Competition's A Witch by Kelly McClymer

Author:Kelly McClymer
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2007-01-03T00:00:00+00:00

I was a little surprised at the insight that Coach Gertie’s spell revealed. The witches were fearing what they didn’t know about mortal cheering. I could so relate.

The Beverly Hills cheerleaders froze where they were as soon as Coach Gertie finished her spell. Perfect for show-andtell, without the embarrassing need for a mind-wipe later on.

Coach Gertie released the group invisibility spell and said, “Let’s go see what we need to do for our first regional competition, girls.”

Tara gave me a little shoulder as she brushed by me to examine the team close up. She didn’t look happy, and I wasn’t sure why until I heard her mutter, “I’m not afraid of any mortal cheerleaders.”

My bracelet tingled, letting me know she was telling a big fat lie. I learned three things from that: One, Coach Gertie knew her girls well; two, be careful how you frame a spell or incantation because it can make someone mad; and three, Tara was afraid of the mortal cheerleader moves I was trying to teach them. And if she was, the rest of the girls were too. Duh. They weren’t used to working without a magical safety net.

I churned over how I could use that information as I walked toward Maddie, who was poised in a classic hamstring stretch using a Splitflex very much like the one the team had given me as a parting gift when I left Beverly Hills for Salem. The witches were afraid. But there was no reason they had to be. We could use spells to help break falls and avoid collisions during practice. And we could use them to help monitor our moves, too. That would give us all the advantage we needed over our mortal counterparts—at least for practice. For the actual competition, we wouldn’t be able to do more than protect ourselves from grave injury.

In the mortal world, I’d learned that a good aide, like the Splitflex, could improve your work when all else failed. Why wouldn’t the same thing hold true for the magical world? Use what you have. Use what you know. How many times had I heard that in cheering practice? Too many to count.

So I went up to Maddie and pointed at the Splitflex. “This helps her stretch her muscles so that she can do a perfect split time after time.”

“Who cares?” Elektra wasn’t about to hide her contempt for all things mortal.

I looked at them, and then at Maddie on the floor in her perfect split. I slid down the floor until I was beside her, my split just as perfect, even without the stretching aide. And then I rose in the air three feet, raised my arms over my head gracefully, and rotated around the axis of my perfect split. Some of the girls oohed and aahed. It looked great, and I knew it. I could see myself in the full-length mirrored wall of the practice room.

I pointed to the mirrors. “You try. And watch yourself.”

They did. And they weren’t happy when they compared their moves to mine.

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