The Mysteries Of Evermont

Hey peeps! Kyla here! This is a book Isabella Strickland and I are working on! Hope you enjoy! Have a great day!! -Kyla Simon
=== Winnie ===
“C'mon honey, moving isn’t all that bad!”
That’s what she said. I looked out the window at the scenery. Evermont was apparently very woodsy. “Yeah, moving away from all your friends and family to live in a town that's 60% woods isn’t that bad.”
My mother sighed. “I promise you’ll like it. And besides, you LOVE the woods. You’re always telling us how you wish the city had more forests.” 
It was my turn to sigh. We passed a sign saying ‘Welcome to Evermont’ as we passed more mountains and started seeing more and more trees. Once we got there, I have to admit, the scenery was breathtaking. There were neighborhoods and cute little houses, trees, and plants everywhere. We finally arrived at our new house. It was a Fallingwater modern house with a waterfall running into a river in the woods.
“Woah,” I said. I saw my mom smile out of the corner of my eye.
“When’s Dad coming?” I asked.
She sighed. “Soon. He decided to go with the moving guy to make sure everything came back safe. He texted me a few minutes ago saying they were close.”
“That sounds like him,” I sighed. My mom gave a warm smile. “Hey, why don’t you check out your room? It's on the third floor and to the right.” She got closer and whispered in my ear, “It's pretty big!” 
I rushed upstairs. I was shocked. Mom was right: this was like my old room and her old room combined. I even had my own bathroom! “At least now I don’t have to deal with Mom doing her hair and dad shaving his legs.” I softly chuckled to myself.
My room also had a large window that took up a smaller wall. I looked out of it to see our moving van. My face brightened and I rushed out of the room and slid down the railing. I ran outside as dad came out of the car.
“DAD!” I exclaimed, hugging him.
“Hey Win!” He chuckled, scruffing my hair. I let go of the embrace as he looked at the house. “It's amazing, isn’t it, Win?” I nodded happily. 
“WAY bigger than our house in LA,” I responded.
“Well,” he started. “While we bring all the boxes inside, why don’t you go and explore the town a bit?”
“Sure!” I exclaimed. I opened the door to Mom’s SUV and grabbed my gray sweatshirt, slipped it over my head, and started to make my way along the dirt path and into the town. And I met some interesting people…
=== Amber ===
“They’re saying some new family is coming to live here in Evermont,” Delilah said. 
“Do you think they’ll be witches or humans? We only have about fifty here in Evermont so far.” Raine asked. 
“I don’t know…” Delilah trailed off. We were in the middle of the woods, walking around. Getting away from humans who could accidentally see us do magic. 
Yeah, Evermont was where witches lived. Well, mainly witches. Some humans lived here, but not a lot. We let humans live here, but we had an unspoken rule each witch knew: if a human was caught breaking rules, they would be forbidden to come back. And if they did, there would be very bad consequences. “I heard there’s also a new kid that moved. I think her name is Winifred.” Delilah said. 
I heard rustling leaves and threw out my arm, stopping the others. “Hey-!” Fae started. 
“Shh,” I hissed. A girl with long light hair and freckled skin poked her head out of a bush. She didn’t look like anyone in Evermont.
“Hi,” she said. I glanced at the others. Had she heard us talking about witches? “I am Winifred. You can call me Winnie.” 
She shook Delilah’s hand. “I’m Delilah, but you can call me D.” 
“Well, it was nice meeting you!” she walked off. 
“Huh,” Fae said. “I think she’s a human.” 
I nodded. We sat down and Fae started doing one of her zen things- lighting incense and candles and doing magic stuff talking to the spirits or whatever. Delilah started to work on her potioneering skills, as Raine and I practiced our magic. Footsteps crunched on the leaves. Winnie stepped into view and I quickly cast a spell, blanketing us in golden light to make us invisible. 
“Huh,” Winnie muttered. “This place is already making me crazy.” 
She laughed a little and walked back off. “That was close,” Raine said. 
“Too close,” I said. I kept the barrier up the whole time we practiced. Soon, Leo and Darius came. We let them into the barrier. Raine and Leo were twins but looked nothing alike. I explained to Darius about Winnie. 
“That was way too close,” Darius said seriously. I nod, still looking around. 
“That’s what I’m saying. But D, Fae, and Raine aren’t worried about it.” I replied. Leo walked over and Darius filled him in, kissing him in the process. If you didn’t realize, Leo and Darius were dating. 
I conjured my bow and arrow, keeping them at my side in case anything else happened. I turned and walked over to the girls, sitting down stiffly. I tried to relax, but if you haven’t guessed yet, that’s not really my thing.