Sheryl's Magical Stories

atherine followed Drogo and after about 15 minutes, they arrived in front of a circular wooden door. "Thanks," said Catherine and she opened the door. Her luggage was already in her room, at a small corner. The room was also circular. At a corner, there was a red canopy bed, and a small bedside table next to it. Catherine opened the closet and saw a black-and-gray uniform in it. Silver curtains were neatly tied up with a silver ribbon next to each side of the window. 

  n excited Catherine raced down the stairs, dumped her luggage with Miss Weinstein, and ran back to the room she shared with her sister. "Are you ready?!" she half shouted. Alicia turned around with a frown on her face."Catherine, can you please stop doing that? I am ready, by the way."

  Both girls made their way to the front door together. A few minutes later, Professor Comnet arrived.

  "Well,this is it,"said Miss Weinstein sadly. She gave both of them a bear hug. Catherine took one last look around the lobby. "I promise I'll write to you once a week!"she called back and climbed into the black limousine Professor Comnet came with.

  "Woah,"Alicia said as she climbed in. In the inside, it didn't look like a limousine at all. Instead, it looks like a house. There was a bedroom, a kitchen, a toilet, a bar counter and a study. "Amazing. How did you fit a house into a limo?"Catherine asked. The professor closed the door and said,"Magic. Now, Leornard, our destination please. The driver in the front seat nodded and said," Right away, Professor." Alicia lounged on a couch whilst Catherine timidly sat on a chair. Professor Comnet could now see that the sisters' personalities were quite different.

  Catherine stared at her surroundings. "Magic is so cool....."she said. Professor Comnet gave her a delighted smile. Catherine stood up and asked the professor,"Professor, may I explore this hou... limo." After the professor gave her permission to do so, she enthusiastically went to explore the bathroom first.

  "Extraordinary bathroom..... Never seen such a funny toilet bowl before....."Catherine observed. She looked at the mirror. Something at the side of the mirror caught her eye. She edged closer. "Wait a minute...... That symbol, I've seen it before...." Suddenly, memories came flooding back.

  "Go!"yelled Richard Rodriguez, pushing them into the secret tunnel he opened by pressing a symbol on the wall. Catherine caught a glimpse of the symbol and was pushed into the darkness with her sister. "Uncle!"she yelled, but the door was already closed.

  " That symbol was on uncle's store room wall...... No wonder it is so familiar!" Catherine cried. She walked out of the bathroom and into the bedroom.

  Catherine returned to the living room half an hour later. Alicia, who was still in her lounging position, looked up. "Finished exploring? The professor said we were almost there." Catherine sat down and mumbled," Wow, exciting."

  15 minutes later, they arrived in front of a huge white building which looked like a castle. Professor Comnet was the first to get out of the car. "This is going to be your new home," she said, as the sisters climbed out of the limo. "But where is our luggage?" Catherine, who was suddenly aware that she had not seen their luggage, asked. The professor winked at her and replied,"You'll be taken to your room later. You'll see." 

  The sisters stepped inside the building. "WOW,"they said together.

  Both of them were convinced that there was no problem squeezing the whole orphanage into the halllway.

  They followed the professor into the dining hall. The dining hall was really extroadinary. Professor Comnet turned around and said,"Now, go to your rooms. Drogon and Famir will bring you to your rooms. Dinner starts at 8p.m." She waved her hand and two tiny pixies appeared.

   woman arrived at the New York Orphanage at about 4.00p.m. Miss Weinstein, the manager of the orphanage welcomed the woman and said,"Good afternoon. I am Miss Weinstein." "Good afternoon. I am Professor Comnet," the woman said.

  "May I help you?"

  "Oh yes, I believe you can. I would like to see Alicia and Catherine Rodriguez," the woman, known as Professor Comnet said. "Follow me," said Miss Weinstein. Miss Weinstein took the woman to the 4th floor. She made a right turn, a left turn and another right turn. Finally, she stopped in front of a room that wrote: B4102. Miss Weinstein nodded and knocked the door."Girls, you have a visitor," she said. The door opened and two teenagers greeted Miss Weinstein and Professor Comnet. Professor Comnet looked at Miss Weinstein and said," Miss Weinstein, if you don't mind, may I have a private conversation with these girls?" "Of course, I will make sure the other children will not disturb you," was the reply and Miss Weinstein walked away.

