MOST AMAZING NIGHT of my LIFE!
Things have been pretty slow at work
this week. Joanie's not worried, she says it gets that way sometimes.
It's the summer months, so many local families are heading out to
bigger beaches and tourist destinations, so the local planning board
tends not to run much. Meanwhile, I'm running out of people to
interview. I was just sitting around the house today when I randomly
remembered that sparkly dust Flora Goodfellow gave me before she
died. Eh... why not... not like there was anything better to do...
It's pretty stuff. Very fine. I decided
to sprinkle a little on myself, Peter Pan style, just for kicks.
All of a sudden I'm seeing this weird
glow... I thought maybe it was just residue hanging in the air. But
then...
Holy crap! It IS fairy dust! This stuff
seriously works! I was hovering in the air like a flippin' balloon
for two straight hours. My feet weren't even touching the floor! I
had to experiment with more, of course, so I tried moving and worked
out a sort of unsteady locomotion. It seems like just willing myself
to go a certain way and leaning in that direction works for
locomotion. After figuring that out, I had the bright idea to test
the hovering power over different surfaces. I thought about running a
bath to see if I could float over water (Could this be the same stuff
Jesus used for his famous walk on water?), but then I had a better
idea. There's a pond in the local graveyard. Not much bigger than a
hot tub, really, but it works for what I was trying to test. So I
headed out into the night to test my theory, literally flying to the
graveyard. SO
COOL!
Well, unfortunately, it doesn't work
over water, so I had to scrap that theory, but I did discover that it
had a luminescent quality that made the gloomy, misty graveyard light
up within a few yards of wherever I was standing. It was such a
beautiful night out I decided to stay and experiment further. I even
skipped a few stones.
That's when I heard some weird noises
coming from the catacombs. Well, me and my stupid self, I totally
forgot about the reports of local bears coming down from the
mountains and sightings around the edges of town, so I went to
investigate.
Yes. I got mauled by a bear. Well, sort
of. It knocked me down, but apparently it was only a cub because I
managed to frighten it off by yelling and waving my hands once I got
back to my feet, and after that I beat a hasty retreat to avoid
backlash from its mama. But still-- fairy dust, and walking away from
a bear attack on the same night?! Seriously! How cool is that?! And
wait, it gets better!
I was just hurrying back out of the
catacombs and about to head home when I spotted this weird bluish
light over by the fish ponds. I figured I was already a mess, may as
well check one more thing while my luck was holding, so I headed over
to investigate.
As I drew closer, the light began to
coalesce... into the form of a woman, standing by the pond, looking
out over the water. But it wasn't a woman, because I could see right
through her. It was a ghost.
Yes. I, Sophia Buenavista, discovered
magical fairy dust, wrestled a bear, and met a real honest-to-god
ghost... all on the same night! So much for a slow news week! I've got the makings of half a dozen articles right here!
