Astrixx - Lora Carlson (books for students to read .TXT) 📗

Nekes said, “Don’t forget your black cardigan!”

“I won’t, I promise!” I raced back inside, ran up the stairs and threw it on. I jumped down the stairs (all of the steps) almost fell over and dashed out the door.

I had trouble finding Jaden’s hut again but after wandering around for a while, I eventually I found it. When I knocked on the door he looked concerned.

“Why are you late?” he asked.

“I had a little problem, but I fixed it.” I said back casually. Walking past him into the hut.

“What do you mean, problem?” Jaden arched his eyebrows as he looked at me.

“Do you know Randall Pike?”

“Yes.”

“He’s staying with me for two months.” I said.

“Why would he do that?” Jaden asked slowly.

“Well… The Pikes are going somewhere, without their son.” I said flatly.

“Like…?” He prompted. I couldn’t answer because I didn’t know where his parents would go on vacation. It was all very strange to me, where could they have gone?

Suddenly Jay and I started rising from the ground. I noticed that there were something like red sparkles around us. Aunt Nekes! I thought She was spying on me and discovered Jay! How could she! I knew she had magic but I didn’t know she would use it on me! Unknown Talent

Of course you are probably really confused and thinking “magic isn’t real” but it is. My Aunt is a sorceress.
I was starting to panic, but not too much because I have seen it before. But what I was worried about was Jay’s reaction. I looked over at him and my fears were confirmed. He was terrified.
“What the heck is happening!?” He screamed at me.

“Um, it’s the trick of the light?” like he would believe that.

“So you're saying that us floating on red sparkles is a trick of the light!?”

“Uh, yes?”

“WHAT IS GOING ON!?” he was freaking out now. Not good.

“Well - ” then I had an idea, so I closed my eyes and concentrated. I don’t know on what, but I did. When I opened my eyes my hands were glowing violet. Score! my magic was violet! wait, my magic was violet, I have magic! what the heck, why the heck do I have magic!? because Aunt Nekes is not my real aunt. I have no magic in my blood. That I know of. My hands started to glow brighter and get hotter. Then there was a flash of light and we fell to the ground. Jay was on his butt and I was laying on my back. I was so tired, I wanted to close my eyes and sleep right there on the floor, but Jay was too scared for that.
“What just happened?” he said shakily. I struggled to sit up, Jay saw what I was trying to do and helped me get into a sitting position. When I looked up at his face I saw worry, fear and impatience. So I said:
“We just got a taste of my aunts BAD side”

“THAT was your aunts BAD side” He asked, bewildered.

“Yes” I said, trying to hold on to consciousness. He could tell something was wrong.

“Ronnie, are you okay?” I noticed his nickname for me and frowned.

“Don’t call me that...” My voice trailed off. The edges of my vision were starting to blur and get dark.

“Roniica, listen to me, do NOT close your eyes, can you hear me? Don’t close them” he ordered frantically.

I opened my mouth to say something but I couldn’t think of anything to say. Jay’s face started to get fuzzy and get dark. I knew I was slipping and I couldn’t keep my eyes open any more.
Jay said something else, but I couldn’t hear. Then I was surrounded by darkness.

Okay, time for some explaning.

When I woke up I was laying on someone's bed. I knew it wasn’t mine because it had a dark green bedspread that smelled like pine trees. I tried to sit up but a stabbing pain in my head forced me back down. I moaned in pain and closed my eyes. I heard someone running closer to the room I was in. Jay ran into the room and sat by my side, putting his hand on my forehead.
“How are you feeling?” he reached down next to him and then put a damp washcloth on my forehead.
“Besides my aching head and stomach I’m fine” I gave him a weak smile.
“Well at least I know you're not dead” he grinned at me.
“What do you mean?” of course I wasn’t dead.
“Well when you passed out I couldn’t hear your heartbeat or feel your pulse. But I wouldn’t let myself believe that you were dead so I moved you to my bed and have been taking care of you for the past two days”
“Two days!?” Aunt Nekes was surely mad, and Randall. Well, actually I don’t care what Randall thinks. I forced myself to sit up. Then I chuckled at my stupidity. My aunt told me that witches and sorceress's have a special defense that covers our heart and pulse do our enemy's think we're dead so they won't kill use. 
 
 

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Text: Lora C
Publication Date: 05-26-2012

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Dedication:
To my 5th grade teacher and the two little boy's my Aunt babysits, Jacob and Joshua. For letting me write some of this when they wanted to play.