Chapter 1 – The Changing Card
'Good mornin', Bec,' Aunty Liz yawned.
'Morning,' said Bec.
It didn't feel like seven o'clock to Bec who had been up since four o'clock. She had always been an early riser.
Bec's Aunt Elizabeth was very rich; she owned a large estate several miles south of London. Liz owned a large company that sold computers, Bec couldn't remember what is was called.
It was holidays, summer holidays and Bec was looking forward to going to Hiffon next year, Hiffon was a high school, a boarding school. Bec would be turning eleven on the twenty – fourth of November.
One thing Bec had always wanted to know was what had happened to her parents but she couldn't find out because her Aunty, the only one who knew had lost her memory when Bec was three so Bec went through life without knowing how her parents had died. She had never ever seen their grave ether but she knew they were dead, she was positive. Another thing she wanted to know was was Aunt Liz her father's sister or mother's sister.
Although Aunty Liz couldn't remember anything about Bec parents, Bec still loved her not just because she was rich but because she had a good heart.
Bec often received on report cards comments like; needs to concentrate more in class, needs extra tutoring. You could say Bec was a bit dumb and well she was but brains aren't everything, she always reminded herself. Although she was only eleven she had already had two boyfriends. She had always been the best looking girl in her grade and she had always been the best at sport in her grade. Next year she was going to try out for the London, National, Junior, Girls' Soccer Team. She already played tennis, touch football, basketball, swimming club, high jump and much more competitively.
After a few hours of sitting down reading the newspaper indoors while her Aunty sat outside reading in the sunshine, Bec heard the phone ring, she went to go get it and it was her best friend from school Hayley. Hayley had asked her to go over to her house for the day.
After checking it was alright with Aunty Liz Bec walked over to Hayley's house. Hayley's house was much smaller than Aunty Liz's but it was nice anyhow. In Hayley's garden there are several garden gnomes each with a cute little beard.
Hayley and Bec were in the middle of a fast game of snap (they were gambling with lollies) Bec began to lose she was down to one card and Hayley had put down a eight, Bec was wishing that she had an eight when she saw a quick glimpse of it and saw that it was a three. She put it down knowing she would lose but when she put it down it turned into an eight, just like that. Had she been seeing things or did that card really just turn into an eight from a three? She knew she wasn't going to tell Hayley she'd think her insane.
Later when Bec was walking home she thought about what had happened strange things did tend to happen to her sometimes and this was one of them. One time she'd sent Alex, her worst enemies skirt on fire, she'd been wanting that to happen and it did. Another time her Aunty had swore at her and her tongue went wild it wouldn't stop, moving it was like it was dancing. What was happening to her, was she going mad?