Spooksville Season 2

Episode 2 The Eye of the Storm

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

Italics: Means flashback

Ann P.O.V.

As expected things have been quite in Spooksville. Well as quite as things can be in Spooksville anyway. Granted it has only been a week since Madeline came back and the Raven's Eye got "destroyed". Unfortunately we have only been in the eye of the storm. And now the storm is about to pass over us again. If this morning is any indication.

This morning Madeline called me into her lair.

"Ann I should probably warn you that I have something fun planned for today."

"What do you mean by that?"

"Nothing to worry about just something to see how formidable those three children are."

"Are you really going to worry about three children?"

"The first rule of conquering a world is to never underestimate any opponent no matter their age."

"I will make sure to remember that. But, shouldn't I be informed on what your plan is?"

"No Ann if you are going to pretend to be spying on me for those children you will have to be surprised from time to time."

"Aren't you worried about something happening to me?"

"No I have made sure that while you will be in danger you will not kill or harmed today. I have to make it look good for your cover."

"OK then I am off to school."

Now I am late to school once again. Hopefully I will have time to warn Sally, Adam, and Watch before whatever Madeline has planned comes to fruition. By the time I get to class all I can do is take my seat. Sally gives me a quizzical look and I mouth back later hoping she can read lips. Adam and Watch are too busy taking notes to even really notice that I was late.

After class we all meet up by Sally, Adam, and Watch's lockers.

"So why were you late to class again today?" Sally ask me almost immediately.

"Madeline called me into her lair this morning."

"Madeline has a liar?" Adam asks.

"Yes, you know the room with all the spell books and ingredients."

"Oh yeah that room."

"It makes sense that Madeline would take up her base of operation in that room." Watch says. Both of them are still missing the point.

"Guys I think the real question should be why did Madeline call Ann into her lair?"

"Yes thank you Sally. She told me she had something fun planned for today. Direct quote from her."

"What does she have planned that is supposed to be oh so fun?"

"She wouldn't tell me. She said it would be good for my 'cover'. And that she is mostly testing you guys to see how much of a fight you all are going to put up."

"That is a sound plan of attack. Send us something to test us. If it kills us then problem solved. If we stop it then she knows to focus more of her attention on us. As terrifying as this is you have to appreciate her tactical skills."

"What did you expect Watch? That she took over that other world with nothing but superior magic and an army of the supernatural. There are good witches in the world and supernatural creatures that have no problem with humans."

"Guys this might not only be a test of our skills, but a test of Ann's loyalty. The question we need to ask ourselves is when this threat comes should Ann help us or not?"

"Sally while you have a point and this is probably at test of my loyalty too, I will not leave you guys to fight whatever Madeline has sent your way."

"But, Ann, Sally is right how do we know what is the best play is?"

"Adam I am helping you guys and that is final! Now the bell is about to ring I will see you guys later." With that I walk off to get my books out of my locker. How could they think I wouldn't help them whether or not it blows my cover with Madeline I am not going to let them die. I still feel bad about Sally almost dying from the fire within. That did not go as planned at all. No time to think about that got to go to class and be ready for whatever Madeline has planned.

At lunch nothing really happens we just eat our food and continue arguing about whether or not I should help them fight of Madeline's attack. In the end they realized that if I want to help them there is nothing they can do to stop me. At the end of third period a storm starts come down on us. Thunder, lightning, rain, and violent wind the whole shebang. It got so bad that Principle Blackwater ended school early. So I headed out to find Sally, Adam, and Watch. I found them standing by their lockers getting there stuff so they could head home.

"Guys, I have a feeling that this storm is Madeline's doing."

"Ann is most likely right. There was no storm on the weather report this morning and my own instruments didn't pick up any sign of a storm either." Of course Watch has his own weather prediction equipment.

"So what are we going to do? Fight a storm? How is that even possible?"

"I don't think we have to fight the storm Adam. More likely this storm is the byproduct of a summoning spell."

"So what could she summon that would result in this hell of a storm as a byproduct?"

"Good question Sally. Unfortunately there are too many summoning spells that could cause this."

"So we have to battle the elements while battling whatever creature Madeline has sent our way?"

"No Adam I don't think so. The storm already seems to be letting up. Which means whatever Madeline has planned is about to happen."

*screech* *screech*

"And that would be our cue!"

"I think Sally is right what do you guys have for weapons?" They all are looking around of some kind of weapon. This is not going to be good.

"Found this fire axe!" Thank God Sally has a weapon. Now hopefully the boys will find something.

"Adam, Watch go check the gym for something you guys can use as a weapon and hurry." The boys run to the gym leaving Sally and me alone.

