Chapter 1

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Chapter ONE 'Wheeee!' It was late-afternoon and I was busy practising my loop the loops in the garden before dinner. Flying on my broomstick is one of my favourite things to do! I love swooping and swirling and feeling the wind whirl through my hair. 'Mirabelle!' called Mum from inside.

'It's dinner time! Dad's made fairy meringue pie for pudding!' 'Ooh!' I said excitedly and immediately flew back towards the ground, landing on the grass with a skid.

I threw my broomstick down and ran into the house with my little dragon Violet flapping along behind me. 'Did you bring your broomstick in?' asked Mum as I sat down at the table. 'Oops no,' I said. 'But I promise I'll fetch it after dinner!' 'As long as you do!' said Mum. 'Broomsticks don't like being left out in the cold and it's going to rain tonight. But by the time dinner was finished I had forgotten all about my broomstick. Mum had bought me a new book and I wanted to read it straightaway. As soon as the fairy meringue pie was finished

I ran up to my bedroom and snuggled down with Violet to read. The book was very good—about a witch who invented a potion that could make your hair turn into sparkling strands of tinsel! I LOVED the idea of tinselly hair! And there was a list of ingredients at the back of the book so you could make the potion yourself! I jumped off my bed before I had even finished the story and collected up all the things I would need, including my travel-size cauldron and laid them on my pillow.

'Mirabelle,' said Mum, poking her head around the door. 'It's past your bedtime!' 'What?!' I had been reading for so long that I hadn't noticed it had got dark outside. 'I just want to make one quick potion Mum before bed. Look, I've already got the ingredients ready!' Mum glanced at my pillow and frowned. 'Your pillow is not the correct place for potion ingredients, she said. Make sure you clear them up before getting into bed. And there's no time to make the potion now. It's already twenty minutes