What If

Chapter 1 ~ Story 1 ~ What if you could fly?

Think for a second... What if you could fly?
What would it be like?
What would you do?
Here is a story about Evelyn that could answer these questions...
"... And that's how birds fly!"
The class clapped appropriately to the ending to her speech. She thought she had done very well, and she hoped she would make it to the next level.
"Very well, Evelyn, you may take your seat." Said Mrs. Thomas "Next up, Carolyn."
Throughout Carolyn's whole performance, Evelyn was thinking about how she could end up flying... She was daydreaming about being a bird. She was soaring above the town, looking at all the people below her. Watching over the people like a God! She went on adventures, through deadly forests, and magical cloud lands, -- The clapping of the class caught her from her daze -- so she started clapping as well.

Evelyn is a short 12 year old girl. She has red curly hair and hazel eyes. She usually wears a plain long sleeve shirt and overalls or skinny jeans. She has big square glasses that take up a lot of her pale, freckly face.

At home Evelyn went straight to her homework. She was a hard working kid and scored at least an 80, on every one of her tests. Her house is a funky combination of colours and shapes, all put together on a modern way. Her parents both work in the business of flight, her dad is a pilot and her mom is a flight intendant. There are a lot of pictures, sculptures, and other decorations, that have to do with flight, so Evelyn was very knowledgeable and fond of flying. She knows everything that has to do with it. She knows about the aerodynamics, and the history of flight. All she now wants to know is how can a person defy gravity on earth.
A lot of people could call her a geek, or a nerd, but she doesn't care. She is ok with it! She likes being who she is.
After studying, she went to eat dinner. Then she went to sleep. That night she woke up around 1:30. She heard a bird outside of her window. Why would there be a bird at my window, she thought. So she went to investigate. The bird was glowing. It looked at her for a while, then it flew away. Evelyn had an urge to follow the bird. So she did. She climbed out of the window and jumped to the ground. she followed the bird into the forest behind her house. She was in a trance like feeling. She didn't know wether to keep following or not. But she did.
She neared a small well where the bird sat. There was a plaque that said: This Is A Wishing Well, Make Your Wish And Drink The Water.
So she did. Her wish was like no others. She wished to enter the world as someone who could be both human, and animal. She took the cup, she looked at the water, and she drank. then right before her eyes, was this mist. It wasn't just any mist, it was colourful, and it made her sleepy.
When she woke she saw herself in a bed, in a bedroom. But it wasn't her bedroom. She looked around. She was trying to figure out if this place was maybe one of her relatives. Why? She thought. Why?
She looked at her clothes. Then she could feel her breath quickening, her head heating up, and her stomach tightening. Something wasn't right. She had that feeling you have when you find a question on a test that you have no clue about. Or when your crush walks over near you. She ran over to a mirror. There wasn't a red haired geek standing there, there was a blonde haired, white nightgown wearing, late teenaged, princess! She ran over to a window. She scanned her surroundings. Her eyes fell upon the well. She screamed "I didn't ask for this!" her voice was rough and growly, unlike her usual high pitched squeaky voice. She went to the closet. All that were in there were skirts, leggings, tee-shirts, and tank tops. And some things that she didn't want to see.
Behind her was a voice that shocked her. "Oh but it is, miss Evelyn."
She turned around to see who said that. To her amazement was a middle aged women, with a dark purple cloak around her whole body and over her head. "Wh-what do you mean?..." Said Evelyn.
The women pulled off her hood. She had black hair and pale skin. With the saddest looking black eyes.
"Miss Evelyn... I am going to tell you a little story about--"
"I asked you a question," said Evelyn, "now you are going to answer it."
"Hahaha you delight me, Miss Evelyn." She said, "but you seem like the type to know how to behave yourself..."
What was that supposed to mean, Evelyn thought.
"I can... But I am confused, and scared, and I am not even in my own body!" Evelyn said while she walked to her bed.
"I was going to tell you a story, remember?" The women said. "A story about yourself. You my girl, are special. not only can you become a bird, but you can also change how you look on the outside."
Evelyn's heart skipped a beat. "Really! how?" she asked.
"Simple..." The women informed her. "All you have to do is say three magic words..."
"What are they?!" Evelyn questioned,
"They are..."