I went back to our crime scene but not to check the cars , but to the area where I saw the men . They couldn't have left any evidence other than the bullet in the car . Me and Ben had made it to the top of the mountains that they were at , which actually made me curious to know how they managed to bring their gun set there . We were already tired so they must have been really trained or something .
There was nothing on the top . Or so I thought . "Rene ! come over here !" I ran over to Ben to see a strange object . It was carved , but not on wood . It was carved on steel , with the knifes that people use to carve wood . The shape was also strange . It was a curve that started from the top left and right side with the thickness of one's finger , and it decreased smoothly into a small point at the bottom centre . This was repeated over and over again going inwards each time until they reached the centre. At the centre , not even a millimetre of space was left and beautiful flower petals were inside . The whole shape was at a hands length and it was painted with the exact colour of wood . Even the details of wood were painted but it was surely steel because of how it felt .
We took the piece and went back . It was disappointing but the strangeness it carried made me feel like it was connected to those men . One of those three men , if I hadn't mentioned earlier , must have lost it .
Dad also checked the carving out but he couldn't find anything special about it from his memories . The only clue we got is that they maybe a part of supernatural creatures too .
Dad knew an ancient wizard who might know about the carving so Ben and I left to meet him . The roads became bumpier when we were nearing our destination to the point that our car broke down in the middle of nowhere . It was a steep mountain and we couldn't move further .
"Ben , I think we should walk from here ." I said to him when he widened his eyes .
"What ! The map says that we have to go 20 Kilometres more ! You want me to die ! Wait ! You can use your powers right-" I covered his mouth with my hand to stop him from rambling . He looked at me , intensely . I gulped and let go of him , coughing .
"L-let's walk " My heart was beating so fast that it was startling me. He followed me behind shortly .
"I can't use my powers at this height because I might be spotted ." I explained to him once I calmed down .
We walked without resting and it was really tiring . "How much more ?" Ben asked when I stopped myself to get a good breath .
"13 Kilometres more . Come on." I dragged him when he didn't move .
Finally , we reached the house we came for . It was a so creepy that I thought that it would've been hired for a horror movie !
Walking towards the gigantic mansion , I felt goosebumps all over my body . A doorbell wasn't placed but a ring like circle was kept to knock on a large wooden door that was thrice my height .
Just as we knocked on the door , it opened immediately , as if the owner was waiting for us but surprisingly , there was no one near the door . In fact , there was no one in sight . We let it off since we knew that we were going to visit an ancient witch and he must have used his magic .
The house did look old and creepy from the outside , but it was heavily furnished and cleaned in the inside . We looked around , astonished by all thee ancient antiques he had , almost forgetting the reason for our visit .
We observed a beautiful garden from the first floor balcony , which had all types of flowers one could remember and more . It was then that I noticed a peachish white bald head walking in between the heaps of flowers . Ben and I ran downstairs to find the person in the garden . We found the door to the garden fast with pure luck and ran into it . We checked everywhere , but he was nowhere to be found .
This wizard was one hell of a wizard because he was so good at hiding , maybe even without magic . It seemed normal out in the garden but slowly , it made less and less sense . The whole house was creepy outside and we were sure that there was no way for a garden to be able to grow in an atmosphere like this . But when we looked back , the house had well painted walls , nothing creepy about it and I could also see that freshly cut grass was all around the mansion , even in front of the front door , which had nothing like that when we came first .
So which one was the real state of the house ? The creepy one , or the royal one ? I was really confused and looked over at Ben to see what he thought of it . But it only made me get more confused because he was looking all over the place with a wrinkled face full of disgust . But the place looked amazing . "How can someone live in a dump like this ?"
I may have thought that it was because he was really rich but no , I couldn't think like that because he didn't show any disgust when he saw our house , which was a mess at the time he came . "What dump ? All I can see is a place equivalent to the royal palace in the 'Sofia The First' cartoon I saw when I was a kid .
While the both of us kept arguing and comparing what we saw , we didn't notice a small man entering the seen . " Why don't you search for the answers in a place with the answers ?" ..