The Heroes of Disney Book One:
The Search For The Sorcerer's Hat
Chapter 1: I 'am Grounded For Life
The girl of my dreams left me for some grade A football star and my best friend hates me. Now I have to watch my stupid little sister Kathy and my cousin Ryan while my parents go out to eat at T.G.I. Fridays. I mean how can they expect to go out to dinner at T.G.I. and not take me, that's like my favorite restaurant in the world. Well anyhow I guess I should introduce myself. My name is Jack Randall and if you knew the sad miserable life I lead to this very day, you would consider your own very lucky. First of all like I said before, I tried in school today to walk up towards the girl of my dreams Suzie Korn her name was by the way, to tell her that I liked her. I had a bouquet of roses in my left hand and a box of chocolates in my right, while I tried to keep a big smile on my face. But when I walked up to her and presented my gifts to her. She just laughed at me and left with a football player named Matt Frederick. I just sat there on the floor crying my eyes out, for the girl of my dreams rejected me and my gifts and all on Valentine's Day. And if you thought that was bad just wait until you hear what happened between the conversion of me and my best friend Rachel. Rachel and I first met when we were in the third grade, where she pulled my head out of a trash can after some bullies ducked my head into it. We've been best friends ever since... that is until today! I caught up with Rachel right by her locker. It was pretty hard not to miss Rachel she was the same height as me, maybe a little taller, had long brown hair that tumbled down her shoulders in braids and dark brown eyes in which if you ever looked straight into them you would imagine yourself sinking straight into a mud pit. Anyway I went over to her and saw her dressed in her school uniform. I asked her how our science project was coming along." Well it would have been done earlier, if you had decided to help me out" she said angrily at me." I told you before, I was busy watching my sister and cousin last night"." Oh yeah you used that excuse on the night before" she argued." I'm sorry Rachel, but my cousin is staying with us for six weeks while my aunt and uncle are on a cruise and my parents can't handle them all by themselves "I tried to explain."Well I'm sorry too Jack" she said as she slammed the door to her locker shut tight." But I really need to get an A on this project and since you won't help with it I had no choice, but to find another partner to work with". My mouth fell open as complete shock came across my face" What how could you, you know that I too need to get an A on this project or my parents will kill me"." Well" Rachel stiffened she wouldn't meet my eyes" You should have thought of that before you decided to ditch me with all the work"." I told you before" I said getting a little annoyed" I had to watch my"..." Your sister and cousin, I know" said Rachel." Yep two little brats are more important than your best friend"." Oh come on now Rachel, you know that's not true it's just"... But before I could come up with a good answer Rachel looked behind me and said" Oh yes, here's my new project partner now". I looked behind me and saw the face of senior David Flynn. David was this real handsome guy I guess, at least all the girls in school thought so. He had straight short cropped black hair, a nice chiseled face with light blue eyes, deep tan skin and a smile that made you feel inferior. He wore nothing but his school uniform and black straight pants. He walked over to Rachel and put his arm around her which she seemed to like very much." Are you kidding me" I said, "Of all the people in school and you picked him"." Well at least he actually commits to work unlike you Jack"." Oh I'm sorry" I said sarcastically, I was too busy taking care of my family last night, which is more than I can say enough for you". I probably shouldn't have said that, but at the point I was so angry with Rachel that I just wanted to say the first meanest thing that popped into my head and blurt it out in front of her. Rachel glared at me then turned towards David and said" Let's go". And with that my former best friend walked off with the most popular boy in school and I had a feeling that this partnership was evolving into something more terrible. When I showed up for science class in the afternoon I failed miserably while my ex- best friend got an A plus. And just when you thought things couldn't get any worse my parents found out about the F and grounded me for a month which seemed like forever to me. And to make matters even worse I had to babysit my cousin and sister the entire night while my parents were out. Great just what I need too little troublemakers beating me with their fake swords and laughing at me annoyingly." Well look at the bright side Jack" I said to myself" At least things couldn't get any worse then what they already are". Yeah right it would be later I learned that my troubles had only just begun.