The Witch Next Door

Chapter 21

Winter

"There. That's it." I said, pointing at a building. James nodded and turned in. He started to look for a spot.

"This looks like a regular building." James stated as he pulled into a spot. He turned off the car and we got out. I slammed the door and caught up with Alex and James.

"Just wait." Alex sighed, looking out to the building. I looked up at James.

"Don't worry, it's not scary." I said sarcastically. James moved his shoulders like he was uncomfortable.

"I'm not scared." James sighed.

"Are you sure. There are some scary people in there." Alex said. James started to laugh.

"Believe me, you haven't seen my other friends." I laughed.

"Wait until you meet the rest of my family." I said. We got to the door and I opened it. Alex held the door open and we walked in. James stopped walking and looked around.

"This doesn't look like a Witch and Wizard library." James pointed out.

"Sh!" Alex and I said to shut him up.

"Follow us." I said. I started to walk to the back of the library.

"Where are we going?" James asked.

"You are full of questions, aren't you?" Alex asked him. I smiled, almost ready to laugh.

"Well, yeah. Mostly if I don't know where I'm going!" James whispered-yelled. I walked to the back desk with an old lady sitting there, reading a book. I put my hands on the desk.

"Hi. I would like to check out a book." I said. The lady looked up at me.

"Which type of book?"

"A book so good, it's like magic." I said. The lady nodded slowly.

"Okay, follow me." She said. She got up from her chair and started to walk to her right. Alex, James, and I all followed behind. We got to a door with a sign saying: do not enter.

"Here you go." The lady said. She opened the door. We all walked inside the dark room. The lady closed the door behind us.

"Uh, what do we do now?" James asked.