passed.
“The ghosts picked the right victim,” Brenda
and Amanda said, and laughed.
The word ‘victim’ really stung Nova. That
made her so furious she wanted to punch Brenda’s lights out. Brenda
continued to laugh as she pointed out the various ghosts hurting a
“Nova” ghost. Nova tightened her right fist.
Before she was really aware of what she was
doing, she pulled up her arm and let it fly, right into Brenda’s
jaw. Brenda stumbled back, eyes wide. For the first time, she
looked terrified. In the fraction of a second while she was
throwing her second punch, Nova remembered she was above the
bullies. She pulled back in time. Her fist only touched Brenda’s
cheek lightly. The bullies didn’t say anything more. They just
turned around and ran down the mostly empty hallway.
Max Kim grabbed her arm. “How did you do
that, Nova?”
“What?”
“How did you turn your eyes from blue to
white to red!”
“What?”
Chapter 11 Science Fair
During the peak hours of dusk – a sliver of a moon
was just visible - Nova traveled with her mom in the vet truck
toward school. In the parking lot, a glorious aurora borealis
billowed above the darkened school building. Waves of red, blue and
purple light stretched across the vast sky. Back on the pavement,
three silhouetted horses stood at a hitching post with their carts
behind them. Fifteen bikes were locked to the bike rack.
Mom pulled to the curb. “I’ll pick you up in
a couple of hours.” Nova closed the truck door, and Mom drove
toward the farms where she would vet the sick or injured
animals.
A few kids goofing off near the entrance ran
inside when they saw Nova approach the doorway. “What is their
problem?”
Nova strolled into the school and headed to
the gym. The clean odor of floor wax, old books, and erasable board
cleaner tickled Nova’s nostrils. She found her friends at one of
the folding tables. “Hey you guys, I decided to come and haunt
you.”
“You didn’t have to,” Max Kim said. “We’re
already being haunted.”
Nova looked around and saw about ten ghosts
harassing the science fair exhibitors.
“Great.” She noticed the ghosts were all
staring at her. “Looks like you repaired your Autogyro.”
“Not just repaired. Now it sports a new
motor, top propeller, and it has a communication system to talk to
someone a mile away.” Sweat was pouring off Benny’s face and
pooling on the table. He went back to trying to finish off a
hamburger and fries from a local fast food place. He looked bound,
and determined to eat, and miserable with the ghosts there. As soon
as he swallowed the food he turned to his friends with a flushed
and beaming face.
The booth sat between the volcano that was
oozing red chunky stuff and the story of evolution display. Nova
sat down next to Takeesha and Max Kim.
Nova bit a fingernail."They’re staring at me.
What’s up with that?"
"Wow, if it's not one thing with Nova it's
another,” Takeesha mumbled. Half closing her eyes, she looked
away.
Nova recoiled. Why couldn’t she be more
supportive? Even Max Kim stared at Takeesha as if she were a
stranger.
"I'm going to walk around and look at the
other people's work," Nova said and stomping away.
Nova counted twenty white-faced and sweaty
exhibitors all trying to deal with the ghosts’ presence. Maybe
thirty more people milled about looking over exhibits. It didn’t
take long for her to look at everything.
And wherever she went, the ghosts were
defiantly watching her. Why did they stare so much? Was it because
she was going over to the dark side? To science? Nova was sure she
didn't want to know why. She scanned her surroundings and noticed
that one of the students not only displayed his exhibit but was
selling it after the show. She hurried back to the table, where
Benny was exhibiting to tell them the news.
"Hey, you guys, there are four Walkie Talkies
for sale over at Jomo's table. They cost six hundred dollars. If we
pool our money,
“The ghosts picked the right victim,” Brenda
and Amanda said, and laughed.
The word ‘victim’ really stung Nova. That
made her so furious she wanted to punch Brenda’s lights out. Brenda
continued to laugh as she pointed out the various ghosts hurting a
“Nova” ghost. Nova tightened her right fist.
Before she was really aware of what she was
doing, she pulled up her arm and let it fly, right into Brenda’s
jaw. Brenda stumbled back, eyes wide. For the first time, she
looked terrified. In the fraction of a second while she was
throwing her second punch, Nova remembered she was above the
bullies. She pulled back in time. Her fist only touched Brenda’s
cheek lightly. The bullies didn’t say anything more. They just
turned around and ran down the mostly empty hallway.
Max Kim grabbed her arm. “How did you do
that, Nova?”
“What?”
“How did you turn your eyes from blue to
white to red!”
“What?”
Chapter 11 Science Fair
During the peak hours of dusk – a sliver of a moon
was just visible - Nova traveled with her mom in the vet truck
toward school. In the parking lot, a glorious aurora borealis
billowed above the darkened school building. Waves of red, blue and
purple light stretched across the vast sky. Back on the pavement,
three silhouetted horses stood at a hitching post with their carts
behind them. Fifteen bikes were locked to the bike rack.
Mom pulled to the curb. “I’ll pick you up in
a couple of hours.” Nova closed the truck door, and Mom drove
toward the farms where she would vet the sick or injured
animals.
A few kids goofing off near the entrance ran
inside when they saw Nova approach the doorway. “What is their
problem?”
Nova strolled into the school and headed to
the gym. The clean odor of floor wax, old books, and erasable board
cleaner tickled Nova’s nostrils. She found her friends at one of
the folding tables. “Hey you guys, I decided to come and haunt
you.”
“You didn’t have to,” Max Kim said. “We’re
already being haunted.”
Nova looked around and saw about ten ghosts
harassing the science fair exhibitors.
“Great.” She noticed the ghosts were all
staring at her. “Looks like you repaired your Autogyro.”
“Not just repaired. Now it sports a new
motor, top propeller, and it has a communication system to talk to
someone a mile away.” Sweat was pouring off Benny’s face and
pooling on the table. He went back to trying to finish off a
hamburger and fries from a local fast food place. He looked bound,
and determined to eat, and miserable with the ghosts there. As soon
as he swallowed the food he turned to his friends with a flushed
and beaming face.
The booth sat between the volcano that was
oozing red chunky stuff and the story of evolution display. Nova
sat down next to Takeesha and Max Kim.
Nova bit a fingernail."They’re staring at me.
What’s up with that?"
"Wow, if it's not one thing with Nova it's
another,” Takeesha mumbled. Half closing her eyes, she looked
away.
Nova recoiled. Why couldn’t she be more
supportive? Even Max Kim stared at Takeesha as if she were a
stranger.
"I'm going to walk around and look at the
other people's work," Nova said and stomping away.
Nova counted twenty white-faced and sweaty
exhibitors all trying to deal with the ghosts’ presence. Maybe
thirty more people milled about looking over exhibits. It didn’t
take long for her to look at everything.
And wherever she went, the ghosts were
defiantly watching her. Why did they stare so much? Was it because
she was going over to the dark side? To science? Nova was sure she
didn't want to know why. She scanned her surroundings and noticed
that one of the students not only displayed his exhibit but was
selling it after the show. She hurried back to the table, where
Benny was exhibiting to tell them the news.
"Hey, you guys, there are four Walkie Talkies
for sale over at Jomo's table. They cost six hundred dollars. If we
pool our money,
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