Stories

Stories The Sorcerer’s Trick Chapter#1 By:Caitlyn I. “Chirp,chirp,chirp!” The robins outside my window sang. Whenever I hear them I know that it’s time to wake -up.Once I was out of bed I went downstairs for breakfast. While I was making my breakfast my mom walked into the kitchen. Suddenly,I heard a scream and I whirled around to see my mom staring wide-eyed at me. “What’s wrong mom?” I questioned. “Who’s there?” My mom replied,a quizzical look on her face. “I must be hallucinating,” she muttered to herself. “Because I thought I just saw that cereal box floating.” My mom added. “Strange,” I thought to myself. After the “strange” encounter with mom at breakfast I decided to try to stay out of her way for a while. On my way to school some even more peculiar things happened. For example,when I left my house my mom did not say good-bye. Also,when I was almost to the bus stop some kids climbed on then the bus left without me. When usually the bus driver waits for me. Since the bus had left without me now I had to walk to school. So,of course more strange occurrences started happening. First of all,while I was crossing the street I had to dodge some cars that kept nearly hitting me. When I was crossing the street a second time with a group of kids a few of them kept bumping into me and saying things like “Whoa,what was that?” During class when the teacher took attendance she called out my name, “Isabella Poyaja?” Then she glanced at my desk and muttered to herself, “Absent.Hmm,that’s strange. She’s almost never absent.” So,during all of class no one seemed to notice me. At recess things definitely became worse. For example,I went over to hang out with my friends,but when I found them I heard them saying things like, “I wonder where Bella is. She must be extremely sick to miss school.” “Why do people keep acting like I’m not here?” I questioned wonderingly to myself. I had no idea what all this meant,but I was determined to find out. After school I walked home so that I could sort out everything that had happened so far. Once I was home I went to my room,grabbed a pencil and a piece of paper and made a list of everything I did yesterday and today to figure out what has been happening. Some of the things from yesterday were,I woke-up,ate breakfast,__rode the bus__ to school,hung out with my friends at recess,walked home,ate dinner,went to bed. Now,these are some of the things on the list for today,woke-up,ate breakfast,mom freaked out,I avoided mom the rest of the morning,the bus left without me,cars kept nearly hitting me,kids bumped into me and acted like I was not there,the teacher marked me absent when I was in plain sight,at recess my friends kept acting like I was not there when,once again I was right in front of them,I walked home and then made a list of everything I did yesterday and today. So,what was different? I questioned myself. Mostly just everything weird that happened today,I answered myself. The question was why are these things happening,I told myself. After thinking about all this for a while I became hungry,then I went downstairs to get something to eat. On my way to the kitchen I passed the dining room to find that my mom,dad and older brother were already seated at the table happily devouring their food. While I passed the table to enter the kitchen I could hear them talking about me. “Where’s Bella?” My mom asked to no one in particular. “I don’t know. Probably at her friend’s house,” my brother replied. “Possibly,” my dad considered,a wondering expression on his face. “What are you talking about? I’m right here,” I exclaimed. “Who’s there?” My brother and my dad questioned. “See William,this is what I was telling you about. Except this morning I saw the cereal box floating and I heard that voice say ‘what’s wrong mom?’” My mom explained. “Now that I think about it the voice sounded very much like Bella’s,” my mom added. “It could not have possibly been Bella’s. Because wouldn’t we have seen her?” My dad inquired. “True,” my mom agreed. “She probably is at her friend’s house,” my mom exclaimed. “Too bad though. She sure is missing out on this __exquisite__ dinner,” my dad added. “Thank you,I’m glad you like it,” my mom replied. Personally I did __NOT__ think that it looked appetizing anyway. No,to me it looked like a steaming pile of slime with a mushy substance that had a pool of gravy on top for the side dish. I’m actually relieved that I missed dinner because my stomach churned at the thought of having to endure eating this. Since I felt as though I was not going to have an appetite much longer I hurriedly continued on my path to