Paige's adventure: Chapter two

Here is chapter two. Enjoy! (If you have not read the first part, you should read it first.)

The dwarf circled around a corner and then another. "Are we there yet?" Paige asked. "Almost." the dwarf kept walking in zig-zags, which made Paige confused. "Welcome to our kingdom!" the dwarf said a few minutes later. In front of Paige was a miniature wall, with a gate. "Can I step over it?" Paige asked. "Um... ok." the dwarf said. Ahead, there was a shrinked farm, the roof up to her knee. Behind that was a pond (puddle), and even further was a little town, full of houses. And at the end of the kingdom there was a castle, up to Paige's hip. It was crowded with dwarfs of all shapes and sizes. She could've called them garden gnomes, but that would be rude. What could possibly be wrong? Then Paige saw the problem. There was a little spot on the left side of the kingdom that no dwarf was nearby. It was fogging up with darkness, and if it took over the kingdom, Paige guessed, that all the little dwarfs would become evil. Was this the time she had to save the world? No, she thought. It would be harder. But what should she do? She hadn't learned any spell or tricks. So she tried to concentrate. Then an idea popped into her head. She would create a potion to pour over the kingdom to make a force field. She would take a flashlight and shine it on the darkness and hopefully it will shrivel away. She knew it was kind of a weird plan, but, she was a wizard. Hopefully her powers would work. "Human, we need to make a plan." the dwarf squeaked. "Just to let you know, my name is Paige. What's your name?" Paige said. "My name is a name you cannot pronounce. Call me Perry." said Perry. "Ok, Perry. So I have a plan. We make a potion, pour it over the kingdom to make a force field, then take a flash-" Paige thought that maybe Perry wouldn't know what a "flashlight" was so she said something else. "...do you know what a flashlight is?" Paige wondered. "Oh yes we use them all the time we borrow other humans." Perry explained. Good. They might have a spare. "We could shine the flashlight on the darkness and it will go away." Paige ended. Perry frowned."Oh no that will not be necessary. Darkness doesn't go away very easily, as you know. I know a spell that might work." Perry said. "What is it? I don't know much about magic." Perry put his hands on his hip. "What are you talking about?! You are one of the greatest wizards alive and you know nothing about magic?!" Perry yelled loudly. Paige's cheeks turned raspberry red. "I'm only eleven!!" explained Paige. Perry ignored her and started talking again. "What you have to do is move you arms like this," Perry moved his arms like he was conducting music. "And then say: 'waka waka boom boom waka'. And then it hopefully goes away, because you may only do it once a day, just I would suggest only using it only when a situation demands it." That seemed easy for Paige. "Like this: waka waka boom boom waka!?" Paige tried the arms then she was ready to try it. They walked through the village, but Paige was struggling to not step on any of the dwarfs' masterpieces, or dwarfs, for that matter. Finally they got to the little corner that was darkening. Paige closed her eyes and started to speak. "Waka waka boom boom waka!" she said, adding the arm movements. The darkness froze. Then it started floating up, and then it burst to pieces. Paige was amazed to think that such a silly spell could destroy such an evil thing. "All done?" she asked, checking her watch. 4:31. She only had half an hour to get home. "I need to take you to the castle." Perry started walking towards the dollhouse-sized castle. "Why?" Paige asked, following Perry. "To tell the King and Queen the darkness is gone, of course!" Perry said, a little too loud. "The darkness is gone?" "We are saved!" Suddenly all the other dwarfs started making a racket. They were jumping off their houses, climbing on one another, and making it even harder for Paige not to squash them. She was surprised that the dwarfs were so hyper. She was also surprised that they didn't see her destroy the darkness. Then, she felt little feet walking up her leg. She brushed the dwarfs away, but they kept coming. Paige had to hopscotch through the village, little dwarfs clinging to her leg and shirt. It was very uncomfortable. Finally she got to the castle. She flicked the dwarfs off one by one and then she raced to the moat of the castle. She spotted Perry and ran to him. "There you are!" he said. "Phew!" Paige exclaimed. Paige realized that she had shrunk. There must have been a magic spell that changed you to the perfect size. She was as tall as Perry now. Then she and Perry started exploring in the castle. Perry knocked on a large door. He then opened it wide. "Your Highneses," Perry started. He nodded at Paige. "Here is Paige. She is a wizard, and she saved our kingdom from the darkness." The King and Queen stood up. "Well well. Looks like we have a body guard." the Queen stated. "Yes we do. She sure does look like a wizard." the King added. "Um, I have to go. I'll come back another day, ok?" Paige said. "Oh no you shall be rewarded." the Queen said. "I really don't care about getting something." Paige tried to start walking away, but the King and Queen demanded her to stay. "Here," the King handed her a small box, engraved in it were a few jewels, rubies, emeralds, diamonds, and many more different kinds of gems. "Only open it when you truly need it." the Queen said. "Thanks." Paige turned and ran home. Before leaving the dwarf town she yelled, "Bye Perry!!" she heard a small