Lila found a spot to sit and slid in. Right next to her was one of her friends, Karen. She had black hair and blue eyes, and was tanner than the last time Lila had seen her.
"Hi, Lila!" Karen said. "How was your summer?"
"It was great!" Lila replied. "How was yours?"
"It was amazing," Karen replied. "My family went on a vacation to an island. Did you go anywhere?"
"No," said Lila, "but I got something really amazing."
Just then, the bus stopped, and a few kids got on. One of the kids was Lila's absolute best friend, Margaret. Lila waved, and Margaret ran over and sat down next to Lila.
"Margaret!" Lila cried. "How was your summer?"
Margaret's brown eyes twinkled. "It was really fun," she said.
Margaret had blonde hair, which was even blonder than it had been last year, and she was very tan. "We went to the beach and got a house there for the summer," she said. "What did you do?"
Karen said, "Lila told me she got something."
"What is it?" asked Margaret.
Lila smiled. "Don't tell anyone else," she whispered.
Margaret's eyes widened. "Is it...?"
Lila whispered, "A fairy."
Her two friends gasped.
"Where did you get the fairy?" asked Karen.
Lila smiled. "Well, you know how I always look for fairies every day?"
Margaret nodded.
"I found a fairy camp, finally!" Lila said.
"Did you catch a fairy?" Margaret asked.
Lila said, "Well, I did, but she bit me and then she flew away. But the fairies had left their pixie dust there, so I took it."
Karen said, "But how did you get a fairy?"
"Well, you know my baby brother?" asked Lila.
Margaret nodded. "The one that you really don't like?"
Lila nodded. "I took him to the shed and made him laugh, and then I grabbed one of the dandelion seeds."
Margaret and Karen both said, "You made a fairy?"
Lila smiled. "Yes! I poured the pixie dust I had gotten from the fairy camp onto the dandelion seed, and it turned into a fairy!"
"Wow!" Lila's friends cried. "What does she look like?"
"Well," Lila said, "she's really pretty. She has brown hair and green eyes, and really dark skin. And she's a water fairy!"
"What's her name?" asked Margaret.
"Her name is Ada," Lila said. "But remember, don't tell anyone about her! She's a secret."
Margaret and Karen nodded and said, "We promise we won't tell anyone."