The Trip of Shadows (Heirs of the World Book 2)

Chapter 1: Introductions and Soccer

Nova's Recording

Hey there. My name is Nova Kakra, and I'm a magician. Now, before you walk away, it's true. Everything is true. You read about Mia's story in the last book, well it's time to hear ours. ['Can I talk now?' 'No!'] I have a twin brother named Nathan Kakra. Our last name means 'a twin', so that's ironic. He will introduce himself later because I am better.

We both have strawberry blond hair, bright blue eyes, and darkish medium skin. I have a much better style than Nathan so I am obviously cooler. Anywho, our lives changed on December 14th, at our soccer game. We both play soccer here in the U.S., but we are on different teams. We were playing each other, and our mom was cheering me on. [Us!] Fine, whatever. Us. Our dad was sitting there not doing anything.

Our mom is amazing. My mom,Sophia Kakra is amazing. She has our blue eyes, but she has brown hair, and pretty milk chocolate like skin. She is tall and super sweet! She bakes a lot, when she isn't at work. She works a lot. My dad, Sam Kakra, works a lot more than my mom. He seems to never have time for me and Nathan. He has the blond hair, blue eyes, and fair skin. No one really knows where our skin tone came from, but it doesn't matter our mom loves us anyway. BTW me and Nathan are a month away from being 12.

So back to the soccer game. My team, the magicians, ['So Ironic!' 'Shhh Nathan, my chapter!'] were winning by five goals. I could see Nathan getting pissed off, but I just wanted to finally beat him. I'm a goalie, while he plays offense, so in the game I saw him a lot. His team, the dinosaurs, were so far undefeated, but hadn't went against us yet! Then, a boom rang from the forest. I look around and the people on both teams were running around, screaming.

I looked at my parents, and the were rummaging through their big bags they always have on them. I ran over to Nathan.

"Nova, what's going on?" he asked, worry and fear lacing his voice.

"Don't know." I said, "Let's go to mom and dad. They seem to know what to do." We raced over to mom and dad, and by the time we got there, my mom had two sticks in her hands, while my dad had a stick as well. But then it flickered and revealed a sword.

"What the heck?!" I shouted, as the winds had picked up for no reason,

"Dad, why do you have a sword?" "None of your business," he replied, turning to us. "Nathan, Nova, go to the car. We will meet you back there. Nathan, protect your sister." I hated when he did this. My dad is so old fashioned, and sexist. He treats me and mom like we were nothing but toys. We ran to the truck, and I asked Nathan, "Do we really want to miss the action?" He shook his head. "Then let's go spy." I said.

AN: Welcome to book 2!  Mia and Diana will make an appearance in this book, and this time I am taking suggestions!  Comment and vote!  Media is a soccer ball.