"So what did Aunt Stella want to talk to you about?" asked Maddie as she climbed into her bed as Annie did the same.
"Ahh… well nothing much" said Annie as she smiled, she would tell Maddie and Matt later, but for now, she did not want them to be worried about her for no reason at all, they already had many things to worry about, and they were trying their best to help her, and well she could not just come along with more bad news.
"Okay then" said Maddie as she sighed and she closed her eyes, Aunt Stella, Curtis and Annie had their own little secrets, but she was sure that if Annie wanted to, she would tell them later, after all, she was her friend, and she could trust her.
"You know what" said Maddie as she opened her eyes and she turned to look at Annie.
"What?" asked Annie as she smiled.
"You are rocking your short hair" said Maddie as she smiled.
"You really think so?" asked Annie as she smiled, she was still getting used to her short hair, but what could she do?
"Yes I do, of course I do, it suites you" said Maddie as she laughed.
"Well thank you Maddie" said Annie as she smiled.
"You know what since you think my short hair suites me, how about you cut your hair as well, so that way we can match?" asked Annie as she looked at Maddie as she smiled.
"Oh no, oh no, oh no, no, sorry Annie, but no" said Maddie as she shook her head and she laughed.
"Oh why not?? Come on" said Annie as she laughed.
"We are best friends after all, so we should look the same as well" said Annie as she laughed.
"Look Annie that is true, yes we are best friends, and I love you… but my hair is something I cannot sacrifice" said Maddie as she shook her head.
"There is no Maddie Wolf, without my long, lovely hair, so sorry Annie but nope you rock your hair, and leave me with mine" said Maddie as she ran her fingers through her hair.
"Oh well okay then" said Annie as she laughed, she knew how honest Maddie could be… she was proud, but honest, besides Annie was just pulling Maddie's leg, she did not expect her to cut her hair short just for her.
"Yes, yes, besides, I am sure your hair will grow back soon, and if you can't wait, I can just cast a growing spell hehe" said Maddie as she smiled.
"No… no spells" said Annie as she shook her head and she remembered what Stella said, who knew what could happen if she tried to speed up the process of her hair growing?? Maybe the spell wouldn't stop and she would end up covered in hair, and they would not be able to stop it or reverse the spell.
"Ooookay??" asked Maddie as she wondered why Annie was so against using spells.
"Is something wrong Annie?" asked Maddie as she was worried.
"I will tell you later" said Annie as she sighed.
"Oh well okay then, when you are ready" said Maddie as she smiled, she knew that Annie was going through some things right now, and she needed some time, and she understood that.
"Thank you Maddie" said Annie as she smiled.
"Don't mention it" said Maddie as she smiled, Annie had done much more for her, she had trusted her, even though she was not supposed to, she was an enemy in disguise once before, but Annie accepted her anyway, and she showed her that good truly could change someone, and Maddie was truly grateful for that.
"Goodnight Annie" said Maddie as she smiled.
"Goodnight Maddie" said Annie as she smiled and she looked at Maddie and Maddie smiled and she closed her eyes as Annie took the book that Matt gave her from the other side of her bed and she opened it as she began to read it to at least pass the time, she had to finish this book very quickly, because to her she felt like this was the only way that she would get the answers that she was looking for.
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The next morning.
"Well I am done with the book" said Annie as she sighed and she closed the book as Maddie and Matt turned to look at her.
They were in the library once again, it was like it was their personal hang out spot, they were here almost every day.
"Yayyyyy, and what did we find out?" asked Maddie as she smiled and Matt looked at Annie.
"Well nothing much, everything Prince Oliver said was what was written here, and only with a little extra added explanations" said Annie as she sighed.
"Gosh, really?? All that reading for nothing??" asked Maddie as she groaned, this was all just too much, Annie read that entire book just to find out nothing??? Nothing new at all.
"I am just… tired" said Annie as she sighed.
"It will be alright Annie" said Matt as he smiled and he tried to reassure Annie as she could only force a smile.
"Hello, hello everyone" said Ollie as he smiled and he walked into the library.
"Oh no, no ughhhh" said Maddie as she groaned out loud as she did not hide her displeasure at all and Ollie just ignored her.
"*Sigh*" said Matt as he sighed and he shook his head, that was all he could do because at this point, this guy was here to stay… sadly.
"Prince Oliver??? What are you doing here?" asked Annie as she looked at Ollie as he smiled at her.
"Ollie" said Ollie once again as he groaned, he wondered how many times he would have to say that.
"Sorry Ollie" said Annie as she corrected herself.
"Anyway, what's going on?" asked Ollie as he smiled and Annie, Maddie and Matt looked at each other.
"Ooooh what are you reading?" asked Ollie as he smiled and he caught sight of the book in Annie's hand.
"Oh that's the revive spell book, the only translated one in the entire Realm, where did you get it from?" asked Ollie as he smiled.
"How do you know that just by looking at it??" asked Maddie as she looked at him.
"Well I have had to study it once before… and I had to borrow it, so where did you get it from?" asked Ollie as he looked at Maddie.
"Professor Sapiens lent it to us" said Maddie as she eyed him suspiciously.
"Cool, I never thought that Grouchy Prof could be so generous" said Ollie as he laughed.
"Hmmm" said Maddie.
"So how did you enjoy the book?" asked Ollie as he looked at Annie and he smiled.
"Well I can't say that I did, it was rather boring" said Annie as she opened to the back of the book.
"I can agree with that, I also think the same" said Ollie as he laughed.
"The only interesting thing here is the little transcript at the end of the book" said Annie.
"It reads , Beware, compare, and never do fear, to revive is to die in another way" said Annie as she read it out loud.
"Huh???" said Maddie as she was confused and Annie and Ollie turned to look at her.
"Just what are you reading Annie??" asked Maddie in confusion.
"What do you mean??? It's right here" said Annie as she pointed to what she was reading.
"That looks like just a bunch of random symbols and shapes to me" said Maddie as she was so confused.
"Right Matt?" asked Maddie as she looked at Matt and Annie turned to look at Matt as well.
"Annie, I have to agree with Maddie, it looks the same to me, just a bunch of random shapes" said Matt as he shook his head, he was also confused, just what was Annie reading.
"Huh??? Wait what??" asked Annie as she dropped the book on the table and she rubbed both her eyes with her hands, just what was she seeing then if both Maddie and Matt saw the same bunch of random symbols and shapes??
After Annie finished rubbing her eyes, she picked up the book again as she looked at the book and she saw the same thing still, now she was very confused, she did not know what Maddie and Matt were talking about, the words looked like normal words to her.
"Okay… now I am freaked out, is something wrong with my eyes??" asked Annie as she panicked, was something wrong with her?? Was she making up things now??
"Wait, let me see that" said Ollie as he took the book from Annie and he read it.
"Hmm, it does say what you read" said Ollie.
"And how do you know that?" asked Maddie as she looked at Ollie.
"Well because the script is written in the old tongue" replied Ollie casually.
"Huh??" asked Annie, Maddie and Matt all at the same time as they were all confused right now.