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A warm light burned inside the hut. Ellen amassed all of her courage and decided to knock on the door. The squeaking door opened and then from the doorway sprang up a small, pleasant-aced old woman. The girl even while breathless began to tell what happened. The old woman’s face suddenly changed and became very serious. She confirmed that the girls were not wrong the witch really was engaged in black magic. The old woman guessed that the witch is trying to open a portal and fill the world with evil spirits. There was only one way to save Crystal and the entire world. The nice old woman quickly grabbed a torch and ran to the graveyard with Ellen. The graveyard was full of hungry rats, which looked like they could bite your leg. The hooting owls and flying bats told us to stay careful. Legends say that on Halloween night the barrier between spirits world and us is the thinnest.