Chapter 1

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Chapter ONE It was a grey and gloomy Thursday afternoon at Miss Spindlewick's Witch School for Girls. Rain coursed down the arched windows of the classroom and I shivered with delight. I love a stormy ride home on my broomstick! 'Don't forget!' Miss Spindlewick said as we packed our bags. 'You must arrive on

time tomorrow morning for the school trip. And make sure you wear sensible clothes!' I hadn't forgotten. I had been looking forward to this trip for ages! We were going to a magical-creature sanctuary, deep in the forest. There were going to be all kinds of rescued magical creatures there that I had never seen before. The sanctuary looked after them until they were ready to be released back into the wild. 'I can't wait to see the broomstick- tailed goblin monkeys,' said my best friend Carlotta, as she zipped up her pencil case. 'They're going to be so cute!' 'I'm hoping there will be some bittens!' I said.

'Ooh, yes!' squealed Carlotta. 'I've never seen a real bitten before.' 'Me neither!' I said.

Bittens are bat kittens. Baby bat cats! They have large fangs, and bat wings so that they can fly. Bittens are much bigger than normal kittens and they always have black or purple fur. Sometimes striped. They are my favourite creature of all the ones we learned about this term, and I chose to do my entire project on them! 'I'm hoping there will be some giant spiders!' said a witch called Lavinia, from the back of the classroom. 'I looove creepy crawly spiders!' I gave a small shiver. Most witches

are not afraid of spiders. In fact, they eat them on their toast for breakfast! But I am half witch and half fairy. I don't mind spiders (as long as they're not giant ones!) but I definitely don't like eating them! Everyone in my class knows that I bring a special lunchbox full of fairy food into school every day Sometimes Lavinia goody-two-shoes teases me about it, but I don't care! Fairy honey sandwiches are much tastier than spiders on toast! I was just zipping up my bag to go home when Miss Spindlewick called me over to her desk.