The door creaked. Everyone stopped. Not a sound was made. Not a croak, or a bark, or a ook. They were all scared of what was going to appear from that door, but they had a feeling it wasn't going to be somebody nice. Lucy shivered like she was stuck in the snow. Annie could stop blinking in fear. Sophie wanted to move so badly, but she could move an inch. The door was starting to open...
"GUYS!"
"LAURA!"
Lucy ran up to her, licking her cheek. Sophie ooked and eeked in celebration. Annie croaked and swam to the top of the tank.
"It's a relief to see you all here! Annie, I think I have a way to get your voice back".
Annie croaked in surprise. Laura was holding a book. A spellbook. Laura started to flip through a bunch of pages when her finger landed on the one page she wanted. She started to point at Annie's voicebox and chanted some words that not even Laura fully understood.
"*croak* What *croak* What are you doing? *croak*... my voice... it's back!"
"Come on, guys, we have got to get out of here!"
Laura unlocked the cage for Sophie to get out. Sophie joined Laura with helping Annie out of the tank.
"Right, so everyone's here, let's get out of this place!"
As they turned to the door, one thing stood in their way. The owner.