Page 30 of Black and White, Twice the Might (Cadenbury Town #8)

W e fly through a doorway, and now we’re in space, flying through hyperspace.

Sly and the boys give a loud cheer. Their Star Wars dream has come true.

Spaceships fly all around us. Suddenly, the spaceships turn and start firing on our cart. Just as the shots look like they would hit, they explode and cover us all in flowers.

“I’m not sure those shots are accurate,” Xander says, picking up a handful of flowers and dropping them on my head.

I laugh and throw some back at him, and now the four of us are having a flower war. That is, until we fly through the next door and settle back on the tracks.

This time heading downwards towards the mouth of a giant snake.

The insides make me laugh. There seems to be a disco going on in here. There is strobe lighting, dancing skeletons, and monsters. We get halfway through, and our cart starts spinning this way and that in time with the music.

Again, we seat dance, laughing as we do. Once the cart stops dancing, we carry on going down and through the next door.

Enoch lets out a yelp as the rest of us gasp as Victorian ghost children run up to the carts and shout ‘Boo!‘. That wouldn’t have been so bad if the children had had eyes and not just empty black eye sockets.

“Good luck with not dreaming about them tonight,” I mutter.

The boys don’t hear me, but Sly laughs. “Yeah.”

We travel through to the next section, and I breathe a sigh of relief as we leave the ghost children behind, just to gasp as we come through the door.

“Cool,” Sly says, grinning.

I’m not sure I’ll go with cool. This section is like Dr Frankenstein’s laboratory. There are pieces of people here and there, in jars and on a table, with a shelf of heads. A mad scientist is standing over a table, sewing parts onto the body lying on the table.

Thankfully, there seems to be glass between us and this exhibit.

I’m not the only one who jumps when blood squirts out and hits the glass. And the heads let out screams of terror.

I watch in morbid fascination as the hands that are scattered around start moving and rushing the scientist, but the cart exits the tunnel before we can see what happens, and with that, we come to the end of the ghost train, and stop by the entrance/exit.

“That was so much fun,” Enoch says, as we stand up. “And there was new stuff in it.”

“Pretty sure all the witches had fun playing in there,” Sly replies, as we step off the cart.

We walk over and join Elliot, Adhan, Ernest and Emily as Temp, Ben, Justice and Alfred walk over.

“Thank you for the added elements,” Elliot says to us. “Some of which I will be keeping.”

“It was fun,” Temp says. “I hope you’re coming back next October.”

Elliot smiled and nodded. “I wouldn’t miss it.”

“Thanks,” Adhan says. “Also, if you ever want to come and stay for a rest or to play with magic with the others, know you’re always welcome.”

“Thank you. I might even take you up on that offer,” Elliot says. “Now, unless I’m mistaken, it’s nearly time for you to announce the winners of the pumpkin carving.”

Adhan checks the time on his phone. “It is. We’ll catch up with you later.”

“If you’re still around on the fifth, the town is having a bonfire and fireworks party,” Ernest tells Elliot. “You’re all welcome. I’ll be at the manor holding a non-firework event.”

“Thanks. Some of us might stick around for that. Now I must be getting on.”

“And us,” Adhan says, taking Ernest’s hand.

“That was so much fun,” Enoch comments, grinning at Ernest. “I don’t think there was one bit I didn’t like.”

“I could have done without the singing cherubs,” Justice says. “That song is just wrong.”

“At least you didn’t have the Baby Shark song,” Adhan says.

By this time, we have reached the pumpkin carving station. All the pumpkins are on display, in different age groups. The area is crowded with children eager to see if they have won, and parents wondering how they can console their children if they didn’t win.

Jodie and John walk over and join us, as Adhan goes to announce the winners, and Enoch leans against John. John smiles down at him and puts his arm around his shoulders.

Adhan announces the winners and everyone claps, the winners getting a bag of sweets, and then all the children collect their pumpkins. Everyone walks away happy.