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Chapter 2
When Nikki, Jack, and Wishbone emerged from the other side
of the Ectomagic Gate, it closed behind them without a sound
and vanished as if it had never been there at all. Nikki was a bit
disappointed; she had expected something more spectacular,
such as magical sparks or a shimmering doorway. But Jack
couldn’t have been happier, for they had entered a lovely
cemetery with bright green grass, colorful flowers, and trees of
all kinds growing everywhere. Even though it was autumn,
everything was still in full bloom. Delicate, silvery spider webs
graced the leaves and branches, from which hung Jack
O’Lanterns and strings of twinkling lights, like the kind of
lights you would use to decorate Christmas trees, except that
these were green, purple, and orange in color. A bright, warm
sun shined down upon the headstones that marked each and
every grave.
Nikki glanced at the dark blue sky and saw only a few clouds
floating above the graveyard. But when one cloud floated down
to the ground and melted into one of the graves, she realized
that those weren’t clouds at all. They were ghosts, and with
their appearance, the colors of the cemetery faded to bluish-
gray.
“Welcome to Wormbelow,” Wishbone said to Nikki and Jack.
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