Big Change for Stuart by Lissa Evans

Author:Lissa Evans
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781409026969
Publisher: RHCP

AS APRIL WATCHED Stuart climb onto the throne of the Reappearing Rose Bower, pull the lever and disappear from sight, she clutched the Magic Star in her hand, and tried to keep her breathing steady.

One of the disadvantages of being a triplet was that she hardly ever did anything on her own – there was always at least one sister tagging along. Now she had the prospect of a whole magical world which she could explore without interference, and she felt almost dizzy with excitement. It took her a moment or two to realize that, mingled with the excitement, there was a good dollop of nervousness. It was always easier to be brave when you were with someone else.

She could hear Stuart pulling the lever again. The mechanism clicked and ratcheted, and the silver stems eased apart to reveal the empty throne. At its centre was the socket for the star.

‘You OK?’ she called to Stuart, and heard a vague noise by way of an answer.

She stepped forward, and at the same moment the dog skittered across from where it had been lurking and bounded onto the seat. It looked at her keenly.

‘Do you want to come too?’ asked April. The prospect of not being quite on her own was rather nice. ‘I’ll be off then,’ she shouted, laying one hand on the dog’s head and, with the other, placing the three-pointed star in its socket.

And, like a page turning, the view changed.

She was in the most splendid room she had ever seen. The bronze throne was still directly in front of her, but now it stood on a velvet dais, and red and purple silk banners swayed gently from the ceiling above.

The windows were high and narrow, and she could see nothing out of them except treetops and wheeling swifts.

The walls were gold, and hung with tapestries, their colours brilliant and fresh: stags leaping through green woodlands, white castles standing in meadows jewelled with flowers.

The floor had a carpet so soft that her feet sank gently with every step; she reached down and stroked it, and it was like brushing the gossamer coat of a puppy.

Which reminded her of the little dog. She looked around and saw it had jumped off the throne and was sniffing around the edge of the room.

‘What am I supposed to do?’ she asked it. ‘What’s the puzzle?’

It was really odd not having anyone to talk to. She had the sudden wild thought that Stuart might have come with her to this magical palace, and she knocked on the throne and shouted, ‘Stuart, are you there?’ but there was no answer. He must still be in the museum, and she thought of him hanging upside down, getting cramp in his legs and nausea in his stomach, and she knew that she had to hurry up with her task.

As she turned away from the throne, she thought she saw a flash of movement out of the corner of her eye, but when she spun round there was no one there – or at least, no one real.

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