Maybe she had watched one to many episodes of Charmed. With their Book of Shadows that had every odd race of Others in it, but hell she didn’t know what else to do, it was the best idea she could come up with for the moment. The morning had been spent looking through the phone book, and online, looking for somewhere that might have something like the Book of Shadows, so when Brother’s Oddity came up, she jotted down the address, and shoved it in the pocket of her jacket.

Camera bag was packed up, making sure it had fresh film, the digital camera had new batteries, and a new pack of batteries was stuffed in one of the myriad of pockets in the bag. There was also a knife, along with various different lenses in there. The new can of pepper spray was shoved in the pocket of her jacket. Outside she revved he the engine of her vespa, which she used to get around Rome, it was better than a car, in these narrow streets, and she could squeeze it through back alleys, perfect short cuts, avoiding the crush of traffic jams.

Big blue eyes, looked at the sign several times, before she got off her motorized scooter. Fingers patted the red and black machine for a few moments, as she worked up her courage. All of a sudden she felt quite silly… Still her own curiosity would not be abated till she knew. There was a paper that she had tucked into the back pocket of her jeans.

Her hand grasped the door of the shop, and opening just a little she peeked her head in looking around before she, finally entered the place completely. Those hands were quickly clasped behind her back, and she half rocked, back and forth, while she walked. Looking for all intents and purposes as a lost child, looking at what was around, while her parents came around to find her.

But she did have a purpose to being there, and was quite determined. After wandering around for twenty minutes or so, she went to the counter, clearing her throat slightly, to catch someone’s attention.

“ Ummm…. Hello?…. Err…. Do you have anything on Zombies?… “ One of her hands was lightly tugging on her messy pigtails, while the other stroked the camera that rested against her chest. She could hear the deep dark laugh, of her Master in the back of her head, as he laughed at her. Bastard would find this amusing. Under her breath, she could not help but reply to the voice in her head. “ Shut up… your not here, you don’t get to laugh at me… “

For just a fraction of a second she winced, totally expecting to be punished for her disrespectful words. Relaxing instantly afterward, remembering that he was not there to correct her. A sheepish smile was given to the person behind the counter… Great… they probably thought she was insane now… That’s all she needed. For a moment she wished the earth would open and swallow her up. Hopefully, they had not heard her….

“ Or maybe you have one of those Books of Shadows… you know… Like the Halliwell’s? Has pictures of people that turn out to be Demon’s and warlocks and stuff?… “ With every word that continued to spout from her mouth, her cheeks grew a deeper shade of red. Well if they didn’t think she was a crackpot before… they sure as hell would think so now…