Chapter 2
At least at home, most things went normally for Sofia, except for her homework. And that gave Sofia some solace because in four weeks, the twins would celebrate a birthday, and she wanted to surprise them with something special she was making.
Sofia had started to make small stained glass objects about a month ago. Her Aunt Tilly had taught her the basics the last time she visited the castle, and Sofia seemed to be a natural.
"Sofia, dear," remarked Aunt Tilly, "you have really gotten good at creating the fine lattice metal structure to support you pieces of stained glass! The sun catcher you made is very nice! It just needs a bit more work to ensure that the small stained glass pieces don't fall out."
"Thanks, Aunt Tilly! When I get really good at this, I'll make a sun catcher for you, as well as for Mom, Dad and the twins!" replied Sofia.
But Sofia wasn't going to give James and Amber each a sun catcher for their birthday. She decided to make a stained glass amulet necklace for Amber, and a stained glass badge for James. She was going to adorn the front of each with sun stones that would spell out "With Love" whenever the necklace and badge were struck by the sun. Underneath it, she would spell out the same message in moonstars, so that the letters would glow in the dark. On the back, she would inscribe, "from your Loving Sister, Sofia". When she was working on these gifts, all of the day's setbacks were forgotten.
Clover got a good look at the gifts in process along with Mia and Robin.
"Boy, Sof, those are going to be great when you finish them!" Clover stated.
"They're going to be the hit of the birthday party for your brother and sister!" stated Mia. Robin agreed.
"Thanks, guys! I wanted to make something extra special for James and Amber's birthday! I hope they like it!"
"They will," stated Robin.
"Well, I better quit for the night, and double check my homework again! I've got to do better with my studies!" And Sofia took her homework out of her backpack and actually triple checked it. Everything looked fine, as she put it back in her backpack, to hand in tomorrow. She didn't notice an ant scurry into her backpack before she sealed it.
