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The Summer Holidays

'It's finally summer!' Anna sings when we leave the school grounds for the last time. 'We will have so much fun together.'
'Let's hope that the aliens aren't interested in Earth,' Jane says. 'I don't exactly trust Mr Smith at the moment after what you told us.'
'I've got no idea what I would have said,' I shrug. 'Come on, we've got lots of things we can do, play games, hang out in town-'
'Record a new song,' Anna says. 'I've got a good song, but we'll have to all record it together. It is about the beauty standards of Tudor England, but we all sing it in German accents.'
'Awesome,' Kitty grins. 'We should try it at some point. Anything else we want to do?'
'All I want to do is spend time with my friends and family,' I say. 'Let's hope that the aliens don't take an interest in Earth this summer.' We all chuckle as we walk along Bannerman Road. 'Hey, do you fancy having a sleepover at some point? It should be fun.'
'That will be cool,' Jane nods. 'Can we have it over at your place?'
'I'll see what I can do.' We separate and make our way home.

'Mum, Mummy, I'm back,' I call into the house.
'How was your last day at school?' Mummy asks as she hurries down the stairs and pulls me into a hug.
'It was great,' I grin. 'Is it all right if my friends come round for a sleepover during the holidays?'
'Sure, which friends?'
'Katherine, Anne, Jane, Anna and Kitty.'
'Sure, they can come. At least we won't have to lock the attic.' I nod and use the group chat we have to tell my friends that we can have the sleepover.

AnnaCleves: We should change our names on the group chat.
KatherynHoward: I like that idea.
EmmaSmith-White: So, what are we waiting for?
KatherineAragon: Let's do it!

KatherineAragon changed her name to NoWayHenry

AnneBoleyn changed her name to SorryNotSorry

JaneSeymour changed her name to Janie

AnnaCleves changed her name to Queen@Castle

KatherynHoward changed her name to LesbianKitty

EmmaSmith-White changed her name to LesbianQueen

SorryNot Sorry: Jane? Your username is wrong
Janie: No, it's not. Mary used to call me Janie
LesbianQueen: ??
Janie: Future stuff, Emma. Forget you read that.
LesbianQueen: How can I forget that?
NoWayHenry: Sleep it off?
Queen@Castle: Read something?
SorryNotSorry: Go for a walk. They always calm me down.
LesbianQueen: Last time you went for a walk, you tripped over your own feet half the time. I'm surprised you didn't end up at the hospital.
LesbianKitty: How did that happen? How comes I've got a clumsy cousin?
SorryNotSorry: I was clumsy before Emma resurrected me.
LesbianQueen: Before I what?
SorryNotSorry: Forget you read that.
LesbianQueen: I can resurrect people?
SorryNotSorry: Like I said, forget about that.

'Mum, Mummy!' I call.
'Emma, what is it?' Mum runs into my room, almost colliding with Mummy on the way. 'What's the matter?'
'Do I have any sort of powers that can change history?'
'It's worth finding out,' Mum says. 'Mr Smith might know something.'
'My friends said something about Mr Smith, and because of that, I'm not sure whether to trust him or not.'
'I see,' Mummy says, folding her arms and leaning against the doorway. 'Is there any other way we can find out?'
'I know a way of finding out,' Mum says. I quickly text the others.

LesbianQueen: We're going to find out if I can resurrect people.
NoWayHenry: That's not a good idea yet.
SorryNotSorry: I agree
Janie: But Emma needs practice
LesbianKitty: I've got to see this. I'm coming over!
Queen@Castle: I'm bringing the tea.
LesbianQueen: We have tea here, Anna
Queen@Castle: I'm still bringing some

NoWayHenry and SorryNotSorry are typing

NoWayHenry: I'm coming, just to make sure you don't get hurt
SorryNotSorry: I'm coming, but don't strain yourself, Emma
LesbianQueen: I won't

'We have at least four of my friends coming now,' I say.

Janie: I'm coming.

'Right, all five.' Mum rolls her eyes, grinning.
'Let's get set up outside.' We head outside, and Mum moves all of the furniture away from the middle of the garden. 'We should focus small for now, like plants.' I notice a plant that has died; one of Mummy's favourite begonias- one that when it flowers, you can see all the colours of the rainbow. These flowers are rare, and Mummy tried to keep it alive for as long as possible. I place my hand under one of the flowers and concentrate on the colours. The flower blooms in front of my eyes, its colours and beauty returning. Soon, the flowers around it are blooming like they do in the prime of their lives.

'Hey, we're here,' Anne says. I turn and smile at my friends. 'Those flowers look amazing. Sarah Jane, do you feed them anything special?'
'Emma just did that. My begonias were dying, and she revived them.'
'No way!' Katherine says. 'Was this your first try?' I nod. 'Amazing! Can we see it?' I try to look for something else that is dead or dying, but it is summer. Not much die at this time of year. I then see a rose blossom that is dying and place my hand underneath it. Immediately, without thinking about the rose, it blooms into life.
'Woah, I wasn't even thinking about it that time!'
'We could have a problem,' Mum says. 'But that's a conversation for inside; we can't afford for anyone to overhear.' We all head inside. What is it that Mum is going to talk about?

I soon get my answer.

'Emma, you are a soul stealer,' Mum explains. 'If you decide you want to start hunting, these resurrection powers can give you some trouble.'
'Then I won't hunt if it's possible.' Mum nods.
'It's just something you have to keep in mind for the future. We don't want you to get into trouble if you resurrect someone.'
'I know,' I say. 'That is the last thing we want.'

We all go upstairs into the attic, and Mr Smith comes out. 'What are our plans? I want to know what we're doing first,' Jane says.
'We should have a sleepover,' Anne says.
'But who will host it?' Kitty asks.
'Why don't we have six sleepovers so we can all have a go?' Anna suggests. 'It seems like the best way to go around it.'
'Sounds like a plan,' I grin. 'We also said about recording some more songs-'
'We can do that at my house!'
'What else do we want to do?'
'How about we begin designing costumes?' Jane asks. 'I know we already did that, but it could be fun to make more if we want to do more music videos.' We nod. Jane has started buying more sewing machines and has an entire room for making costumes.
'We can go into London a few times,' Anna suggests. 'But it would be busy as it is the holidays. We can still go.' We all begin making plans and discussing what we should do.

I am thinking back to the biographies I have. 'It will be fun to create more songs,' I smile. 'Do we have any ideas?'
'Haus of Holbein was the one I was talking about earlier with the German accents,' Anna says.
'It's about the beauty standards in Tudor England, right?' Anne asks, and Anna nods.
'That one sounds like fun,' Kitty smiles. 'Have you got lyrics?' Anna shakes her head. 'We can sort that later.' Anna finds the soundtrack she created, and we listen to it, trying to come up with ideas.

Well, we certainly have some plans for our summer holidays.