Meanwhile Morton, who is still stuck in Elsewhere, is growing more desperate and tries to get out. But Olive falls through a hole in her backyard, into a room with all sorts of magical substances. Having (accidentally) freed her in Spellbound, Olive is starting to believe that death waits around every corner.Īt the first day of junior high, Olive is embarrassed. Olive, the protagonist, is scared of Annabelle (the main antagonist). Olive finally is snapped out of it, and tries to deal with the spellbook, but Annabelle escapes and will wreak havoc in later books. Dewey's (Rutherford's grandmother) house. Olive realizes that she is being controlled at Mrs. The cats sense that Olive is being controlled by the spellbook, and try to snap Olive out of it, but fails. Olive takes it out, and is amazed by what it says. After a long search, Olive stumbles upon the spellbook, which is held in clasping hands. Olive searches the library for a spellbook, but in reality, the spellbook is trying to find Olive, and plays tricks on Olive's brain while she sleeps. Rutherford mentions something about a spellbook, and Olive is determined to find it.
After an exchange, Harvey scolds Olive for being friendly with Rutherford, which Harvey calls a "spy". The next day, Rutherford confronts Olive about his missing models, which Harvey took. When Olive finds Harvey, he is watching the kid next door, Rutherford Dewey, getting scolded by his grandmother.
The house's three guardian cats, Horatio, Harvey, and Leopold, have been no help in this task. After breaking the McMartins' enchanted spectacles in the first book, The Shadows, Olive has no way to get her friend Morton out of Elsewhere, the world in the McMartins' enchanted paintings.