In present time, in a land concealed from prying, non-magical eyes, there was an eleven year old girl named Virginia. Virginia Slaphappy. Now, Virginia was no ordinary girl. Nooo, not at all. Virginia was-are you ready? She was in training to become......... a fairy godmother! Other than becoming a fairy godmother, Virginia had many other things going on in her life. Her mom, Violet, ran Slaphappy Sweets, a candy store. Her dad, Forest, was a broomstick riding instructor. She also had a little sister, Georgia, who was nine. She was dying to be admitted into Madame Godmother's Charm School For Young Godmothers, where Virginia attended. Unfortunately, she had to wait two more years. Violet was also going to be having a baby soon.
Now back to Virginia. She was in the Basic Level Class at Madame Godmother's. She knew all the spells in chapters one and two of the All Purpose Guide to Magic for Young Godmothers perfectly. That said, she knew all the spells perfectly, but she certainly couldn't perform them perfectly, because of her clumsiness. Now I bet you're wondering, "How could being clumsy ever mess up someone's magic?" Here's your answer. Virginia was so clumsy that she would trip, or knock over something, or do something of the sort every five minutes, every day. Unfortunately, Virginia was doing magic a majority of her day. So, put the two together and you have...a recipe for disaster!
Boom! Crash! “Eeek!” Virginia peeked from behind her fingers, not wanting to see what her cheering charm had done. Was she ever sorry she looked! Melanie’s nose had transformed into a potato, Jasmine had a long, striped tail, Penelope’s tounge was three feet long and still growing, and Caroline, Yolanda, and Stephanie were stuck together by the hair.
“Sorry!” Virginia said, sheepishly. “Lilly sneezed, which startled me, and made me knock over that pot, which-” Madame Godmother cut her off.
“Lilly had nothing to do with it. Now why don’t you practice in the gym? I’ll get you some frogs.” Even though Madame Godmother was kind, Virginia could tell that she was getting annoyed with her mistakes. As she stared at the carpet, Madame Godmother hurried off to the supply closet. Within minutes, she was back, suspending a bucket of croaking frogs with her jewel-tipped wand, and holding a sheet of paper with the other.
Virginia carefully walked over to Madame Godmother and, after stuffing her wand in her pocket, tightly grabbed the handle of the bucket with one hand and the sheet of spells in the other. She slowly walked out the door and headed towards the gym, not wanting to drop the bucket and let the frogs escape. Virginia was so intent on not dropping the bucket that she walked right into a girl coming out of the bathroom!
The bucket fell to the floor with a clatter, sending frogs flying every which way. Virginia pointed her wand at one of the escapees, hoping to bring it back to her, but as she stepped forward, she nearly squished a frog, and while backing up, she slipped and fell. A jet of magic zoomed out of her wand, and when she got back on her feet, three frogs were evaporated, and one had wings.
The red-headed girl she had bumped into, seeing Virginia’s look of dismay, gracefully waved her wand in a circle around the hopping mess, trapping the frogs in a bubble-like orb. The then released the frogs into the bucket and put an invisible barrier over the top.
“Thank you so much!” Virginia exclaimed. I’m Virginia. What’s your name?”
“Charlotte.” The girl said with a smile.
“Want to come over after school?” Virginia asked hopefully. “My mom owns Slaphappy Sweets.”
After hearing that, Charlotte excitedly replied, “Slaphappy Sweets? I love their Crazy Choco Caramel Balls! They taste great, and it’s fun trying to catch them after the bounce away. I’d love to come over!”
“Great!” Virginia said, trying to hide her smile. “We can fly home. Do you ride a broom? That’s okay if you can’t. We can ride double on mine. Well, I’ve got to go practice in the gym now.” Virginia said as she began to walk away.
“Wait!” Charlotte yelled as she turned away. “I’ll practice with you. My teacher won’t mind. I’ll just run and ask her. And, we can chat!” Virginia’s face lit up and she said, “Meet ya there!” She skipped off to the gym, and Charlotte rushed away to her classroom, both excited to spend more time with their new friend.
“Good job Ginny!” Charlotte congratulated her friend. “That frog was a centimeter away from the bucket!”
“You think so?” Virginia asked as she brushed her dark blonde hair out of her eyes.
“Yeah! You are definitely-”
Right then, Virginia disappeared from the gym. “Ginny? Where’d you go?” There was a puff of smoke, and a moment later, she returned.
“Sorry, that was my little sister. She’s been accepted to be a godmother to some princess.” Virginia said casually. Charlotte’s mouth dropped open.
“Your little sister? A real godmother? Not just in training?”
Yep, she’s really good at magic. She would help me fixed whatever I messed up in a flash.” Virginia said.
“I think you’ve practiced enough,” noticed Charlotte. “Want to head to your house? I just need to ask my mom first.”
“Sure! I’ll go get my broom ready, and you can call your mom.” she said as she headed outside to where her broom was parked. Charlotte tapped her want a few times, then held it to her ear as it began to vibrate. A few seconds later, her mom had picked up her wand. After chatting for a minute, Charlotte hung up. She dashed outside, where Virginia was waiting.
“My mom said sure, and to call her when I wanted to be picked up.”
“Great!” said Virginia. “Now hop on!” Her broom was a glossy light blue, with dark blue twigs. The two wiggled onto it, Virginia in front, Charlotte in back. Virginia kicked off, and they zoomed into the air, flying high above the treetops. Within minutes, they were at the Slaphappy’s front door. Virginia gazed proudly at her house, with its colorful flower garden and her dad’s dragon, Smoky, sitting on the front steps. Charlotte’s eyes opened wide with pleasure at the sight of the dragon, and she ran up to pet him. Before Virginia could warn her, Smoky sneezed. A cloud of smoke and a burst of flames erupted out of his nose. The smoke quickly parted, revealing Charlotte stomping on the hem of her dress, trying to extinguish the fire on her sunny yellow dress. Seeing as she wasn’t making much progress, Charlotte whipped out her wand and sent a jet of crystal clear water towards the flames, putting them out.
“Are you okay?” Virginia exclaimed, rushing over to Charlotte.
“I have a little-ouch- burn on my hand, and my dress is singed.”
“Oh,” Virginia said with a sigh, relieved it wasn’t worse. “My mom can fix that. Come on!”
Minutes later, Charlotte was sitting in the Slaphappy’s kitchen with Violet slaphappy, who was dabbing some foul-smelling purple goop on to her burn.
“There, that should do the trick.” Virginia’s mom said as she wiped the goo off her own hand. “Ginny, dear, will you please hand me my wand so I can fix Charlotte’s dress?” Virginia passes the wand, decorated with purple swirls, to her mother. Waving the wand in a figure eight motion, Mrs. Slaphappy returned the dress to its original state in the blink of an eye. “Now, who want’s some of my famous Crackleberry Cream Puffs?”
“I do!” the girls exclaimed eagarly. A few minutes later, both of them were happily inhaling the delicious berry creme-filled pastries.
“Do you think you can sleep over?” Virginia questioned Charlotte, who was still deeply involved in a creme puff.
“I was kind of waiting for you to ask!” said Charlotte excitedly, as she swallowed the puff.
“Fantastic! This is going to be so much fun!” Virginia exclaimed. “My mom can make the snacks.”
“Yum!” said Charlotte. “I’ll just call my mom, and then we can start the fun!