Seven Deadly Ghosts by C.L. Hernandez

Author:C.L. Hernandez
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: horror, ghosts, fantasy, magic, supernatural, witches, demons, good vs evil, hauntings, underworld spirits
Publisher: Permuted Press

CHAPTER 12

Tamara stumbled up to the counter and leaned on it. Her full-body trembling rattled the items inside the glass case. “I cut school,” she panted. “Had to come and tell you right away.”

“You must be Tamara,” Flower said. “Are you all right, dear?”

“Y-yes. I’m okay, but …” she turned to look at Deegie. “Does she know about …?”

“She does,” Deegie assured her. “What happened?”

Tamara drew in a huge, whooping breath, pressed her hands to her temples, and said, “There’s a knight in shining armor riding a white horse around the softball field! It … it keeps yelling the school chant!”

“What in the world …?” Flower’s jaw dropped and her hand flew up to cover her wide-open mouth.

Deegie’s response was a defeated-sounding laugh. She knew right away what was galloping around the ball field. “You just can’t hide that Fiddlehead pride,” she said with a touch of amusement. “I knew I felt something weird last night. It’s Pride, the latest in our line-up of seven. This should be an interesting one.”

“A proud knight,” Flower said. “Imagine that. I bet it’s really something to see.”

“It’s scary!” Tamara wailed. “It’s creepy! We were running laps in gym, and I heard a horse galloping after me! I turned around, and I saw it! I was the only one who could see it, just like before.” A look of sudden realization passed over her face then, and her voice rose up a notch. “We’re the Fiddlehead Knights! Oh my gawd! It’s our mascot!”

“That doesn’t surprise me,” Deegie said. “You were pretty proud of your team last night.” She had a brief flashback of the Envy-thing she and Tiger had battled the other night, and her face went grim. “It didn’t seem violent, did it?”

“No. I mean, like, it didn’t try to kill me or anything.”

“If you had been born a full-blooded witch, it might have,” Deegie said. “Luckily for you, these things are relatively harmless when they feed off of your energy. This one should be easy to take care of. I’ll do it tonight.”

“I don’t have to go, do I?” Tamara asked hopefully. “I mean, I’ll go if you need me to, but I’d rather not. I hate those things!”

“No, you don’t have to go. I’ve got this.”

“I think I’ll go with you if you don’t mind, Deegie,” said Flower. “Tamara says this thing is riding a horse. We might be dealing with a two-in-one entity.”

“Good thinking.” Deegie gave Flower a brief, grateful hug. “I don’t know what I’d do without you. I’ll put some traps together and I’ll pick you up tonight.”

“I will see you then,” Flower replied. She turned to Tamara and said, “Deegie and I make a great team when it comes to taking care of supernatural nasties. Now then—back to school with you!”

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