Chapter 20

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Caroline left the train and began to walk in the direction of her chauffeur's car.

"Of course my father isn't here" said Caroline to the chauffeur sarcastically "It is only my first day back, after all."

"Hello, Madame" said Phil the Chauffeur

"Top of the day to you" said Caroline to Phil.

Phil opened the door for Caroline to get into the car. Upon the entrance in the car, Caroline was pulled in a huge vortex or green swirly light through time and space. The vortex dropped Caroline with a plop on the hard cement in front of a house.

"Oh My Geez" said Caroline in anger as she brushed dirt out of her jeans and smoothed her hair

"Somebody could have warned me!"

Caroline stood up quickly and grabbed her purse. She stood, for a minute, and stared at the home she had left over a year ago. The old stone, Victorian style house, looked exactly like a home in which a witch should live. The muggle children in the neighbourhood were scared of the house, especially during Halloween. Caroline enjoyed giving them a fright on Halloween and she liked to conjure spirits to scare them on all hollows eve.

Caroline creaked open the rusty metal gate, which was laced with poison ivy. She began to walk across the cobble stone driveway until she reached the front porch of the house. Caroline did not knock on the door or even push it open, instead, she walked straight into the door. Caroline, as one might expect, did not slam face first into the door and cry in pain, instead she walked straight through the door as though it was not there.

As she walked through the door, a hallway filled with porcelain and beautiful marble appeared before her.

"Hello ma'am" said Smitty the butler.

"It is very nice to welcome you home" he said with a smile.

"Allow me to take you coat, please" said Smitty as Caroline handed him her pleather (Caroline does not believe in the murder of animals for clothing uses) coat and her purse.

Caroline began to walk up the stairs towards her room. She walked down the corridor and walked through another door which led her to another series of stairs. As Caroline climbed these stairs she noticed that the fire in the room next to hers had a face sticking out of it. It was her father's head.

Caroline entered the room in which the green fire was blazing.

"Caroline, hello darling" said the short, bald man.

"Hi daddy" said Caroline with a smile

"I am sorry if we startled you at the train station. I wanted to tell you that Mr. O'Graff (Meara's father) has invited you to spend some time with Meara and Fiona" said Mr. Howerd

"Really?" said Caroline happily

"Yes, when would you like to go?" said Mr. Howerd

"Can I go this week?" said Caroline excitedly

"Yes. You can spend the entire summer, in fact, if you would like. I would feel safer if you were guarded by the anti-evil force, as Meara is" said Mr. Howerd.

"YAY!" said Caroline