the kitchen. Once I had finished making a simple sandwich I put it on a plate and dashed upstairs without a second glance at the table. One I had eaten my sandwich and gone over the lists I had made a few times I grew tired. So,I layed down on my soft,comfortable bed and before I knew it I was fast asleep. While I was asleep I dreamt that I went to school but no one was there. In my dream I kept hearing voices even though no one was there. People kept talking to me but I could not see who was there. I could also hear birds chirping like the one’s at my house. Suddenly,my dream changed so that I was in my bedroom,lying on my bed gazing out my window at the little robins chirpi- “Chirp,chirp,chirp-e!” I opened my eyes. Wait no,they were already open. I actually had been lying in bed staring out my window. I looked at the clock by my bed,it read 6:02am. Time to wake-up,I thought to myself. I stood up. Then it happened. Everything from the day before came flooding back. I leaped out of bed,threw open my bedroom door and flew down the stairs. My mom was in the kitchen making breakfast. “Good morning Bella,” my mom cheerily greeted. “Hi mom?” I replied questioningly. “Did you have fun at Catherine’s last night?” My mom asked while bringing me a plate full of scrambled eggs and french toast with a glass of milk. “I wasn’t at Catherine’s house last night,” I replied while shoveling a mouthful of scrambled eggs into my mouth. “Well,wherever you were you missed out on an exquisite dinner,” my mom exclaimed. “We had mashed potatoes with gravy and green bean spinach stir-fry,” she added happily. “Oh,and the strangest thing happened yesterday morning. I saw the cereal box floating!” My mom added wonderingly. “Well! You better get ready for school,” my mom exclaimed as I gobbled up the remaining pieces of my french toast. “Oh mom? Why didn’t you say bye to me yesterday morning before school?” I hastily added. “It must have slipped my mind ,” mom answered. So,I rushed upstairs to get ready for school. Eventually,my clock read 7:45am. I rushed downstairs grabbed my backpack yelled, “Bye mom!” then ran out the door,down the sidewalk to the bus stop. Once I arrived I realized that no one was there,nor was the bus. I hurriedly opened my backpack and took out my phone. It’s clock read 7:47. Where was everybody? Just then the bus pulled up. But when the doors opened it was not my bus driver that I saw smiling at me sitting in the driver’s seat. “I’m the substitute for Mr.Ealda today,” the bus driver exclaimed. Where is everyone?” I questioned. “I’m taking two trips today,” he replied. “You’re my second trip,” he added. So,I walked to the middle of the bus and sat down. When we arrived at my school I thanked the bus driver and climbed off. Once off the bus I sauntered up the steps into my school. I glanced up at the clock on the wall. This time it read 8:15am. Oh no! I’m late for class,I thought to myself. I rushed down the hall until I came across room 318. I burst into the room to find my teacher in the middle of a lesson. “Bella,you’re late,” my teacher exclaimed. “Sorry sir,” I apologized. I gloomily walked over to my desk and sat down. It seemed like forever,but finally my teacher announced that class was over. I raced outside to try and find my friends Lucy,Jessica and Catherine. After a few minutes of searching I spotted them underneath an oak tree. When I went over to go sit with them I was bombarded with questions. “Where have you been? Why weren’t you here yesterday? Were you sick?” “First of all,I was here yesterday. You guys just kept ignoring me and acting like I wasn’t here,” I explained. “Second of all ‘no’,I wasn’t sick. Like I just told you I was here at school,” I added. “Then why didn’t we see you all day?” Jessica questioned. “Wait,you didn’t see me yesterday?” I asked. “NO.” Lucy replied. “We thought you weren’t here,” Catherine added. “I was here. But it was really weird because everyone was ignoring me and kept acting like I was invisible. The teacher even marked me absent!” I explained. “Wait a second! What did you just say?” Lucy asked. “That people kept acting like I was invisible.” I replied,a quizzical look on my face. “Exactly!” Lucy blurted. “But isn’t that impossible?” I asked. “Maybe. But I read a nonfiction book about this girl in Oregon who turned invisible.” Lucy replied. “I don’t know. But I want to get to the bottom of this. Do you think I could actually have turned invisible?” I added.

Do you want to get to the bottom of the invisible mystery? Did Bella actually turn invisible? Find out by reading Chapter Two of the Sorcerer's Trick. @Chapter 2