Abigail asked me for a favor on the last day of the summer break.
- You don't even have to get out of the car," she assured me. - Mom's always making a big deal out of it. Harving, this is part of London, not the North Pole. They write on the Internet that it is not far from there. The car is needed just in case - suddenly the film crew moved again.
- Before I agree, I want to know what you're dragging me into? - With Abigail Camara, even though I've known her since I was a child, I had to keep my ears open. Especially if she needed to go somewhere to get on the subway or suburban bus, she'd already be there, whether her parents wanted it or not. - I hadn't heard of any magical incidents in Harvings.
- Not all cool things are tied to magic, Peter. It's a miracle they finally decided to take it off. Hell, I'd give anything to Idris Elba to see Roland. I remember changing the bindings and stealing the first book from the library. Although you don't understand what fanaticism is, you don't read anything that isn't Latin or about architecture.
- I like to read," I said. I may have missed, like Abigail, every book with unicorns and dragons on the cover, but magic books were usually more modest. - And I know who Idris Elba is. So what kind of movies do they make?
- The Dark Tower. Mega-cool thing. On the Internet they write that they have built the scenery on a larger scale than the "Lord of the Rings".
The name reminds me of Skygarden rather than clarifying something. Yes, and a significant part of "Lord of the Rings" was filmed against the background of a green screen, I was sure that the rumors were exaggerated.
- Stephen King? - tried to throw Abigail's fishing rod. - Even you should have listened to him.
- That movie with the Clown? - In return, I got a killer look. What can I do before I became a student of a wizard, I was not a zealous fan of horror movies, and after - I saw enough horrible things to not want to learn new ones. - But if you promise to be more eager to study, maybe I'll take you to the set. Are you sure they let the general public in?
- You can wear a uniform," Abigail suggested. - Well, or we'll just watch. They say you can see the Tower from afar.
Usually, before I went anywhere, I'd call and tell Nightingale about my plans, but hardly anything magical would happen on the set of another blockbuster. The real magic did not go well with the wonders of modern cinema.
- I'll settle things with your mother, and we can go after lunch.
- You're just a wizard," Abigail assured me and rushed to her room with haste. Apparently, to prepare herself to meet Idris Elba.
We drove southeast on the A12 for quite a while, and it reminded me that if we drove further down the track, we could get to the May family cottage; it seemed like a friend who shared the secret with Abigail had decided to play it.
- You can go home. There is no one here.
- Just a little bit more. They move every day, shoot different scenes and all the same.
- We've already left London," I reminded Abigail. And it hasn't been Havering around us for a long time. - And your crew could have gone somewhere in Portugal. I'm sure if they were here, we'd have seen them from afar.
The police cordon that the film crews surrounded themselves with was certain.
- Give me another minute," Abigail staring at the phone, muttered, "to see if she could find traces of the film crews online. - Again, there is no network. And Peter, it doesn't turn on...
My phone, and with it the navigator, died at the same time. Abigail and I looked at each other because they both knew exactly what was cutting off the equipment, but I didn't feel the magic before it materialized in front of our eyes.
The Vestigia was strong: I let go of the steering wheel and just miraculously did not crash into the nearest tree. It was really a tower. So huge that I didn't realize how we could have missed it before, it had to be visible even from space. Surprisingly, it wasn't being trumpeted through all the channels.
The movies were trying to give the ruins a more beautiful look, but the tower looked really ancient. It reminded me of that castle on the ruins of the Roman road where the Fae Queen and her subjects lived. Abigail was telling me something, but it was like I was stunned. Even in Skygarden, in Fae Kingdom, magic wasn't so bright, so strong.
And the tower was approaching us at an incredible speed. Abigail pinched my hand, and after a few moments, I realized why the distance between us was shrinking so fast: I myself, not knowing it, pressed the accelerator pedal to the floor. I was lucky I didn't take the Jaguar and still took an extreme driving course.