Chapter 3: Saying Goodbye

After exiting the train and grabbing my luggage I stayed as close to Skull Boy as I could. Skull Boy told me that a trolley would take us to the mansion, it arrived less than 5 minutes later. I hopped on and took my seat across from Skull Boy.

"Are you ready?" he asked,

"Ready as I'll ever be" I replied.

As the trolley started out I took one last glance at the train, knowing that everything I had ever knew was now gone forever. I took a deep breath in, and understood that my parents knew this was for my own good, now that I'm the only one who'll carry on our family's name.

And somehow I felt my siblings presence, like Zoë and Zola were smiling down on me from above, wishing me all the best as I continued into the journey that would be my new life in Gloomsville.

As the train faded off into the distance, I sighed and looked back up at Skull Boy.

"I'm guessing that this whole witch epidemic hasn't been going well" he asked.

"Pretty much the opposite" I replied. "It's kind of a long story".

"I like long stories" you can tell me, unless you feel uncomfortable talking about it" he said nervously.

"Well...ok" I replied.

(One Tragic Backstory Later)

...and that's when I heard you come into the car." finishing my tale.

"Oh, that's awful" Skull Boy looked shocked, as if he'd never heard anything so terrible in his life.

"Don't worry," I replied, "I'm ready to start the next chapter in the book of my life".

"That's a great attitude to have" he added, "Speaking of new chapters, look where we are".

I looked outside and saw a large 16th century Victorian mansion with windows shaped like skulls and a heart with crossbones through it, "odd choice" I thought to myself. It also included a very small narrow house alongside it, and an attached garage to the right. Down the hill from the house there was a graveyard (gee, that's always a good sign).

The sky was overcast, full of dark unfriendly clouds and I know that a lot of people say that the grass is always greener on the other side, well this grass was PURPLE!, I'm not kidding, bright purple grass.

Me and Skull Boy made our way through the scenery, until we arrived at the front door.

"Nervous?" he asked.

"Excited," I replied anxiously.

Skull Boy rang the doorbell, the door began to open, and I felt pride, my new life with my new family was ready to begin...