Our shabby old car sped along the highway. We were stuck in a little piece
of crap that looked like it could fall apart at any moment.
I had never seen mum drive so fast in her entire life. This had to be something extremely bad. I exchanged a look with Lily that told me she was about to get carsick. Lily was never very good with cars.
Petunia sat on the other side of Lily, staring out of her window watching the rain splatter the window. She seemed very quiet. She hadn't talked to Lily and I the entire day.
So here we were, three ten year olds, squeezed into the back of a car that was about to fall to pieces. Our mum driving like a maniac.
After about another twenty minutes of driving we came to a screeching halt outside of an alley with a vandalized phone booth at the end. Mum practically tipped our car over as she was frantically getting out. She ran to the end of the alley and into the phone booth. We all followed our crazed mother.
She dialed in a number and hit the star that was at the bottom. The booth was slowly going down, sinking into the earth.
When the booth stopped we were staring into a long entranceway with fireplaces lined up along each wall. There was a giant fountain of water at the end with a wizard, witch, little elf, centaur, and goblin in it.
"Mum where are-" I started to ask mum.
"Hush, Laurel!" she snapped at me.
Fine, I thought, be crabby about it.
Mum ran down the long entrance way and to a man standing by a booth, like the ones you see in the bobby's office, looking very grim.
"Cartie!!! Is it true? Are the rumors true?" she said in the fastest voice I have ever heard her speak with.
He looked down at his highly polished shoes, "Yes, Evans, it's true."
My mother turned stalk white. I thought she had died for a second, but her eyes started welling with tears.
I had never seen mum drive so fast in her entire life. This had to be something extremely bad. I exchanged a look with Lily that told me she was about to get carsick. Lily was never very good with cars.
Petunia sat on the other side of Lily, staring out of her window watching the rain splatter the window. She seemed very quiet. She hadn't talked to Lily and I the entire day.
So here we were, three ten year olds, squeezed into the back of a car that was about to fall to pieces. Our mum driving like a maniac.
After about another twenty minutes of driving we came to a screeching halt outside of an alley with a vandalized phone booth at the end. Mum practically tipped our car over as she was frantically getting out. She ran to the end of the alley and into the phone booth. We all followed our crazed mother.
She dialed in a number and hit the star that was at the bottom. The booth was slowly going down, sinking into the earth.
When the booth stopped we were staring into a long entranceway with fireplaces lined up along each wall. There was a giant fountain of water at the end with a wizard, witch, little elf, centaur, and goblin in it.
"Mum where are-" I started to ask mum.
"Hush, Laurel!" she snapped at me.
Fine, I thought, be crabby about it.
Mum ran down the long entrance way and to a man standing by a booth, like the ones you see in the bobby's office, looking very grim.
"Cartie!!! Is it true? Are the rumors true?" she said in the fastest voice I have ever heard her speak with.
He looked down at his highly polished shoes, "Yes, Evans, it's true."
My mother turned stalk white. I thought she had died for a second, but her eyes started welling with tears.