Spell Rift

7.

The six of us stood in front of a beat up little shop.

"Are we at the right place?" Leah asked.

"They said go to the closed shop." Felix answered.

I knocked on the shop door which flung open right away making everyone except Giselle jump a bit.

As the door opened a little gnome stood in the doorway. She looked like she wasn't all there. Her eyes kept wandering and following whatever bug, or person walked by.

"Hello. I'm Mybi. The mistress told Mybi you would be using the shop for the tournament.

"Hi Mybi. Would you show us where to go?" I asked kindly.

"Of course, it's just in the back. You just have to open the chest, the tournament's officials will be notified the trail has started. All six of you are to go in at the same time." She stepped back and all of us pulled into the small shop.

As everyone walked in, James touched my hand with his fingers as a secret way of saying hello while everyone was distracted.

Luna coughed at the dust everywhere and waved her hand in front of her face.  "It's very dusty." 

"Mybi wanted to tidy up but the mistress said I shouldn't."

"Ugh, the way this gnome is talking in third person annoys me." Giselle looked at her nails.

"Don't be a bitch." I flat out said. Tired of her shit already.

We all walked to the giant chest in the back. "This is it." James called before lifting the lid.

"What the..?" Luna began to ask.

"A ladder?" Leah asked at the same time.

"At least it wasn't a mimic..." Felix shivered. Turned out his knees had been scratched in the last trial because he got too close to the mimic chest thinking it was what they were looking for.

We all looked down. "Looks like a cellar." I said out loud.

"Felix, go first." Luna and James both said to the confused ginger.

He rolled his eyes and climbed down. James was next and then Luna, Leah and Giselle. I was the last to go down.

"Thank you so much, Mybi." She waved but looked really sad as I climbed down.

James was right there to help me with the final steps. His hands on my sides as I stepped off. He gave me a sweet smile before joining back up with the group. As I stepped away from the ladder there was a thud making me turn around.

"Uh guys?" Everyone looked at me to see me looking at a now empty wall with no ladder.

"Well, shit." James murmured.

We all moved forward through all the junk. Luna spun the few globes in the basement and Felix almost dropped a pile of boxes on him twice.

At the end of a hallway was a small chest. Leah walked forward and opened it, lifting up a small gnome size pair of shoes. 

Just as we began to ask why that was there and why anyone would do all this for shoes the light turned off and the ground disappeared below our feet making everyone scream as we fell.

"Ugh I got stuck with you?" Giselle's irritating voice woke me up as I sat up.

I looked around to see we were in a hallway. The walls were yellow wallpaper with brown wood paneling.

There was an evil laugh somewhere in the hall. "Was that you?" I asked Giselle as I began standing up.

"Shut up."