The Spell Has Been Broken

By Aaliyah Thomason

“My name is Breana, and don’t wear it out!” said the little girl. Breana is a fifth grader. No one likes her, but she doesn’t care. Yes, she is mean. She throws paper balls in her classroom, and she sometimes has food fights in the cafeteria. When she gets in trouble, she just says, “So what!”

She lives in New York City, The Big Orange. New York City is called the bright orange city because it has orange street lights for miles. She doesn’t know why she lives in New York City. She never feels bright and shiny or orange.

Friday was the worst day Breana ever had. At school that day her teacher, Mrs. Givework gave her fifteen pages for homework. Her best friend, Heven moved away to Memphis. All day long, every time she sharpened her pencil, it broke. “What can happen next?” Breana said to herself.

When the school bell rang, she ran home. As she opened their house door, her mother yelled out,

“I hope you know it is your day to wash the dishes, clean the bathroom, mop the floor, cook dinner, mow the back yard, and front yard, and pick the weeds out of the flower garden.

“What!” Breana said. “I had a hard day, and I can’t take it anymore!” So she stormed up the stairs briskly and slammed her door?” She fell on her bed and started dreaming and went to sleep in a deep, deep, deep, deep sleep.

As Breana was dreaming, she felt like she fell from the sky. Then, she landed on a bright orange magical wand in the land of Brightland in the part of the East where there is a castle.

On the wand there was a note saying:

If anyone touches this wand it will not come off your hand until you complete the wands quest.

Breana said, “I don’t want this wand and she tried to shake it off, but the wand was stuck on her hand.

The wand began to sing, and it said, “Your quest has begun. Help three animals solve their problems here in Brightland. Then take me back to Brightland castle, and place me on the orange throne. Then, I will let you go back home.

Breana said, “Why is this land called Brightland when it is very dark and dull?”

The wand said, “The evil destroyer, the Dull King from Ozoneland (Oz) cast a spell on the city and made everything and everyone dull and dark. At the same time, I cast a spell that someone would come to save us and make the land bright again, and then you dropped from the sky.” Breana is mean, and she can’t see herself saving anyone or going on a quest to help animals.

“I want to go home!” said Breana.

The wand said, “Well, you cannot go home until you do what you know is right.

She said, “Okay, but I don’t see anyone to help.”

The wand said, “You must follow the dark black railroad, and you will find animals to help.”

Breana started walking. She walked and walked. She began to get meaner and meaner and meaner until, she came upon a big mouse standing in the middle of the black railroad and it looked very sad. Breana stopped and said, “What is wrong with you? Why are you blocking my way? Get out of my way!”

The mouse cried and said, “I can’t.”

“Why not?” said Breana.

“I can’t see, and I cannot find my way.” said the mouse.

Breana said, “You are very sad. I want to help.”

The mouse said, “I need a candycane to help me walk.” The mouse asked Breana, “How can I find one?”

Breana told the mouse she was going to the Castle of Brightland to return the magical orange wand to the Empress Jessica. “Why don’t you come with me, and she will give you what you need. I can show the way.” The mouse and Breana walked together.

A half mile later, there was a snake that had no body. It only had a head. He said, “I need a body so I can sssslither around and be happy.”

Breana and the mouse said, “We are too scared to help you because if we help you, you will eat us. “

The snake said, “I promise I will not bite you.” So, the mouse and Breana told the snake where they were going. “Maybe the Empress will help you.” said Breana. So the mouse, the snake, and Breana walked together on their way to Brightland Castle.

A few minutes later, there was something rolling across on the railroad track. It was screaming, saying, “Help me! I can’t stop because I have no legs. I am a grasshopper.” The mouse and Breana held the snake as a rope and stopped the grasshopper.

“How did you get that way?” the mouse asked.

The grasshopper said, “Well the dark, dull king is evil. He used my pretty green legs for the magic spell that turned Brightland into a dull and dark land. I had to do it because if I didn’t, he would turn my family into blueberries. Blueberries are my favorite thing to eat. So, I told the evil king to take my legs. Then, I rolled away to find help, and I found you guys.”

Breana and the snake told the grasshopper where they were going. “Maybe you could get help too.” Said the snake.

So, all of the animals and Breana walked to the castle. All of a sudden, the big, evil, dull king from Oz jumped out from behind a gigantic marsh mellow and said, “I know where you are going, but I have kidnapped Jessica the empress. She cannot help you! I have taken her to Marsh-mellow planet, and I have her under a spell. She is eating fat marsh mellows, and she won’t stop until I say so. She is getting fatter by the minute. At 7:00 she will explode! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! What are you going to do about that?”

“We’re going to stop you, and rescue Jessica!” said Breana. Breana, the grasshopper, and the snake got together and said, “We have the magic wand, and we can turn him into a balloon muffin and he will explode.”

“If Jessica explodes,” the evil king said, “You can’t turn me into anything!”

Breana said, “Yes, we can!” and she turned him into a ballon muffin and he floated into space where ballons will eat him.

After they killed him, they took a magic muffin to Jessica on Marsh mellow planet. When they got there, Jessica was as big as an elephant! So, they took the magic wand and changed her back into a pretty Empress.

Then, they flew back to Brightland, and took the wand and put it on the thrown. Jessica sat beside it, and the spell that the evil king put on the land was broken and Brightland became bright again. Jessica said, “Since you saved me and Brightland, I will grant everyone one wish.” The snake wished he had a body, the grasshopper wished he had legs, and the mouse wished she could see or have a candycane to walk with. Jessica asked Breana what she wanted and what did she learn.

Breana said, “The more kindness I showed others, the nicer I became.” She was no longer mean. “And my wish is to go home and make better days instead of bad days.”

Jessica gave Breana the wand and said, “Twirl it five times, and eat a muffin, and you will go back home.” When she did that, she found herself lying in her bed, and lying beside her was the magic orange wand. There was a note that said:

Keep this wand to remind you to make better decisions and to make better days.

The End