response. "Good bye, Paige!!" Paige waved and she rushed home, with only moments to spare. She shoved the box into her pocket. She slid to her seat. Paige ate a great dinner, mac 'n cheese, and took a shower. She then went to bed. She dreamed about dragons and wizards and magic boxes. Wait, she had a magic box! Should she open it? She then remembered the Queen's words. "Only open it when you truly need it." That did make sense. Then Paige realized that this was a silly train of thought. So she thought about her real parents. Were they still alive? What if they were evil? And why did they give her up? She called Rosie and set up a date during the week to have her lessons. "What about Wednesday?" Rosie had asked. Paige agreed. They set it all up, and then they just had to wait for Wednesday to come. While waiting for Wednesday, the days seemed a blur to Paige. She remembered that a few talking birds came to her house just to say hello. She also remembered a bright yellow spider come to her house, asking for her to watch her dinner while she got a fork and napkin. It was strange, since they asked such funny questions. Finally Wednesday came, and Paige was ready to leap out of the door and run to Rosie's house. She proudly knocked on the door, smiling. This was the first time in a while that she felt so good. "Hi, Paige." Rosie announced when she swung the creaky door open. "Hi Rosie." Paige walked in. "Want some cookies?" Rosie asked, holding a large platter of delicious cookies. Once again, Paige was tempted to take a handful. But she took only one chocolate chip cookie. "So, any run-ins with any magical creatures?" Rosie wondered. "Three, actually." Paige explained about the dwarf kingdom, the birds, and the spider. "They are funny, huh?" Rosie chomped on a snickerdoodle cookie. "I have something for you." Rosie walked into another room and brought back a large package. "I got this in the mail," she started. "But it doesn't say who it's from." That wasn't surprising for Paige. "Is it for me?" Paige asked, grabbing the box. "I think so." Rosie walked out of the room again and came back with a pair of scissors. Paige ripped it open and started pulling things out. "Magic potion kit, spellbooks, papers, and.... a wand!" Paige was the most excited about the wand then anything else. It was a sleek dark brown shiny wand. It felt like it was melting in Paige's hand. Rosie seemed the most excited about the papers, probably order forms and other stuff Paige didn't need to worry about. Then Rosie's mouth dropped open. "Paige," she started to smile. "Look at this." she was pointing at a paper with nothing on it, except for a few sentences at the bottom of the page: Paige Morne, welcome to Hidden Hollows Academy for young wizards. Sin up today and come anytime. Signed: Dr. W. Oldburg. "Are you still going to teach me?" Paige asked Rosie. "I don't know. Maybe." Rosie looked around for any other papers that were interesting. "Paige, what kind of dragon do you want?" Rosie was looking at a catalogue full of different kinds of dragons. Paige saw a sparkly white frost dragon. Too cold for her. She also saw a lava dragon. It had dark red scales and looked like a lava clump, which it was, almost. Paige then saw a beautiful emerald dragon with yellow eyes. It reminded Paige of seaweed. It also reminded her about her magic box, the same colored jewel from the lid. She looked some more, but none were as pretty as the one she loved. There were golden ones, silver ones, shiny ones, and more. But on the last page, she saw one even prettier than the seaweed dragon. It had sky blue scales, beautiful silver claws, and the shiniest tail ever. She did eny-meny-miny-mo and ended up with the blue dragon. "Rosie, I want this one." Paige pointed to the dragon. "Oooo, Paige you have good taste." Rosie ordered the dragon (for free) and they had to wait a week or so for it to come. They either send it to you, or you pick it up. It starts as an egg, and then the wizard has to take care of it. And that would be their dragon for the rest of their life. "Why don't we call your parents and tell them everything, since you're going to that school." Paige agreed and they called her house and told them everything. Finally they believed Paige and Rosie and decided if it was going to be the best for Paige then she could go. "Thank you so much!" were the words that came out of Paige's mouth. "Just be home by dinner." her mother said. Paige was so excited to go shopping with Rosie for the rest of the things she needed: a uniform, a cloak, a notebook and pen, and they had to pick up the dragon. Paige bought a uniform and cloak at the clothing store, and then they went to the pet shop to get the dragon. There were toads, cats, dogs, owls, birds, bugs, and other animals Paige could not name. Rosie started to talk. "Excuse me, we are here to pick up our dragon, the blue sapphire one." Then a name popped into Paige's head. Sapphire. The man at the front went behind a curtain and then brought back a small cage marked: Blue Sapphire. "Thank you!" Paige said. They walked out of the store and looked around a little. There was a joke shop and a cafe, and other interesting shops. Soon it started to get dark and they left. Rosie dropped Paige off at Paige's house. "Thanks for everything!!" Paige shouted. "You're very welcome!" Then Rosie drove away. Paige walked inside. She had a wonderful dinner, ribs and potatoes. There was no conversation at the table, which surprised Paige. She then changed into her pajama's and then went to bed. She had had a very long day.

That's all for now. Stay tuned for chapter three!