The All New Soletia Kennedy

It was a bright and sunny morning, when Soletia Kennedy made a decision to try and make herself and her life more attractive. As soon as she had tidied up her room and had gotten changed, she sat down at her desk with a piece of paper, a pen, a hand mirror and a full-length photograph of herself. First she studied herself in the photo, then the mirror. Her hair which was light brown and very dull and boring, always looked like it needed a good wash, and the clothes that she was wearing was a short sleeved dark-brown dress and underneath it was a pale purple long-sleeved shirt.

Suddenly she thought of something, so she ran to her draws and pulled out the container in which she kept her money. With the container in her hands, she sat down on her bed and tipped the money out and started to count it. After she had finished counting her money, she leapt up in surprise and whispered, “I have exactly one hundred and twenty dollars”, she jumped up and down, then lay down on her bed, excitedly thinking about what she could do with her money. Then she remembered what she had thought about earlier. So she sat on her bed cross-legged writing another list, but this time the list was for a list of beauty salons that was near where she lived.

As soon as she finished the list, she got all of her money and put it in her purse, next she put in the list of beauty salons and finally she put the picture of herself. After it was all in there, she went to a certain draw in her cupboard and pulled out a rather large backpack and inside of it she put her hat, a jacket and her purse inside of it. She walked downstairs slowly thinking about what she was going to say to her mother, but as she walked into the kitchen her mother announced to her that she was going out for the day and that Soletia had to baby sit her little sister whose name was Marian, and seeing her chance to make her idea come true she agreed.

So as soon as her mother had gone, she asked her sister if she wanted to go over her friend Sofia’s for the day, Marian quickly agreed as Sofia was her best friend in Primary School. After a while of looking through fashion magazines and making sure that Marian was safely playing at Sofia’s house, Soletia got her backpack and locked the door on her way out and started to walk down the pathway to wait for the local bus at the bus shelter.

As Soletia stood waiting for the bus, a very funny talking man started to talk to her for no particular reason. But one thing that made her stomach start to feel strange was the way that the man spoke and acted. Suddenly the bus pulled up by the bus shelter and Soletia smiled apologetically at the man and told him that she had to go, but to Soletia’s surprise, the man said that this was his bus aswell.

On the bus, Soletia sat next to a window, and after she sat down she heard a thump beside her, she turned around to see who it was and came face-to-face with the strange man looking at her weirdly.

Feeling uncomfortable she edged closer to the wall hoping that the man would soon get off. All of a sudden, Soletia realized that the next stop was to be the mall, which was where most of the beauty salons were that, were on her list, which was in her backpack in one of the many pockets.

As the bus pulled to a stop, Soletia started to get her things together so that she could get ready to get off the bus. As everyone was getting off, Soletia found herself at the very end of the line. Not knowing that the strange man was behind her she whispered to her self, “I wish that all these people would get off and let me through”. Suddenly all of the people that were in the line in front of her were outside and Soletia found herself at the very front handing her ticket to the bus driver and wondering what had just happened.

But that feeling soon went as she realized where she was and excitedly hurried off in search of the first store on her list, which was “Dare Beauty Store”. Nervous but excited she entered the store which she had found and was quickly pounced on by what seemed to be a trainee or an assistant hairdresser or something like that. Her nametag, which read ‘Louisiana’, was matched by the sound of a very perky voice.

But before she could explain who she was or what she wanted, she heard a voice behind her calling her name, and for some reason it sounded very familiar, but for some reason there was an uncomfortable feeling floating around in her stomach. She turned around expecting to see that strange man’s familiar face, but once she turned around but she couldn’t see anyone. Still she could hear voices but not knowing where it was coming from she decided to get on with her day and try to enjoy her self as much as possible.

So with her backpack on the floor and the trainee asking her all sorts of questions like, “What is your name?” and “What do you want done?” So Soletia who was trying to answer the questions as quickly as the trainee was asking them. Finally she had gotten through what she wanted to have done, which was shoulder length curly hair and if possible, have it dyed blonde or bright red. Even though it seemed awhile, Soletia was busy looking through even more fashion magazines deciding to look and see what to do next.

After her new hairstyle was finished, she cautiously and nervously stood up and slowly walked to a nearby full length mirror. Instead of seeing herself, she saw a more attractive and pretty girl with short, curly hair, which was dyed bright blonde. She stood in front of the mirror stunned, and not knowing what to do next. But that was over quickly as soon as she looked onto the list, which was in her bag.

So the next thing on her list was clothes shopping, so after she paid the assistant hairdresser and strapped her backpack firmly on her back, she started to walk out of “Dare Beauty Salon” in search of a clothes shop.

