ABANDONED HOUSE / THE MALPHAS'S DEN

The next morning, Craig, Maggie and I slowly walks inside, looking around at the living room.

"Gosh, that smell? Smells rotten." I said with a grimace. "Are you sure this is the right location, Craig?"

"Yeah." Craig replied.

"Okay, where do we start?" Maggie asked.

"Maybe, we can split up and meet back in the living room." I suggested.

"Okay." Maggie said, remaining in the living room.

Craig walks away, walking into the hallway.

And I walks up the staircase and walks up onto the hallway. Looking around in the hallway itself, and then, the lights flickers, and slung back down the stairs and falls onto the living room floor.

"Violet?" Craig said, scurrying up to me and crouches down to me. "You okay?"

"Yeah." I replied, and looks up at the staircase. And there it is, the hoodie cloaked Malphas. "Craig?"

Craig and I looks up at hoodie cloaked Malphas, which snarls at us.

And then, Maggie fires a bullet into hoodie cloaked Malphas, causing it to fall down the staircase.

Craig pulls me up to my feet and walks me out of the way just as hoodie cloaked Malphas falls onto the floor in front of the staircase.

Craig, Maggie and I exchange bewildered looks at each other.

Maggie slowly walks to it and crouches down to the hoodie cloaked Malphas, gently pulls off the mask.

It's Cody Asher. The dark wizard.

"What the hell?" Craig said.

*~*~*

Afterwards, I had contacted my Uncle Sheriff Dave and Meredith Williams.

Cody Asher is wearing his hoodie cloaked Malphas costume, sitting in a chair, zipped-tie.

"Cody Asher will be escorted to the Arrington Asylum with a dampener so, he won't be able to do any of his dark wizard magick." My Uncle Sheriff Dave told Craig, Maggie and Me.

"Alright." I said.

"My time will come again, Special Agents." Cody Asher said in his Australian accent. "My time will come again."

"Oooh, scary." Meredith said, sarcastically unfazed as she and her Dad, Sheriff Dave Williams, stands Cody up to his feet and walks away with him.

"Well, that's handled." Maggie said.

"Yeah. And now, it's just Eleanor Reese and Christine Reese." I said.

"We'll handle them too." Craig said.

Craig, Maggie and I exchange small smiles at each other.

*~*~*

ARRINDALE UNIVERSITY ACADEMY

That afternoon, In the shop class workshop, Aaron and I are working on the engine of my Volkswagen van hood with Aaron.

"You're in a good mood, Violet." Aaron said to me, gently turning the wrench in the engine.

"Craig, Maggie and I handled the Malphas. It was Cody Asher." I tell him.

"Cody Asher as in the dark wizard, Cody Asher?" Aaron said.

"Yeah. He's at the Arrington Asylum with a dampener so, he won't be able to do his dark wizard magick." I said to him.

"Well, that's good. Now, it's just Eleanor Reese and Christine Reese." Aaron said.

Aaron and I exchange small smiles at each other.

"Alright, Violet, let's see if the engine works, I cleaned it up and gotten a new oil change." Aaron said.

"Alright." I said, walking over to the driver's car door, opening it and sits down in the driver's seat.

I put the key in the key ignition and cranks up the engine, it rumbles. Aaron and I exchange smiles at each other.

"It works." I said to Aaron, turning off the engine again and closes the drivers door behind me as I get out of my Volkswagen van. "It works, Aary."

"Thanks to you." Aaron said.

"And you. Can't wait for our picnic." I said to him.

Aaron and I exchange smiles at each other as Jonny slowly walks inside.

"Hey, guys." Jonny greeted Aaron and Me.

Aaron and I both looks at Jonny.

"Hey, Zuko. What's up?" Aaron said.

"Nothing much. Just wanted to chat with Violet." Jonny said.

"Okay." Aaron said, and glances at Me. "I'll see you around, V."

"You too." I said to him.

And Aaron walks away. Jonny and I exchange looks at each other.

"How's the wedding planning?" I asked Jonny, gently putting the wrench back into the toolbox.

"Pretty good." Jonny said. "And what picnic are Aaron and You planning?"

"Aaron suggested it. He and I are going to the Clearwater Swimming Hole for a picnic." I said to Jonny.

"Sounds fun." Jonny said.

"Yeah, I know." I said to him. And looks at Jonny. "Jonny? Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine." Jonny replied.

"Cold feet?" I asked him with a playfully smile.

"Nope." Jonny said.

"It's okay to have cold feet, J. Zuko." I said to him with a small playful smile.

Jonny chuckles, softly. "I'm fine. Me and Monica have worked through the wedding plans for wedding. And the small wedding is gonna be tomorrow afternoon at Fleury Monne."

"Who's the wedding officiant?" I asked him.

"Mayor Amanda Tanner." Jonny replied. "And I'm gonna asks, just to asks it, are you gonna be at the wedding?"

"Yeah, sure." I replied. "Why wouldn't I be?"

"Because you're budding ex-boyfriend is getting married to your best friend." Jonny pointed out.

"Jonny? I'm not gonna skip out on the wedding. I'll be there." I said to him.

"Alright." Jonny said.

"And by the way, budding ex?" I said.

"Yeah, you and I were in a budding relationship and we're not together." Jonny said.

"Oh, okay." I said.

"But we're okay, right?" Jonny asked me.

"Yeah, of course, we are, Jonny." I reassured him.

Jonny and I exchange small smiles at each other and we fist bump.

*~*~*

JEN'S MILK-O-SHAKE MALT SHOP DINER

That evening, I'm sitting at the diner counter, eating a small piece of cheesecake on a plate with a fork.

"Everything's ready for Jonny's and Monica's wedding." Jen said to me.

"Okay." I said, eating a small forkful of cheesecake.

"You like cheesecake, don't you?" Cassidy asked me.

"Yeah, I do. My favorite." I replied.

"Jonny and Monica are getting married." Christine Reese said, slowly walks up to the diner counter. And looks at me. "And I thought you were the young woman for him. Seems like you will forever be Jonny's second girl, Violet Olson."

"And you will forever be your older twin sister's, Eleanor Reese's, little sidekick." I said, smarty, to Christine Reese.

Christine Reese and I exchange tense looks at each other. And she walks away with her tea to-go cup.

Jen, Cassidy and I exchange looks at each other.

"Wicked darkness is everywhere in ArrinDale, isn't it?" Jen said.

"Yeah, Jen, it is." I said to her.

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