STORIES
239 - The Book
2018
Harmonia Herita Grace Mez
Friday, late afternoon ...
HARMONIA:
Whoa, did ya'll just feel that?
HERITA:
What?
HARMONIA:
Some powerful magic was just released.
Ya'll truly didn't feel anythin' at all?
HERITA:
Ya really are daft - ain't ya.
HARMONIA:
Don’t you sass me.
- Hey lookout!
HARMONIA:
…Grace - slow down.
HERITA:
Ya nearly knocked me over.
GRACE:
Sorry. Have you seen Mez? He ran out of his room so fast, yes he
did, and I have to find him. He's been magicked. Isn't that neat!
Wish I could be magicked too but Daprima won’t let me.
HERITA:
The 'ole 'ouse 'as gone daft.
GRACE:
No really. Remember that book on vampires that everyone's
been looking for? Well not everyone but ...
HERITA:
What about it?
GRACE:
Mez wished for Io to show him where it is, yes he did,
and his wish was granted.
HARMONIA:
Well that accounts for the magic I felt.
GRACE:
The whole thing was my idea, yes it was. And now I have to find him
so I can see if it worked. Hey, where’d Herita go?
HARMONIA:
I’m not sure but I aim to find out.
GRACE:
I have to find Mez, yes I do. I know - you go that way
and I’ll go this way.
HARMONIA:
We’d best get to it.
Meanwhile, in the kitchen ...
HERITA:
You - get down from there!
HERITA:
… Give it here!
MEZ:
No! Will you … Stop you’re gonna make me ...
C R A S H
MEZ:
… fall. Ow!
HERITA:
Get off!
MEZ:
What’s with you?
S H O V E
MEZ:
What the hell Herita? It’s just a book on chocolate…
MEZ:
What happened?
HARMONIA:
Me. And look at that - my aim's much improved.
I hit her head on. Did any of it get on you hon?
MEZ:
Any … what?
HARMONIA:
My magic. Sometimes I forget I can do that.
MEZ:
What’d you do to her?
HARMONIA:
I put her down for a much needed nap. I couldn’t let ya'll beat each other.
HARMONIA:
…I suppose ya’ll were fighting over this?
MEZ:
I was looking for the missing vampire book, but I was brought to
that one instead. I guess Io got it wrong.
HARMONIA:
Actually, it's just right.
MEZ:
Is that it?
HARMONIA:
This is most definitely the book in question. I'd recognize
Qualina's handwriting anywhere. And see there? It
opens right up to the notes on the First Blood.
MEZ:
It really was her …
HARMONIA:
Mmm-hmm, trouble just lookin’ to happen. I said it before - that girl's crackers. And just look how she ruined a perfectly good recipe book.
MEZ:
Poor Cammeo. She was so afraid of this. I have to tell her.
HARMONIA:
Wait on that hon. Let the poor dear sleep some more. She was
out all night hunting vampires. Louisa will handle this, it's her job.
MEZ:
How’s that?
