House of Gifts
The moment Amber opened the door she screamed with excitement. There in the center of the room laid another dollhouse. A large mayor house with three floors. The house was colored with a reddish brown paint job on the outside with the beams painted white. She could see through the many windows that each room was hand crafted as if people actually lived there. On top laid a note written by Trudy, Amber opened the letter and read.
"To my dear Amber, I know how much you loved your old dollhouse and though it cannot be replaced I would like you to have this. My friend spent many days crafting it for you. I hope you like it."
"Oh I love it" Amber said. "I have to tell Trudy right away" she said running down the hall.
Nina laughed as Amber ran past and looked to the dollhouse. It seemed normal to her. Nothing like Sarah's just an ordinary dollhouse. She wondered what Trudy gave her. The dollhouse was obviously for Amber. What did she get? On her bed laid a letter of her own. She opened it and read.
"My dear Nina, I don't have much to say about this. The only thing I can say is that I was specially told to give this to you. There by the window you will see the mirror. It's yours."
Nina looked to the window and there the mirror stood a very tall thin mirror with a red jewel at the top in the center. Nina walked towards the window and examined her reflection in the mirror. The mirror was beautiful and she felt beautiful herself when she looked. She loved it, though it was something about it that made her feel a little uneasy. She shook it off and walked out of the room making her way downstairs unaware that the moment she left the mirror, a small transparent girl reflections appeared in the mirror.
Hours pasted and dinner was about to be served. The kids all gathered at the table all bragging about the gifts Trudy gave them. Alfie brought his gift to the table trying to impress Amber with a very old magic kit. Jerome and Mara had matching necklaces that had a broken golden crest at the bottom. Joy had an antique jewelry box up in her room and Patricia received some gold and blue earrings that were newly refurbish, and Fabian received a very old camera called a roller flex. The only person that didn't receive anything was Eddie. He started to feel left out, but Trudy assured him that Mr. Sweet would give him his gift tomorrow before first period. He wondered what kind of gift his father would give him, but that thought quickly pasted when Trudy placed the food on the table. Everyone began eating and talking amongst themselves unaware that Victor had stuck up on everyone. In his hands he held a small metal box. Nina could see that he wore the ring his father gave to her to give to him last term. Victor placed the metal box down his face full of hate and anger as always. Nina knew that he was still pursuing a way to create the elixir. They had used the last tear of gold to save Joy last term, she wondered what he planned to do without it.
"Welcome back" Victor said a little too nicely. "Eager for the term to begin. A nice normal one I hope" he said walking over to Alfie placing his hand on is shoulder with a smile on his face. The smile faded when he looked towards Nina. "Be warned if I even suspect that anything out of the ordinary is happening I will take extreme measures against the culprit. Now once you're finished off to your rooms. Rutter, Miller start preparing your room for our newest American student" Victor said walking off.
"I see Victor hasn't changed" Nina said.
"Another American" Mara said. "Who is it this time?"
"Yeah the Americans are starting to invade us" Alfie laughed. "Maybe they're an alien."
"Maybe you're an alien" Jerome said throwing a piece of bread at Alfie's head.
Everyone wondered who the new student was, everyone besides Nina, Fabian, Patricia, and Eddie. They knew exactly who it was….or did they really.