Just Like Magic

By Stephen Robert Sutton

Just Like Magic is an adventure in a magical world where the main characters get to fight evil and bring back the good that was lost in this fantasy land.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Feb 28, 2019
• ISBN: 9781728384634

Stephen Robert Sutton

Stephen Robert Sutton author and poet has written many books, some in his own name others under other names such as Sarah Ruth Scott and Simon Robert Sinclair. The reason for more than one name was to write from a more feminine perspective drawing from his working colleagues and good female friends. The other was to write in various subjects providing knowledge from past experiences and studies of people. Some stories have been altered and include his real name for credibility; Stephen is also an artist and photographer who likes to work on most of his own book covers. When he wrote cracked porcelain it was it was based on factual events on psychiatric wards and experiences of nurses both on the wards and in the community. It is Stephen hope that one day he will see his work on Netflix and other movie companies that will portray his work as it is in his books. Stephen is dyslexic and dyspraxic and self educated, he believes in self motivation and the encouragement of others to enable him to keep writing, to date he has written thirty books all published.

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Published by AuthorHouse  02/15/2019

ISBN: 978-1-7283-8462-7 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-7283-8463-4 (e)

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CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Just Like Magic

ConFlict Of Faith: Introduction

Living With Faith

Dawn’s Plan

Rescued By A Dream

Sunny Delight

Faith And Harmony

Believe

Final Battle

Christmas With Faith

Lifes First Breath

Just Like Magic

Then Came The Night

Jeremy’s Dream (Dream Of A Disabled Person)

Tree

School Daze

About The Author

Acknowledgements

Thank you to Ella Jay Briggs (my eight year old granddaughter) for the illustrations and inspiration, Chantelle is you. Thank you to my colleagues Kari Cooper and Elizabeth Winfield for their support in this work. Thanks to my mother Rita Sutton who is always there for me and my father Leonard Sutton who guided me and became a role model for me. Thank you aunty Penny who understood the difficulties I had as a child, teaching me many things. The second story is called ‘Conflict of Faith’ from a story written in 2013 about an angel sent down to live amongst humans in order to learn their ways, imperfections and how to guide and protect them. Kayleigh Elizabeth May Moore provided the photos for this book.

Introduction

This is a children’s story about Chantelle who enters a magical kingdom in order to save a young Princess called Alicia who is hiding in her palace from the wicked witch Slendrina who threatens to banish all blonde haired girls from the kingdom, along with what she calls those dreadful creatures known as Unicorns.

Slendrina uses her evil trolls called Jessica and George to find them, but will she succeed with her wicked plan or will Chantelle save the day.

Just Like Magic

It was an early summers evening, the weather had been warm that day and continued well into the night. An eight year old girl was playing in her room, she had placed all her dolls and cuddly toys almost in a circle, making sure that when she sat down she could see all of them. She had copied the teachers at school, who had organised the children for story time. She searched around the room for a suitable book to read, one that she could read easily. There on the dressing table lay a book that she had never seen before, but the words were easy to read and it had colourful picture in it too. She sat down with the book on her knees and asked the class to pay attention as she was about to read the story.

As she opened the book, she was surprised to see it glow and stars appeared to drift up to the ceiling. This was a most astonishing sight and for a moment she stared at the ceiling expecting something else to take place.

Wow she said and then began reading the book out loud

Once upon a time in a land far away, lived a Princess called Alicia she showed her audience the picture of Alicia "She had blonde hair, soft skin and a bright pink dress with lots of sequins on it, but despite being a beautiful Princess, she was very sad. A wicked witch Slendrina with a strange blue face ordered her evil trolls Jessica and George to capture her mother and father, the king and Queen because they were blonde and powerful, they were thrown into the dungeon along with all the other blonde people. Blondes are wicked people, the witch said.

I wonder what she would think of me, with my ginger hair? She said pointing to her hair

At that moment she heard a voice calling out Help me

She looked around her, but saw no body

She looked back in her book and the voice called out again Help me

Where are you? She asked searching around the room

I am in the mirror she replied

She walked to the dressing table and looked in the mirror, but could only see herself in there I can’t see you she said looking all around the mirror

Try the big mirror and look harder

She looked into the full sized mirror and saw herself from head to toe, and then a mist appeared filling the entire mirror. As it disappeared Alicia stood in front of her, she had blonde hair like the book and the bright pink dress with sequins all over it.

Alicia she said delighted to see her

Hello, and who are you?

My name is Chantelle

Hello Chantelle Alicia said smiling Come and see me

How do I do that? Chantelle asked curiously

Enter the mirror, it is magic she replied

How do I do that? she said looking around it

Just walk inside it, its quite safe you can’t be harmed honestly

Chantelle moved her right hand forward and watched as it vanished into the mirror, she did the same with her left arm and then brought them back out.

That’s weird she said

Come on Chantelle, do it for me

Chantelle tried again this time pushing her whole body into the mirror, this time she began to see Alicia’s world and continued moving forward until she had entered her room.

At last Alicia said laughing

Oh my god how strange was that Chantelle said tapping and prodding her body I feel alright

Oh god Alicia said touching Chantelle’s hair

What’s wrong?

"Your hair is the colour