BEEP, BEEP- I jumped up in a convulsion as if I was being electrocuted. I was in my bed, in my robe and my window was closed. Everything was as it was before I lied down. A dream is what it was; it all had to have been a dream.
"What to wear today?" I had a blue hood and gray track pants sitting on my chair folded and ready. I must have been so tired yesterday that I don't even remember setting out an outfit. The smell of eggs and bacon filled the air in the house, and now I was dying to get downstairs.
The kitchen was smoky from all the cooking "What's the occasion?" "Occasion? No there's no occasion just cooking up a nice breakfast for you two." I glanced at my uncle sitting in the chair drinking coffee and reading his newspaper. "Well it smells great!" "So Christina, got any plans for your Saturday?" "Uncle Bill, I have no plans at all. Got any suggestions for me?" "Well I am heading down to city hall for a meeting, you could come along if you would like. Take a look around downtown." Nodding in satisfaction at the fact that my uncle had made an actually intriguing suggestion I agreed to go.
When breakfast was finished we hopped in his truck and left. The main part of downtown was only about a 10 minute drive from the house, and even though it was the main part of town, it was unlike any other town. This part of the town was covered in just as much greens as the rest of the town. It was beautiful. I was lost in the appearance of the town it was almost hypnotizing. Then the car came to a stop. We were parked in front of a large, extremely old antique looking building. "Here it is city hall. He giggled this is where all the magic happens." "Magic eh, Bill?" shaking my head I unlocked the car door and hopped out to take another glance at the town. Peering around I seen a library. "Bill it was great but I'm going to go check out the library. I would like to see if they have anything of good reading material." "Ok well come back here at noon, we can go for lunch." I listened but had already begun walking towards the library.
For such a small town it had a huge library, which I was grateful for. There was one familiar thing I seen though, a few kids rounded up skateboarding in the parking lot. While walking by them I couldn't help but look over and stare at them. It appeared as if no one had noticed me staring but then a girl stared me right back. Quickly snapping my gaze at the building behind her I knew I was caught.
The inside of the library was again breathtaking and antique looking. Even though I had told Bill I was going to see what the was to read I already knew what I was looking for. Witches and magic, I felt like such an idiot but all of the talk about such things has me wanting to read about it. There was a little desk a few feet past the doors with an older man sitting behind it. It seemed he was buried into his book that he hadn't noticed me standing there scanning the library. "Hello miss, is there anything I can help you with?"
"I'm looking for books on witches and things in that category." "Well the fiction section is up on the third floor- No sir I'm looking for facts I don't want fiction." "Oh ok well go on up to the second floor and you will find the area you are looking for in row 5."
It was impossible to believe but as I headed up the rounding stairwell to the second floor, the library got progressively quieter. It appeared as if no one really came to this part of the library. I came to row 5 and began to scan titles, grabbing anything that caught interest. Witch Craft, Salem Witch Trials, Occult, and Satanic rituals, The Witch Hunters Diaries I took all except for the satanic rituals because I felt as if that was going just a little too far towards the max. My watch beeped, warning me that I had exactly half hour left until noon. The librarian was very reluctant to give me my library card and then very disgusted when he seen my reading material. I paid no attention either way I was just focused on getting out and reading.
My dad's truck sat still in the same parking space as before, assuming it was going to be private I went and hopped in. The books all seemed intriguing but I was more interested in the book of hunter's diaries. I scanned the chapters looking for something to catch my eye and there it was Tar taros Witch Hunt Chapter 15- The pages were stiff as I turned them as if they were more like cardboard then paper. Turning to chapter 15 I found a large photo, one of which was my home. There were more pictures though, more pictures then even words. And then one distinct photo I had to take another look at. It was 3 women standing in front of a large tree, a black gate and black picket fence just behind that. But that's not what caught my eye; it was the fact the one woman in the photo was identical to my mother. She resembled everything my mother did only she had blond hair.
"Hey new girl." Standing outside my car window was the girl I locked eyes with in the parking lot. I popped the door open and stepped out "Hello how are you?" "I'm pretty good, seen you go into the library but I'm afraid I don't recognize you. Then my friend informed me that you were the Castle's niece. I am Natalie." "Well Natalie apparently word travels fast around here. But then again it is small town, got to expect it." "I am a pretty big fan of witches too; I just spotted your book up there on the seat." This didn't seem to shock me seeing as Natalie wore nothing but black, including the makeup she wore. Such a shame too because her face seemed so beautiful almost like porcelain and she was hiding herself. "Oh well I'm not exactly into them per say, more so just trying to learn the history about my house." "I am having a few selected people over to do some partying, you should come and we can tell you the whole history to this town and that house." "I'm down with that let me get a pen and a piece of paper. I will give you my number and you can call me with your address." Natalie began to laugh stupidly. I stared at her in confusion. "Dude we don't meet in a house, we go out to the devils gate, the gate behind your house. That where we always party no one goes back there so it's easier." "Oh alright that sounds great." "Just be at the gate, at midnight this Friday!"
I could still hear her laughing as her and her friends rode away. The devils gate, the history to this town just keeps getting better and better. "Hey, hey, hey who's ready for some lunch I am starving." "Yea ill second that I'm pretty hungry too." They day just flew by so boringly, ate lunch with Bill, waited in the car for a half hour well he went back into city hall and then we were to go home. The only thing I really thought or focused on was that tomorrow was Monday and Friday was just around the corner.