Elise and the Scorpion King (Magical Journey Series Book 1)

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red upon charging the sturdy dummies against them. They tackled them to the g

ted with fists sha

hree times and one whole day during the weekend either Sa

large for there were not so many stu

on was higher than of the female. The town was on the east of Dayton, Waupaca

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le or so from the center of the town; and south, a mil

An iron grill stood at the far side, where the family sometimes held gatherings like barbecue, birthday or Christmas party; whereas

m called out from downstairs, a

her being one of the elite students in her school-as she was one of the m

smooth cheeks and long brunette hair that reache

nswered after tu

oom to go downstairs. She passed by the painting of her grandmother that was hanging on the base of

other to look behind her. She thought it was only her imagination running

just seated on his favorite chair at the dinner table. He was refe

t so into Egyptian movies l

ked at her. Her mother was a little worried w

ise's older brother Eric aske

he regularly practiced martial arts, Tai Chi with meditation and his favorite sport, football. His hair was red while his eyes were

nswered with a forced smile. "Anyway, I heard from Mrs. Thompso

imself with lasagna that was placed at t

. Can I go

epends on y

If you want to go, you can-provided that," he paused

se in resignation b

am would be there, too," Er

inkled and her blond bob-cut hair swung. "So, I pr

d while chew

team captain next year

eyes twinkled again with excitement. "Wow! That

eyes twinkled as well as he agreed amiably. And

next team captain of the cheerleading team so that she could brag it around their

diot Mrs. Summers that he

siblings sai

am captain and that you're going to be ditched. So I natu

o much anguish that they could tell s

to her," Elise mumbled quietly. "A

years ago," her

e both had our mistakes at the time.

befriended her in the firs

the chosen actor to play the role but her friend talked their teacher out of it because Elise had a lot of extra activities-a white

thing to have a grudge on,

now. She's just your sh

gh," her father sc

h and nodded. "Sorry. I was j

is head and continued to e

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xt to hers, after eating. She could barely hear the rock sound of the music from his radio. She im

et it play while flipping the pages of her Algebra book but the numbers were dancing in front of her eyes

off the TV at last, b

she said to herself alo

, the numbers and letters were literally dancing in front of her eyes! They f

d her eyes again. This time, the numbers and letters were not dancing and forming into symbols and some w

she murmured to herself, although the

n her bed. She began to study the pointers for their fin

y ahead. It helped to make her a straight A-student this year and a favorite of the cheerleading team squad cap

ious, Diana," s

urse I

open and Diana Go

in disbelief. "But

l do well and better until your senior year. You're so smart and creative. Bes

her life in high school. On the other hand, she felt that there was something that would trouble her in the very near fu

She had to go to sleep right afterward as she was going to