Spooky Spider by Addison Creek

Author:Addison Creek [Creek, Addison]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-30T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Seventeen

“What was that?” I asked groggily.

Grant was pulling me into a sitting position and asking if I was all right. My ears were ringing, so it was difficult to hear him. I had never felt such a powerful force in my life.

Frantically, I looked for Grandma Cookie. Unlike me, she hadn’t actually hit anything when she went flying. She had merely flown into the air and landed gracefully. I scowled at her and she smirked.

“The benefits of being an old witch,” she said with a shrug.

“Must be nice,” I said, rubbing the back of my head.

“It has its ups and downs. Literally,” said Cookie wickedly.

“I think it came from Down Below,” said Grant. “The floor shook.”

The three of us made for the mailroom. Everyone else was on the way as well. We ran into Lizzie on the stairs; she glared at me when she saw that I was with Cookie.

My mom and Aunt Meg were already in the mailroom when we arrived, and Kip and Corey weren’t far behind. There was no sign of Cam, Lark, or Pep, but I figured that since they’d likely been further away, it would take them longer to get there.

Smoke was coming out from the cracks around the door.

“What do you think that was?” my mom asked.

“You mean the explosion?” Cookie asked.

My mother gave her an exasperated look. “What exploded?”

Of course, no one knew what had exploded. For a split second nobody said or did anything. Then, when the rest of the family showed up looking shocked, it spurred my mother into action.

“We’ll just have to open the door,” she said.

“No way. You are agreeing to interact with Down Below? What has gotten into you?” Cookie asked.

My mother sighed in frustration as more smoke billowed around the door. “They might be in trouble down there. The setup would be against any real fire code in existence if anyone bothered to inspect the place.”

“Good thing no fireman has ever come here then. And that’s not something I’d say lightly,” said Meg with a wink. Some of us nodded absently in agreement. It was in fact a very good thing.

“I keep meaning to get a key for this door so it can’t just be opened without my permission. I still haven’t done it, but this is another reminder of why I should,” said my mother, muttering mostly to herself. She strode forward and started undoing the locks, glancing at Grant when she noticed he was shifting uncomfortably. “What’s your question?”

“Nothing. It’s just that I’ve never seen this door opened before,” he said.

“What must be done must be done,” said my mother, shrugging. She finished the last lock, and without waiting another second, pulled the door open.

She had to spring away as smoke poured into the mailroom. We all moved back and started to cough.

There were no windows, but I quickly waved my hand and called the basic fan enchantment. The room was filling with smoke so quickly I couldn’t see anyone except Pep, and that was only because she was standing right next to me.

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