Leopold's Cabin:
After reading Leopold's letter, Skyla stared at Mr Gibson, he was standing in his classroom and looked right back at her.
"What's wrong?" Asked Percy.
Skyla did not answer, she looked at the classroom again and saw that Mr Gibson was gone.
"Did you see him?" Asked Skyla.
"Who?" Asked Percy.
"Mr. Gibson," said Skyla.
"When?" Asked Percy.
"A second ago, he was standing there," said Skyla.
Skyla pointed to the classroom, Percy looked that way but did not see him. Skyla gave Percy the letter and he read it.
"I don't understand, who's Leopold?" Asked Percy.
"I think it's the history teacher," Skyla said.
"Leopold? Why does he want to meet up with you?" Asked Percy
"Maybe because of my drawing?" Guessed Skyla.
"Of the Mark?" Asked Percy
"No, of Emma," said Skyla
"Emma?" Asked Percy
"I need to tell you something, but not here," said Skyla, there where to many people around to tell Percy to truth about Emma.
"Okay," said Percy.
Anastacia was further down the corridor and she tried to call Lexie, but she did not answer and got her annoyingly long voicemail, much to Anastacia's irritation and hear this only made her more frustrated.
"Yes, this is Anastacia Emmerson-Walsh. Hello, Lexie! Where are you? We were going to meet up after class in the drama room, remember? Or do you want everyone to know your secret? I don't think so, if I were you I would get here and fast," said Anastacia.
Anastacia angrily hung up her phone, Raphael walking down the corridor and was heading her way, and Anastacia began the smile.
"Oh, Raphael," said Anastacia
"Hi, have you seen Skyla?" Asked Raphael
"Who?" Asked Anastacia. "Never mind, I didn't see anyone. Apparently some people decide their own time, you should follow me, I'm always present."
"Yeah, do you know if she is going to be around after class?" Asked Raphael
"Yes, I heard her saying something about it," said Anastacia
"Cool, thanks," said Raphael, he started to walk away and headed to class.
Milo and Lexie sneaked in to the headmaster's office and walked to the terrarium, Lexie kept watch and Milo grabbed the drops from his bag, but did nothing, he just stood there frozen.
"What's wrong?" Asked Lexie.
"I've forgotten the amount of drops," said Milo
"Three," said Lexie, holding up three fingers.
"Three?" Asked Milo, Lexie nodded her head. "You're the greatest assistant ever."
Lexie couldn't help but blush a little. Milo opened the drops and held the pipette over the terrarium and again he did nothing.
"Milo?" Asked Lexie.
"I'm scared," said Milo
"Just do it, if the headmaster returns we'll be in more trouble," said Lexie
"More trouble? If I do this wrong, we'll have a human sized toad! Or a quacking Percy," said Milo
"If you're too scared, I'll do it, said Lexie, she walked over to Milo and tried to grab the bottle.
"No, hands off, I'm not scared, I acted this way to make you more comfortable, because you're obviously scared," said Milo
"Okay, Percy, I'm going to de-toad you, don't jump away, okay? Or else you get warts, or you'll turn green," said Milo
"You're scaring him, just do it and close your eyes," said Lexie
Milo dropped three drops on the toad, he and Lexie closed their eyes, but of course nothing happened.
"I think it's better if we wait outside," said Lexie.
"Okay," said Milo.
"Close it," said Lexie.
milo closed the bottle and but it back in his bag, he and Lexie left the headmaster's office.
Percy and Skyla had gone to the library so Skyla could tell Percy everything. Percy and Skyla looked around to see if it was safe to talk.
"Who's Emma?" Asked Percy, as he and Skyla sat down at the table.
"This is Emma, said Skyla, she handed Percy her notebook with the sketch of Emma and he to a look at it. She comes to me in the house, as a phantom, no one else can see her, She warned me, about Arlene, she said that I can't trust her and the last time that I saw her, she told me to find Leopold."
"Okay," said Percy.
"Leopold has to be the history teacher," said Skyla. "Do you think I'm a witch now?"
"No," said Percy
"She said she was in danger and that she was trapped," said Skyla. "But how can a phantom be trapped?"
"I don't understand it either, but if it's true, we've to go to Leopold," said Skyla
"It could be a trap as well, maybe we're in danger. We don't know how Leopold and Emma are related, we don't know if Mr. Gibson is a Druid or not, maybe he is luring us to a ritual," said Percy
"How can a phantom be a trap? She asked me for help, I can't ignore her," said Skyla
"Okay, first we've to know for sure that Leopold and Mr. Gibson are the same guy," said Percy
"Okay," said Skyla
"And we've to figure out how Emma and Leopold are related, so I think you should go," said Percy
"What? But..," Asked Skyla
"No alone," said Percy, he saw that more students were entering the library. "Hurry."
"Yes," said Skyla.
Percy and Skyla packed their things again, got up and left the library.
Milo and Lexie stood in the corridor, Milo had his eyes closed.
"Now what? Should keep my eyes closed?" Asked Milo
"Yes, that woman said so, until Percy walks out that door, Or a giant toad," said Lexie
"But how can I see if Percy walks out the door, If I keep my eyes closed," said Milo
"I'll yell, or something," said Lexie
Anastacia walked down the corridor, she saw Lexie standing at the lockers and walked towards her and she wasn't all that pleased, she tapped Lexie on her shoulder and she turned around.
"Hi," said Lexie.
"Hey, we were going to meet up, remember? You don't stick to my rules, if I need you, you're there, yeah?" Anastacia reminded Lexie.
"Now? But I can't at the moment," said Lexie
"Excuse me? Do you know who you're talking to? If I tell you to do something, you do it," said Anastacia.
"But," said Lexie
Anastacia grabbed Lexie's arm and pulled her with her. And Milo still had his eyes closed and so did not notice that Lexie was gone.
