Chapter 1

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Chapter ONE It was the first day of a new term at witch school and I was up early, before anyone else in my family. 'Let's make breakfast for everyone,' I said to my pet dragon, Violet, as she fluttered in the air next to my ear. 'It will be a nice surprise!' Violet did a little snort and purple flames shot out of her snout. I

hurriedly batted them away with a tea towel. My mum gets funny about scorch marks around the house. I started to put bowls and plates on the table, and put some bread in the toaster for Mum. We all eat very different breakfasts in my family. My mum is a witch and eats all sorts of horrid things. Her favourite breakfast is spider sprinkled toast. My dad on the other hand, is a fairy. He likes eating flower nectar yoghurt and lots of green salads. Fairies love nature! The toast popped and I reached for Mum's jar of frizzled spiders. 'Yuck!' I said as I tipped a heap of

them onto her toast. Next I put some yoghurt and flower petals into a bowl for Dad and then started to make mine and Wilbur's breakfast. Wilbur is half fairy just like me except he doesn't like to admit it.

He insists that he is a full wizard most of the time. I don't mind my fairy side so much, but I definitely feel more witch! That's why I decided to go to 'Miss Spindlewick's Witch School for Girls'. As I was buttering Wilbur's toast my eye was drawn back to Mum's spider jar sitting on the counter. A naughty idea floated into my head. 'Go away!' I told it. But the thought would not go away. My toes started tingling at the idea of mischief. I pulled Mum's spider jar towards me

and used a fork to scoop out just one little crispy critter. I dropped it onto Wilbur's toast and then quickly slathered it over with jam. He would never know it was there until he felt it crunch in his mouth! I giggled at the thought of him discovering the spider. Both of us hate witch food. 'Breakfast time!' I called up the stairs. 'How thoughtful of you to make everyone breakfast Mirabelle,' said Dad as he tucked into his rose petal yoghurt. I smiled sweetly