"What about you Ann?"

"I got magic Sally I will be fine."

"What if the creature is magic proof?"

"I don't think it will be. Madeline is testing you guys not me. And even if it is you can protect me long enough for me to find something to fight with." That is when I see the creature land. It has the body of a woman with the lower have of a bird and the wings of a bird instead of arms.

"It is a Harpy!"

"OK so how do we kill it?" At this time Adam and Watch come back with a hockey stick and a baseball bat respectively.

"What is that?"

"That is a Harpy!"

"So Ann what is the best plan of attack with a harpy?" Watch ask with a look of terror and curiosity.

"Go for the wings and the tail feathers that will render them helpless!"

"Well at least there is only one!" Why did you have to say that Adam. Because right after he said that two more dropped out of the sky.

"Nice going Adam! Famous last words much?" Sally says giving him a look that says 'are you kidding me?'

"Ok Adam and Watch you two keep the ones on the right and left from attacking Sally and me. Sally and me will attack the one in the center." With that we spring into action.

Adam and Watch are doing a good job of fending off the other two while Sally and I deal with the middle one. Sally is swinging the fire axe at the harpy's wings and tail feather while I am trying to light it on fire. But it keeps dodging our attacks.

Luckily I manage to hit on the right wing with a fireball. And then Sally cuts off its head. By this time Watch as managed to knock down his harpy and Sally goes in for the kill again. Then all of us turn our attention to the last remaining harpy. Sally decides to throw the axe at it and by a stroke of luck it hit the Harpy dead center and kills it!

"Nice work guys!"

"That was definitely interesting. I can't wait to get the bodies back to the lab and study them." As he said that the bodies turn into wind. "Why did they do that?"

"Because Harpies are capture violent wind spirits that are force to take on form. That is why Madeline summoned the storm, so she could capture the wind spirits and turn them into harpies."

"That is not possible. You can't turn wind into a creature. Those had to be some kind of animal that had yet to discovered."

"Watch, you just saw them turn back into wind are you really going to deny that?"

"You have a point. But it goes against all known logic."

"So does most of what happens in this town."

"She has a point Watch. There was that pirate crab thing."

"Pirate crab thing? What are you taking about Adam?" At this point I notice that Sally has been really quite this whole time.

"Sally are you OK?"

"Yeah just killing three Harpies takes it out of you." I can tell she is putting on a brave face. Killing even killing something that isn't really alive to begin with is not an easy thing to do.

"You did great out there today Sally! When you threw that axe at the last one and it hit its mark, I was very impressed." I think Sally is blushing. Didn't expect to get Sally to blush it looks cute.

"Yeah well you don't live in Spooksville for sixteen years without picking up a few skills." She says laughing. And we all join in on her laughing. It feels good to laugh after everything.

"Well we better be getting home before you guys' parents start to worry."

"You don't have to go back to Shadowmere yet Ann. You can hang out with us until it gets late."

"Thank you Sally, but I better go and report what happened to Madeline. So she doesn't start to get suspicious." I can see the frown on Sally's face. I really don't want to go back to Shadowmere. But the sooner Madeline trusts me the sooner we can bring her down and be regular teenagers. Well as regular as you can get in Spooksville. With that I say my goodbyes and head off to Shadowmere.

When I get to Shadowmere Moorpark leads me into Madeline's lair/study.

"So Ann how did you like my surprise?"

"Three Harpies I was not expecting that."

"Those children did very well against those Harpies. Especially, that Sally girl. Of course with your help how could they lose?"

"What did you want me to do? If I didn't help them they would never trust me."

"Calm down Ann of course you helped them. I wanted you to. Not only did I test how well they handle a situation I also solidified your place in their little team. And having a spy in their mist is exactly what I wanted."

"So the plan was never to kill them it was to test them and make them trust me?"

"Yes, if they had died then no harm no foul. Mwhahaha." She starts laughing at her own pun.

"So what do we do next?"

"Next we let them rest, while I think up some fun ways to destroy them. It has been a while since a had any real fun." With that she ushers me out of the room.

Great she is thinking of 'fun' ways to destroy them. But luckily over complicated plans are usually were the villain goes wrong in movies and tv. But this isn't a movie or tv show. I hope we can all make it out of this alive and unscarred.

Ok so one of my reviewers pointed out my use of the word "y'all" and they were right it is not something the characters would say and I would like to apologize for that. The word y'all is apart of my natural speech pattern so when I was righting dialogue it just kind of flowed out on to the page. I am sorry for that and with this chapter and future chapters I am going to pay more attention and hopefully I will catch all of them.