𝓓𝓸 𝓸𝓻 𝓓𝓲𝓮 ❣︎ 𝓔𝓶𝓫𝓮𝓻 𝓐𝓭𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓼

𝓢𝓔𝓡𝓘𝓔𝓢 𝓞𝓝𝓔 ❣︎ 21

A cold breeze blew on Ember's snooded-neck as she walked along the path she had seen the mayor phone the sheriff on. She didn't show she was cold though. Or even shiver. She was tougher than that.

The garage doors, covered in red, flaky paint, weren't easy. After Wednesday took her shot, pulling at the handles with all her strength, and was unsuccessful, Tyler stepped in. "Hey, let me try."

Wednesday hesitated before letting him in. He tried, but again, it didn't work.

Ember didn't even speak as she took her turn, slamming herself at the doors and using all her arm and leg strength to open them.

It didn't work.

"This is pointless," Tyler rolled her eyes.

"No. Enid hasn't tried yet," Ember said immediately.

"Yeah, I'll have a go," the scared and cold girl stepped forward and pulled at the handle, and it came open within seconds.

"Whoa..." Tyler seemed surprised.

"What?" Enid shrugged, turning back to them. "It's a werewolf thing."

Ember, meanwhile, didn't hesitate to walk into the garage, Wednesday following swiftly behind. Tyler and Enid, again, exchanged looks, but went in after their two cancelled dates.

Ember was the one to find the light switch, so flicked it on as soon as she saw it. The orange bulb flickered for a second, then turned on straight.

The first thing she was aware of was a big, dark shape in the corner of the garage, and when the light came on, she saw it was a car, covered by a cream dust sheet. Ember saw it was blue, when she squinted.

And of course, the first thing Ember did was remove the dust sheet. Well, half way. And then she saw that her suspicions were right. A blue Cadillac.

With no number plate.

"This is the car that hit the mayor," she was dully aware of saying, enthralled by the investigation now.

Enid, meanwhile, wasn't. "Okay, this just took a dark turn!" She shrieked. "We need to call Tyler's dad right freakin' now!"

"Why?" Ember turned. Sheriff Galpin was not coming here. "So he can take me back to Nevermore and get me, probably Wednesday and possibly you, expelled? Not on your life."

"Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of!" Enid squealed, as Ember walked out the garage, now in pursuit of the main house. The car had laid the foundations, now she needed to make the building.

The front door creaked as Ember pushed it open, her torch only Illuminating about a metre in front of her. However, it was enough to see that she was in an abandoned, old, house.

Now that was cool.

"This is the night I'm gonna die," Tyler, who was behind Ember and Wednesday, was shaking. He still hadn't crossed the threshold.

Ember turned to him. "I would have no objections."

Enid, meanwhile, was whimpering. She had pushed past Tyler to join her friends, but now she was regretting it.

Ember and Wednesday, meanwhile, were fully in. They were slowly advancing up the hallway, stepping on the creaky floorboards.

At the end of the hall, there was what seemed to be a living room, with an old ariel TV in it, and a sofa with stone cold leather on it.

But what interested Ember the most was the picture on the wall. It was hand painted, and huge on the small wall, and it portrayed the Gates. All four of them.