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She opened her eyes and peered out into the darkness. She was floating in the air, hovering above the earth. The clouds thinned and the moon peeked through. Weightless, Beatrix gazed around. She was hundreds of feet above a grand valley. The moonlight cast sharp shadows from the jagged rocks below. Afraid and uncertain, she looked around for the nearest land and spotted a cliff. She longed to be on land again. She gazed at the grassy cliff and wished to be there. Without warning, she began to drift toward the cliff’s edge. Over the canyon she flew, until she was over the cliff. She hovered over the tall grass, and slowly rested her feet onto the soft earth.
Exhausted, Beatrix fell to her knees and sat on the bed of grass to rest. “What just happened?” she wondered. She went through the series of events in her mind over and over again. How did she float in the air? What was that bright flash of light? Beatrix tried to find a logical explanation for the events that unfolded, but deep inside was sure she already knew the answer to that question. Could it be true? Could she have… powers?
Beatrix wrapped herself in her sweatshirt and rested her head on her backpack; using it as a pillow. Her thoughts began to calm, and she slowly fell asleep.
Bright morning sun gleamed through the trees. The clouds had gone leaving the sky a vibrant blue. Dew drops shined on the blades of grass. Beatrix sat up and looked around, scanning her surroundings. Resting on a dandelion next to her, was the little spider. It startled her at first. “Hello Beatrix” said the little spider. “You have much to learn in a little amount of time!” he exclaimed.
“Last night….did I….fly?” asked Beatrix.
“Why, yes you did.” replied the spider.
“So that means I must have some sort of….you know.”
“Yes. Yes you do.” he replied calmly.
Beatrix heart started racing. She knew the question she wanted to ask so badly, but was afraid of the answer it might yield. Beatrix paused for a moment, then asked:
“Am…am I a….witch?”
The spider straightened his posture and his eyes gleamed with excitement.
“Yes. Yes you are!!”
Her eyes grew wide. She began trying to make sense of it.
“I have watched over you through the years.” said the spider “You come from a very old line of powerful witches; one of the oldest. I have seen you display magic by accident, and have waited for this day to come. I wish it were under better circumstances though…” The spider looked down at the ground for a second, and then looked up again. “You have no idea what kind of power you possess. I can help you reach greatness!”
Beatrix began looking back at unexplainable moments in her past. That time she was sure she broke her Mom’s favorite vase by accident. The way street lamps would flicker when she stared at them. All the strange and mysterious happenings she had experienced flashed through her mind.
The spider shook a grass blade and eagerly exclaimed: “Now, time is precious, and we don’t have much of it, so come along! You have so much to learn.”
Beatrix held her hand near the grass blade, and the spider leapt in.
“You will do great things Beatrix Percival! Great things!”
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