NOTE: I HAVE ABOUT THREE OR FOUR... I THINK THREE... CHAPTERS ALTOGETHER WRITTEN UP, AND I AM SORRY FOR THE SLOWNESS... ANYWAY, I AM HAVING A BIT OF DIFFICULTY BECAUSE I JUST CAN'T BE BOTHERED THINKING OF WHAT TO WRITE, AND SO HOPEFULLY I WILL GET OVER MY WRITERS BLOCK...
Well, here I am hopping about, with CHAPTER TWO up! I'm hoping that I'll think of something. I have the plan of the story already, but I don't want this to be one of those short 3 chapters or 3,000 words story. I like to write about 1,500 words per chapter, or 2,000, either one. So, anyway, here it is.
Charlie Bone and the Hypnotiser.
Endowed
Charlie Bone, Benjamin Brown, and Runner Bean (Benjamin's dog) ran as fast as they could around the park. Runner Bean was winning, and barking at the boys as they ran. Charlie and Benjamin were panting, and when they reached a bench, the two collapsed onto it.
Runner Bean circled them, barking.
"Runner, quiet!" Charlie panted.
"He's been real excited lately," Benjamin told his best friend. "And I don't know why."
Charlie smiled and then walked over to the drink fountain to quench his growing thirst. The cold water drizzled down his throat, and Benjamin came trotting up to him.
"Charlie, hurry up, I want a drink too!" Benjamin moaned.
Charlie stood up strange and turned to his friend. "Sorry Ben, I forgot."
Benjamin smiled and pushed past him, taking a drink of the icy cold water. Runner Bean playfully pranced around Charlie's feet, wanting someone to exercise him more. Charlie bent down and gave him a pat.
"Well, I guess we should be heading back," Benjamin suggested.
"You go on without me; I need to see if my Uncle Paton is at Ingledew's Bookshop." Charlie told his friend.
"Oh, OK then." Benjamin tried his hardest not to sound unhappy. He was used to being excluded from all this 'endowed business' but that didn't mean he like it. "Bye Charlie!"
"Bye Ben!"
Benjamin and Runner Bean walked slowly down Filbert Street. When he saw number nine, he looked into the window, and saw a certain Grandma Bone scowling out at him.
Turning around quickly, Benjamin walked up the steps of number twelve, and opened the door. "I'm home!" he called out.
His mother, Mrs Brown, walked into the room to greet her only child, and to take Runner Bean from him. "How was your walk with Charlie?" She asked him.
"It was fun." Benjamin said. He cried out in shock when a candle suddenly lit up. Strange things had been happening the past few days, and Benjamin didn't like it. It always happened when he was around.
"Maybe Paton Yewbeam will know what's going on." Mrs Bone suggested. "Charlie will be at school tomorrow, we'll see Mr Yewbeam in the morning, after Charlie has left, OK?"
"Alright mum." Benjamin walked into the kitchen and blew out the candle. A plate was on the kitchen table, and it had baked beans on toast on top of it. "Mine?" Benjamin asked his mother, and receiving a nod he took the plate to the living room and began to eat it up.
Charlie sat on a barely showing chair in the back of Ingledew's Bookshop. Emma Tolly, his flying friend, sat beside him, sipping a glass of icy cold lemonade. The summer heat was annoying, and Charlie wished he could ask his friend, Tancred, to create another snow storm.
"So, is Uncle P. here?" Charlie asked hopefully.
"Yeah, he's under that pile of books." Julia Ingledew pointed to a large pile of books.
"Uncle Paton!" Charlie called out to his uncle.
A few of the books shifted, and his uncle appeared beneath them. His dark glasses which he usually wore to prevent accidents sat above his head. Charlie was glad that all the lights were off, because his power-booster uncle would've had an accident if they were on.
"Yes Charlie?" Paton asked.
"Ben's still acting very strange. It's like he's keeping a secret from me." Charlie told his Uncle, although there was nothing Paton could do.
"Well," Paton put on his dark glasses. "Don't worry about it now, we'd better go, otherwise you won't be packed for school tomorrow. Bye Julia, bye Emma."
"Bye Mr. Yewbeam!" Emma sung out.
"See you later Paton," Julia called out from a ladder.
Charlie guided his half blind Uncle along the footpath in the direction of Filbert Street. His Uncle could barely make out anything with his glasses on, which was a side-effect to being outside in daylight when you're a power-booster.
When they reached number nine, Charlie looked into the windows of the house across the road, and saw that a candle mysteriously lighted by itself. Charlie shrugged and followed his Uncle up the steps.
"Hang on," Charlie raced into the house and switched off all the lights. When he made sure the lights were all off, he called out, "Uncle P. you can come in!"
