Cody Blane
And the Floating Portal
Chapter One The Announcement
A 13-year-old kid, by the name of Cody Blane jumps around happily as today was the last day of school. "Whoo-hoo!!" He says jumping around his best friends Gabe Strike and Lizzie Beautanox, both 13 years old. "Hey! Calm down!!" Gabe said as Cody is punching him friendlily. Cody stopped and stood between Gabe and Lizzie, daydreaming of what he will be doing when summer vacation starts. "Hey look! The dimwitted losers!" Said Ron, Cody's, Gabe's, and Lizzie's worst enemy. He approached them with his best friends, Andy and Draco. "Hey Ron! Your mommy told me that you still drink out of a bottle and sleeps with your little toys. Is that true?" Lizzie blurted out and snickered. Cody and Gabe burst out laughing, almost falling to the ground. "Can't.breath!!" Said Cody, laughing real hard. Ron put up his fist to punch Lizzie for insulting him but was held back by a huge fist. Ron and his friends turned around and saw Mr. Crabs, the school coach. Cody and Gabe stopped laughing instantly when they saw Mr. Crabbs. "It there a problem here?" He growled. Cody and Gabe looked on the ground, trying not to make any eye contact with Mr. Crabbs. There was 2 minutes silence. "No problem at all, sir." Said Draco in a low deep voice. Mr. Crabbs glared at them then the bell rang. Mr. Crabbs let go of Ron's fist and left. Ron and is friends glared at the three of them and left also. "Whew." Said Gabe in a relieved voice. "Nice insult Lizzie." Said Cody brightly. Lizzie grinned happily and looked at her watch. "Well, schools over. Wanna get a bite?" Said Gabe hungrily. Cody and Lizzie nodded and they started walking towards Jack in the Box.
In the middle of the night, Cody suddenly woke up. He dreamt about his real parents trying to save Cody from an intruder. The intruder killed his parents. The intruder was about to kill Cody but Cody's godfather just came in time to save him and drove the intruder away. This happened when Cody was only 2 years old, and he can remember it quite clearly.
Cody got out of bed and looked out the window, it was still dark. He went back to bed and tried to sleep but wasn't able to. He kept thinking about his brave parents. He tried to think of other happy things but it failed. He then finally fell into a deep sleep after staring at the ceiling for a house and a half.
Cody woke up pretty late the next morning. Outside, the sun shown brightly into his eyes that he had to cover them. Cody walked into the kitchen covering his eyes from the light. "Morning, Cody!" Said Lizzie cheerfully. Cody took his hands off his eyes and squinted. "Whatcha doin here?" Cody asked, surprised to see her. "Ah, about time ya woke up!" Said Gabe from behind. "We've been here for an hour. We didn't want to wake you up." "Oh." Said Cody turning to Gabe and saw Philippe Falchre, his godfather who saved him. "I invited them for breakfast if yer dun mind." Said Philippe. He winked at Cody and strode off to the kitchen and started to make pancakes. Cody and Gabe each grabbed a seat and sat down. Lizzie looked at both of them. "My parents should be here any minute now." Lizzie says. "Oh? Why?" Asked Cody. "Oh yeah, and mines too." Added Gabe. "Dunno." Lizzie replied. The doorbell rang and Cody jumped off his seat and hurried to the door. Gabe and Lizzie followed. Cody opened the door and saw Mr. And Mrs. Strike, Gabe's parents. Gabe grinned at them. "Oh! Good morning Mr. And Mrs. Strike!" Cody said politely. "May I take your coats?" Mr. And Mrs. Strike looked at Cody. "They don't have coats." Lizzie muttered so only Cody could here. Cody grinned weakly and led Mr. and Mrs. Strike to the kitchen table. The table was all neat. There were 9 chairs, with a knife on the left side of the plate with 2 stacks of pancakes, a fork on the right side, and an empty glass just above the fork. Everyone took their seats except Cody, he went back to the front door waiting for Mr. Beautanox to arrive. Finally, he arrived and Cody and Mr. Beautanox took their seats. Everyone