The Adventures of Ava Smith: The Secret of the Enchanted Forest by Abigail Elizabeth

Author:Abigail Elizabeth [Elizabeth, Abigail]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Granholm Press
Published: 2017-12-24T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

W

hen the party was over, Professor Ronald returned to Ava’s bed to recover from the experience, and he spent the afternoon napping, dreaming of a time when he was not on the train, which seemed so long ago, although it was only yesterday. Robbie stayed in the dining car with Uncle Tempo, and the two of them drank the rest of the gingerale, ate the rest of the cake, and pestered the kitchen staff for after-dinner mints.

Charlotte thanked everyone for inviting her to the party, even though nobody had – although, it should be said that nobody minded her being there, either – and then she went back up to the observation deck with its glass roof and comfortable chairs to write.

Anja and Ava decided that they would go exploring. There’s only so much room to explore on a moving train, but if you are lucky you can find yourself in a restricted area full of interesting things, and on this afternoon, while the train dashed through the curved mountain tunnels, the girls got lucky.

They were walking the length of the train, away from the sleeper cars and towards the passenger cars at the front.

They walked past passengers dozing in their seats, down narrow corridors that rumbled as the train sped along the tracks, and through rows of hideous benches covered in blue flecked fabric.

They walked until they reached a strange metal door with a round port window, and when the girls stood on their toes and looked through the window, they saw the passing blur of the tracks underneath a metal grate, which connected the car they were in to the car just in front of them. The girls had come to the baggage car.

“We’d better turn around,” Ava said, “I don’t think we’re allowed to open the door.”

But before they could turn around to go back there was an odd clicking sound and the metal door swung open with a hiss, clanging against the wall beside the girls.

Ava jumped back in surprise, right into Anja, who held tight to her sister. The wind whipped their faces, and they both struggled to reach the door. They grabbed hold of it and tried to shut it again, but the wind was too strong and the door was too heavy, and it kept swinging back against them.

Ava was about to shout to her sister that they should get help, when she realized that nobody was in that car at the moment, and they were all alone. There was nobody there to help them.

The girls were discussing the best course of action when the door to the baggage car, which was also a metal door with a round port window, also popped open, and before the girls even knew what to do there came a terrible shriek from inside the baggage car.

Anja thought they should cover their ears and run, but Ava stared into the darkness of the baggage car and announced that she was going to see who or what

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