An introduction to Scarlett & Mason by Trisha J. Kelly...

Discovering Witchetty Waters 1/6 Middle-grade fantasy adventure.

For the first few years of their lives, 13-yr-old Scarlett and 9-yr-old Mason Beckett live just like everybody else. Everything about them is normal and quite boring really! Scarlett is a bookworm and Mason is your usual typical boy. Neither of them have any idea that up until now fate has been waiting on the sidelines to change all that. One minute they are living a typical life in an ordinary house, the next they are whisked off to live in a run-down spooky old house on a remote island.

There are a whole set of islands, seven in fact. At first glance the other six appear desolate and uninhabited. Nothing could be further from the truth.

There is much more to Witchetty Waters than meets the eye! Particularly Waters End, their new island and new home. The only way out from here is by ferry across to Westings Mainland.

Mason believes that living on an island means no more school! Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact their new teacher is not all she seems. Elvira Vickery soon places the family under one of her charming spells so that work can begin.

Now, the siblings discover their real purpose in life. They also find out just who they really are and are destined to become. Their first quest begins shortly after their arrival at their new school. Their classroom is in fact, a hidden cellar at the bottom of Elvira's island home.

The Chosen Two are about to begin a whirlwind of daring quests and adventures to unlock the cursed islands. What will they find in times gone by and other dimensions? With plenty of help from the Highest Order and many magical beasts and creatures, the two are not alone - just sometimes. With many powerful enemies out to get them they must tread very carefully.

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Mason was adding an extra couple of things in his school bag for break time. A double-headed coin, playing cards, beakers and a dice. A little bit of tricky time on what was bound to be a boring day. Little did he know.

Scarlett was intrigued by the history of the island. Deep into her book she was reading up about the great storm and the ‘curse.'

The wind started to pick up quickly on the island and the sky turned a very dark grey. A loud rumbling of thunder clapped loudly and then came the light of bright sheet lightning. Moments later it rained fiercely and then it started to hail too, rapping loudly on the windows.

Scarlett sat on her bed looking out at the sky. Where had that come from so suddenly? Five minutes ago, the sky had been clear. She had never seen so much rainfall so quickly and the hailstones were gigantic.

Another very loud clap of thunder made her jump. She counted until the next lightning...1... 2... 3... 4... 5... then the room lit up brightly. Wherever this storm had suddenly come from, it was almost on top of them.

Mason had his nose pressed to his bedroom window, “Excellent, well cool.” The trees were blowing wildly, bending, and the ground outside was shimmering in a frosty white covering.

A strange coincidence, Scarlett thought, that she had only just been reading about the great storm that sunk The Jolly Sea ship and all on board, and then a storm whips up from nowhere.

The largest bang of thunder roared out in the sky, and Scarlett moved from on her bed to under it. She had never liked thunder; it scared her. Her room lit up with the brightest light as the lightning followed straight afterwards. Hail was bang- bang banging against the window, and the wind was howling loudly.

The sea was whipped up into a frenzy, the high waves came crashing down at the water’s edge, and the small boats were violently jumping up and down in their moorings.

Among this sudden chaotic ferocious weather, something dropped down from the sky and into the water at great speed and disappeared into the depths. As quickly as it had started, it came to a sudden stop. The wind, rain, hail, thunder and lightning just stopped. The storm had passed. A few moments later the sky was bright again with the winter sun and everywhere was calm and dry. It was as if the heavens had opened and then closed the doors shut.

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This ‘something’ that had dropped was certainly not heavenly and neither had it been anything of any assistance from The Realm of the Clocks of Time. It was not a something nor a someone, but instead a mysterious object. And it had not dropped out of the sky by accident. It went deep down into the water and headed for a hidden underground cavern.

© Trisha J. Kelly

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