The first clothes shop that Soletia looked through only had clothes that would fit a size six to a size eight, but nothing larger than that. Knowing that she would never ever fit into those sizes, she hurried off out of that store so fast that she nearly collided with that strange man, which always seemed to be everywhere that she was and that meant in every single shop aswell.

As she made a hasty getaway, she suddenly remembered where she was supposed to be going, and realizing that she was walking in the wrong direction, she quickly turned around and tried her best to ignore the cheeky smile that seemed to appear on the man’s face as she walked past him, and giving him the evil eye.

Suddenly she saw a glimpse of the man’s bright green suit as it dashed in and out of the crowds of people. She stared at him and she sighed with relief when she lost sight of him, so then she started to wander around looking in stores, when all of a sudden she noticed a big crowd of people gathering around what looked like a big stage with very cool, colourful and trendy clothes.

Intending to walk past this very noticeable show, Soletia gazed wistfully at the clothes but only for a second thinking that they probably wouldn’t fit her anyway. But before she could start to walk away, a young man ran up to her and grabbed her hand and started to lead her towards the stage. When they arrived at the stage the young man asked her, “How would you like to be one of our models in today’s fashion show? If you’re one of the winners you get to take home a pack which includes make up, clothes and more.”

So Soletia agreed to be one of the models just for the fun of it. Quickly she was rushed up to one of the many dressing rooms at the back of the stage. In the dressing room, Soletia was allowed to try on clothes, and when she found an outfit that she liked, she could model that one on the catwalk.

After a hard choice of picking out an outfit, she finally chose a glittery, sapphire blue halter neck top and a matching skirt. As she looked in the mirror at herself, she could see that the new clothes and the new hairstyle made her look and feel very different. So after Soletia chose a pair of high heeled shoes which matched the clothes, she was almost ready to go out on the stage, which the make up artist said was nearly finished being set up to look like the catwalk.

Nervous but still willing to go ahead, Soletia allowed her self to be photographed before she went out to do the catwalk. Finally after the photos had been taken, Soletia’s turn on the stage arrived. So when her name was called, she stepped out of the dressing room with a big smile on her face, and she started to flaunt her clothes every which way aswell as her hair. As cameras and the audience applauded, Soletia enjoyed every single minute and as she sauntered back to the dressing room, she turned around to face the crowd.

As she gazed over the crowd she noticed the strange man’s face and quickly turned back around feeling uncomfortable about the look that she had just seen on the man’s face. Back in the dressing room, Soletia sat on a seat and awaited the results of the fashion show from the judges. Suddenly she heard her name and a burst of applause as she found herself ushered back onto the stage to claim her prize.

Standing proud on the stage, with a smile that couldn’t seem to leave her face, Soletia was delighted with her prize and couldn’t stop thanking the crowd, the judges and the designer who had the designed the wonderful clothes that she had just won.

After the show was finished and Soletia was off the stage, she started to walk away with about six or seven bags in her hands. When she was far enough away from everybody, she sat down on a seat and she had let the good news finally sink in. She threw her hands up and shouted,”Hooray”. While she was dancing around, she suddenly felt as if she wasn’t sitting on the seat alone anymore. When she turned around, she came face-to-face with the strange man again.

But this time he had a gigantic smile on his face, and he started to tell her that the reason she had won was because he had used magic to make her win. Making sure she had heard properly, she asked him to repeat what he had just said. After he had repeated those words, he gave her what looked like a witches’ wand.

As soon as the man had told her what it was, she whispered in his ear, “Does this mean that I am now a witch” and he replied that it was. Knowing this now, she grabbed the man’s hand and dragged him to the nearest exit then outside and politely asked him to teach her how to use it properly.

So after he had regained his balance and himself, he started to teach Soletia how to use her newly found powers. As Soletia began to feel comfortable with the magic wand, she thanked the man and as he started to leave he told her that he was actually a warlock or a male witch and then just vanished into thin air. Surprised but excited, Soletia decided to leave the mall and go home on the next bus. Later on as the bus pulled up to the pathway and Soletia hopped off, she hoped that her mother wasn’t home yet.

But as she walked towards the door, she noticed her mother standing against the doorframe, with a worried look on her face. As Soletia’s eyes met her mother’s, she ran up to her and gave her a big hug. As this was happening, her mother asked her what was in the bags then before Soletia could answer she motioned for her to follow her inside for a nice hot cup of tea.

As she followed her mother in to the house, Soletia thought to her self, I have had an amazing day, like you wouldn’t believe!