Hi there reader

I'm back with a new chapter

Now I got a lot of positive feedback from the last chapter which made me increasingly happy so I decided to update a bit early ;)

A lot of you made comments on how horrible Isis's mother was to her

so I think it's worth saying that she only did what she thought was best for her daughter

though she did do it in a mean sorta harsh way it was still in her eyes in the best interests of her daughter

But you probably would have gathered that Isis's mother isn't exactly great mother material

anyway that aside I also wanted to thank all of you especially you brave shadow readers for reviewing my story

you should know that the more you review the quicker I update ;) so keep it up all of you

this chapter is still kinda character introductiony it's just an insight into Isis's everyday life and so on

anyway ENJOY!


Non-Believer

Just as my brother and I were about to turn and start walking home we were disrupted by a bunch of high pitched squealing. Soon I was being poked, prodded and pulled at all over by a small group of five kids three girls and two boys not including my brother.

I knew four of the kids as friends of my younger brother but there was one of them I had never seen before. He stood a bit back from the rest of the group just watching me squirm and smirked at my peril.

"Isis can I have a lollipop too"

"Can you show us some magic"

"Do some card magic"

"No, do some disappearing magic" the kids swarmed me.

"No she will do a card magic"

"No she'll do disappearing magic"

"No card magic"

"Disappearing magic"

"Card magic"

"Disappearing magic"

"Shut up"

"No you shut up" a boy and girl started to argue.

"Kids kids please I'd prefer to keep my ear drums intact" I silenced them making them all stare at me.

"I don't have any more lollipop's on me right now" I told the first girl Amanda making her pout.

"I can show you some magic as long as you promise, to behave" the boy and the girl who were arguing, Joseph and Lily cried out in glee "We promise" they chorused.

Then a little blonde girl tugged on my hoodie pointing at the boy who was standing a little off from the group.

"Isis come meet the new kid" Mina the third girl pleaded dragging me over to him.

"Hi there little buddy what's your name" I ask crouching down to be at eye level with him.

"Marcus" he answered gruffly crossing his arms "and I'm not little".

"Well Marcus it's a pleasure to meet you and yes you kinda are" I stated patting him on the head in rough but loving way.

"Isis Marcus doesn't believe in magic" Lily cried suddenly like it was a huge secret she couldn't hold in any longer then quickly covered her mouth with both hands.

I frowned slightly if this boy was the same age as my younger brother or even if he was a year older it was still much too young to stop believing. I held my chin in one hand quizzically "Is that so".

Marcus scowled "Magic isn't real my parents told me so" he nodded finally.

"And you always listen to your parents" I asked grinning.

"No" he yelled angered as his face turned red.

"Well it's too bad you don't believe in magic cause I happen to be a master magician myself" I sighed standing up. Of course my magic was all just tricks and illusions but no one else needed to know that.

"Magic isn't real and even if it were girls can't be magicians" wow this kid is sexist.

"Yes they can"

"You're a big meanie"

"Isis can do magic" the three young girls around me cried almost simultaneously.

I held up a hand to silence them "It's okay girls I've got this" I soothed they quieted down but began to glare at Marcus.

"Well then you won't mind if I show you some magic then will you" I asked slyly.

"Of course not I can spot those phony tricks a mile away" he grumbled.

I can't believe this I'm arguing with an eight year old just great. "Alright first I'll do an easy one some disappearing magic" I began.

"Fine by me" Marcus glared.

"Here Isis use this" Lily interrupted handing me a little scrap of fabric which came from her dress pocket.

"Thanks little helper" I thanked her shortly tapping her lightly on the nose as she giggled.

"Okay now watched closely" I instructed as all the children gathered around me.

I cupped my right hand and using my left hand pushed the fabric into the cupped hand. Once it was all inside I waved my left hand over it magically "Meow" I chanted throwing my hands into the air and confetti rained down upon them on Marcus mostly.

