Salem and the Spooky Buddies

chapter 8

Inside, there was a live concert going on while people were partying and having a good time.

"Billy! Billy, come on!" A woman smiled while dancing awkwardly. "Dance with your mom!"

"Oh, wow." Mo said.

"Mom, I don't have time for this," Billy told the woman. "See, there's this monster chasing us."

"Of course there is, dear," Billy's mother smiled as she danced. "It's Halloween!"

"Give me staff!" Mr. Carroll demanded as he came into the party.

"Oh, come on!" Mo complained.

"There he is!" Billy panicked, running with his friends. "Run! Run!"

"Oh, sweetheart, where are you going?" Billy's mother pouted.

A woman in a witch costume soon put a party hat on Mr. Carroll's head and put a noisemaker in his mouth as she beamed happily.

"We have to find Sheriff Dan and fast." Atticus said.

Cherry panted as she tried to catch up as the others soon ran away again. "Don't run... Please..." she panted before groaning and going after them.

"Sheriff Dan should be here somewhere." Mo said.

Bud and Michelle smiled as they danced together, dressed as Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf.

"Mr. and Mrs. B!" Atticus called.

"Oh, hello, Atticus." Michelle smiled.

"We didn't you and the kids would be here." Bud added.

"Have you seen Sheriff Dan?" Atticus asked his best friend's parents.

"Not since we came in I'm afraid." Michelle replied.

"Well, we need to find him fast because Warwick the Warlock is here, and by that, I mean the real one!" Mo told them.

"Warwick the warlock?" Michelle asked in horror. "Are you sure?"

"Luckily, we lost him outside, but yes!" Atticus told her.

"And he's after this." Billy told them as he showed the staff.

"May I see your staff a moment?" Michelle asked.

Billy looked hesitant.

"It's okay, we can trust Cherry's mom," Atticus told him. "She'd never deceive anyone."

"Well... Okay..." Billy said as he handed the staff to the woman.

Michelle could tell that the staff was real. "Billy... Where did you get this?" She soon asked the young boy.

"Well, um, I got it from Sheriff Dan actually." Billy replied.

"And he just let you take it?" Bud asked.

"Uh... It's kind of a long story..." Billy said, a little nervously.

"Oh, you kids and taking stuff for your own amusement..." Michelle sighed and face-palmed.

"I didn't know it was a real magic staff; I just thought it was a fake." Billy said.

"No wonder he's chasing you..." Michelle frowned.

"Should I give it back?" Billy asked her.

"Oh, that could destroy the whole universe." Michelle then gasped.

"Then what should I do?" Billy asked.

"Oh, dear... There must be someway..." Michelle paused.

"Uh, I'd say take your time, Mrs. B, but we're kinda in a rush." Atticus smiled nervously.