Sadie Kane

I was feeling rebellious when I woke up. But little was I to know that I might do something more rebellious than I'd ever done in her life today.

I crawled out of bed with my combat boots on. I didn't bother to brush her teeth, and just stomped downstairs.

I got myself a bowl of cereal…Cinnamon Toast Crunch because Khufu, the baboon, stole all the Cheerios, and wouldn't let anyone else eat some. Khufu only ate foods that end in "o". Khufu liked burritos, Cheerios, and Jello.

My idiot brother, Carter, was diving his nose into some Egyptian scroll that I didn't bother to ask while I stared at the wall of the family mansion. It was 5 stories tall, and sitting on top of an old warehouse, and invisible to mortals. That was the best way I could have explained without sounding like my nerdy brother, Carter.

Just then, my uncle, Amos strode into the room. He wore his usual fedora, trench coat, and glasses. He seemed somewhat diplomatic as he announced, "I'm going away on some business to attend to… the mansion will be both of yours." He was speaking to my brother…"because he was eldest". Amos continued.

"Take care and watch out. Don't forget the trainees. Keep the path of the gods alive. My faith is in you, Sadie and Carter. "

I had just enough time to think, "Ha! He said my name first!" before Amos jumped of the terrace and disappeared.


Since the mansion was mine, I could do anything I wanted. I strode down to the training room to practice when I noticed Walt was practicing his magic. My face flushed, and then got extremely red when I realized he was practicing magic! Walt had this curse thing from King Tut that would make him die young. He told me he only had a year or two left. The more magic he did the worse his curse got. Since I, um, kind of had, a crush on Walt, I was worried.

I walked up to him and tapped him on the shoulder. He jumped and turned around very slowly. "Oh, Sadie. It's you." His face flushed.

"No magic for you. You can't use magic unless you're in a life or death situation, which you aren't" My voice had grown hysterical by the end.

Walt looked at his shoes and mumbled an apology. Then he looked up, and smiled. Walt's smile made my heart stop. Then I figured out what he was trying to do. "Nope. That won't work."

And I stepped back and the spell was broken. Oh..ha ha, Carter, yes I get the joke...spell, magicians, magic. Whatever.

And I started a spell. "Now, Walt, dear, you might want to get yourself out of this room before I accidentally harm you."

Walt smiled mischievously...and calmly strode out of the room.


I was sweating by the time I was done training. My energy was waning, yet I still felt strong and confident.

Amos' words rang in my head from a long time ago. "What ever you do, don't go outside of this mansion. Be sure to stay out of Manhattan, too."

Back then, I had thought nothing of his words...but now, well, wasn't it obvious that Carter and I had to visit Manhattan?

Besides, everything would be fine. Right? Oh yeah, sure.

Besides, I had always wanted to see the Empire State Building. Doesn't it have like...600 floors or something?