Keeper of the Wand

Keeping Secrets

Hey guys! We're back with Rose and the gang as their adventures continue. What'll happen today now that Eclipsa and Rhea are back at the castle safely? Let's jump in and find out! :D

-Rose's POV-

"Star?" I called, walking down the steps from my room. "Star? Are you still in the bedroom? I can't find my writing journal. Did you take it again?"

I stood in the middle of Star's room, listening out for Star. I heard movement coming from the Secrets Closet. I narrowed my eyes and slowly walked over. I grabbed the door knob and waited a moment. After the span of two heart beats, I quickly turned the know and threw the door open. "A-ha!" I shouted, looking into the closet.

Just as I suspected, Star had been in the closet. She had been writing in her own journal, though I wasn't sure why she was doing it in the Secrets Closet. Star jumped and snapped her journal closed when I opened the door. She looked at me and huffed, "Rose! What the heck?!"

"Hey, I kept calling for you but you didn't answer," I argued. Star held up her journal, emphasizing, "You know if I'm writing, I get absorbed in it."

"Well, I didn't know. So not my fault. Speaking of, have you seen my journal?" I asked, walking into the closet. I closed the door behind me, making sure nothing got out. It had been a while since I've been in here. The last time I was in here was during the....toffee situation. I shivered slightly, not wanting to recall those events. I started rummaging through the piles of stuff. Star continued writing in her own, stating, "No. I thought you kept it under your pillow?"

"I do," I said. I looked at the shelves and started looking through those. "But I checked there and even under my bed. I'm thinking I misplaced it."

"Do you think someone took it?" Star suggested. I shook my head, "No. Because I have a magical fingerprint on the journal. Anyone else who touches it will automatically cause my journal to lock up."

I finished looking through the shelves, but no luck. I huffed and placed my hands on my hips. "Where on earth is it?!" I growled in frustration. Star sighed in annoyance. She closed her journal and said, "I'm not going to be able to finish writing in piece with you being upset. Why do you need it?"

"I wanted to practice some spell casting," I explained. "I had written down all of the spells we made together, as well as ones you or I had come up with. But I also wrote down some spells from the Spell book into it. I wanted to look through it and review some spells."

Star smiled and covered her mouth, trying but failing to suppress a giggle. I raised an eyebrow, "What?"

"Nothing, nothing," Star said. "I can tell Marco's study methods still have an effect on you." I blinked and rolled my eyes, "Whatever. Now, where should we start look- Glossarcyk?!"

I had started looking around the closet again when I noticed Glossaryck rummaging through a box. He floated out, wearing various pieces of jewelry and holding a goblet. "What?!" He asked, confused. I pointed at him, gesturing to the jewelry, "What are you doing?"

"Uh, shopping for antiques," He stated. My eyes widen slightly and I looked to Star. She snapped back, "No, you're not! This stuff is ours! This is our secrets closet! You don't get to shop in here!"

"Ohhhh. Oh, I get it. You...you guys think that I'm the only person who takes things out of your closet," He said. He then busted out laughing, holding his stomach. Star moved back, startled by the question and his reaction. "What do you mean?"

But Glossaryck kept laughing, crying tears of joy. I noticed the box next to him. It had golden and rose colored goo spilling out from it. My eyes widen, realizing the lid had been moved off of it. I rushed over to the box, taking the lid and lifting it off of the box. I knelt down and tossed the lid aside, gripping the sides of the box. "Star," I said, my voice full of concern. I lifted the box and showed her the piece of the Spell Book was gone. "The book piece is missing."