His Uncle Paton walked in, and pulled off his dark glasses. He marched straight up to his room, most probably going to write more of his book on the history of the Yewbeam family.
Charlie walked into the kitchen, and flipped the light switch. His friendly grandma, Maisie, was fiddling around with pots and pans, cooking Charlie's last dinner for the week. Amy Bone was reading a newspaper, and sitting in a chair, was Charlie's dad, Lyell Bone.
"Hey mum, hey dad, hey Maisie." Charlie greeted them as he took a seat at the table.
"How was your day?" Lyell asked his son. He took an interest in lots of things Charlie had to say since he had been woken up from his hypnotism, and being called Mr Pilgrim.
"It was alright. Ben's still hiding something." Charlie grabbed a carrot and began chewing.
"One day I wish to get to meet your friends, Charlie." Lyell's voice was soft and friendly, and cause Charlie to look up to him and smile.
"I'll take you to the Pet's Café next Sunday." Charlie told his father before running up to his room, to finish packing.
He had hardly packed anything because he was busy with his father, and his friends. His white moth/wand fluttered around his head, and landed on his shoulder. "How do I make you a wand again?" Charlie asked the moth, but received no answer.
After packing everything except his pyjamas and toothbrush, Charlie heard Maisie call out to him. He rushed downstairs to begin dinner. He was starving.
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Charlie remembered to open his curtains in case Naren wanted to talk to him. The moon shined brilliantly that night, but Charlie found it quite easy to get to sleep. He dreamt of all the food he would miss when he went to Bloor's. In the middle of the night, something woke him up. It was his brilliant white moth.
Shadows flew into the room, and rearranged themselves as letters.
"Hi Charlie, guess what."
"What?" Charlie whispered to his wall.
"I'm being sent to Bloor's with you. And I have to be in drama because I'm endowed, and don't have a real talent. I don't know why dad did it, but ah well. At least I can see some people more often."
"Wow."
"I better go, dad's coming."
"Bye Naren."
The shadow letters disappeared, and Charlie fell asleep.
Benjamin and his mother sat on the couch, watching the clock. It was a minute before Charlie normally left. Mrs Brown nervously tapped the arm of the chair. A small boy rushed out of the house, waved, and then walked down the street.
When he had disappeared around a corner, Mrs Brown grabbed her son's hand and pulled him across to number nine. After three knocks, Lyell Bone opened the door.
"Hello." He stuck his hand out, and Mrs Brown shook it, wondering who this man must be.
"Hello, is Paton Yewbeam around?" Mrs Brown asked the man.
"Yes, yes he is. And by the looks of it, you're Mrs Brown, and you're Benjamin." The man said.
"Yes we are, and might we ask who you are?" Mrs Brown asked him kindly.
The man laughed friendlily. "I'm Lyell Bone."
"You're Charlie's father!" Benjamin gasped. "I thought… you were… lost?"
"I was, but I'm not anymore." Lyell told him. "Now, come on up, Paton should be in his room. Do you know where that is?"
"Yes," Benjamin said. "I do."
"OK then," Lyell walked back into the kitchen. Surprisingly, he found Paton in there. Sticking his head around the corner, he told Mrs Brown and Benjamin that Paton was actually in the kitchen, enjoying his prawns.
Benjamin and Mrs Brown entered the kitchen, where Paton, Amy, Lyell, and Maisie were all sitting at the table. Paton pulled out two chairs next to him, and Benjamin and his mother sat down. "What's up?"
Benjamin looked at his mother, who decided to explain. "Something's wrong with Benjamin, and we thought that you might be able to explain."
"What do you mean, by something's wrong?" Paton asked.
"Well, whenever Ben's around, candles mysteriously light up. It's been happening for a few days, and we know nothing about why it has been happening." Mrs Brown explained.
"I see," Paton rubbed his chin. "It could be…. Benjamin, would you mind doing something for me?"
"Umm… OK."
Paton pulled a candle from the middle of the table over to him. "Look at the candle, and focus on it. Try to light it."
Benjamin did as he was told, and a second later, the candle lit up. Paton got up from his place at the table, and walked upstairs. A moment later, he came back down with a few pieces of paper.
"Now, I need you to concentrate on burning these papers." Paton held the papers in his hand as he watched Benjamin look at them. A few seconds later they were lit up by flames.
Paton threw them into the sink, and ran the tap. When the fire was out, Paton sighed of relief. He turned back to Benjamin and his mother, and told them, "Benjamin is endowed, and his power is to do with fire."
Well, did you like that? I hope so. Was it enjoyable, or boring? Well, I have absolutely, hardly anything to say. Who knows what the next chapter will be like?
Love Kirst…