"Meow" he questioned with a quizzical and slightly concerned look on his face.

"Meow is my Sissy's magic word" George explained almost making me jump.

I'm a great sister aren't I, forgetting about my own brother completely. Luckily it looked like he'd just finished his lollipop and come back from putting the stick in the bin. He never was one to cause any trouble even if I took my eyes off him which I am thankful for since I get distracted easily.

"And what exactly is a magic word" Marcus asked disdainfully though it was easy to tell he was interested.

"Wow you really don't know anything about magic do you kid" I smirked.

"No, I don't usually make a habit of learning about things that don't exist" he smirked back this kid was too bratty for his own good.

"I'll explain it for your sake" I decided as he continued to smirk.

"A magic word is the word a magician says in order to perform magic, every magician's is different" I explained.

"Like abra-kadabra" Joseph said wiggling his fingers in probably what he thought was a magical manner.

"Or bibdy bobdy boo" Mina continued.

"And supercalifragilisticexpialid ocious" Lily squealed.

"If Mary Poppins was a magician then yes probably" I laughed.

I hardly used my magic word anymore though it was just a word I used for show especially with little kids. I had become put off with it starting about two years ago, yeah I wonder how that happened.

"Whatever it doesn't matter the point is this is a stupid trick that anyone could figure out" Marcus hissed.

"Oh really" I said trying to hide the grin on my face.

"Of course any idiot could see that your using a plastic thumb to hide the fabric piece it's been done a million times" Marcus cried grabbing my hand and examining the thumb.

After a few seconds of trying to pull my thumb out of its socket Marcus realised there was no plastic thumb over my real one. "Maybe the other hand" begin socket pulling of opposite hand to no avail.

"I don't understand it should be here" he gasped in surprise then glared at me.

"You must be hiding it somewhere else" he growled.

"Whoa there this isn't airport customs you can't just do a body search" I laughed.

"Only cause you are hiding it and don't want to admit it" Marcus grinned superiorly.

"No I say that because it's not on me, why don't you check in there" I hinted pointing my hand at his pants pocket like it was a gun then pretending to shoot it.

"Why would I do that it obviously won't be there" he stated crossing his arms again.

"What's the matter Marcus scared about the truth" I asked in a babying voice and pinching his cheek mischievously.

He slapped my hand away "I'm not scared of anything" he shouted flustered digging his hand into his pocket only to pull out the scrap of fabric.

His face when through shock, angry and disbelief in the space of five seconds it was priceless. "Now how did that end up there" I wandered tapping my chin lightly smiling.

He glared at me "You must have planted it there while I wasn't looking" he concluded.

"Really did anyone see me 'plant' the fabric in Marcus's pocket" I asked getting enthusiastic head shakes from the group none of them had seen anything.

"That was so cool"

"Do it again do it again"

"You showed him" the children cried in glee.

"Believe yet" I asked Marcus.

"No way, you just got lucky, I wasn't really paying attention" he mumbled in frustration.

I giggled "Okay I can see you'll take a bit more convincing" I sighed "How about some different magic" I asked getting cheers from all the kids accept Marcus.

I pulled my magic cards out from my jean pocket. They were simply cards with a black magic circle pattern on the back and a red background to make them look more mystic though it was really just a pack of playing cards.

"You should know Marcus I'm not just a magician I'm a mind reader too" I informed him shuffling the deck quickly and in fancy ways getting Ooooos and Ahhhhs from the group.


YAY!

So this chapter I was wanting to show Isis's relationship with the children of her neighbourhood

I had a grand old time thinking up names for all the kids :D

Some of you are probably wondering when Jack and the other Guardians come into all this

and to that I say don't worry Jack will be making an appearance very super soon

and also Isis will be the one going to them not the other way around

So if your enjoying my story so far follow or even favourite it for me it would make me very happy

also I hope that all you guys that reviewed last time I hope you will review again this time especially you shadow readers

that's right I want even more shadow readers than last time to review

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