Knock Three Times by Cressida Cowell

Author:Cressida Cowell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Published: 2019-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

“You’d better use invisibility spells now,” Hoola warned Xar and Wish as they reached the western perimeter of the learning place. “From the moment you leave this place, the Witches will be watching. Remember, don’t stay invisible too long, just until you get out of range of the Witches who are surrounding us. Invisibility is very bad for you.”

The sprites took out their wands, and Xar and Wish used their spelling staffs to turn everyone invisible. As she looked down at her disappearing legs, Wish felt a familiar queasy lurch of the stomach. Turning invisible was almost like parts of you were going to sleep, or as if you had become a ghost.

Hoola led them to the wall at the edge of the mound, and Wish put the door up against it and knocked three times with her now-invisible fist.

Knock!

Knock!

Knock!

The door swung open.

Outside, the cold night air was full of shrieks and the screams of Witches, so loud and eerie Wish’s blood ran cold to hear them. It went against every instinct to leave the warmth and safety of the learning place.

But they had to do this.

The invisible Wish and Xar walked through, leaving Hoola and two little pixies hovering on the other side.

Wish made it bigger for a second, so Crusher the giant could walk through the door too.

And then smaller again.

And then slowly, sadly, Wish closed the door.

“HOOOOOOOOO…” Hoola hooted through the keyhole.

“One giant one bear TWO humans three wolves three snowcats eight USELESS sprites one peregrine falcon and a baby noneofthemgreenanymore… OFF… on a very, very secret… absolutely crazy… absolutelySecret… terrifyingStupyfyingIdiotic new QUEST,” chanted the two little pixies from the other side of the door. “Leaving their wond-er-ful… marv-elous… magnificent new Ho-o-ome… probably never to see it again… but to die miles away from anywhere in the ravenous jaws of the Nuckalavee… instead of staying cozycomfyhappy… and I think it’s galiciousstarcurlers for supper again…”

“We’ll be back, I promise,” Wish whispered back through the keyhole.

She let her hand rest on the door a second. And then, firmly, she stepped away.

“Follow Bodkin and Nighteye,” Xar whispered into the invisible ears of the snowcats.

Then they climbed on the invisible door and Wish whispered a word to make it fly, moved the key, and they flew very low over the ground—for up above was the terrifying sight of the Witches attacking the school. Wish could see the dark outlines of their feathers, swarms of them, Magic screaming out of their mouths like lightning, and her palms began to sweat.

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