Charles sat with furrowed brows while staring at the diary on the table. It had been thirty minutes since he sat down and stared at the book.0

Hoot! Hoot! Hoooot!0

A mechanical bird popped out of the grandfather clock, interrupting Charles' train of thought. 0

Charles gnashed his teeth and flipped the diary until he found Sparkle's sketch that Anna had left behind for him long ago. 0

"Sparkle? Sparkle?" Charles said, tapping on the sketch with his finger.0

Wriggling tentacles riddled with green eyes squirmed out of the sketch; they soon converged, transforming into a little girl about a meter tall in front of Charles.0

Charles crouched to meet Sparkle's eye level and patted her head gently before asking softly, "Sparkle,...0