The gift of magic

Chapter 1

new book. first chapter  written by cheetahgirl2002. hope you enjoy.

Lottie POV

The alarm beeped loudly, almost begging to be thrown across the room and smashed to pieces. Like seriously, who wants to wake up for school at 6 AM?

I gave the alarm its wish and proceeded to throw it, only to be crushed by the weight of my twin sister jumping on my bed. Cora was practically screaming incoherent words at me as she bounced.

Oh right, its our birthday....  

You probably expect me to be all happy and shit, maybe jumping around like Cora, but the truth is that i hate birthdays. Any holiday really.

Why? You may ask. I mean, who wouldnt want their phone blown up by happy birthday wishes or have so much cake they wanna burst or have a bead arm because of birthday beats?

Do you see my point?

I was pulled from my thoughts by Cora tearing my quilt off my bed and dragging me off my bed by my feet. I fell to the floor with a thump and i hadn't even taken a breathe to yell before she was out the door.

I was up now, might as well get dressed. I threw on one of those white shirts that had awesome messages on them--a balloon with 'Hit me and i will shove you down the crack where i crawled from hell!'--

I'm quite a cheerful child!

I ran a brush through my blonde hair, with dyed streaks of light blue, and plaited my fringe into two plaits and fixed them into my usual mermaid hairstyle. My eyeliner was on point, for once, my pink skull ear ring was put on and my red lipstick matched my red converse. After a sassy smirk at my reflection, i dashed downstairs to my family sitting at the kitchen table.

Cora smirked at me as i walked in, which resulted in a very exaggerated eye roll being thrown her way, and my mother sniffed in a disapproving manner as her eyes scanned my outfit. She had learnt that the more she pushed me to be like Cora, the more i rebelled. Well the Cora she knew, the Cora i know drinks, sneaks out and wears a ginger wig to hide her purple hair. However that doesn't stop my darling mother, hence the makeup, ear rings and dyed hair.

Father looked up from his paper and chuckled as he saw my shirt, i grinned and grabbed a piece of toast that had just popped up from the toaster and grabbed my bag. "Cora, c'mon I'm leaving!" I called as i walked out the door.

Mother ran forward and stepped in my way, "Wait! First you need your presents." She shot a glance at farther. Behind me, Cora has practically wetting herself with excitement.

I sighed and sat down, "Fine, it has to be quick though,"

Mother placed two parcels, wrapped in brightly coloured paper, with a fake smile. There was worry in her eyes.

I looked at Cora, who was eagerly unwrapping her parcel, and turned to my own. I peeled back one corner and out fell a book, called The Gift Of Magic. I raised my eyebrows at my mother, only to be taken aback by my father pulling out a cage ,with an owl in it, and a black cat.

What the fuck is going on?