Onward: Wilbur

It's Dad

I was in my room sulking. I'm not gonna lie. That note from Dad gave me a short burst of hope that I would get to see him again. Maybe he could help me out.

"Who am I kidding?" I thought.

But the moment I thought that, I heard something coming from down the hallway from Ian's room.

Barley thought the same thing. He still had a sulky look on his face.

We opened the door to Ian's room to find...

Barley: Hey, man, what are you doing in here? Holy Tooth of Zadar! How did you...?

Wilbur: Ian, what's going on?

Ian: I don't know! It just started!

He said while holding the staff as it was sparking. His books flew all around the room.

It? Wait, the spell? But that could only mean....

Blazey came in, freaked out, and left.

Then, without warning, a blue beam came out of Ian's staff and pointed towards the floor. What happened next was really strange. From that blue light, a pair of brown loafers appeared.

Barley: Woah, feet!

Feet? That means my hunch was correct. Ian was able to get the spell to work.

From the loafers, purple striped socks appeared, and then the slacks of light brown khakis.

Wilbur: It's working. Keep going, Ian! You can do it!

It was almost complete, but the the beam turned red and the gem floated from the staff.

The light stopped at the bottom of Dad's shirt and it started to deconstruct. Ian was having trouble trying to hold it. We were about to lose him.

Wilbur: Ian, hold it!

Barley: Hang on! I can help!

Barley ran towards him.

Ian: Barley, no!

Wilbur: Stop!

BOOM!

The gem exploded and we were all pushed back.

After all the chaos, Barely helped us up.

Wilbur: You guys okay?

Barley: Yeah, we're fine, Will.

Wilbur: Where's Dad?

We looked around. Dad was nowhere to be found.

Wilbur: No.

We all groaned. Ian sighed in disappointment.

Then we heard a small sound. Coming out of Ian's closet. Then we saw something from under a pile of clothes from his closet.

Wilbur: Can it be?

We looked closer to see one of Dad's legs appearing from under the clothes.

Ian: Dad?

He said with hope in his voice.

Dad then stood up as the pile of laundry fell off of him to reveal...

"Ah! He's just legs!"

Only his bottom half was there. From where the rest of Dad should've been, there was a blue light emitting from it. He just used his feet to feel around the room.

Barley: There's no top part. I definitely remembered Dad having a top part.

He was freaked out.

Ian: Oh, what'd I do? This is horrible.