Lark and the Magic Pencil
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Then, IT happened. Someone started banging at the door. “I’ll get it!” I yelled. Janice and LeAnn, the unlucky ones who were right next to me, covered their ears. We ran to the door, me in the front. Puck got up warily. He was being cautious either because he had been reading a book that made him want to think before he did anything, or it was just his fairy instinct. Either way, he was right to be worried. I opened the door. Whoever it was launched themselves at me and pinned me down. It was Xenon. He picked me up again, holding only my neck, and he was trying to strangle me. I tried to move my arms, but I couldn’t get enough oxygen to move anything. The girls were too terrified to even talk. I couldn’t see Puck anywhere. “Yer dead, human!” he roared. “What did I do?” I choked. I could hardly talk. “Our best doctor fainted, causing us to have to postpone the human’s surgery.” Giana recovered first. “So what?”
“On what?” Janice asked, trying to stall him to give Faris time to make up a plan to make him stop. “You’re next,” he growled, instead of telling her what he had to concentrate on. Janice’s eyes grew gargantuan and I couldn’t help but to smile about her petrified face. I smiled in the face of danger. Scared, good girl, me, smiled in the face of danger. Sometimes, that is a good idea, but when the face of danger is Xenon…well…it’s not the best idea. His face contorted with fury, but I still wanted to go on smiling. “Stop it!” Faris screamed. “Please!” added LeAnn. I thought at the time that they were talking to Xenon. However, I was wrong. I felt myself slipping into unconsciousness. Thud! Xenon’s eyes widened and his grip on my neck loosened. He fell to the ground, out cold. I staggered back, almost falling until Faris and LeAnn caught me. I started massaging my neck. I gulped in huge gasps of air. When I had finally caught my breath, I saw the reason why Xenon was now on the ground at my feet. Puck. “Why?” was all I could get out of my mouth. He was in a karate stance and looked surprised that a well-placed punch on the back would have the results that his did.
"The door’s open,” he answered after a moment’s thought. “If I hadn’t punched him, Xenon would’ve noticed.” I could tell he was hiding something, but I didn’t ask for more details than I already had.
I smiled and looked at the still lifeless form of Xenon. We tricked you, Mr. I-know-everything. Humans and…whatever you think of Puck beat you. Heh heh heh. So, we did what all prisoners would do in our place: we escaped.
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Human. That’s what I was.
Illegal. That’s what humans were.
Fairies. That’s what we became…
Welcome to a world where anything is possible. When Lark Adnama finds a pencil one day as she is walking to school, her world is turned upside-down. The school falls down, and Lark is sure that it is the pencil’s fault. She rushes out the door to another world. She finds out that those she should be able to trust are her enemies, and the “criminals” are her friends.
Through mishap and adventure, Lark finds out what this world really is: magic. The pencil somehow pulls Lark and her fairy friends out of all the trouble that they get hauled into.
Scheming fairies and perfect swordsmanship are the deciding factors in the grand finale of this wildly enchanting adventure. You will find out that even the smallest and least thought of items in this world, like pencils, may mean everything.
About the Author
Amanda Butcher started writing stories when she was seven years old. She has a passion for fantasy and magic.
She currently resides in
Lark and the Magic Pencil is her first novel. Amanda is currently working on the second book in this series.