The Special Stone:
Percy and Milo were in the library reading the witch book and they were caught by the headmaster
"What kind of book is that?" Asked Mr. Danbury.
"A recipe book, we were reading a recipe book," lied Milo.
"A recipe book, Mr. Fletcher? Are you sure?" Asked Mr. Danbury.
Milo put his hands behind his back and walked to the back, and Mr. Danbury followed him. Percy carefully grabbed the book and tried to run out of the library.
"If you're lying you can spend time with my toads this afternoon," said Mr. Danbury.
"It's about witches," said Milo.
Milo ran out of the library as fast as he could. Percy was not pleased with Milo's action, he turned and looked at the headmaster. Mr. Danbury walked up to Percy and held out his hand and Percy handed him the book.
"Witches," said Mr. Danbury, as he flipped through the book. "In my school "we only read normal literature, understood Mr. Beckett.?"
"Yes, sir," said Percy.
Mr. Danbury threw the witch book in the trash and Percy walked out of the library.
In the meantime, Anastacia was in the hallway shaking hands with Lexie.
"It was nice to meet you, goodbye," said Anastaica.
Anastacia walked toward her locker and grabbed a pair of eye products.
"Such weird things you have in there," said Lexie. "Oh, is it for your eyes? Do you have trouble with your eyes? Is that the reason you are wearing sunglasses?"
"Sorry, can you stop talking, I have to focus, okay," said Anastacia.
"What is this? And, what's that?" Asked Lexie, as she took some products out of Anastacia's locker.
"Sorry, I believe you didn't understand my earlier, could you please stop talking and touching my things, please?" Asked Anastacia.
Anastacia grabbed her eye products back from Lexie's hands. Lexie saw Raphael walking down the hall and started waving to him.
"Hey, look, it's the boy you want to audition with," said Lexie.
"Yes," said Anastacia.
"Hey, fun right," said Lexie.
"Yeah," said Anastacia.
Anastacia closed her locker and walked away and Lexie didn't understand anything about Anastacia's behavior, Raphael hadn't heard what was said but watched Anastacia walk away. Lexie turned and went back to waving at Raphael, who waved back.
A few moments later Skyla walked into the library and to her surprise saw the witch book in the trash, she grabbed the book out of the bin.
"Huh?" Said Skyla
Skyla was just about to walk out of the library when she ran into Percy and Milo.
"You didn't say anything either," said Milo.
"Hi," said Skyla
"Hey," said Percy.
"Hey, hey, we're not on some kind of secret mission or something, we're not being secretive," said Milo, but before he could say anything more, Percy nudge him in the side. "What?"
"We're going to eat lunch," said Percy.
"Yeah, lunch, hungry," said Milo.
"Yes, I've to leave," said Skyla,
"Hey, Witchy, come back," said Milo.
Skyla quickly walked out of the library. Milo saw that Skyla had the book and wanted to run after her, but Percy stopped him.
"A detective works best when he doesn't say anything an only observes," said Percy.
Milo pointed in the direction of the door and with his mouth closed he tried to say something to Percy.
"Yes, what's wrong? You can talk to me," said Percy.
"Skyla has the book," said Milo.
"What?" Asked Percy.
"Yes," said Milo.
"Really?" Asked Percy.
"I think she took it back," said Milo.
Percy walked toward the trash can and saw that it was empty. Then he looked at Milo after what he had said.
"Took it back?" Asked Percy.
"What? What?" Asked Milo.
"You said, Skyla took the book back," said Percy.
"No, no, no, I said she took the look back, you know, the nerdy look," said Milo.
"Where did you get that book about witches?" Asked Percy.
"A beaver entered my room and he said; Hey, Milo, how are you?" said Milo.
"You stole it from her, didn't you?" Asked Percy.
"A little," said Milo.
"A detective can never steal or take something, it makes him suspicious," said Percy.