started to eat. Cody and Gabe gulped everything down and were ready for second serving. "I think it's time to tell them, Mr. Falchre." Said Mr. Strike. Cody, Lizzie, and Gabe looked up, waiting eagerly for someone to speak. There was a minute long silence. "Mr. Beautanox, Mr. and Mrs. Strike, and I are going away for 3 days. Now, we expect that you three will behave and not do anything stupid that will get you three into trouble." Philippe said and looked at Gabe, Cody, and Lizzie seriously. "You three will be living in here for three days. We will give you money for you to spend to just buy food to last you three days. You will not leave the house at after dark." He paused and looked at the three of them. "If the house catches on fire, you know what to do. If there's an earthquake, duck and go out of the house quickly. Do not separate, stay together." He paused and looked at them again seriously. "Contact us if anything bad happens. We will be leaving tomorrow. Also, do not invite any of your friends over. Clear?" Gabe, Cody and Lizzie nodded. "Now, you heard what he said, and thus, you will follow it or there will be consequences if we find out that you had been doing something wrong." Said Mrs. Strike. The room was quiet for a while. Philippe looked around, seeing that almost was done. "Anyone care for second helpings?" Philippi asked everyone.
"Nah, that's enough for me. Thanks anyways." Said Mr. Beautanox, looking full already. "Yes, thank you for inviting us." Said Mr. and Mrs. Strike at the same time. Cody stood up and took everyone's empty plates and took them to the sink to wash. Gabe swept the floor while Lizzie cleaned that table. The adults went over to the Living room and turned on the T.V. and started to watch the "Gladiator" movie. "Wow! Did ya here that? We're staying here for three days, adult-free!" Cody said gleefully. "Yeah I know! Wow, I think my parents trust me now!" Said Gabe. Cody and Lizzie looked at one another and laughed softly. "They never trusted you?" Asked Lizzie
"Er." Replied Gabe "Dunno" After finishing their work, they went outside to the front lawn to just sit and talk. They sat on the grass for like about five minutes just when a man in front of them transformed into a squirrel. They looked at one another, not believing of what they just saw. "Whoa! What did just happen?" Gabe said, looking kind of scared. "I think that man just tuned into a squirrel.right in front of us." Said Lizzie, looking freaked out. "This is just plain freaky. Let's go inside." Said Cody, also looking freaked out. Lizzie and Gabe nodded and the three of them went inside and joined the adults and watched "Gladiator".
The next day, Philippe, Mr. and Mrs. Strike, and Mr. Beautanox left. Lizzie and Gabe arrived at Cody's house and woke him up with a large bang. "What the heck!?!?" He screamed, "I was having such a beautiful dream!!" "Well, the adults left.and we thought we'd do something fun, without adults tailing us." said Lizzie in a low voice, looking innocent. "Whatever." muttered as Lizzie tries to look innocent. Cody got up and got dressed really quick, putting on a black baggy pants and a dark green shirt, which was too big for him. He went downstairs and fixed noodle cup for breakfast, which them three ate quickly. They got onto their bikes and went for a bike ride around the neighborhood. "Hey Cody? Remember that guy changing into a squirrel, do you think we're just seeing things?" Asked Lizzie. "I was sure I saw it. It was unbelievable! I mean, morphing into an animal! How so cool!!" Said Cody dreamily. "True, true." Agreed Gabe.
The next day, they went into a junkyard and got some equipment, which they planned to make a walkie-talkie watch with a radar. "Hey guys! I found 3 old watches, but I think I can fix it." Said Gabe, who was a good mechanist. "Ok cool. I found 3 small antennas, 3 small microphones, 3 small screens and 3 small speakers." Cody said with little excitement. "Is that all?" Asked Lizzie "Yes. I got the equipments in my garage, so no worries." Replied Gabe.
