; it was impossible to tell how big the room was, in a room made by magick, it could be as large as needed.
Kellie moved her hand through the air, pushing away some of the smoke to get a better look of the room. "What's this?" Kellie asked and pointed to a large cast-iron pot.
"It looks like a caldron." Darry answered, joining her cousin at the pot. She peered inside, the caldron was empty except for the caldron was rimmed with a thick, red fluid that was stuck to sides.
"I think Melissa's a witch." Kellie said and put her hands on her hips.
Darry nodded. "I think you're right." Darry muttered.
"Why would Riley marry a witch?" Kellie asked and started looking around again. "It just doesn't make sense."
"Maybe he doesn't know she's a witch." Darry answered and picked a book off of a table that looked like it was made of bone and gristle.
Kellie shrugged; Darry flipped through the book. "This looks like a diary or something." Darry muttered. "Oh! I know what it is! It's a power journal." Darry exclaimed, not knowing why she had yelled.
"What's that?" Kellie asked, taking the book from Darry.
"It's a place where witches or other spell casters write down their spells and thoughts and chants and whatnot." Darry answered. "You're not supposed to let anyone see it." She added.
"Oh well." Kellie muttered. "She didn't let us see anything." Kellie added.
Ignoring her cousin, Darry lifted her head and cocked it to the side. "Did you hear that?" She asked, her eyes darting over to her cousin.
"No, not a werewolf, hello." Kellie said, shaking her head.
"They're home." Darry whispered. "We have to get out of here." She added, looking over at Kellie.
"Yeah, that would be the right answer." Kellie whispered, suddenly fearing that Riley or Melissa would hear her.
Silently, Kellie and Darry crept toward the way they had entered; Kellie clutched the power journal to her chest, without even knowing what she was doing.
Quickly and as quietly as possible, Darry and Kellie slipped through the wall and back into the living room; both of them pressed themselves up against the wall, Darry stopped breathing without even realizing it.
"Oh Melissa, I have to get something from the car." Darry heard Riley call; she heard the apartment door open and shut and only heard one person in the apartment now.
"What are we going to do?" Kellie asked, whispering in her cousin's ear and pressing her nose against her hair.
Darry shrugged. "Maybe Melissa will go out with him or go the bathroom and then we can sneak out. We can't let her know we're here." Darry whispered back.
Kellie nodded and chewed her bottom lip. Now she knew why her dad told her not to break into someone's house to 'snoop around', if you got caught it was not a good thing.
Darry cocked her head to listen to Melissa, she was in the kitchen, opening cupboards and taking things out. As she listening to Melissa, Darry began to think that she and Kellie were going to get out without being noticed.
Suddenly, Kellie let out a yelp and jumped up, crying out. Darry jerked her head in her cousin's direction and was sure that Melissa had done the same thing. "Kellie, what the hell?" Darry cried out, knowing that they had just gotten caught.
Kellie pointed to the ground with a shaking hand; sitting in front of where Kellie had been sitting was the spider, Charlotte, staring right at her, or so it looked. Darry blinked in surprise and kicked at the spider.
Charlotte lifted its front two legs at her and bared its fangs; Darry drew back and stood up as well; it was at that moment that Darry remembered Melissa. Darry turned around and was not surprised to see Melissa standing there.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Melissa asked, looking very not pleased.
"Kellie, run." Darry whispered without looking over her shoulder. The second Kellie moved, Darry acted as though she was about to hit Melissa to keep the witch from striking her cousin.
Melissa jerked back and then saw that Darry wasn't going to hit her. She, on the other hand, balled her hand into a fist and hit Darry in the face, splitting her lip.
Darry recoiled and put her hands to her face; Melissa hit Darry again, with the back of her hand. One of her rings hit Darry's cheek and cut it open; Darry felt her cheek bleed.
Melissa drew her hand away and saw that she had some of Darry's blood on her hand; before she could wipe it off, she was attacked from behind. Kellie ran up behind Melissa and hit her with a vase of flowers; the vase shattered and Melissa staggered forward.
Darry looked at Melissa, who righted herself by putting a hand on the wall. Kellie was about to attack her again when she noticed the Charlotte was running toward her, like a dog. Kellie yelled and ran toward the front door; Darry decided that her cousin had the right idea and ran after her.
Kellie pulled the door open and she and Darry ran into the hall, slamming the door behind them. Kellie collasped on the ground, though it was more of a mock collapse then a real one.
"Well, that was the most fun I've had all day." She muttered, looking up at her cousin.
Darry shook her head and smiled slightly at her cousin.