"Sorry," said Milo
"Yeah, it's fine, we've to go after Skyla, come on," said Percy.
In the meantime, Raphael stood in the hallway and looked at the poster of the audotions of the school muscial. He looked to make sure no one was around and then grabbed in a sign-up form, he ran away so fast he didn't see Skyla approaching and bumped into her, dropping the form and saying the witch book.
"Sorry," said Skyla.
Skyla and Raphael both got down on their knees, Skyla grabbed the sign-up form and Raphael the witch book and both looked at it for a few seconds.
"This is..," said Skyla
"Mine, and this is," said Raphael.
"Mine," said Skyla.
"Yes," said Raphael.
Skyla handed Raphael back the enrollment form and he hid it behind his back. Raphael handed the book to Skyla, which she quickly hid in her coat.
"I have to..," said Skyla.
"Go that way," said Raphael.
"Yes," said Skyla.
"Yes," said Raphael.
Skyla and Raphael still looked at each other with awkward smiles on their faces and then both walked in a different direction.
At the same time, Anastacia was in the library putting drops in her eyes. Lexie walked past the library and then saw Anastacia sitting there, she walked into the library and sat down with her.
"Here you are. I couldn't find you anywhere, Why did you look so mad? He didn't hear us, didn't you see that he was wearing headphones?" Asked Lexie. "By the way, you said want to audition with him. Or don't you? Or do you? Or don't you? Or do you? What?"
"Did I asked for your company?" Asked Anastacia.
"No, but I enjoy it here," said Lexie.
"I don't like… people, it doesn't fit into my schedule, if you want to be seen with me, you will have to change everything to fit in with me," said Anastacia.
"Change? What?" Asked Lexie. "O, you mean I can't talk to be that one boy."
"First of all you've to talk less, you can only talk when I say you can talk," said Anastacia. "One question at a time and sometimes you've to be silent for a few minutes. Will you be able?"
"But," said Lexie.
"I wasn't done with my rules yet," said Anastacia.
"Sorry," said Lexie.
"If you want to be seen near me, you will have to look prettier," said Anastacia.
"But I'm wearing the same uniform as you're wearing," said Lexie.
Anastacia opened her suitcase, grabbed a stack of papers from it and handed them to Lexie.
"Oh, these are a few rules about my eyes, memorize them, they're very important," said Anastacia.
Anastacia proceeded to dab her eyes, Lexie looked puzzled after going over some of Anastacia's rules.
In the meantime, Raphael sat in the drama room and was playing the song he had written, but became frustrated and hit toe to toe. Raphael thought back to when he asked Skyla if she could sing and she said no, and this he was kinda uspet about it.
In the meantime, Skyla walked through the forest and was on her way to the village. She thought of how Raphael saw the witches' book when they bumped into him.
"Well, great Skyla, Raphael thinks you're a witch too now," said Skyla.
Skyla stopped walking and grabbed Mouse from her bag and continued walking.
"I don't know Mouse, should we go home? I don't want to see the girl, or Raphael," said Skyla.
Skyla had no idea she was being followed by Percy and Milo, who were hiding in the bushes.
"Dude, it's just a matter of days, Anastacia thinks about me often," said Milo.
"And you know this how?" Asked Percy.
"Because I've had to sneeze all day," said Milo.
"So?" Asked Percy.
"If some thinks about you, you've to sneeze all day, everyone knows that," said Milo.
"No one knows that, because that doesn't make any sense," said Percy.
Percy and Milo came out of the bushes and hid behind a tree.
"Let's throw her in the water," said Milo.
"What?" Asked Percy.
"To prove she is a witch, witches float in water," said Milo.
"No, we're not throwing Skyla in the water. I don't even know if we should be following her, I would rather go to the headmaster, he knows more," said Percy.
"No, you will only find toads, students who were bewitched by Witch Girl, we have to force her to change them back, Maybe she knows more about the headmaster," said Milo.
