Spooksville Season 2

Episode 1 The New Plan part 2.

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters or anything related to Spooksville

Sally P.O.V.

Only a few minutes after Ann left did the seriousness of the situation really hit me. Holy Shit I have the Raven's Eye! What am I going to do? How am I going to hide the Raven's Eye from Madeline?

"OK Sally calm down. You can do this." I look around my room trying to think of a place to hide the Raven's Eye where no one not even Watch would think to look. Which is harder than it seems. Watch has been my best friends since forever. He knows all my hiding places.

Then it hits me. He does know of one. In fact I made it for the express purpose of having a place to hide things so Watch couldn't find them. A few years ago I created a false bottom in my underwear draw. So I rush over to my drawer and open the false bottom and put the Raven's Eye in there.

"Well that is done. Now the hard part, not telling Adam or Watch that I have the Raven's Eye." Because even though I hate to admit it Ann is right they would do something stupid with it and the end result would be Madeline hunting us down and killing us.

I look at my alarm clock the red numbers telling me it is 1:47 am. Might as well try and sleep. Not that it is going to be easy. This has been a crazy night.

First I am awoken by the sound of rocks being thrown at my bedroom window.

Second the person throwing rocks at my window was Ann Templeton. Did not see that one coming.

Third Ann revealed that she had the Raven's Eye. Double shocker.

Fourth Ann entrusted me with the Raven's Eye. After Ann showing me the still intact Raven's Eye I didn't think anything else could shock me, but that took the cake.

Fifth I now have to lie to my two best friends about having the Raven's Eye. As long as they don't bring up the Raven's Eye I should be able to do this.

My last thought before I drift off to sleep was what I said to Ann before she left. It is nice having another girl in the group. And maybe being friends with Ann wouldn't be so bad. Hiding from Principal Blackwater after the Blossom thing was kind of fun.

The next morning I woke, went through my morning routine, and went to school. Going to school after all the crazy stuff that went down seems insane, but unfortunately trying to stop a super power evil witch bent on destroying the world isn't a good enough excuse to miss school.

When I get to school I find Adam and Watch standing by their lockers.

"Hey Adam. Hey Watch."

"Hi Sally." They both say. Adam starts talking falling into the leader role he has been cast in.

"Ok so we need to meet up after school and talk about how we are going to get my mother back and stop Madeline."

"Adam I know you want to find your mother, but we should probably find a way to stop Madeline first." As I say that I can see the look of hurt in his eyes. It looks like he is about to protest when Watch comes to my aid.

"I am sorry Adam, but Sally is right, the logical thing to do is to stop Madeline first then find your mother. Look at it this way if we try to find your mother first then that gives Madeline time to make her move and take over our world."

"I know y'all are right, but I can't help it I really want to find my mom."

"I know you do Adam and we are not saying that we won't find her. We are saying it will be easier and safer if we stop Madeline first." I hope he listens to reason we don't have time to spend all day fighting him on this. "Besides it is only a matter of time before Madeline figures out that Ann is spying on her. So we need to work on stopping Madeline as fast as we can, so Ann is less danger."

"You are right Sally. I can't be selfish right now. First we stop Madeline and then we find my mom."

*ring* *ring*

"That is the bell guys we better get to class or Principle Blackwater is going to write us up. And we can't save the world from detention." Watch tells us before we hurry off to class.

As we get to class I notice that Ann's desk is empty.

"Hey have either of y'all seen Ann today?"

"No. I haven't seen her all morning." Adam replies.

"Me either. Maybe Madeline decided to homeschool Ann." Watch says.

"I hope you are wrong. Ann being at school gives her an excuse to see us and give us information." Also the more time Ann spends with Madeline the more in danger she is. Fortunately the door opens and Ann walks in. She apologizes to the teacher and hand him a note. Before taking her seat.

"Where were you?"

"Sorry, it took a while to convince Madeline that me going to school was the best thing right now."

"How did you…."

"No talking in class Ms. Wilcox and Ms. Templeton."

"Sorry." We both say.

"Finish talking after class." I whisper to Ann. And she nods back in response.

After class we meet at our lockers, which expect for Ann, are conveniently located right next to each other. Luckily Ann already has her books for next period so she can talk to us.

