Chapter One The Letter Jarrik Spellman was sitting at the table, eating tuna salad. Yum, he thought to himself. Jarrik was a well built, handsome, 11 year old. He was already attracting attention from girls. His hair was black with a hint of reddish-brown in it. His eyes were a Hazel blue. He was different from all his other friends. When he got mad, he could just snap his fingers. The person that made him mad would have their hair turned electric pink that could be seen through black. "Time for you to pick up the mail," his pet bird said. His pet bird's name was Fox. He was orange and red with brilliant green eyes. Jarrik loved him very much. "Thanks Fox."Jarrik told his bird as he got up and went to the coat closet to get his shoes. Jarrik was tying his shoes when the phone rang. "Hello. May I ask who's speaking?" "Yes this is Jarrid."said Jarrid. "Hey, wazzup?"Jarrik said to his friend."Wazzaki!" "Wazzaki! Hey can I come over to swim. It's killer heat out but I'm willin' to walk over for a swim."Jarrid told Jarrik as Jarrik heard a beep on his phone. "Can you hold on there's a call on the other line."he asked as he pressed the flash button."Hello. May I ask who's speaking?" "Hello sweetie. It's Mom."said his mom, Danni."Have you gotten the mail yet?" "Not yet, Mom. I was wondering if Jarrid can come over to swim?"Jarrik asked hopefully. "Now honey, you know what I'm going to say. We go through this every day. No friends over unless there's an emergency. Or if one of us is home."said his mother referring to his father and herself. "But it's really hot outside."he argued. "No, Jarrik. N-O means no. What part of NO don't you understand?"she said. "Fine be that way. Bye."he said, pressing flash again."Jarrid, my mom said no." "Why'd you have to ask. Did she say N-O means no. What part of NO don't you understand?"Jarrid asked. "Yup. You better believe it. Well, I gotta go pick up the mail. I'll call you if something comes up. Bye!"Jarrik hung up. He walked out to the end of the driveway(which is roughly a mile). He opened the mailbox and the contents fell out all over the ground. "Damn,"said Jarrik. He picked up each letter one by one. He found a particularly bulky one He looked at it and it was addressed to him. "A letter for me? Bloody hell!"he said to himself as he started towards home. When he reached his three-story house, he decided not to open his letter until his parents got home. He put the letters in the kitchen. He went up to his room. He watched some cartoons, played his GameCube and X- box for an hour, then he changed into his swimming trunks. I feel like going swimming, he told himself as he got a towel. He had to find his goggles, and flippers that he never used anyway. His parents said that he had to use them every time he went swimming. He found them and started for the pool, but little did he know that the letter would change his life forever.