After an hour on working on the walkie-talkie watches, they finally finished it. It doesn't look very professional but they were satisfied.
"Ah! Finally finished! I'll take the red one." Said Cody in a satisfied and tired voice. He grabbed the red walkie-talkie watch and put it on. It fit his wrist just fine. "Nice." He added. Lizzie then took the yellow one and Gabe took the white one. "Hey, let's test it! Gabe, go into the living room. Lizzie, stay here. Am I'll go up to my room. We'll be far enough to not here each other without using our watches." Cody suggested. They all went to their places. "Gabe, can ya here me?" Lizzie put her watch up to her lips and began to talk. "Yeah, yeah! I can here you!" Said Gabe in a cheery voice. "So can I." Added Cody. They played with their watches for a few hours and went to bed.
The next day passed so fast that the three of them hadn't even noticed. Soon, the adults arrive each had a trunk with them that they didn't bring when they left.
"Hey! Welcome back Philippe!" Cody ran to his godfather and hugged him. He saw he trunk behind him and he wondered what was in it. "Hey, what's in there? You never had that when you left." Questioned Cody. "Ah, we'll discus it later. Right now, I want to rest, I'm fully tired from traveling." Said Philippe in a tired voice and went to bed. Dinner went by and Lizzie and her father, Gabe and his parents, Cody and Philippe were in the living room. All seated and the trunk in front of the adults.
"So.why are we here with these trunks?" Asked Lizzie, confused. "What's in those trunks anyways?" Questioned Gabe. "And why are you guys in robes?" Asked the adults, looking confused, just like Lizzie and Gabe. "We'll get to that, after we tell you something important that will change you forever.probably." Philippe said in a calm voice. "Now, in these trunk are things that you will need when you go to your new school after this summer break." Lizzie, Gabe, and Cody looked startled. "We're going to a new school??" All three of them asked. "Yes, you are. In fact, it's very different from the schools you have attended before." Said Mr. Beautanox. Cool, no more Ron!! Thought Cody. There was silence for about a minute and Philippe spoke. He took a deep breath and said "You three, and including us adults are Wizards and Witches." He looked at Cody, Lizzie, and Gabe and saw a weird expression on their faces that he can't even name or explain.
"W-what? I-I'm a wizard?" Stammered Cody, still wearing the weird expression on his face. Lizzie and Gabe were speechless, and then all of them changed expression and now wore a gleeful face. Each had the same idea in their heads. "So.what's in there?" Asked Lizzie. "Ah, the trunks." Said Philippe. The adults unlocked the trunk and opened it. Inside, they saw quills, lots of rolled parchments, robes, and big bag full of coins, books, a cage containing an owl, a wand, an inkbottle, a cauldron, and a broomstick. "Wow!" Cody said while he was examining his things. He took out his wand and looked at it. "Cool! A wand!! It's real right?" Philippe nodded. Lizzie and Gabe were staring at their wands too and looking at their new things.
"What school are we going to?" Asked Gabe. "All of you are going to the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry. Livorno, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Run by Headmaster Ludovico, the most powerful wizard that anyone has ever seen. It's in Italy by the way." "But we're in London, how are we gonna get there?" Asked Lizzie. "Good question. You will travel by train, Livorno Express." Said Mr. Beautanox. "It'll take days!!" Said Gabe. "No worries, this train is none like other! It travels at the speed of light, so you'll get there in about 2 days." Said Mr. Strike. "Oh, and here are your train tickets." Said Mrs. Strike handing Gabe, Lizzie and Cody each a ticket. "How cool! But then, wouldn't people know that there's a school teaching magic?" Asked Cody. "Nope! The school Headmaster put charms around school grounds so muggles won't be able to see the castle." Said Mr. Strike "Muggles?" Asked all three of them. "Non-magic people." Said Philippe quickly. They spent learning some magic in the house under supervision the rest of the summer. Finally, summer ended and all three of them were having dinner with their parents and Cody's godfather before they went off to bed. The next day, they were taken to the train station.
