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     Do you believe in magic? Well, to understand my story, you 

must believe in a little magic because this story is about my 

magical family. 

     It all began on April 5, 1989 at my Sweet Sixteen birthday 

party. I invited five people in my class at school to come to my 

party, but unfortunately, the only one that showed up was 

Ashley. She and I met in kindergarten and we've been best 

friends ever since. I know what you must be thinking, that poor 

child, only one person came to her party. 

           But, it wasn't like that at all. Since I've never been 

much of a social person, I enjoyed my party with only 

my best friend there. And besides, I had bigger things 

on my mind that day, things far greater than a birthday 

party. I had just turned sixteen and it was time for my 

mother to hand down our family pendant.

     I had wanted the pendant since the first time I 

noticed it dangling from my mother's neck as she 

tucked me into bed one night when I was only four. 

When I asked her if I could wear it then, she only said,

   "You must be sixteen before I can give this one to 

you. You see, Ivy, this pendant holds magic inside that 

protects the one who wears it." 

     After Ashley had gone home from my party, my mother 

gently placed the pendant in my hand. When I looked up at 

her, she had the most serious look upon her face. It was 

then that I realized that there was more to the pendant than 

she had told me.

     She told me that the pendant had enormous powers, and 

that it would take time for me to adapt to the pendant and 

for it to get use to me wearing it. 

     "Well of course it does." I told her. "If it's magical, it 

must have powers."

     "But Ivy, you do not understand. In some ways, the 

pendant has a mind of its own and it will protect you at all 

cost." 

     "But, what do you mean it will protect me at all costs? 

That sounds awesome, mom!"

     "But sometimes it is not so awesome, because it has the 

ability to hurt people in ways they do not deserve. So while 

the pendant will protect you, it is most important that you 

take it off, Ivy, when ever you get angry or disappointed 

with someone. Do you understand?"

     "Yes, mother. If I get angry with someone at school, the 

pendant will sense it and come to my rescue." 

     "Yes but in a bad way, Ivy, so please guard your

thoughts.''

     "I promise to take it off if I have bad feelings toward

anyone, mom. Just let me enjoy the moment. I've waited so 

long for this pendant."

    I left for school the next morning excited to show Ashley the 

pendant. However, before I reached the doors of the school, 

Katie from Hades stopped me on the sidewalk. 

    "You're early this morning, Ivy. So what's up?" Katie asked.

    "None of your bees wax, Katie." I answered.

    "Everything is my bees wax around here, Ivy. Are you 

actually talking smack to me?" 

    "Move out of my way!" She snarled.

    "Make me!" I shouted as Katie's friends gathered around her. 

My heart raced with a mixture of anger and fear, but before I 

could respond, a swarm of wasps showed up out of nowhere and 

encircled Katie and her friends. They screamed and started 

running around swatting at the wasps as they stung them all 

many times all over their bodies. Katie had to go to the hospital 

because she was allergic to wasps.

    After all the excitement calmed down and the students went 

inside. I looked down at the pendant resting on my chest and 

noticed that the three rubies had lost their color. They had turned 

completely clear like diamonds. 

    "Could my pendant have possibly caused all those bees to 

attack Katie and her friends?" I wondered to myself as I watched 

the color slowly return to the rubies in the pendant. 

       Confused, I walked down the hallway to the science lab. 

Unfortunately I was late and could not sit with Ashley, so I had 

to sit beside Tanner. He thinks he's all that, so I'm not smart 

enough to be his science partner, and as soon as I sat down, Mr. 

James started giving out our science tests from the previous 

week. Of course Tanner had to compare our test scores in front 

of the whole class. He made a 97, while I only made a 72. I tried 

desperately to control my feelings, but I noticed the rubies were 

fading again. Mr. James got called to the office, so he instructed 

us to begin working on our science projects until he returned.

    Everything would have been fine if Tanner had just 

started working on the project, but instead, he just kept 

making fun of me. 

    "Ivy, with those clumsy hands of yours, you'll probably 

drop the beaker and break it, so sit back and see how it's 

done." He pridefully remarked as he snatched the beaker 

from my hand.

    Tanner lifted the beaker and began to slowly pour 

glycerin in it. He turned toward some of his friends to show 

off while holding the beaker over the top of the snake 

aquarium. Just as he started to brag on his unique 

capabilities, the beaker slipped right out of his hand and 

fell into the aquarium. 

        "Oh, dip stick!" Tanner yelled out as everyone in the 

class started laughing. 

    "So how are you planning on getting that beaker out of 

there, Tanner?" Josh joked. "You better get it out before 

Mr. James gets back. 

     Tanner lowered his hand slowly down into the snake 

aquarium to retrieve the beaker, but before he could pull 

his hand back out, the snake bit him. Everyone in the class 

went crazy. In a panic, Josh cut the strap from his book bag 

and tied it tightly around Tanner's arm above the snake bite. 

Another student called 911 from her cell, and for the 

second time that day, emergency services were called out to 

our school.

    I gazed down at the pendant, and as I suspected, the 

rubies had once again turned clear. Fearful that someone 

would notice that the necklace was changing, I turned it 

over so that the back of the pendant was facing my 

classmates. I then slipped out of science class during all the 

fuss right before the bell rang. I went straight to my second 

period math class hoping that I could get a seat at the back 

of the class to stay away from everyone. That was the only 

way that I could control my thoughts. 

     After everyone arrived in math class, Mrs. Morrison 

began the class by putting our assignments up on the board. 

I sat quietly in my seat and didn't talk to anyone. When 

class ended, all was well and no one had been hurt.

    Merging into the hallway with the crowd, no one even 

noticed me. I went by my locker and changed my books 

out without even trying to hook up with Ashley to go to 

social studies. We always met at our lockers and walked to 

class together, but on this day, I found it best to keep to 

myself. The pendant was so sensitive that it could tell if I 

was the least bit upset, and when the rubies changed, 

something bad usually followed. This was not the magic 

that I had in mind.

     Ashley walked into social studies and slipped into the 

desk beside me. 

    "So, where were you? I waited for you by the lockers, 

but you never showed. Are you mad or something?" She 

asked. "Where's the pendant that your mom gave you?" 

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