Chapter 1
Once Upon a time there lived a poor shoemaker and his wife. They were going through hard times. Then one night a miracle happen when the shoemaker and his wife came in the work shop there were beautiful shoes everywhere, and every one wanted to buy them, and this kept happening again and again and again. The shoemaker and his wife became very rich buy selling all these shoes and one night the shoemaker and wife stayed up to see who was making the shoes. That night when the grandfather clock struck twelve, two little elves walk in rugged clothing and started making the shoes. The next night when the elves came back the shoemaker and his wife came out and thank them and the shoemaker made little clothes for the elves, and they were very grateful. The elves names were Luke and Steve and they lived with the shoemaker making wonderful shoes.
A few years later the shoemaker and his wife had many children. The elves help raise the children. The elves names were Luke and Steve. He had 4 boys and 2 girls. The 3 oldest boys were John, Charlie, and Andy. The second oldest child was Tia, and the youngest children in the family were Hansel and Gretel. As the years pass the shoemaker wife became very sick and died. So the shoemaker invited his sister to help raise the children. His sister name was Margret. She came to live with them and she brought her two daughters Agnes and Gertrude. At first things started out find. The elves never showed themselves to Aunt Margret and one night the shoemaker became very sick, and soon died. Everyone was very sad. Well almost every one. Aunt Margret took over the family fortune. She started making everyone clean the house and when John notice
Angus and Gertrude weren't doing any cleaning he asked, "How come you're not helping?"
"Mother said, "We don't have to clean and you have to do what ever I want!" said Gertrude.
"Excuse me, what ever we want," said Agnes.
"Oh she did!" said Andy.
"Well will have a talk with her at dinner!" said Charlie.
"Oh were not eating together," said Agnes.
"Let's have a talk with her right now!" said Andy.
They went into the room where Aunt Margret was and said, "Aunt Margret we won't have you treat us like this!"
"Don't you talk me like this," said Aunt Margret.
"We want you to know something. We are going to buy dinner for all of us and if you don't change your act go back where you came from and take your daughters," said John. So they left to get some food, but as the day pass the boys never return and Aunt Margret didn't even sent a search party for them. Luke and Steve were going to go look for them. "As soon as we find them will be back," said Steve.
"But who will I talk to?" ask Tia. "You're the only friends I got."
"We thought of that," said Luke, and handed her a brown puppy.
"Oh he's so cute what's his name?" ask Tia.
"Salton," said the puppy.
Tia gasp, but Luke said, "Oh yeah, we gave him the gift of speak."
"Now Tia we're not supposed to do this, but here's a bag of magic dust," said Steve. "What for?" ask Tia.
"Incase something goes wrong while were gone," said Luke.
"But will be back soon. Don't use it incase it's an emergency,' said Steve as they walk up.
But Steve was wrong because they never came back. As the years pass Tia grew up and so did, Salton, Hansel and Gretel. Aunt Margret move there room out to the barn. One night, while Hansel and Gretel were sleeping in there beds.
Tia was sitting on the barn roof looking at the stars and Salton came up with her and said, "Tia remind why we live like this again?"
"Well if we run away the guards will catch and send us right back here," said Tia.
"But way don't you use the magic to do something about this life?' ask Salton.
"He said to only do it if it's an emergency," said Tia. "Even if we do use it I don't think I can raise Hansel and Gretel by myself and I don't think the neighbors are going to let us live alone with no adult and will be separated and put in orphanages."
"Well things are going to change," said Salton. "I can feel it."
The next day it was Agnes birthday and all the teenagers came to the party. That night Tia, Hansel, and Gretel were serving food at the party. When Agnes was opening her presents, one of the boys gave her a box and when she opened it. There was a little spotted puppy.
Agnes picked it up and said, "I love him!"
Then Aunt Margret gave her daughter a card. When Agnes opened the card, there was a ticket to some of the rare spots of the world.