Chapter One The Announcement
A 13-year-old kid, by the name of Cody Blane jumps around happily as today was the last day of school. "Whoo-hoo!!" He says jumping around his best friends Gabe Strike and Lizzie Beautanox, both 13 years old. "Hey! Calm down!!" Gabe said as Cody is punching him friendlily. Cody stopped and stood between Gabe and Lizzie, daydreaming of what he will be doing when summer vacation starts. "Hey look! The dimwitted losers!" Said Ron, Cody's, Gabe's, and Lizzie's worst enemy. He approached them with his best friends, Andy and Draco. "Hey Ron! Your mommy told me that you still drink out of a bottle and sleeps with your little toys. Is that true?" Lizzie blurted out and snickered. Cody and Gabe burst out laughing, almost falling to the ground. "Can't.breath!!" Said Cody, laughing real hard. Ron put up his fist to punch Lizzie for insulting him but was held back by a huge fist. Ron and his friends turned around and saw Mr. Crabs, the school coach. Cody and Gabe stopped laughing instantly when they saw Mr. Crabbs. "It there a problem here?" He growled. Cody and Gabe looked on the ground, trying not to make any eye contact with Mr. Crabbs. There was 2 minutes silence. "No problem at all, sir." Said Draco in a low deep voice. Mr. Crabbs glared at them then the bell rang. Mr. Crabbs let go of Ron's fist and left. Ron and is friends glared at the three of them and left also. "Whew." Said Gabe in a relieved voice. "Nice insult Lizzie." Said Cody brightly. Lizzie grinned happily and looked at her watch. "Well, schools over. Wanna get a bite?" Said Gabe hungrily. Cody and Lizzie nodded and they started walking towards Jack in the Box.
In the middle of the night, Cody suddenly woke up. He dreamt about his real parents trying to save Cody from an intruder. The intruder killed his parents. The intruder was about to kill Cody but Cody's godfather just came in time to save him and drove the intruder away. This happened when Cody was only 2 years old, and he can remember it quite clearly.
Cody got out of bed and looked out the window, it was still dark. He went back to bed and tried to sleep but wasn't able to. He kept thinking about his brave parents. He tried to think of other happy things but it failed. He then finally fell into a deep sleep after staring at the ceiling for a house and a half.
Cody woke up pretty late the next morning. Outside, the sun shown brightly into his eyes that he had to cover them. Cody walked into the kitchen covering his eyes from the light. "Morning, Cody!" Said Lizzie cheerfully. Cody took his hands off his eyes and squinted. "Whatcha doin here?" Cody asked, surprised to see her. "Ah, about time ya woke up!" Said Gabe from behind. "We've been here for an hour. We didn't want to wake you up." "Oh." Said Cody turning to Gabe and saw Philippe Falchre, his godfather who saved him. "I invited them for breakfast if yer dun mind." Said Philippe. He winked at Cody and strode off to the kitchen and started to make pancakes. Cody and Gabe each grabbed a seat and sat down. Lizzie looked at both of them. "My parents should be here any minute now." Lizzie says. "Oh? Why?" Asked Cody. "Oh yeah, and mines too." Added Gabe. "Dunno." Lizzie replied. The doorbell rang and Cody jumped off his seat and hurried to the door. Gabe and Lizzie followed. Cody opened the door and saw Mr. And Mrs. Strike, Gabe's parents. Gabe grinned at them. "Oh! Good morning Mr. And Mrs. Strike!" Cody said politely. "May I take your coats?" Mr. And Mrs. Strike looked at Cody. "They don't have coats." Lizzie muttered so only Cody could here. Cody grinned weakly and led Mr. and Mrs. Strike to the kitchen table. The table was all neat. There were 9 chairs, with a knife on the left side of the plate with 2 stacks of pancakes, a fork on the right side, and an empty glass just above the fork. Everyone took their seats except Cody, he went back to the front door waiting for Mr. Beautanox to arrive. Finally, he arrived and Cody and Mr. Beautanox took their seats. Everyone started to eat. Cody and Gabe gulped everything down and were ready for second serving. "I