Charlie couldn't stop gazing at the enormous tree that lay in front of him.
"Don't just stand there, come in!" Said Merlin.
Charlie jumped a little, as he was so engaged with looking at the tree. He nodded, and followed them to the front door. It was fairly small, and completely made out of oak wood. There were little window sills either side of the door, with large rose's planted in them. The three of them entered the tree, and the first thing Charlie noticed was the potent smell of freshly baked cakes, and cinnamon. He found this very comforting. He looked around the room, and saw a living room area, with a book case and a couple of cozy looking sofas. He saw that there was no modern facilities, like TV's and game consoles. He saw a very cute looking kitchen, with a large oven, and a small wooden table next to the wooden wall, and a small window. There was then a spiral staircase also made out of wood, which looked intriguing.
"Well, this is our home, Charlie." Said Skylar.
"Where are your parents?" Charlie asked, curiously.
There was a moment of awkward silence, and Skylar and Merlin looked at each other sheepishly.
"They're...dead." Said Merlin.
Skylar looked very sad, but didn't show any sign of crying. Charlie thought this was probably because it might had been such a long time since they lost their parents, so they were getting used to it.
"I'm...I'm really sorry to hear that." Said Charlie.
Merlin shrugged, and stared out of the window.
"I forgot to ask, what about your parents?" Asked Skylar.
Charlie new this was coming, but didn't know he would be speechless. He took a deep breathe, and explained what had happened to his Dad, and how he left his mum in London, on her own.
Merlin and Skylar looked extremely shocked at what Charlie had just told them. Skylar walked over to him, and put her arm around him.
"Come on, I'll make you some hot chocolate." She said.
Charlie nodded, and smiled. He sat down at the table and stared out of the window. The weather had changed since he had arrived in Caspia. It was now very cloudy, and looked as though it was about to rain. Charlie looked quite confused about this, and then Skylar said.
"Oh don't worry about that, it happens all the time in Caspia, don't know about Earth, I've never been there."
She put the hot chocolate down on the table in front of him, and sat down.
"Skylar, is there any way of getting back to Earth? I can't just leave my mum!" Charlie asked.
"Well, there is ONE way. It's more or less impossible to do though. Basically, there is a portal in Demons Castle, and it goes directly to Earth. However, it's the most guarded place on the planet, you'd never get in there. Me and Merlin have been making a plan to get in there for years, but we've hit a dead end. We can't seem to get around the guards at the main staircase."
"Well, I'm sure i can help. I can't stay here, i need to get back! So, why are you planning to go to Earth?" Said Charlie.
"Well, what have we got to live for here? We might as well go exploring!" Replied Skylar.
Charlie shrugged in agreement, and took a sip of his hot chocolate.
A couple of hours later, it was starting to get dark, and Charlie was about to fall asleep on the living room sofa, so Skylar came over and shook him a little.
"Charlie? Charlie, we've cleared our spare bedroom for ya'. Come on!" She whispered.
Charlie sleepily got up, and walked up the spiral staircase to his new room. He walked in, and there was a very comfy looking bed, with a window behind it, and a desk opposite the bed. It was small, but he liked it.
"Thank you, Skylar." He said.
Skylar smiled kindly, and walked out and close the door.
Charlie stood there for a moment, just taking in what had happened in the past few hours, and sighed with disbelief. He shook his head, trying to stop thinking about his dad, and got into the pajamas that had been neatly folded on his bed for him, and slipped into bed.
The morning had arrived, and it was rather dark in Charlie's room, so he thought it was very early morning. He slowly slid out of his warm, cozy bed, and opened the curtains. To his surprise, it was heavily snowing, and the ground was already layered with about 5 inches of snow. He smiled to himself, and whispered.
"Crazy..."
He looked at the clock on the bedside table, and it read 7 o'clock. He decided to creep out of his room and down the spiral staircase. As he went down, he began to hear faint whispers coming from the living room. He reached the bottom, and saw Skylar and Merlin already up and dressed, whispering to each other with their backs to Charlie.
Charlie crept up behind them, trying to listen to what they were talking about. All he heard was.
"We need to help Charlie get back to Earth"
Before the floorboard creaked underneath his feet, and Skylar and Merlin turned around.
"Hey...!" Said Charlie.
Skylar and Merlin smiled, and started laughing.
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