The Land of Potions and Possibilities: Grace’S Secret Journey

By Fiona Fay

Ten-year-old Grace is an adventurous girl who doesnt fit in well in school. She is a dreamer, and her only real friend is her granny, who fills Graces head with magical stories. One day, these tales become Graces realities, places where she wishes to be.

During school holidays, Grace visits Grannys big old mysterious house in the countryside, and there she discovers the secret room. Its in this room she steps through the magical mirror into another world where she encounters many enchanting experiences.

The joy ends when she meets a temptress who shows her the red potions with the power to expel her from the magical world. Grace drinks one and is catapulted out of the Land of Potions and Possibilities. She becomes ill and pines to return. The only way for Grace to get back is to find the green potion and drink it.

A fantasy for young readers, The Land of Potions and Possibilities shows that true magic exists, and once you believe, you can experience a whole new magical world.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Dec 29, 2017
• ISBN: 9781532033599

Fiona Fay

Fiona Fay was a writer, speaker, actor, and coach in the field of self-development. Her purpose in this life was to guide each of us to realizing that we all hold the potion to live a magical life. Once we use it, miraculous things can happen!

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ISBN: 978-1-5320-3358-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-5320-3359-9 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2017915631

iUniverse rev. date: 12/27/2017

To our protector Archangel Michael who’s there to give us strength, courage, hope, inspiration, and faith that the Universe is always on our side.

CONTENTS

Chapter 1   Grace’s Childhood

Chapter 2   The Secret Room

Chapter 3   A Whole New World

Chapter 4   Blueberry Bridge

Chapter 5   The Banquet

Chapter 6   Flying High

Chapter 7   Castles and Potions

Chapter 8   The Dream

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CHAPTER 1

Grace’s Childhood

G race was a ten-year-old girl who lived in a world of fantasy. As an only child, she often felt lonely, and real life was not very interesting to her. Some of her snobby school friends put her down. They said she was crazy and that she lived in a dream world.

Grace was adventurous by nature. Her favourite hobby was to explore through the real and imaginary worlds. Even though she did not look like a tomboy, in a way she was one. One could say curiosity always got the better of her. Looks- wise, Grace was very pretty. She had big blue-green eyes; long, dark eyelashes; and long, flowing, curly brown hair with some blonde streaks in it: a gift from the sun. She had really fine, delicate features. Many of the girls in her class secretly wished they could look like her. Grace did not think that she was pretty or special. She just felt sadness inside, and she longed for something bigger. She secretly wished that she could grow up quicker and look much older.

More than anything, she thought if she had friends who really understood her, then everything would be all right. In truth, she was lonely. She sensed that she was different from the other girls in her class. She was very grateful for Granny, her mum Anna’s mother, who was her best friend and someone who understood her wild imagination.

Grace once said to Granny, I’m so happy you are as mad as me; maybe that is why we get along so well, or maybe it’s just that everyone else is mad and we are the normal ones.

They still giggled about that.

Granny lived in a big old house in the countryside. The house was on a small rambling road, outside a little village called Bumbervale. Bumbervale was embraced on all sides with babbling brooks, overgrown hedges, and beautiful wildflowers. There was a bridge just beside the house, with a wide gushing river running under it. Behind the house were the mountains that swept down to the sea. In summertime, the slopes wore a coat of purple heather. Grace often referred to these as the purple mountains, and together, Grace and Granny would roam the hills some nights at sundown.

Granny always thought adventurous walks were more fun as the sun went down. From the house, you could see the nearby forest’s luscious green trees. Their branches were so thick and heavy that they seemed to kiss the ground and touch the sky all at once. Cool, clear waterfalls could be seen cascading down the mountains, right into the village. The waterfalls were always so refreshing to take a dip in on a hot summer’s day. They ran, skipped, and danced down the slopes like Grace’s own wild imagination. She loved the energy of nature. She felt safe and secure in its company and