• "C'mon Lucy! Get up!" My mothers frustrated voice filled my previously oblivious ears. " But mum! It's Saturday!" I opened my sleepy eyes. Today would be the same as every other day. I then got out of bed and walked to the window. I saw all the popular, cool kids playing on the side of the road. " I better get ready for the day before mum blows steam out her ears". I giggled silently at the thought but then shook the picture away. Then it came. The terrible feeling. It came at about 10:00 am every single day. I counted minutes, seconds and even hours and it was the same time every day. Suddenly my eyes filled with tears and I lost all control of myself. I got dressed and ready, trying to hold back the thousands of tears that now trickled down my cheek. "Sweetie, you know I've got work Saturdays and...Oh Lucy!" My mother stared at my tear drenched face. Why does she do that every single morning? I thought. She sees me like this every day! "Oh Luce! Not again!" My mother came rushing to me and gave me a warm, long bear hug. Every day! I thought again. "Mum...stop...can't breathe!" I struggled to say. "Oh, right, sorry darling. Now wipe away those tears. Your coming with me to the meeting! Isn't that great?" Mum wiped the tears off my pale face. "Yeah. Great." I whispered. "Get the sandwiches in the fridge would ya? I'll be in the car waiting!" I, slowly and miserably, walked to the fridge door, got the sandwiches and ran to the front door. Oh o. I looked at the ground and tried to be unnoticeable while walking past the popular group. "Lookie here!" shouted my arch enemy. "Whose this? Why it's cry baby!" I kept on walking. I didn't care what they called me. I didn't care about myself. Suddenly they came over and started pushing me. "Stop it!" I cried. I wasn't worried 'bout myself, I was worried about mums meeting. "As if!" Shakera shouted back. Shakera was my arch enemy. "Look", I began, " Can't we settle this some other time. My mum has a meeting!" "Fine", she shouted, obviously giving in, "But don't be late, cry baby!" I ran to the car, and got in. "What was that all about?" Asked mum. I didn't reply. When she finally gave up asking we were at the council building. I looked up and down searching for something amusing. But there was nothing that caught my eye. "Wait here, Lucy. Read some books, watch TV, play the play station over there, I dunno! Just find something to do!" Mum walked to a big hallway, then strided to the door. Hm. I thought. I don't wanna play the play station. I don't wanna watch TV. I guess I'll have to read a book. I walked over to the book shelf and looked around for a good fantasy book. "Hm. Knights and princesses? No. Witches and wizards? Don't feel like it. Ah hahhhh. Here we go. A magic spells book" I grabbed the magic spell book and sat in the huge sofa. "Now lets look for a good spell for me" I quickly scanned the pages for an interesting spell. I didn't even think about maybe using the contents. "Here we are", I said, reading the name of one of the spells. "The spell of happiness and enlightenment! Sounds like just the thing I'm looking for. I've had enough of letting people hurt me!" I started reading the spell aloud. "If you're down and sad, just call my spell, for I'll be there, to help you get well. I am good now, so don't be alarmed. 'Cause my spell of enlightenment shall make you all charmed!" As I spoke the last word a whirlwind of sparkles rushed to me and I flew up to the ceiling. Suddenly I crash landed on my bed. My bed? I was at home! Suddenly I heard my mum call to me. "C'mon Lucy! Get up!" What? again?I got up quickly. "Oh no! Now I'll have to start the tears all over again!" I sat on my bed and waited for the tears. Huh? No tears? Well, this is great!" I danced downstairs and skipped to mum. " Mum! Look! No tears!" I pointed to my beautiful, dry face. Her frown turned into a smile. "What are you talking about Lucy? You haven't cried since you were a baby!" I stared at her face. Wait a minute. Now HER face was drenched in tears. "Your friend Shakera is waiting for you sweetie" Mum sniffed. "What about your meeting and...WHAT!!" My face turned red. I could feel the heat. " Shakera is NOT my friend! She's my arch enemy, mum!" I saw mums' head turn to the side in curiosity. " You and Shakera have been friends since pre-school. And I don't have a job. I got fired yesterday, remember?" Oh no! My life has turned around! My mum has the tears, she hasn't got a job and Shakera is my friend! " Mum! We have to get to the meeting building!" "But I don't work there anymore honey. I can't just barge in and-" " MUM! Now!" I didn't like the new world I was living in. I had to get out of it! We ran to the car and drove off. I ran into the building while mum waited in the car. The book. It was on the sofa. I flipped through the pages. Ah huh! I found it. The undo spell. All I had to do was shout undo! "UNDO!!" I shouted. I started floating. While floating I bumped my head badly on the ceiling. I fell to the ground. Unconscious. When I woke up, I was at home. " Sweetie are you OK?" I heard my mums sweet voice ring inside my ears. "Yes mum. I'm fine." Suddenly I remembered what happened. "Mum? How was the meeting." I longed to here if I was in the right world. " It was great, darling." I sighed in relief. But I had one more question. "Mum?" "Yes?" " Can we go visit our family councilor 'bout The tears?" "Of course my precious." And so that is how I got rid of The tears. Boring eh? Well, let me just say that the book was considered VERY dangerous and some scientists found out it was alive! So they shut it in a jail in some remote area near Africa. It was never seen again but some people living near the jail say they can still hear it humming away millions of different spells, trying to get out of that jail. THE END