  The older girl closed the door and shook the professor's hand, saying," Hello, I am Alicia and this is my sister, Catherine. And you are......?" "Please call me Professor Comnet. Now, I would like to know how both of you ended up in this orphanage. I believe you girls have an uncle." she said, sitting on the sofa. The girls gave each other uneasy looks. Then, 14-year-old Catherine said," I will tell you what exactly happened."

  Catherine sat on an armchair in front of the professor, cleared her throat and said,"9 years ago, a mysterious man showed up in our uncle's candy shop. That man seemed dangerous because our uncle, well, he pressed some sort of symbol and the store room wall slid open. He pushed us into the secret tunnel and started fighting the man. Alicia and I took about 2 hours to find our way out of the tunnel. As we were wandering about in the streets of New York, we met Miss Weinstein. The kind lady took us to her orphanage and raised us here. She educated us, encouraged us to keep going...... So now, she is like a mother to us." She paused and said," Well, n.. now we don't have anymore relatives, an actual family. We don't even have an actual home. Our parents died in a plane crash when we were 2 or 3, our uncle disappearing into thin air after fighting that man...... All I want is a family! I want my parents and my uncle back....."she sobbed. Alicia patted he shoulder and whispered something in her ear.

  Professor Comnet gave both girls a sympathetic look. She waved her hand and suddenly, a dainty white handkerchief appeared in Catherine's hand."T.....thank you. B...b...but how.......?"she stammered. Professor Comnet smiled at her and said mysteriously," This is the reason why I am here." She leaned forward and continued," Your parents died in a plane crash, yes. But it was no ordinary accident. Your parents discovered a piece of rare magic. He or she who posesses that piece of magic has the ability to rule the world. The dark lord badly wanted it. Once, he even begged your parents for it. But your parents said that rare magic will choose it's owner itself and help the owner make this world a better place. The dark lord, filled with jealous rage, cast a spell on the plane your parents were in and made it crash. That happened when both of you were still very young. Jack and Emily Rodriguez went on a business trip and left you both with your uncle. Your mother asked me to take the both of you to my magic school and train you. She said it before she died. So that is why I am here."

  And then, silence. Finally, it was Alicia who broke the silence."Magic? Sounds... interesting. Especially about that piece of rare magic," Catherine gave Alicia a funny look."So, you are taking us to a magic school?"she asked.

  "Yes, the school is in the heart of New York, it is also underground. I have to go. Pack up. I'll pick you both tomorrow at 9.00 a.m. sharp." Professor Comnet replied. She opened the door. "Thank you for accepting the offer, girls." she said before closing the door. "Offer? Accept?"Alicia muttered. "Oh, I'll do anything to get that magic." A strange smile played with Alicia's lips. She stopped smiling when she noticed that Catherine was eyeing her. 

  "Miss Weinstein,I am dreadfully sorry but I have to take Alicia and Catherine to another school tomorrow morning at 9.00a.m. sharp. I am afraid that their parents already registered for them before they died," Professor Comnet said,after bumping into Miss Weinstein. "Really? Actually, I really don't want them to go. I mean, can't they not go to this school?" Miss Weinstein asked with a sudden sad expression."They accepted your offer?"

  "I am afraid so. But they will be able to return during the summer holidays,"Professor Comnet added.

  Miss Weinstein sighed and shrugged her shoulders. She opened the door for Professor Comnet, and closed it after the professor left. She turned towards the stairs and muttered,"I am really going to miss you both."

 ncle, why is that man wearing a winter coat in Summer? And what is that smell?" six-year-old Alicia Rodriguez asked, covering her nose and mouth with her hand. Her uncle's candy shop was suddenly filled with a stench of sour milk.

  Her uncle, Richard Rodriguez, came out of the store room and stared. "No," he muttered. He instantly pushed Alicia and her younger sister, Catherine Rodriguez, into the store room. He pressed a weird looking symbol on the wall of the store room and the wall slid open. "Go!"he yelled and closed the door behind the two girls. The last thing they saw before the door closed was their uncle being hit by a beam of magical light.

-To be Continued-