The Portal to Elendor

Jo

We step inside the room, unlike the rest of the house it is clean and tidy. There are lots of bookshelves, all neatly filed, strange ingredients, glass bottles, a cauldron and a table in the middle.
On the table there is a large map, I walk to it and it shows Elendor, Caster, Ibrim, Talan, Zephyr and Jusil. The map also shows mountains and forests. In the middle of the largest forest a place has been marked with an X. Bella looks at it and nods.
I walk around the room looking at the books and ingredients. One of the bottles has some sort of purple fungus growing inside of it, the bottle is labeled 'Mould from a Schimmelig Tree Mixed with Chicken Blood'. I pull a face that's gross.
I look to my left and there is a bookshelf I pick up one of the books it is handwritten, I open it and it says 'A Collection of My Own Spells, Potions and Research'. I flick through the pages there are lots of strange diagrams and recipes inside they remind me somewhat of a medieval Satanist book. Near the back in very big handwriting it says 'High Priestess in hiding in the Banyan forest near...' There is no more written in the whole book.

"Guys I think I know where the High Priestess is." I say

"Where?" Asks Fran

"In the Banyan forest." I reply

"The Banyan forest is a very big place, Jo, does it say whereabouts in the Banyan forest she is?" Bella asks

"No. There's nothing else."

Bella picks up a small pouch and puts Regis' book inside of it. Then she grabs some of the bottles and other books and puts them in the pouch. I look at the pouch in amazement, the pouch hasn't gotten any bigger!

"That's a very cool Mary Poppins bag you have!" Fran says

Bella looks at her, confused "What is a 'Mary Poppins'?"

As we leave the house Fran starts to explain the entire plot of Mary Poppins to Bella. The Fran starts to sing 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious', the townspeople stare at us as we walk past, some dance, some cheer and when Frances has reached the end of the song everyone claps and cheers. Usually I would hate this extra attention but I can't help but smile a little.
I realise that we are in the square where Mr Bobbins lives and we enter the bakery below his house. It is warm inside and it smells delicious, my tummy rumbles a little when I see none other than Roséan Bobbins.

"Hi, Roséan!" We say.

"Why hello, my ladies! What brings you here to the bakery?" She asks.

"Belladonna brought us here to get some food for our adventure." I tell her.

"Adventure?"

"Good day, madam. May we please have some bread?" Bella asks shyly but politely.

"The princess?" Breathes Roséan. She walks out from behind the counter and gives a low curtsey. "It is an honour your Highness, please take all the food you want."

Bella looks embarrassed, she smiles nervously. "Thank you, Madam. We are very grateful."

Slowly, she walks to a basket and picks up some brown loaves. She puts them on the counter and tells us to get some baked goods of our own. I pick up some warm rolls and a small cake, I put them on the counter and Roséan wraps them up she puts them in a bag and hands them to me with a smile. Bella touches my bag and whispers.

"Crescere. Now you have a 'Mary Poppins' bag, Jo." She says

"I'm Mary Poppins y'all!" I say, the girls laugh and Bella does the same spell to their bags.

"Thank you, madam. You have been most kind." Bella says handing Roséan several gold coins.

"It has been an honour, your Highness." She replies giving another small curtsey.

We all wave to Roséan as we leave the bakery. We walk through Elendor to parts we haven't been to yet. We soon reach a gate.

"Who goes there?" A voice shouts.

"We wish to enter the forest, sir!" Bella shouts back.

"Why do you wish to enter the forest?" The voice asks.

"We-we are travelling to Zephyr!" She lies.

"Well then be safe on your journey!"

The gate opens and we walk through. There is a path and we follow it, I get a huge rush of excitement as I realise that I, little Jo Lennox, is going on an adventure to save a world!