Mystery Fiction: The Quest of Existence (Journey): Magic is not the only thing to spell bound, there are other mysteries too... (5 page)

“Hmm
m
…
we
ca
n
s
u
r
e
l
y
do
it
if
m
y
l
i
t
t
le
si
l
l
y
girl
g
e
ts ov
e
r  h
e
r 
e
xt
r
a  log
i
c
s
a
nd
fo
c
us
on
the
mat
t
e
r  of  t
h
e subj
ec
t.” Ed
w
in
a
g
a
in
t
e
a
s
e
d
Alici
a
.

“
Oh
God!
S
top
it
now,
go
some
w
h
e
r
e
e
lse
if
y
ou
a
re
not

in
t
e
r
e
sted in s
t
u
d
y
ing
y
e
t
.”
Alicia got
i
r
r
i
t
a
ted.

“
I
’m
done
with
m
y p
a
rt
a
nd
r
e
a
d
y
to
a
nsw
e
r
a
n
y
qu
e
st
i
on f
r
om
the
c
lass
a
nd
the
Pr
o
fe
ssor too.”
S
he
s
a
id
a
s
ac
c
e
pt
i
ng a
c
h
a
l
l
e
n
g
e
.
“
I th
i
nk
we
should
le
a
ve
for
t
he
c
lass,
a
ppro
a
c
hing
c
lass
b
e
f
or
e
the
t
i
me h
e
lps
to
rele
a
se t
h
e p
re
ssure
o
f p
e
r
fo
r
man
c
e
.
” Alicia p
r
opos
e
d log
i
c
a
g
a
in.

“
huh
!
”
Ed
w
in
f
r
own
e
d.

“
Ex
ac
t
l
y
!
” Rihana
nod
d
e
d
Ed
w
i
n
,
g
e
t
t
ing
a
g
r
e
e
d
with
h
e
r wo
r
ds a
n
d th
e
y
w
a
lked
t
o the
c
lass.

Th
e
re
w
a
s
a
g
r
ea
t
hustle
bustle
in
the
c
lass  wh
e
n
th
e
y r
e
ac
h
e
d;
e
a
c
h g
r
oup of
the
c
lass w
a
s
e
x
c
i
t
e
d
a
bout
i
t
s p
e
r
f
o
r
ma
n
ce
.
Alicia
w
a
s
a
c
ompetent
student
o
f
the
c
lass
a
nd so
a
ta
r
g
e
t of j
ea
lou
s
y
of
some
stu
d
e
nts.

“
W
e
l
l
,
I
don’t
th
i
nk
a
n
y  student
ca
n
b
ea
t
me
tod
a
y
. B
eca
use
I know
I
’m
the
b
e
st.”
J
oh
a
n
p
ra
ised
h
i
msel
f
,
but ind
i
r
e
c
t
l
y
h
e
w
a
s
,
hi
t
t
i
ng
Alicia
a
nd
got
suc
c
ee
d
e
d
in
his t
r
y
.

“
Huh!
S
u
re
l
y
y
ou
a
re
t
he
b
e
st
Mr.
J
oh
a
n
but
o
n
l
y
in
the

fi
e
ld of s
e
lf p
r
a
is
i
n
g
, Righ
t
?
” Alicia mock
e
d him
se
r
ious
l
y
.

“
I
gnore
hi
m!
” Ed
w
in
w
h
ispe
re
d
sta
r
ing at
J
oh
a
n.

“
W
e
l
l
,
i
t
’s
not
ea
s
y to
ignore
me
a
nd
some
p
e
o
ple
should
a
d
m
it
it
ins
t
ea
d
of o
v
e
r
e
st
i
mating
thems
e
lve
s
.”
J
oh
a
n ta
r
g
e
ted
E
dwin th
i
s t
i
me.

Mr.
J
oseph
W
i
l
l
i
a
m
e
n
te
re
d
the
c
lass,
b
e
fo
r
e
the
y
oung blood
c
ould c
a
tch up the
h
ea
t
i
n Ed
w
i
n
.

“
Good Morning,
Hope
a
ll
of
y
ou
a
r
e
fine
a
nd
c
onfid
e
nt
a
bout
y
our p
e
r
fo
r
man
c
e
.
” Mr.
W
i
l
l
i
a
m
ca
ught
t
h
e
a
t
t
e
nt
i
on of
the
students.
“
W
e
l
l
,
I
n
ee
d
a
ll
of
y
ou
to
g
e
t
s
e
p
a
r
a
t
e
d in
t
o gr
o
ups
a
nd
c
o
m
e
in
f
r
ont of the
c
lass
b
y
y
o
u
r
turn.”

W
hi
l
e
the
students got
b
u
s
y
in
g
e
t
t
ing
their
posit
i
ons,
J
oh
a
n pl
a
y
e
d a
trick
a
nd
d
r
op
p
e
d ink
on
Ed
w
in’s shir
t
.
This
t
i
me Alicia g
ra
s
p
e
d
his
h
a
nd
a
nd
did
not
let
him
s
how
a
n
y r
e
sponse
to
J
oh
a
n
.
As
it
w
a
s
a
t
r
y
f
r
om
his
side
to
make Mr.
J
oseph
loses
temp
e
r b
eca
use
he
did
not
l
i
ke
c
omp
l
a
in
t
s
a
nd
l
i
t
t
le
is
s
u
e
s
in
the
c
lass.
The other
ac
t
w
a
s
e
nough
to burn
J
oh
a
n
wh
e
n
Alicia took
o
f
f h
e
r j
a
c
k
e
t
a
nd
g
a
ve it
to Ed
w
in
to
w
ea
r  (
a
s
she  used  to
w
ea
r  b
o
y
i
s
h
outfits
)
.
W
ea
ring
Alici
a
’s
shirt,
E
dwin
f
r
ow
n
e
d
a
t
J
oh
a
n
a
nd
p
a
ssed a
te
a
sing
s
m
i
le.

P
r
e
s
e
ntations
sta
r
ted
a
nd
e
v
e
r
y g
r
oup
w
a
s
doing
w
e
ll
a
t
i
t
s p
a
rt
but
a
ll
h
a
d
a
n
a
dm
i
t
t
a
n
c
e
of
the
f
a
c
t
that
Alicia
wi
l
l win
the
d
a
y
a
s
usual.
J
o
h
a
n
w
a
s
a
lso
a
good
p
re
s
e
nter
a
nd did
the
b
e
st
of
a
l
l
.
Ali
c
ia’s
g
r
oup
w
a
s
the
last
one
to
be
ca
l
l
e
d, she
w
a
s quite
c
o
n
fid
e
nt
t
o b
ea
t
J
oh
a
n.

The g
r
oup
w
a
s
b
e
fo
r
e
the
c
lass,
Rihana
c
a
me
fi
r
st, p
e
r
f
ormed 
w
e
ll 
a
nd 
a
nsw
e
r
e
d 
the   qu
e
ri
e
s 
f
rom 
the
a
udien
ce
,
a
nd
s
a
me
w
a
s
i
n
the
p
e
r
fo
r
ma
n
c
e
o
f
E
d
wi
n
.
Now