Courage and Muriel waited for several minutes as the chanting continued but
there was no sign of Eustace. Finally Muriel said to Courage, "I wonder why
Eustace isn't yelling at them anymore. I hope nothing has happened to
him."
Courage felt his blood run cold. He didn't care much if anything happened to Eustace but he knew that Muriel did. He sighed, knowing what was comming next.
"We have to go see what is going on Courage." Courage shivered as he got up to follow Muriel downstairs to look out the window. What they saw made Courage scream loudly and turn white!
Muriel let out a shocked, "Oh my!!!" and ran for the door.
Courage charged after her and they both ran out onto the porch. The children were still chanting and dancing in a circle. Eustace was standing in the middle of the circle with a blank look on his face as if he was in a trance.
"Eustace!!!" Muriel's scream startled the dancing children. The chanting silenced as all the children stopped dancing to turn and stare at Muriel. Courage nearly fainted. The children didn't really look much like children at all. They were white as sheets and their eyes were nothing but glowing pale blue light. Their clothes were also white and looked like they were from at least a hundred years ago - just like the description the article that the computer had found.
The children stood there frozen in place for a few seconds just staring. Finally one of them whispered something to the others and they're eyes turned red with what looked like anger. Courge huddled close to Muriel ready to defend her if the children should attack them. But instead of attacking, the children floated away like fog. As soon as the children were gone Eustace woke up from his trance like state to find Muriel and Courage staring at him as if they had seen a ghost. (Of course they had seen a ghost...in fact, they had seen several of them ).
"What are you two staring at?!" Eustace looked around. "What am I doing out here?" He looked back at Muriel and Courage, "What in blazes is going on here?!!"
Muriel tried to explain but Eustace said that he didn't remember anything and that they all must have had some sort of nightmare.
As Eustace and Muriel when back to the bedroom, Courage made his way up to to the attic. Several searches on his computer didn't get him anywhere. There were a few results in old newspaper articles but, in each case, it was like the newspaper article the computer had found the night before. Only a few sentences were readable. In some cases, the entire article had actually been removed from the newspaper. Courage began to feel as if something bad had happened and somebody was trying to cover it up. Muriel seemed to know something but he couldn't ask Muriel anything because she wouldn't understand him. Courage began to feel like he was at a dead end until an idea suddenly came to him. The computer had told him last night that he needed to take the pendant to somebody who would understand things like spells and curses and Courage knew just the right person - or rather dog! He waited anxiously for morning.
Courage felt his blood run cold. He didn't care much if anything happened to Eustace but he knew that Muriel did. He sighed, knowing what was comming next.
"We have to go see what is going on Courage." Courage shivered as he got up to follow Muriel downstairs to look out the window. What they saw made Courage scream loudly and turn white!
Muriel let out a shocked, "Oh my!!!" and ran for the door.
Courage charged after her and they both ran out onto the porch. The children were still chanting and dancing in a circle. Eustace was standing in the middle of the circle with a blank look on his face as if he was in a trance.
"Eustace!!!" Muriel's scream startled the dancing children. The chanting silenced as all the children stopped dancing to turn and stare at Muriel. Courage nearly fainted. The children didn't really look much like children at all. They were white as sheets and their eyes were nothing but glowing pale blue light. Their clothes were also white and looked like they were from at least a hundred years ago - just like the description the article that the computer had found.
The children stood there frozen in place for a few seconds just staring. Finally one of them whispered something to the others and they're eyes turned red with what looked like anger. Courge huddled close to Muriel ready to defend her if the children should attack them. But instead of attacking, the children floated away like fog. As soon as the children were gone Eustace woke up from his trance like state to find Muriel and Courage staring at him as if they had seen a ghost. (Of course they had seen a ghost...in fact, they had seen several of them ).
"What are you two staring at?!" Eustace looked around. "What am I doing out here?" He looked back at Muriel and Courage, "What in blazes is going on here?!!"
Muriel tried to explain but Eustace said that he didn't remember anything and that they all must have had some sort of nightmare.
As Eustace and Muriel when back to the bedroom, Courage made his way up to to the attic. Several searches on his computer didn't get him anywhere. There were a few results in old newspaper articles but, in each case, it was like the newspaper article the computer had found the night before. Only a few sentences were readable. In some cases, the entire article had actually been removed from the newspaper. Courage began to feel as if something bad had happened and somebody was trying to cover it up. Muriel seemed to know something but he couldn't ask Muriel anything because she wouldn't understand him. Courage began to feel like he was at a dead end until an idea suddenly came to him. The computer had told him last night that he needed to take the pendant to somebody who would understand things like spells and curses and Courage knew just the right person - or rather dog! He waited anxiously for morning.