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I laugh. “Could have done without some of the things we saw, but we left before the killer clown got us.”

“Wait, you had a killer clown?” Temp asks. “We had nothing, and you get killer clowns. So not fair.”

I pat his arm. “There there maybe tomorrow night.”

Adhan goes to speak to the teenagers’ parents and I look at the gathered witches. “Thanks for your help,” I say because they had to have helped for us to be outside of the attraction.

“Maybe you can incorporate what happened into our next dark magic lessons,” one of the witches says grinning.

I laugh. “We’ll see what we can do.”

“Well, young’un, trapped inside a mirror’s a new one,” Molly says, cackling beside me.

“What can I say cuz, I like to be different.”

CHAPTER 26

We’re sat in the kitchen, drinks in front of us, and cake on the table. It’s late, very late. Ebby, Sly and the boys are sat around the table with us, as is Molly, Elliot and Madam Cleo. I think the only ones asleep are Nora, Sion and Connie.

“What happened?” Kean asks us.

“I honestly don’t know,” I say. “I mean we were walking around and having fun when we seemed to get back to the first mirror.”

“But we didn’t see the entrance,” Ebby carries on. “So, we started walking around it again, but the mirrors kept moving, sometimes trapping us other times they became a maze.”

“Then the mirrors started showing disturbing images of us,” Sly takes up the tale. “Then we heard what sounded like glass shattering and the killer clown showed up.”

“Something sang a song saying we were trapped in a mirror. So, the witches sent their magic out shattering everything around us, and we appeared outside the attraction,” Adhan says.

“When did you notice something was wrong?” I ask.

“When we were changing locations, we couldn’t find any of you,” Titus says.

“The boys felt something was wrong and tried phoning Sly and Ebby. When they didn’t get an answer, we came to the fair to look for them,” John adds.

“We knew you were alive, but couldn’t find you,” Xander says. His hand is still resting on Ebby’s arm.

“I remembered you saying you would start in the Hall of Mirrors, so we came to look for you,” Nix says.

“Picture the scene, my friends,” Jude starts, grinning my way. “Our intrepid explorers had gone off to visit the fabled Hall of Mirrors.”

“Through oceans and rivers we travelled, across mountains and cliffs,” Kean said, picking up the ballad.

Elliot lets out a loud laugh. “A ballad, I love it.”

I grin at him but didn’t interrupt the epic ballad telling.

“Until we finally reach the gates of the Hall of Mirrors,” Ben adds.

“But alas no entrance was to be found. So, we the daring witchlings, being the sensible witchlings we are.”

There is more than one snort when Sal says this.

Sal ignores them and carries on. “Gently send our magic out, looking for a way in, to rescue our trapped brethren.”

“But alas no entrance was to be found,” Justice says.

“I was surprised you didn’t just blast your way in,” Elliot says.