think it's time to tell them, Mr. Falchre." Said Mr. Strike. Cody, Lizzie, and Gabe looked up, waiting eagerly for someone to speak. There was a minute long silence. "Mr. Beautanox, Mr. and Mrs. Strike, and I are going away for 3 days. Now, we expect that you three will behave and not do anything stupid that will get you three into trouble." Philippe said and looked at Gabe, Cody, and Lizzie seriously. "You three will be living in here for three days. We will give you money for you to spend to just buy food to last you three days. You will not leave the house at after dark." He paused and looked at the three of them. "If the house catches on fire, you know what to do. If there's an earthquake, duck and go out of the house quickly. Do not separate, stay together." He paused and looked at them again seriously. "Contact us if anything bad happens. We will be leaving tomorrow. Also, do not invite any of your friends over. Clear?" Gabe, Cody and Lizzie nodded. "Now, you heard what he said, and thus, you will follow it or there will be consequences if we find out that you had been doing something wrong." Said Mrs. Strike. The room was quiet for a while. Philippe looked around, seeing that almost was done. "Anyone care for second helpings?" Philippi asked everyone.
"Nah, that's enough for me. Thanks anyways." Said Mr. Beautanox, looking full already. "Yes, thank you for inviting us." Said Mr. and Mrs. Strike at the same time. Cody stood up and took everyone's empty plates and took them to the sink to wash. Gabe swept the floor while Lizzie cleaned that table. The adults went over to the Living room and turned on the T.V. and started to watch the "Gladiator" movie. "Wow! Did ya here that? We're staying here for three days, adult-free!" Cody said gleefully. "Yeah I know! Wow, I think my parents trust me now!" Said Gabe. Cody and Lizzie looked at one another and laughed softly. "They never trusted you?" Asked Lizzie
"Er." Replied Gabe "Dunno" After finishing their work, they went outside to the front lawn to just sit and talk. They sat on the grass for like about five minutes just when a man in front of them transformed into a squirrel. They looked at one another, not believing of what they just saw. "Whoa! What did just happen?" Gabe said, looking kind of scared. "I think that man just tuned into a squirrel.right in front of us." Said Lizzie, looking freaked out. "This is just plain freaky. Let's go inside." Said Cody, also looking freaked out. Lizzie and Gabe nodded and the three of them went inside and joined the adults and watched "Gladiator".
The next day, Philippe, Mr. and Mrs. Strike, and Mr. Beautanox left. Lizzie and Gabe arrived at Cody's house and woke him up with a large bang. "What the heck!?!?" He screamed, "I was having such a beautiful dream!!" "Well, the adults left.and we thought we'd do something fun, without adults tailing us." said Lizzie in a low voice, looking innocent. "Whatever." muttered as Lizzie tries to look innocent. Cody got up and got dressed really quick, putting on a black baggy pants and a dark green shirt, which was too big for him. He went downstairs and fixed noodle cup for breakfast, which them three ate quickly. They got onto their bikes and went for a bike ride around the neighborhood. "Hey Cody? Remember that guy changing into a squirrel, do you think we're just seeing things?" Asked Lizzie. "I was sure I saw it. It was unbelievable! I mean, morphing into an animal! How so cool!!" Said Cody dreamily. "True, true." Agreed Gabe.
The next day, they went into a junkyard and got some equipment, which they planned to make a walkie-talkie watch with a radar. "Hey guys! I found 3 old watches, but I think I can fix it." Said Gabe, who was a good mechanist. "Ok cool. I found 3 small antennas, 3 small microphones, 3 small screens and 3 small speakers." Cody said with little excitement. "Is that all?" Asked Lizzie "Yes. I got the equipments in my garage, so no worries." Replied Gabe.
After an hour on working on the walkie-talkie watches, they finally finished it. It doesn't look very professional but they were satisfied.
