Magical Mayhem by Titania Woods Page B

know,’ she grumbled. ‘Everything just feels boring. Twink spent the entire hols mooning about with that stupid salamander, and the weather’s so dull and grey, and –’
    Zuzu burst out laughing. ‘Listen to you, misery-wings!’ she teased, giving Teena a nudge. ‘We’ll have to do something to cheer you up.’
    Teena smiled despite herself. ‘Sorry, I know I’m being a pain. But honestly, Zu, there wasn’t anything fun to do over the hols. I almost died of boredom!’
    She decided not to mention how hurt she’d felt that Twink had been too busy to do anything with her. Besides, she wasn’t that bothered by it, Teena told herself. Let Twink do whatever she wanted – she didn’t care.
    â€˜So anyway, now I want something really exciting to happen,’ Teena went on firmly as the two friends landed on a ledge halfway up the tree. A single pearly-white snowdrop dangled over the door. ‘That’s my mission for this term. No boredom allowed!’
    Zuzu giggled. ‘Well, things are never boring with you around – that’s for certain!’
    The two girls pushed open the door to their branch. The curved bark walls were lined with mossy beds, with large white snowdrop blossoms hanging upside-down over each one.
    Teena’s spirits lifted to see two empty beds side by side with a fairy called Summer unpacking her things just beside them. What luck! Twink had once tried to throw the two of them together as best friends, which hadn’t worked, but Teena still liked the orange-haired fairy very much.
    The three fairies chattered away cheerfully as they unpacked. Summer grinned to hear of Teena’s mission to do away with boredom. ‘Well, that’s good news,’ she said, rubbing her purple wings together. ‘We could use some fun to liven things up around here!’
    â€˜Look, what’s that down on the ground?’ said Zuzu, peering out of the window. ‘It can’t be a dandelion this late in the year, can it?’
    â€˜ Is it? It’s strange to have one so late in the season.’ Summer joined Zuzu at the window. ‘Ooh, it is! We should tell Miss Petal.’ Their Flower Power teacher was mad about plants.
    Holding back a groan at the pair of them, Teena placed a bottle of wing polish on her bedside mushroom. This was hardly what she’d had in mind when she said she wanted something exciting to happen!
    â€˜It’s not that strange; it’s just awfully warm still,’ she explained wearily. ‘We haven’t even had a frost yet.’ Then she winced. She sounded like Twink, rattling on about her project!
    â€˜You know, I’ve heard that humans use dandelions to do magic with,’ said Zuzu, adjusting her hair clasp.
    Teena paused in her unpacking. ‘What do you mean? Humans can’t do magic!’
    Zuzu lifted a wing. ‘Well, that’s what I’ve heard. They blow on a dandelion, and if they can get all the seed pods to fly away in a single breath, they get a wish.’
    â€˜ Really? ’ Teena joined Zuzu and Summer at the window, staring down at the dandelion. It was growing near the Fledge field, alone in a sea of grass. Its tiny white head bobbed in a gentle breeze.
    Zuzu nodded. ‘Yes, and the wishes really do come true for them – at least, that’s what my gran says.’
    Teena gazed at the dandelion in awe. A wish! How thrilling! Fairy magic didn’t include wishes, and the idea of a spell that gave you anything you liked was quite dizzying. In fact . . . Teena felt a tingle of excitement run across her wings.
    â€˜Humans are funny, aren’t they?’ Summer was saying. ‘ I’ve heard that they make wishes on the first star to come out at night –’
    â€˜I’ve got a great idea!’ interrupted Teena, beckoning her friends closer. ‘If the dandelion magic works for humans, then why don’t we