Amelia Fang and the Memory Thief. Laura Ellen Anderson

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      CHAPTER 2

      MY LIFE . . . IN

      SONG

      ‘So, are you excited about your birthnight

      party, Amelia?’ said Grimaldi Reaperton the

      next night before school. ‘I heard your mum

      and dad hired out the Pumpkin Patch for a

      whole night!’

      Amelia sat quietly, tickling Squashy’s

      tummy. ‘I guess so,’ she said without feeling.

      Amelia and her best friends Grimaldi,

      Florence Spudwick and Prince Tangine La

      Floofle the First sat under the Petrified-Tree-

      That-Looked-Like-a-Unicorn . Florence was a

      huge hairy yeti, an extremely loyal friend and

      a great pit-digger who did NOT like being

      called a beast by anybody. Tangine, on the other hand, was half-vampire, half-fairy and partial to a good face scrub.

      ‘A Pumpkin Patch birthnight party sounds super fun!’ said Tangine. ‘I know Pumpy will love it!’

      Pumpy, Tangine’s own genetically modified pet pumpkin, tried to roll over, but fell asleep halfway through the roll.

      ‘Although, I’ve recently discovered Pumpy suffers from Chronic-Upside-Down-Sleep-Syndrome . . .’ said Tangine, giving Pumpy a nudge so that he was upright once

       again.

      The huge pumpkin flexed his six-pack

      and PA-DOOFED once into Tangine’s

      arms, causing the prince to fall backwards.

      ‘PRINCE DOWN!’ yelled Florence as

      Tangine groaned.

      Amelia tried to smile but couldn’t quite

      manage it.

      ‘You seem sad, Amelia,’ said Grimaldi.

      ‘What’s up?’

      ‘Me and Mum had a bit of an argument,’

      sighed Amelia. ‘I told her I didn’t want to play

      the organ this week so that I could finish

      Squashy’s costume – and read more Positively

      Pumpkin. And she got really cross. I just don’t

      think I can be the perfect vampiress she wants

      me to be.’

      ‘THAT’S TOO BAD,’ said Florence, putting

      a big hairy arm around Amelia’s shoulders.

      ‘YOU’LL BE ’APPY YOU STUCK WIV THE

      ORGAN THOUGH. I WISH I COULD PLAY.’

      She yawned.

      Amelia and her friends were all feeling a

      little tired after the big Petrifying Palace

       Parade a few nights before, where everyone

      had celebrated the Kingdom of the Dark and

       the Kingdom of the Light becoming friends.

      After many years of being completely

      terrified of the other, Creatures of the Light

       and the Dark could now live alongside each

      other in peace, since the evil Alpha Unicorn

       had been defeated by Amelia and her friends.

      Along with a group of mighty unicorn lords,

       Alpha Unicorn had been spreading false and

      scary rumours about the creatures from each

       kingdom to keep them divided. But thanks to

      Amelia and the gang, everyone was now free

       to roam wherever they pleased. Things were

      better than ever, and the Creatures of the

       Dark now accepted the wonders of glitter;

      once the stuff of utter DAYMARES!

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