"Ah! Finally finished! I'll take the red one." Said Cody in a satisfied and tired voice. He grabbed the red walkie-talkie watch and put it on. It fit his wrist just fine. "Nice." He added. Lizzie then took the yellow one and Gabe took the white one. "Hey, let's test it! Gabe, go into the living room. Lizzie, stay here. Am I'll go up to my room. We'll be far enough to not here each other without using our watches." Cody suggested. They all went to their places. "Gabe, can ya here me?" Lizzie put her watch up to her lips and began to talk. "Yeah, yeah! I can here you!" Said Gabe in a cheery voice. "So can I." Added Cody. They played with their watches for a few hours and went to bed.
The next day passed so fast that the three of them hadn't even noticed. Soon, the adults arrive each had a trunk with them that they didn't bring when they left.
"Hey! Welcome back Philippe!" Cody ran to his godfather and hugged him. He saw he trunk behind him and he wondered what was in it. "Hey, what's in there? You never had that when you left." Questioned Cody. "Ah, we'll discus it later. Right now, I want to rest, I'm fully tired from traveling." Said Philippe in a tired voice and went to bed. Dinner went by and Lizzie and her father, Gabe and his parents, Cody and Philippe were in the living room. All seated and the trunk in front of the adults.
"So.why are we here with these trunks?" Asked Lizzie, confused. "What's in those trunks anyways?" Questioned Gabe. "And why are you guys in robes?" Asked the adults, looking confused, just like Lizzie and Gabe. "We'll get to that, after we tell you something important that will change you forever.probably." Philippe said in a calm voice. "Now, in these trunk are things that you will need when you go to your new school after this summer break." Lizzie, Gabe, and Cody looked startled. "We're going to a new school??" All three of them asked. "Yes, you are. In fact, it's very different from the schools you have attended before." Said Mr. Beautanox. Cool, no more Ron!! Thought Cody. There was silence for about a minute and Philippe spoke. He took a deep breath and said "You three, and including us adults are Wizards and Witches." He looked at Cody, Lizzie, and Gabe and saw a weird expression on their faces that he can't even name or explain.
"W-what? I-I'm a wizard?" Stammered Cody, still wearing the weird expression on his face. Lizzie and Gabe were speechless, and then all of them changed expression and now wore a gleeful face. Each had the same idea in their heads. "So.what's in there?" Asked Lizzie. "Ah, the trunks." Said Philippe. The adults unlocked the trunk and opened it. Inside, they saw quills, lots of rolled parchments, robes, and big bag full of coins, books, a cage containing an owl, a wand, an inkbottle, a cauldron, and a broomstick. "Wow!" Cody said while he was examining his things. He took out his wand and looked at it. "Cool! A wand!! It's real right?" Philippe nodded. Lizzie and Gabe were staring at their wands too and looking at their new things.
"What school are we going to?" Asked Gabe. "All of you are going to the finest school of witchcraft and wizardry. Livorno, School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Run by Headmaster Ludovico, the most powerful wizard that anyone has ever seen. It's in Italy by the way." "But we're in London, how are we gonna get there?" Asked Lizzie. "Good question. You will travel by train, Livorno Express." Said Mr. Beautanox. "It'll take days!!" Said Gabe. "No worries, this train is none like other! It travels at the speed of light, so you'll get there in about 2 days." Said Mr. Strike. "Oh, and here are your train tickets." Said Mrs. Strike handing Gabe, Lizzie and Cody each a ticket. "How cool! But then, wouldn't people know that there's a school teaching magic?" Asked Cody. "Nope! The school Headmaster put charms around school grounds so muggles won't be able to see the castle." Said Mr. Strike "Muggles?" Asked all three of them. "Non-magic people." Said Philippe quickly. They spent learning some magic in the house under supervision the rest of the summer. Finally, summer ended and all three of them were having dinner with their parents and Cody's godfather before they went off to bed. The next day, they were taken to the train station.