The Magical Teenager

It was a midsummer afternoon, and Jade decided to ride her bike. She put on her headphones, switched on some drop beats and rode of. She rode down country lanes, all around the houses, and down every street she could find. She wasn't the modern every day teen. She preferred big studded boots, shirts with tassels, scuffed jeans and big cowboy hats. She never brushed her hair because she liked it long and rough, and she always wore heavy sunglasses. She was riding for an hour when she decided to have a break. She stopped by the beach and grabbed a deck chair, bought a magazine about drop beats from the shop and sat and read it. She was happy in her style, though she did take her hat off because it was rather hot.

There was a large group of teens on the beach who were dancing to some very strange space music. She put her magazine down, and observed them. They were dressed in funky swimming costumes, some were yellow with large pineapples and others were bright splatters of swirly patterns. They were bobbing to the ground placing hands on the knees, shoulders, then the head. Jade thought it was cool so she went over to join them. They welcomed her.

"Watch this!" Jade told them as she kicked off her boots. She jumped up then down, back-flipped forward then backwards and broke into a full techno break dance on the beach.

The teens cheered and clapped. They had never seen anyone dance with so much energy. They were delighted. They were more fascinated when they realized Jade had never taken a dancing class. Jade explained that she was forever dancing at home.

"I dance to all kinds of music, even metal." Jade told them.

"What? You dance to both? in my school, techno and drop-beat heads are not allowed to listen to metal."

"Well, I'm different," she told them.

"Beat this!" she said.

She took a gold locket and a purple scarf from her bag. She wrapped it in the scarf and quickly turned her hand. She then opened the scarf and the locket had disappeared.

The teens started to think she was weird. They asked her if she was a witch.

Jade laughed at them. She then froze her body completely, hands open, and arms held out in a stiff manner. She tilted her head to the sky and closed her eyes. Within seconds she made it rain.

"Make it stop! make it stop! the teens cried.

Jade made it stop. She then asked them to sit in a circle and showed them a crystal ball. She placed her hands over it and shut her eyes. The teens saw horses, unicorns and fairies in the crystal ball. They thought Jade was weird and almost walked away, but Jade asked them not to. She then did the most weirdest thing they ever saw. She chanted to the skies three times in a very strange language and suddenly it was raining chocolate sweets. The teens gathered them excitedly, and they turned to her and said

Your one weird lady, but your very kind.

Jade smiled and pulled out a bottle of Lemonade for everyone to say. They sat on the beach and gathered into a circle while Jade told them many stories about witches, warlocks, goblins and fairies. She made each character come to life as she told them the story. The teens felt like they were living in another world. One of the goblins tried pinching their chocolate, but Tina, the oldest of the teens negotiated.

"We will give you chocolate, if you give us gold."

The goblin laughed and told them he had no gold. Tina replied,

"No gold, no chocolate!"

The goblin sulked for an eternity but he gave them gold and got his chocolate. The goblin did a funny tap dance in return for the chocolate which made the teens laugh.

The warlocks and witches were casting rainbow spells, turning the sky into an array of glitter and colour. The teens danced all night. They even rode unicorns and ponies. It was like fairy-tale land!

Jade noticed it was getting late. She didn't want to upset the teens, but she didn't want to get them into trouble either. She clicked her fingers three times and the magic spell ended.

The teens were upset, but they had had a lot of fun today. Jade arranged to meet them the next day for another fun day.

"Always believe in magic." she told them before they parted.

The teens headed home. They slept well that night, dreaming about adventures for the next day.

'A new day is always a magical day. You just have to believe in magic.'