Spring's Sparkle Sleepover by Elise Allen

Author:Elise Allen
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2015-05-26T16:00:00+00:00

“Your room?” Winter asked. “In the middle of my Snowflake Slumber Party?”

Winter sounded hurt. Spring hadn’t meant to hurt her feelings; she was just playing the game and telling the truth.

Autumn placed a comforting hand on Spring’s knee. “Is that true, Spring? Would you rather be in your room?”

Spring didn’t know how to answer. She’d already told so many fibs to try and get out of the party, she didn’t want to lie anymore. At the same time, she didn’t want to upset Winter. Her insides were as twisted as a snail shell and her tongue felt as thick as an elephant’s foot. For several moments there were no sounds beyond the wind whipping outside the snow fort and the crackling of the fire.

“I guess that answers the question,” Winter said petulantly. “Spring doesn’t like my slumber party.”

“I didn’t say that!” Spring finally exploded. “The game is Truth or Tickle and I was supposed to tell the truth, so I told the truth! I was having a lot of fun but you asked where in all the Sparkledoms I would go in that very moment, and the truth was my room! And it’s even more true in this very moment than that one—I would like to go to my room!”

She folded her arms and stared at the fire. She didn’t want to meet any of her sisters’ stares. Spring did not like Truth or Tickle.

“Fine,” said Winter. “Now I’ll tell the truth. I’ve done everything I can to make sure this party was super-spectacular for you, but you’d rather be in your room. You’re saying my party’s not good enough for you?”

“Winter,” Summer warned.

“What?” Winter shot back.

“That’s not true!” Spring protested. “I had fun before!”

“Before?” Winter echoed, offended.

“I have an idea,” suggested Autumn. “How about we play another game?”

“Great idea,” Summer agreed. “Or we could tell spooky stories, just like Winter planned!”

Suddenly, a strong breeze blew into the fort, extinguishing the fire. Spring yelped loudly. Everything was so dark, she couldn’t see her fingers wiggling in front of her face. What if the fort collapsed? What if the Weeds tried to sneak in and steal their scepters?

Spring couldn’t breathe. She quickly pulled out her moonstone necklace and chanted softly, “Little moon, shine bright. Give me comfort in the night.”

The moonstone transformed into a glowing ball of light that gently illuminated the entire snow fort. All of the Sparkles stared at it in wonder.

“How did you do that?” asked Summer.

“It’s from Mother,” Spring admitted. “A night-light to help me at the sleepover.”

“Wait,” Winter said. “You had to go to Mother to get help for the sleepover? Was the idea of a sleepover in my Sparkledom that horrible?”

Spring thought she might be sick. Everything was getting worse and worse, and she didn’t know how to make it better. “You don’t understand!” she wailed.

“Then help us understand,” Autumn said.

“Yeah,” Summer said. “If you needed a night-light, why didn’t you just ask us? I’m sure Winter could have given you one.”

Tears welled up in her eyes as Spring admitted the truth.

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