Potion of the Hound: Mystical Mishaps Series Book 1 by Alicia Scarborough

Author:Alicia Scarborough [Scarborough, Alicia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Charmed Embers Publications
Published: 2018-02-05T22:00:00+00:00

9

Fox on the Run

As the lights flicker, more loud shrieks and canine barks come from the kitchen. The sound of wood banging and straining echoes from it as well. Everyone in the cafe can feel the pressure building—when an explosion happens.

The swinging doors to the kitchen detonate into a shower of splintering wood as Agnes and Jay bring their arms up to shield themselves. In a cloud of dust the fox sprints out between the two. The ghost of the little girl rushes after the fox while giggling and then stops in the cafe to look at everyone.

She sees Helga and zooms in closer to her. She floats in front of Helga, narrowing her eyes to stare at her. Finally, she declares, “I remember you.”

“Go away,” Helga sneers.

“You’re mean,” the little girl comments.

“You want to get banished for good?”

The girl turns a shade of red, reasserting, “Meanie, I don’t like you at all. You’re just like those other meanies that you meet with when you sneak out at night . . .”

“Buzz off,” Helga commands, leaning in to add, “You’re not wanted, liar.”

The little girl opens her pert little mouth emitting a banshee-like scream throughout the cafe.

The pale green color in Helga’s face drains as the little girl ghost gets closer and closer to her. Soon Helga is nose to nose with the ghost before the little girl fades out along with the scream.

Helga shudders and stands there, shivering while rubbing her arms.

Everyone stares at Helga before their attention is brought back to the sound of nails scattering about on the tiles as tables and chairs get knocked over onto the floor.

Ruby, in fox form, continues to scamper around the cafe, searching for an escape. Then she sees the open door.

Agnes reaches out, shouting, “CLOSE THE DOOR!”

Ursa darts for the door hoping to get to it before the fox does. She trips over one of the toads and falls face first, sliding across the floor. She stops short of reaching the door.

Jay hurries forward and leaps, trying to capture Ruby, but misses. He lands hard on the floor, and a few toads go squish under his landing. Toad goo clings to his shirt and pants. Higgins watches as the fox continues its mad dash to the open front door.

Agnes picks up toads and starts lobbing them at the fox trying to stop her. Helga stomps and screams at Agnes to stop throwing the toads.

The fox weaves in and out of the tables and chairs to dodge the toads thrown at her. Jay does another mad dive at Ruby to try and grab ahold of her, only to crash into an overturned chair, which he slams into a nearby table. The dishes on top of the table crash down on top of him.

“Stop-pis moment-tis!” Higgins shouts.

Everything stops. All things in the shop slowly start to float up about a foot off of the floor. The fox continues to run her feet in the air but gains no traction. She starts to whimper.

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