Our Town of Halloween | Halloweentown ❥ Ethan

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After the slowest ride to Aggie's house, they (Marnie, Maisie, Aggie, and Luke) finally got there.

"Wow," Marnie said. "Turning gray sure has made you a careful driver, Benny."

Benny turned around in his seat to look at them, "Have we met?"

"Ohh, well, yeah," started Marnie.

"The last time we met, you were just a skeleton," Maisie told Benny. She had to sit in the front seat with Benny.

Benny looked kind of horrified and confused.

"Well, thank you for the ride, dear," Aggie told him. "We're in something of a hurry." They got out of the cab while Benny looked at his hand horrified.

They went up to the gate, and Aggie spoke as she opened up the gate, "Come on, let's get inside."

They walked up to the house and Marnie asked, "What do you think Cal's going to do to the mortal world?"

"I don't know, but I know it's not good," Maisie said.

Aggie explained, "Well, he clearly shares his father's hatred of humans, but if he's willing to break the code of Merlin, which forbids stealing the spells of another then I think that we can safely assume that he's capable of anything." She lowered her voice, "Now no more talk until we're inside. And even if he's still eavesdropping, he won't be able to hear us in my house."

They walked up to the door, and Aggie opened it, she whispered, "I hope the gray spell hasn't changed any—"

Maisie was confused on why Aggie stopped and gasped. 

"Anything," finished Aggie. 

When they got inside, Maisie finally understood why. The furniture was gray and boring, compared to what it had been a couple of years ago.

"I like what you done with the place," Luke told Aggie, nodding his approval.

"I can't believe that Kal did this with a spell out of your book," Marnie said. "We'll never undo it!"

"Don't talk like that," Maisie told Marnie. "We'll find a way to undo this spell."

"I agree with Mai, dear," Aggie told Marnie. "We're only doomed if there was only one copy of my spell book." She chuckled, "What he doesn't know is there are two."

Maisie grinned at the cleverness of having two spell books. 

"Two?" asked Marnie, surprised.

"They're matched sets," Aggie explained, "Two complete copies."

Maisie grinned, "Way to go, Grandma."

Aggie smiled, "I took the one I usually use to the mortal world with me and the other one is still here." She put a finger to her cheek. "Someplace."

"I'll start looking," Maisie stated.

"Let's," Aggie agreed.

They started looking around the house. They looked through the couch, in cupboards, drawers, until finally it seemed like they looked through the whole house but still nothing, until they ended up in the dining room, with large books, but it wasn't the copy.

Aggie sat down at the table, "We can't find it."

"Grandma, we can't just give up," Marnie said.

Maisie messed with her hair, "We gotta think of something. We can't just give up."

"There's something we're not thinking of," Marnie added. "I mean, something to get us out of this trap, a spell, or..."

There was a weird whooshing sound that made Marnie pause in what she was saying.