They Get Caught

Becky carefully lifted the book from the open footlocker. So this was the cause of all her problems?

Taking her time to look over the tome, Becky noticed a few odd things she had not seen from before. While the book was matte black in color, it seemed to have some kind of jeweled dusting that made it glitter in the dark. This wasn’t a cheap craft store effect either. Each little gem, none of them larger than a grain of sand, seemed to flow with its own internal light.

The book was also lighter than Becky expected for something so large and powerful.

Becky opened the book to a random page only to find a spell for “bossom enhancement”.

“Good joke. Very funny,” she grumbled.

“I thought you would like that.”

“So wait,” Becky said. “You can choose what people see in your pages?”

“To some degree,” the book said. “But I can’t change the contents.”

“So you chose to show the portal to us. So this is your fault.”

“I chose to show the portal to your friend Luke because that was his desire.”

“His desire?”

“No time, we need to go,” the book hissed.

Suddenly, Becky heard the door creak. She turned and saw a very concerned looking Chelsea Erickson gawking at her.

“Why are you talking to yourself?” Chelsea asked.

She glanced down at the open footlocker and the clearly picked lock.

“What the fuck are you doing, Becky?”

Becky had no answer. She sputtered, looking around desperately for something to show. Instead, she floundered.

Suddenly, purple sparks erupted from the open book and a surge of something akin to electricity shot up Becky’s arms. In her head, clear words formed in her mind.

“Ikum, transformatus, pornea,” Becky said in a voice not quite her own.

A purple cloud emerged from the book’s pages and shot towards a shocked Chelsea, forcing its way into the girl’s open mouth. The girl took all of it into her.

“Run!” The book shouted in Becky’s mind.

She obeyed, panicking at being caught. Becky rushed out of the house, past Mrs. Erickson, not looking back to see what was happening to Chelsea.