After 4 days, many hotels, and many pancakes, we made it to Uncle Dave's old Farmhouse in the middle of nowhere. It's an old two-story farmhouse with chipped paint all over the walls, creaking doors, rickety stairs, and a porch that looks like it could fall any day. Atleast it has a huge yard and a lake.

"Here we are," my mom said while getting out of the car, "What do you think?"

"I say we should sell it and get a new house."

"This is a great house; it's been in our family for generations."

"I can tell."

"Well find your room while I get the stuff out of the back," she said while opening the back of the moving van, "oh and don't forget scruff."

"I won't," I said as I got scruff and walked into the house. I looked around and there were cobwebs everywhere. I walked up the steps and saw three rooms: one with a window to the front yard, one with a window to the backyard, and one with a very small window.

I walked into the room with the very small window and looked out of it. All I saw was some of the backyard, then something caught my eye. It was a dark-looking shadow that ran behind a big bush. I wondered what it was or what it could have been because it looked like it was seven feet tall.

I sat there wondering until I felt something along the rim of the window. It was a little string so I pulled it and a secret compartment opened in the wall. I looked at the stuff in the secret compartment: one thing was a very fancy stick, and the other thing was a book titled spells and enchantments. I opened the book but it had no writing except a letter in the back. I looked at the letter and opened it up and it said:

To my nephew Gabe,

If you find this letter

then you found the book and wand.

You may think it strange,

But keep them with you.

You'll never know when

You will need them,

But I know you will.

Your Uncle,

Dave

I sat there looking at the book and so called wand until I heard footsteps coming up the stairs. I threw the book and wand into the secret compartment and shut it.

"Did you find a room you liked?" My mom said peeking into the door as I turned around.

"Yeah, this room is good," I said.

"O.K. then get your stuff," She said, "I'll have the room next to it."

"O.K." I said, "I'll be down in a minute."

"O.K." she said as I looked back at the secret compartment, "Is something troubling you?"

"No… nothing… noting at all"

"O.K. be down soon."

"O.K. bye" I said as she turned to walk down the stairs.