Zodiac Chronicle

Chapter 7: Keeping Mad Esther Busy

A/N: so yeah, these are short. i know. but the 3rd update which ill post later would be LOOOONG :) i promise~! enjoy~! and comment and vote for these two if you like them :>>> love u all!

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The talk with Leo was long but worth it. I mean, when you’re in my situation, I’m definitely sure you will also get insane. With all those action and pain I received from Mrs. Esther, I was about to go Mad Hatter from Alice in Wonderland. Luckily, that phone call kept me sane, for now.

I tried calling Sam but the phone just kept ringing. Whenever it stopped, the lady inside the phone always went ‘The number you have dialed is busy at the moment, please try again later’.  I tried to call her again and again. The air was slowly getting colder. The rain was a long way from ending. And the rants of Mrs. Esther kept running like a broken cassette tape. Luckily, she was deeper in the library during my attempts of calling Sam; only her screams were heard echoing.

“Damn it, Sam.” I whispered, waiting for her answer. “Answer your fricking phone.”

“Heya~~~~” she enthusiastically answered. Finally. “Wazzup?”

“The ceiling? I mean, don’t wazzup me.” I answered. “What took you so long to answer?”

“Oh well,” she giggled. “I had a huge mother nature calling sh*t.”

“Seriously?” I sighed in disbelief.

“Seriously.” I could feel her smiling on the other end of the line. “Nah kidding, I was watching some videos and forgot my phone on the bed.”

“Let me guess, PewDiePie?” I asked.

“Yes~! Yes~! PewDiePie!” She shouted energetically. “Anyways, why you called in the middle of the night?”

“Well, I got a situation right now.” I whispered, remembering Mrs. Esther. “Code Alert: ‘A’.”

“What?! You had IT with a girl and de-virgin-ized her?! Who?!” she exclaimed.

“What the heck? Why do you and Leo have the same reaction?” I laughed. “Look, it’s not that.”

“I know.” She laughed.

“You know?” I asked, question plastered on my face.

“Yes, I know.” She laughed once again.

“Wait, what is it that you know? Maybe we are talking about something else.”  I answered smartly.

“I know that Alert Code: ‘A’ isn’t really that ‘I made out with a girl and de-virgin-ized her’ thing that Leo always believed about that code. Anyway, what help do you want?” she offered.

“We I’m on the doorsteps of the Town Library.” I started as I rubbed the bruise on my face from Mrs. Esther’s attack.

“What are you doing there? It’s raining hard and you are there? What more you should be at home. Plus It’s 8:13, late when you’re still home.” She enumerated.

“Well, I was on my way home and happened to notice the open door and lights of the library. And there it all happened. By the way, this is hard to believe in but Mrs. Esther gone mad. I mean seriously mad.” I explained.

“Really?” she asked in amazement.

“Here.” I let my phone peeked inside the door just to get rants of Mrs. Esther from the far-end of the library. I’m sure it went like Letters-Words-Pages-Book-Book- Bookshelves-etc.

“Yeap, definitely mad. She was a quiet person while reading some books, after all.” She said. “I better go there then. You pretty much need me to fix this problem.”

“Thanks.” I said.

“Be there in about 14 minutes. Keep her busy. She might go even more insane.” She concluded before the beep signaling the end of our conversation.

I leaned on the door, didn’t know what to do. Creeping inside careful not to make any sound, I went inside nonetheless. Mrs. Esther was still at the back ranting about something I couldn’t quite decipher. I crawled through a bunch of books on the ground and hid to a safe spot behind bookshelf A, the Children’s books section.

“What’s taking them so long?” I panted from my expedition as I looked at the time on my phone. “Five more minutes.”

Before I could complain, I heard a growling neigh came from an aisle behind where I was. I looked around and peeked through the uneven holes the arranged books made. I was astounded by what I saw. It had four long black legs and blazing hooves. Its dark skin glinted as the lightning flashed through the glass window on the roof. And you wouldn’t believe who was riding that steed. It was Mrs. Esther.

“How the—” I whispered.

“Why there you are, darling.” Mrs. Esther’s high pitch voice echoed through the corridors.

I shrieked. She found me. I hurriedly stood up and tried running away. When I turned, I huge shadow blocked my way so I bumped hard enough to hear my ears ringing.

“Ow what the heck?” I grunted in pain, rubbing my forehead.

Yet again, I was stunned at what I saw. The dark figure was right in front of me. It was big – humungous if I could say–, dark, tall, and… round? It had an eerie feeling with it as it stood in silence. After a few moments of inspecting, two bloody red crescent-moon shapes facing downward glowed on its still dark face. I tried to decipher what the thing looked like but nothing crossed my mind and I was sure it wasn’t anything near a human or living organism. I was scared and it haunted me more when the flash of lightning finally revealed the mysterious figure.

It was an egg. It was Humpty Dumpty.