"Lexie? Lexie? Percy?" said Milo. "Giant toad?"
The headmaster approached, Milo felt around him, he touched the headmaster's arm and then felt his head. Milo opened his eyes and once he saw Mr. Danbury he let out a little scream and back away into the lockers.
Raphael, Anastacia and Lexie were in the drama room and Ms Mills was talking about the musical. Raphael looked around to see if he saw Skyla anywhere.
"Well, I hope you're all practicing for the audition, because it's nearly time," said Ms. Mills
"Where is Skyla?" Asked Raphael.
In the meantime, Percy and Skyla had followed the map and that let them to a cabin in the woods.
"Are you sure it's here?" Asked Skyla
"One a score of one to ten, a ten," said Percy.
"But does some live here?" Asked Skyla. But Percy didn't answer, she saw that he was heading towards the cabin. "Percy? Percy?"
Skyla ran after Percy, as he was heading to the cabin.
At the same time, Ms Mills was playing the piano in the drama room and the rest of the students were watching. Anastacia felt a little nervous.
"Are you nervous? It looks like you're nervous," said Lexie
"No, no, I'm not nervous, I'm never nervous," said Anastacia
"But it really looks like you're super nervous," said Lexie
"Listen, if you do exactly what I say, it will all be fine," said Anastacia. "You'll stand behind the curtains and you'll sing when Raphael begins to play."
After walking around the house, Skyla and Percy headed towards the front door, Percy trying to see if the door was open.
"It's locked, maybe you should say his name?" suggested Percy
"Me?" Asked Skyla
"He asked you to come," said Percy
"Leopold? Leopold?" Said Skyla.
Milo was still in the corridor, having been caught by Mr. Danbury and felt really, really scared.
"Mr. Fletcher, we had an appointment in my office this morning," said Danbury
"Yes? Really?" Asked Milo
"Walking through the corridors at night, looking for things in my office, forgetting your appointment," said Danbury.
"But I….," said Milo, but Mr. Danbury interrupted him.
"Do you know what I love to do with bad behaved boys like you? Asked Danbury in a sinister tone.
"No," said a scared Milo
"I feed them to my toads," said Danbury.
"Yikes," gulped Milo.
"For the next two weeks, you and that girl will clean everting, including the toad terrarium, Do you understand?" Asked Danbury
"Yes sir," said Milo.
Skyla had called his name Leopold's name a few times, but still no answer. Percy grabbed his tool set move and tried to open the door.
"I don't know if this is such a good idea, shouldn't we just wait?" Asked Skyla.
"No, this is perfect, now we can look through his house and we can find out if he's trustworthy," said Percy.
And hour later, Milo was cleaning the corridor for punishment, Raphael walked out of the drama room and walked towards Milo.
"Hey, have you seen Skyla?" Asked Raphael
"Witch Girl? No, luckily, I don't," said Milo
Raphael let out a disappointed sigh and walked away again. Milo was still laughing, as he continued mopping the floors.
"I'm sorry Percy, I promised you to come and save you, instead, I'm cleaning to floor," said Milo
Milo stopped mopping and sighed, he walked to the cleaning trolley and continued to the locker and started mopping again. Milo stared at the door of Mr. Danbury's office.
"You know what Percy? A good detective never gives up, never, I'm going to save you," said Milo.
Milo threw down the mop a grabbed his bag from the trolley and wanted to go to the headmaster's office, but tripped over the mop.
Raphael had gone back to the drama room and sat on the edge of the stage, thinking about his Father's warning about the musical. Raphael heard the door open and Anastacia walked in and he looked disappointed.
"Thingy isn't coming, well she is scared to, so I came instead," said Anastacia
"Yeah, but I'm supposed to meet up with Skyla," said Raphael
"Yes, like I said, she isn't coming and I'm a way better singer," said Anastacia
"Yes, yeah, sorry, I wanted to meet up with Skyla and only practice with her," said Raphael
Raphael grabbed his bag and walked out of the classroom, much to Anastacia's surprise.
Milo had walked back into Mr. Danbury's office, he walked towards the terrarium, he took out his air brakes from his bag and opened it.
"A good detective is never scared," said Milo.
Milo took a deep breath and went into the bin and grabbed the toad and put it in his lunchbox.
"A good detective always has a plan B," said Milo.
Milo heard Mr. Danbury voice and know that he was going the entered the office any minute, he quickly closed his lunch box, grabbed the mop and pretended to be cleaning as soon as Mr. Danbury walked in. Mr. Danbury did a check to make sure everything was clean and without saying anything he left again, Milo let out a sigh of relief.
In the meantime, Percy had managed to get the lock open and now he and Skyla walked through Leopold's house to see what they could find out about him. Percy turned on his recorder.
"Location Leopold's cabin, they are here to find out more about Leopold whether Leopold and the history teacher are the same person, at first glance I don't see anything special, further investigation follows," said Percy. Once he was done he turned off his voice recorder.
Skyla saw two folders on the table with her and Percy's names on them, she looked into the folder that had Percy's name on it and saw pictures of him in it.
"What is all this?" Asked Skyla.
Percy walked over to Skyla and took a look at both the folders, he grabbed his recorder again and turned it back on.
"We've found something peculiar in Leopold's house, pictures of me and Skyla," said Percy.
"What if Leopold is a member of the Dark Druids? And lured us here?" said Skyla
"We've to get out of here," said Percy
"And quick," said Skyla
Percy and Skyla walked towards the door, but when Skyla tried to open it, it did not open.
"What is it?" Asked Percy.
"It's locked," said Skyla.
"How is that possible?" Asked Percy
Percy and Skyla were locked inside the cabin. Does this mean that Leopold is part of the Dark Druids after all? And is this a trap?
