Radar

The Mirror, Neptune and an Octomobile

It was a warm summers day in  The Summerset Republic, and a girl with long black hair was hunched over the dining table, eating her breakfast, which consisted of a bowl of yoghurt, with bran flakes and berries. Specifically, her favourite raspberries, blueberries and strawberries. Her cat, a fat calico called Bagel, was sat next to her, attempting to steal her food every so often.

"Olivia, honey, get ready for school, we leave in 20 minutes and you still need to make your lunch!" Called her mum.

"K!" She said back, mouth full of creamy yoghurt and fruit. Scoffing her food, she hurried over to the sink and quickly rinsed her bowl. Her lunchbox was simply a pale blue pot with dividers in it for separate foods, with the name "Olivia Blackburn" scribbled in sharpie on the back. She reached for the bread, took one look at the giant spot of mould, and retched.

"Oh my god are you okay hun?!" Asked her mother, racing down the stairs at sound of her alleged throwing up.

"Yeah I'm good," she replied, "But this bread isn't, look at that! The biggest spot of mould we've ever had! It's disgusting!"

"Well throw in the bin then dimwit," the woman said, rolling her eyes. Oli threw the few slices that were left in the bin, and instead, grabbed the soft whole grain rolls. She was great at multi-tasking, to the point where she could open the cutlery drawer and the fridge at the same time, then pull out a knife and the butter at the same time as well!

"Agh!" Olivia grunted, "Not again!" Ever since she was little, she would get these very painful headaches that lasted around 5 to 10 seconds. During these headaches, she saw 5 to 10 seconds of the future, they were painful, but she had to continue her day as normal. With one big scrape of butter, she plonked the knife down onto the bread and spread the yellowy goodness.

A few minutes later, she had packed her lunch, and was running up the stairs to go clean her teeth, Bagel chasing after her, the thud thud thud of his paws on the hard wooden stairs echoing around the hallway. She was stood in front of the mirror, clutching her purple and white toothbrush tightly with a mouth full of foamy toothpaste when it happed. The mirror shattered and man with a carrot coloured beard and hair tumbled to the ground, top hat flying off his head as he landed on the bathroom floor with a kaflump.

"WHAT ON EARTH! WHO THE HELL ARE YOU! AND HOW DID YOU JUST GET THROUGH THAT MIRROR?!" Olivia screamed, panic setting in as she sprayed foam everywhere.

"Hi! Uhhh............ sorry about the mess! I'm Neptune, Neptune West. Well, my real name is Nathan, but Neptune sounds better. Anyway, I've come to take you as my scholar to Nephititi, where you will compete in three contests to get into the SOSB." He said, reaching for his top hat, with an anxious foot wiggling like it was on steroids.

"Uh, ok, but first I have a few questions. One, what the hell is this 'Nephititi'? Two, what in the world is the SOSB? And three, why did you choose me? I'm nothing special." She replies.

"Oh but you are, Miss Blackburn. Have you ever done something no one else can? See, I'm what you call a witness, I can see things that other people can't see. Well, not to the naked eye." Said Neptune, obviously trying very hard to sound cool and mysterious.

"Uhh yeah," she started , "I seem to be able to tell what's gonna happen in the next like 5 to 10 seconds."

"Ahh yes, you are, I believe, a radar, Miss Blackburn. You are most definitely 'something special', now come on, we're going to be late for the first meeting of the Unit 818 scholars and patrons, hurry along!" He said whilst clambering back through the hole where the mirror (which is now shattered to a million pieces on the floor) once was.

"But... Nathan, I mean, Neptune, what about my family, and Bagel, and my friends? Won't they be worried if I suddenly move all the way to this fantasy land Nephititi without telling them?" Olivia asked, an obvious hint of worry in her voice.