"Okay, come," said Percy.
Percy and Milo resumed following Skyla.
Back at school, Raphael was still sitting in the drama room and had the registration form in his hands.
"I'll sign up as Paolo, it's a good name," said Raphael.
Raphael filled in the name on the form and left the drama room. Raphael checked that no one was next door and then put his enrollment form in the bin and then quickly walked away.
A few moments later Skyla kwaw in Madam Gretha's store and gave her back the book.
"Hi, I'm here to return the book," said Skyla.
"Did it work out?" Asked Gretha.
"Work out?" Asked Skyla.
"With your essay, what grade did you get? Asked Gretha.
"I got a B," said Skyla.
"Well done, I'm glad the book helped you," said Gretha.
Suddenly Skyla and Madam Gretha heard something; they had no idea that Percy and Milo had snuck into the store and were hiding.
"Do you have a book about phantasms?" Asked Skyla.
"Phantasms? What kind of phantasms?" Asked Gretha.
"Never mind," said Skyla.
"What do you exactly mean with phantasms?" Asked Gretha.
"Uhm," said Skyla.
"I've heard everything before, nothing fazes me anymore," said Gretha.
"Things no one else sees, only me," said Skyla.
"I know what you mean," said Gretha.
As Madam Gretha went to grab something Percy and Milo were hiding behind the display case, Percy grabbed his parabolic sonic scope. Madam Gretha returned with gray crystal stone and gave it to Skyla.
"And this is what you need," said Gretha.
"A stone?" Asked Skyla.
"Yes, a very special stone, if you put this stone next to your bed, you'll never see strange things again," said Gretha.
Skyla opened her bag to get her wallet.
"No, no, it's a gift, I don't want you to pay for it," said Gretha.
"Oh, thank you, have a good day," said Skyla.
"Bye," said Gretha.
Skyla put the stone in her bag and left the store
Back at school, Anastacia and Lexie walked down the hallway talking about the musical.
"I know he is going to ask me soon, maybe even today," said Anastacia
"Yes? You really think so?" Asked Lexie.
"Yes," said Anastacia.
"But why not sooner?" Asked Lexie.
"He head to enter first," said Anastacia.
"You could've done that together, right?" Asked Lexie.
"I believe you didn't understand my rules. You can only speak when I say so," said Anastacia. "And I've to go now, time for supper."
"Supper?" Asked Lexie.
"Yes, grilled tuna vegetables and fresh mango juice," said Anastacia.
"Tuna and mango juice?" Asked Lexie.
Anastacia walked away and to go home. Lexie stayed behind, she put her hand on her stomach and it was growling very loud.
In the meantime, Percy and Milo were still in Madam Gretha's store. Madam Gretha walked away from the counter and went to the back of the store. Percy grabbed his recorder and turned it on.
"Location: Madam Gretha's Shop, Skyla just returned the suspicious witch book. The book came orginally from this place," said Percy.
"Witch girl sees things no one else sees, witch girl is a witch, we've proof," said Milo.
"What did I say about saying things into my recorder," said Percy.
"We've proof, we've to unmask her, I'm going to get that book," said Milo.
"Don't, don't, no," said Percy.
Milo wanted to get up to walk toward the counter, but Percy stopped him, seeing that Madam Gretha was coming again. Percy pulled Milo back behind the display case. Suddenly Milo started to make weird faces.
"What's wrong?" Asked Percy.
"Anastacia is thinking about me," said Milo
"What?" Asked Percy.
Milo let out a loud sneeze and Madam Gretha of course heard this, she walked over to the display case and saw Percy and Milo sitting there.
"Can I help you boys?" Asked Gretha.
What will happen to Percy and Milo now? Will they still get the witch's book? Will the stone Madam Gretha gave to Skyla really help, so that Skyla will no longer see the girl's apparition? And Raphael has signed up for the musical under the name Paolo, will he really go for the auditions?