"Alright Ann so how did you convince Madeline to let you come to school?"

"Well lucky for me she already see y'all as a threat to her taking over the world. So I convinced her that I had already laid the groundwork for being her spy, by helping you and Watch free Adam. And that going to school would be the best way to gain y'all thrust."

"That sounds like a good plan, but how do we know you aren't really spying for Madeline?" Adam asks with a look of distrust. Which after Ann lying about his mom I can't really blame him. But Ann did give me the Raven's Eye so I know we can trust her.

"Adam has a good point. How do you know we can trust you?" Watch says backing Adam up.

"Guys we can trust her."

"How can you say that Sally? After everything she has done? I thought you would be the first to cast doubt on Ann's motives." Adam asks with a confused look on his face. Watch has the same look on his face, but it also looks like he wants to believe me. It would be a lot easier if I could tell them about last night, but Ann is right it is best for everyone if only Ann and I know the Raven's Eye still exist.

"Because as I have said before even Ann is not that messed up that she would want our world to become like that other world. And everything she did, she did to try and stop Madeline from possessing her. Even I can't blame her for that. Would either of you have done something different if you were in her shoes?" The looks on their faces differ. For Watch it looks like he is evaluating what I have said to look for any gaps in the logic of my argument. As for Adam he looks torn between wanting to believe me and not trusting Ann after what she had done to him.

"Sally is right Adam. With the little time that Ann had and the limited options, what she did was her best option." Thank God Watch sided with me on this we don't have time fight over whether or not we could trust Ann.

"OK, but I am going to kept a close eye on you Ann."

"That is completely understandable. Unfortunately our five minutes between classes is up. I will see y'all at lunch." And with that Ann walks off to her next class.

Adam, Watch, and I say our goodbyes and head off to our classes. Unfortunately none of us have class together until after lunch. With only one class down I got a feeling that this is going to be a long day.

At lunch we all meet up again. After we get our food we sit down one of the round tables in the lunchroom. The order goes like this clockwise Adam, Ann, me, and then Watch. For this first five minutes of our twenty-two minute lunch period we all eat quietly. Once we all seem to be done I decide to speak first.

"OK Ann so do you have any information on what Madeline is planning?"

"No right now she is mostly stewing over the loss of the Raven's Eye. But, it won't be long before she comes up with something. And I am betting the first thing she is going to do is find away to eliminate y'all from the equation."

"When you say eliminate… What exactly do you mean?" Watch ask with a terrified look on his face.

"She will either kill y'all or enslave y'all."

"Well we have to stop her!"

"We know that Adam, but we can't stop her until she comes up with a plan and informs me of it."

"So do you think you have her trust yet?" I ask hopefully. Not only for our sakes but for Ann's as well. The more Madeline trusts her the safer she will be.

"I don't think I have her full trust yet. But, by pretending to spy on y'all I am gaining her trust."

"So what are you going to tell her to gain her trust that won't get us killed?" Watch has a point what does Ann plan to tell her that will keep her cover and not get us all killed?

"I will just report back to her on whatever misadventures y'all get into and tell her that y'all still don't trust me enough to inform me of your plans to stop her."

"That sounds like a good plan for now. But what are you going to do when Madeline starts to get impatient?"

"We will cross that bridge when we get to it for now having a plan that allows for flexibility is the best idea."

"She is right the best plans are the ones that allow for the most variables with the simplest solution." Thankfully Watch sees the logic in what Ann is saying.

"OK so that is the plan for now. All agreed?" Adam asks looking around the table.

"Yeah."

"Sounds like the best plan we got." Watch answers.

"Yes." Ann says.

Luckily we finished the conversation just in time.

*ring* *ring*

"Time to go to class." And we all pick up our trays and take them to the trashcans before heading to class.

This is going to be a long year. I hope we can pull this off and all come out of this alive. Makes me miss the days of misadventure without the threat of evil coming to kill us all. But, it also makes me wish that Ann had been part of more of those misadventures. Wow one super evil witch and your whole life does an 180. Me, Sally Wilcox, actually wanting to be friends with Ann Templeton. If anybody had told me that I would be friend with Ann Templeton last year I probably would have punched them in the face.