Bree
Chapter I
Little Bree ten year old was walking bare foot on her family mansion’s floor, she was wearing a red overcoat with a hood and a skirt covered her knees. She had brown hair with honey blond locks ,her hair which was braided in a thick plait.Her eye were like two wide and lively almonds, like those of a fawn, she was laughing and looking at very amusing comics.
Her parents were Anne and Wiliam Adam.Bree knew she had some Salonican Jewish descent then was born in London and so she was English, she also had a grandmother who was Irish and Scottish.
The Adams mansion was a pleasant home. Bree had no brothers nor sisters then she had a neighbour a boy of nine named Steven cole, tall and blond who liked basketball,the children were very close.
There was a playground between the two homes and so they could play together. One day Steven came to Bree:
«Bree let’s go to the candy shop and buy some very nice sweets and then I have a very important thing to tell you»
The shop was called «Burrys» and it was two streets from their homes, Halloween figures were visible from the outside, and multicoloured sweets of all kinds were sold in huge rows by an Indian couple.Steven grasped a handful of sweets and gave an even quantity to Bree. There were barley candy sticks,Pim’s orange flavoured biscuits and chocolates filled with banana mousse-like froth which had the same consistency than marshmallows.
Bree’s eyes had lit up happily
Nine pounds were given to the sellers and as they walked past the entrance door , the children seized the handle and said politely «goodbye»
Steven grabbed Bree’s hand quickly crossed the street and led her under a plane tree
«Bree there is a ghost in my house» He said a little stressed
«Have you seen it?» She asked.
«It’s so weird I did not see him but there’s the voice of a dude, an adult»Replied Anton
«I don’t know if you should believe that guy Steven, maybe he is a wierdo or a pedophile» Said Bree
«Nope, he did not talk of stuff like snoggings or sexual stuff» Replied Steven.
«Pedophiles don’t care about making out the way we do they are rapists» replied Bree
«He never ever talked of sex and there are no pedophiles around here you are paranoid Bree. He is a teacher in primary school and he said he has a friend named Lily Owen who has disappeared she is thirty something»
«it’s not our buisness «Bree replied .
«He says he can make the Sidh appears in front of our eyes» Said Steven, «You grandma was Irish, Scottish so you know what I mean»
«Yes, I know, the fairies. Ok maybe you are right if you say I am paranoid.»
Chapter II
Bree and Steven had decided to meet the ghost on their playground, both sat waiting on the lines of a basketball playground, Steven had his ball in hands and Bree had hidden a note with the police number in her sleeve eventhough she hoped it would not be necessary.There was a phone box near by. The day was sunny and pleasant and with a chilly breeze.
A tall man with blond hair and an light green t-shirt came to them?:
«He is a ghost?What were you talking about?» said Bree with irony
«Shhush», you’ll see replied Steven
The man had a suitcase with him he looked refined, intellectual he had blue eyes looked a bit weary was around thirty -six year old
«Hello children my name is Daniel O’Donell I am a fortune teller and a magician,I also teach in primary school, my collegue Lily Owen, a lover of mine went of vacation and now we cannot find her, she is suspected to have gone to the fairies»
«What can we do with it, mister O’Donell?» said Bree
«Call me Daniel, maybe you can help me you might be small enough to enter a fairy crannog»
«How can we believe you Daniel?» Said Bree
Daniel O’Donell took a small roll of parchment from his suitcase and gave it to Bree.As the little girl unfolded it she noticed it was utterly blank.
«There is nothing on it so what’s the use?» she said.
«Turn it over and then shake it of, like you would do with a snow ball toy» replied Daniel»
Bree turned the roll of parchement over and shook it. All in a sudden a small whirlwind of thin white dust had duveted the page which displayed a very elabored map.
«That’s interesting»said the child
The map depicted sketches of small islands that may have looked like the Scottish or Irish islands however they seemed yet, unknown to the human eye.There were also drawn close-ups on the map with little crannogs.
«Where is the place?» Asked Steven to Daniel
«As a matter of fact these are islands that were newly discovered on a channel between Ireland and Scotland, however no one has gone here yet, it is a place where fairy artifacts have just been uncovered»
«What artifacts?» Steven asked.
«Small cauldrons, smallish hats and sticks,small packs of stardust.Then on one of the islands was discovered small spears, pigs, hens, and sheep bones as well as camp fires’ remains»
«Maybe some people went there for a summer camp and that’s all» Steven replied
«No, my boy apparently there is more to say.Amber necklaces usually put around babies’ necks were found as well sets of baby clothing both pink and blue with the names of brothers and sisters on each of the clothes.»
Chapter III
Bree Adam and Steven Cole had decided to finally trust Daniel O’Donell- who- with the agreement of the children’s parents took them on a discovery trip to the magic islands.When they arrived they saw a place that was like an enormous and wild garden of several hectars and small hills with small battlements and a few peat houses. Some of the households had wooden closures with flocks of bleating sheeps.The ancestral crannogs were present and some had been converted into bars for tourists. Daniel and the children entered and ordered drinks.All in a sudden Bree saw a winged unisex creature with long curly hair and an apprehensive look. The fairy was cawing with amber necklaces in her hands.
Mothers who were there as well as the babies in their prams looked at the winged creature with an offended look, all in a sudden three more fairies entered the room and stole two mugs and a piggy bank, breaking it on the floor with a malicious laughter, money had been stolen. Daniel O’Donnel took pictures and terrified he took the two scared children out calming their down.
«Now we have to find Lily» he said and as he went to the barman again and showed his girlfriend’s picture to the barman ,the latter replied:
«Miss Lily Owen?, if you look for her she became our mayor’s assistant» He said.
«Where is the town council?»Asked Daniel
«Go ahead and then turn right « replied the barman
Daniel,Steven and Bree walked for twenty minutes before finding a huge block building, bright white, they entered in.
A woman in her thirties, very pretty with a jovial figure with big red curls welcomed the visitors
«Lily owen, how can I help you?»
«Lily ,it’s me «said Daniel hastily
«Daniel! « She exclaimed while offering them seats.She became acquainted with the children and then told them all that had happened to her as the fairies had lured her to come into the island because they had stolen her purse with a thousand pounds.
The next morning Bree and Steven were taken back to their parents. Bree was back to her mansion, mother and father. Daniel and Lily back in London ,got married.Daniel O’Donnel published the pictures he had taken of the fairies on a newspaper telling forever the story they’ve been through.
The end
