The mystery of Harper House

It felt like stepping off a merry-go-round at full speed-his stomach flipped, and

in the base

we?" Tommy asked

en before. The trees were massive, their trunks twisting toward the sky in impossible shapes. Their leaves shimmered with colors that

red, clutching her bag of Skittles like i

, her voice filled with

're lost in some magical forest,

mean, yeah. Don't y

. He was too busy trying to figure out how they'd

said, pointing to som

through the trees. It looked like a fire, but the light w

heck it out?

on't? For all we know, it coul

s. "You've been watc

k we should go. If there's someone-or something-over th

dded. "E

ed but did

oached. Danny couldn't shake the feeling that they were being watched. Every so often, he thou

that?" Sara

stling of leaves and the distant chirping of birds. But then he c

Tommy asked, h

y said. "But it's co

r of the clearing was a stone pedestal, and hovering above the pedestal was a crystal the size of a fo

rah asked, her voi

d of...artifact," Hazel

ch it," Da

a look. "I'm

oing here? Who puts a glowing cr

ing grew louder. The crystal flared brighte

backing away. "I don't t

h of light. Danny threw his arm over his eyes, but the light

and blinked. The crystal was still there, bu

the same shimmering material as the leaves. Their face was mostly hidde

f the forest?" the figure said

Uh...we didn't mean to dis

. "We're lost, and we're

head, studying them. "Yo

e're from, uh, Earth. You know

seem amused. "You

se," Danny said. "We found th

id, cutting him off

one?" Haze

t power, designed to connect realms. Only

purpose," Tommy said. "

e activated under certain conditions. And now that you have entered thi

stomach drop.

e to be maintained. Something has been taken from this rea

taken?" Ha

ght. The life force of this realm. It was stolen

. "You mean, li

depths of the forest, feeding on the light. Until i

So now we have to fight a monste

that?" Danny asked, tryin

forest will guide you. But beware-the beast is cunning and

as way more than they'd bargained for. But if it was the

firm despite the fear bubbli

. "Then may the l

ed, leaving the group

. "Well, fearless lea

glowing crystal. "First, we figure out how

what?" S

d his fists.