"Oh my gosh! Were going to all these places!" said Agnes.
"Tomorrow!" said Aunt Margret.
The next day Aunt Margret and her daughters were off, and Tia, Hansel, and Gretel stayed behind. The little spotted dog was waving good-bye, and Agnes put a much of pink hair bows on him. When they were out of sight the little puppy pulled the hair bows out of his hair. Then he picked them up with his mouth and dig a hole and dropped them in the hole and buried them. Later that night, he went inside and slept beside the family dog. The dog went exploring in the barn and went on top of a hay stack and saw a little bag. When he open it the magic dust fell out and landed on him, and he sneeze.
Then Salton walked in and ask in dog language, "What are you doing here?"
"Just looking around," said Dalmatian in perfect English.
Salton eyes got wide and he asked, "How did you do that?"
Then the pups eyes grew wide and he said, "How did I do that!"
"What did you do!" ask Salton.
"Nothing I was in here and looked inside that little bag," he said pointing at it.
"Oh no," said Salton.
Outside Hansel and Gretel were playing, and as Salton and the pup went inside.
Salton said, "What's your name again?"
"Dalmatian," said the pup.
"What kind of name is that?" said Salton.
Dalmatian looked a little angry and said, "My mother named me that!"
Inside Salton said, "Tia!"
"What is it?"
Outside on the opposite side of the house where Hansel and Gretel were playing, two grown men were running in the woods toward the house.
Back inside Tia said, "How could this happen!"
"It was an accident. You should have put some sign that said Warning magic dust. Do not touch!" said Dalmatian.
Then the two men ran inside the back door. Salton growled and Dalmatian said, "Yipe!" and jumped in Tia's arms.
"Who are you?" she asked.
"It's us!" one of them said. "Luke and Steve, we need your help."
"Where have you been!" said Tia.
"It's a long story, but we can't stay and tell you," said Luke.
"Why not?" ask Salton.
"We just escape from the witch," said Steve.
"Witch, Leave me out of this!" said Dalmatian hiding under the table.
"We can't stay. If we do she'll track us down," said Steve.
Then Dalmatian came out of the table and said, "Why are you here?"
"To give Tia this!" said Luke holding up a necklace.
"Well give and go!" said Dalmatian.
"Listen don't give that to anyone," said Steve.
"What's going?" ask Tia.
"The witch is planning something big," said Luke.
"We don't have time to explain it!" said Steve.
Then they heard screams outside.
"They found us," said Luke.
"Who found you?" ask Tia, but they used there magic and locked her and Salton in a closet.
"What are you doing?" she yelled.
"This is for your own protection!" said Luke, and they ran out a door, and they saw Hansel and Gretel locked in a cage with other children.
Then a griffon flew down and a beautiful woman was on top, and she was a witch.
Inside the house there were a lot of explosions outside and Tia said, "Dalmatian open the door!"
"No thanks I feel a lot safer under table," said Dalmatian.
"Dalmatian!" they both said.
Then Dalmatian came out and opened the door.
Tia and Salton ran to a window and up in the sky they saw the witch on the griffon flying away and the cage of children behind him like a couch in the sky and Tia saw Hansel and Gretel in the cage. She ran to the door, but when she opened it. There were a lot of men and two of them grabbed Tia, and some grabbed Salton and the one grabbed Dalmatian. They ran through the house and came out with a much of valuables. They left the house leaving Tia, Salton, and Dalmatian tied up.
"Well at least things couldn't get any worse," said Dalmatian. "Do you smell smoke?"
Then they heard the men laughing outside and then a much of arrows were being shot at the house and they had fire on them.
"Dalmatian!" they both yelled.
"I thought it only worked in books!" said Dalmatian.
"Why are they burning the house down? Don't they know were still in here?"
"They don't want any witnesses!" said Salton.
"We're going die!" said Dalmatian.
The men were still outside laughing as they set more sides of the house on fire.
