You idly looked around the shop for a moment, before turning back to Cleo. This was a little too weird.
“While that’s tempting, I really just want those directions. What’s the fastest way back to the town center?”
Cleo eyed you a little bit, almost as though she were impressed with you. “Well, as I said. You’ll find your way home once you find what you’re looking for.” As she moved back to where she had been standing before making your acquaintance, she picked up a black piece of cloth and needle and began to sew. Oddly, she never once broke eye contact while doing so though.
“Right...but.... I mean you see how that kind of doesn’t make any sense?” you managed.
Cleo smiled. “Perhaps what you’re looking for isn’t something from the shop, but something from me.” She stopped sewing after a minute and admired her handiwork. As she let the black cloth fan out, you couldn’t help but stare at it. It looked straight out of Harry Potter. That wasn’t what transfixed you though. With each swish of the fabric, the light seemed to catch a million little sparkles sewn in. It looked like Cleo was holding a piece of the night sky.
“You like it?” Cleo asked, noticing your appreciation, “It’s my old cloak. I managed to tear one of the seams during one of my recent experiments though.” She leaned across the counter in a conspiratorial way. “The part about inflation they don’t tell you is how hell it is on your wardrobe.”
You just blinked at her. She was weird. No wonder she knew dad.
Cleo threw on the cloak over her sweater, and you couldn’t help but idly wonder how she wasn’t burning up in the cramped shop. “So. If it’s from me - what is it I can help you with, Jack?”
Copyright 2000 - 2024 21 x 20 Media All rights reserved. This site is property of 21 x 20 Media
All Writing.Com images are copyrighted and may not be copied / modified in any way. All other brand names & trademarks are owned by their respective companies.
Generated in 0.17 seconds at 3:43am on Dec 23, 2024 via server WEBX1.
View Portfolio
Visit Notebook
Send Gift Points
Awards
Badges
Send Email
Community Newsfeed
General Discussion
Sponsored Items
Book of Trinkets
Static Items
Books
Groups
Interactive Stories
Audio
Campfire Creatives
Community Notes
Crossword Puzzles
Documents
Folders
Images
In & Outs
Madlibs
Photo Albums
Polls
Product Reviews
Quizzes
Survey Forms
Web Pages
Word Searches
More by this author