Elisa Button and the Nightwalker

Chapter 2

Leaving Troy under the care of Abby the five witches flew to the Lost and Found which was a large stone building where all the world lost things usually end up. As they entered the Lost and Found they met a young woman. She was sitting in a rocking chair staring at an old fashion TV with rabbit ears. Elisa was fairly sure that other than her and Sophie was the only one that knew what a TV was because they were both raised in the human world by humans. As Elisa approached her she saw she was watching some lame soap opera, though she did not see how the set could be working since Perinia was another world from the human world and the set did not seem to be plugged into anything.

"Excuse me," Sophie said.

The woman did not respond.

"Excuse me," Sophie repeated in a louder voice.

Still no response.

"Hey, we're talking to you," Nightmare shouted, taking charge as she usually did.

This time the woman looked up from the TV. "Oh, I was just watching this really great show," she said and began telling the witches about the show. "See, Justin has just woke from being in a coma for five years and went to see the woman he had fallen in love with."

" I don't care, " Nightmare said.

She did not seem to hear. "But to his poor dismay, he discovered that his true love was married to another man. I don't think much of humans, but I have to admit, they make some really great TV."

" You can tell us about it later, " Nightmare said impatiently. "Right now we need to find a light sword.

" Right, " she said, still distracted by the TV. "Berny," she called over her shoulder.

There was a jingling sound, then an elf with bells on his pointed shoes came bouncing out from the back.

The woman was adjusting the rabbit ears of the TV. "Berny, help these young ladies find a night sword," she said without looking away from what she was doing.

"Light sword," Sophie Corrected her.

"Whatever," she said as she sat back down and stared blankly at the TV screen. "Berny would take you to what you need."

Berny clicked his heels, spun around, and went back the way he came. The witches followed.

They went into a huge room full of mountains of junk piled to the ceiling.

"How are we suppose to find the sword in all this junk?" Lizzie wanted to know.

"You," Nightmare said, turning to Berny. "Get us the light sword."

The little elf clicked his heels again, then dove into a pile of junk. There was the sound of digging, then a few moments later he popped up holding a cuckoo clock.

"That's not the light sword," Elisa said. "It's a clock."

Berny dove in the pile again and came up with a plunger.

"No," Nightmare said flatly.

Lizzie rolled her green eyes. "They should just call this place the Lost because I don't think anything is ever found here!"

" Then we just have to search ourselves, " Nightmare declared.

"It'd take us forever to find it in here," Lizzie whined.

"It would if you don't stop talking," Nightmare snapped, then she started giving everyone instruction. "Sophie and Elisa, look through the piles on the right. Lizzie and Mary, you take the left. I take the middle. MOVE IT!"

They all took their section to search for the light sword. As Elisa was looking through her pile her mind kept racing back to Troy.

Sophie must have noticed her concern. "Something troubling you?" She asked.

"I was just thinking about Troy," Elisa confessed. "What's gonna happen to him? I mean, if we destroy the nightwalker would he turn back to normal, or would he be that way forever?"

" I don't know, " Sophie admitted.

The young witches searched through the piles for what seemed like hours and Elisa was at the edge of abandoning all hope of ever finding the light sword.

"Hey, what are you all still doing here?" The TV lady from the front was standing in the doorway looking crossed. Her soap opera must have been over. "I had everything here organized and you messed it up!"

"Don't blame us," Nightmare said angrily. "We're still trying to find the light sword and your elf was totally no help to us whatsoever."

The TV lady looked over at Berny who sat over on an old dresser grinning as he was swinging his little legs. "I don't know why I hired you," she said, shaking her head. Then she paused and added, "Oh, yeah, I do. It was because you work cheap." She waved her hand and all the junk in the Lost and Find began shifting. Nightmare tumbled to the floor as the pile she was sitting on shifted from beneath her. Then a sword with a white glowing blade floated from a pile and into the TV lady's outstretched hand.

"Is this what you're looking for," she said, holding out the sword.

"That's it exactly," Mary cried, running over.

"Then take it," the TV lady said, tossing Mary the sword. "Now, GET OUT!"

With the light sword the witches left the Lost and Found. However, as soon as they came outside they came face to face with the Shadow Witch.