The Adventures of June Wonder by Jeanne Esterhuizen (carter reed TXT) 📖

June sat down. “Well, my father was a very powerful wizard. Just after I was born, he killed my mother. He tried to kill me too, but because I had his blood, he couldn’t. That’s how I became a Moondweller. That’s how all Moondwellers become Moondwellers. Family tried to kill them. It’s very complicated. If family tries to kill you, you are cursed. The curse is evened out by giving the person special powers.” She took a deep breath before continuing “anyway, he tried killing me, but instead gave me powers. And because he was such a powerful wizard, his wizarding powers were passed on too me, making me the most powerful and strongest Moondweller on the planet. His spell bounced off me and hit him, killing his body. His soul went to live in the body of a snake” she added softly: “typically him. Anyways, uh… again, I was a newborn baby without parents or shelter. And the world already knew of my arrival. But Miss Green here, a fellow Moondweller, in her early twenties, took me in!” June build up on her volume, ‘till almost shouting. A great, naturally born speaker. She had to stop for a moment because she sneezed. “And with that, I was born and almost killed under a full moon. I don’t know where I got wolf DNA or blood from. People say I was fed or something by wolfs. I don’t know. Daisy raised me as her own child, and taught me the basics of Moondweller. Protected me.” June was handling this quite good, crying over anything and such. “Uhm, just wondering, protected you from what?” Cole asked, wary. “Oh, from bad people of course. All wanted me, and all tried to kidnap me, misuse my powers and so” suddenly everyone realized why June gets upset so easily. She had a bad childhood. But she was growing up, and getting tougher. “Sven” she suddenly “who are the star chasers or whatever?”
“You mean ‘The Servants to the Stars’?”
Cole growled and June looked at him
“Yes, them, who are they?”
“The followers of Trench Futurele”
June sighed but looked calm.
“What, why are you wondering about something like that?” Sven asked. June and Daisy looked at each other. Daisy had a worried look on her face, but you could see she was thinking hard. “Oh just do it” June told her, getting huffy. “Ok, ok, I’ll do it. For your sake. When do we start and where do we practise?” Daisy asked, still thinking hard.

Everyday, June and Daisy practised. Practised the day away. Everyone could see that this was tiring June physically and mentally out. Not so much Daisy; she’s been doing full Moondweller for years. When they take a break, June either slept or ate. She had dark shadows under her eyes and her hair was a mess. After about two and a half weeks, June knew everything. She didn’t perfect it, but at least she knew it. She was counting on her power to make the spells and stuff work good.
June collapsed on the bed after her last session. Cole was asleep on the bed: his ‘Cat Nap’. He takes one every afternoon. June started tiding up the room, singing softly to herself. The words she sang were:

I never had to say goodbye
You must have know I wouldn’t stay
When you were talking ‘bout our life
You killed the beauty of today
Forever. Never. Live is now or never
Forever never comes around

You’ll never see me again,
so now I’m gonna cry for you
you’ll never see me again, no matter what you do
you’ll never see me again,
so now I’m gonna cry for you
you’ll never see me again, no matter what you do

You never heard me break your heart
you didn’t wake up when we died
Since I was lonely from the start
I think the end is mine to ride
Forever. Never. Live is now or never
Forever never comes around.
People love and live

Basically, she sang ‘Cry For You’ by September. When she got ‘you’ll never see me again’ Cole woke up. “I hope you weren’t singing that for me” Cole joked. “Nah, sang that for my dad, wherever he is” she said trailing of
“Well, anyway, that was very nice” he said, stretching. June scratched her hand. Then her shoulder. Then her hand again. She looked at her hand and saw the scar. “You know, I think I’m gana go have a shower” Cole said standing up. This distracted June from her hand. Sven and Mary came in. “Ok, enjoy it!” June said, smiling. Sven and June were chatting away and Mary was reading a book called ‘Every dog needs a spaghetti stick’ by Michea Taylor. June had bought her a bottle of ice tea, coffee for Sven and a milkshake for Mary. Mary had brought up the subject of how Cole had become small, just before Cole went into the shower. He stood and listened. “I suspect they used sort of MDCT or Nano-tegnology” Sven said lighting a cigarette. “You mean I am like Mary now?!” Cole asked. Mary was a machine. She could transform into anything and everything. At that moment Azura burst through the door. “Mister Crosses, I’m back!” she sang, throwing her arms around his neck. “Hey, wait, there’s something wrong, something different. Aw, you’re so little. You are so cute, I could just eat you up!” and she jumped onto him, both of them falling to the ground. She was on top of him. June jumped towards them and onto Azura, trying to get her off Cole. Sven jumped on June to get her off Azura. Mary walked closer to help but tripped and landed on Sven. They all were a rolling mass on the ground. Imagine it. Cole, unnoticed by the other, crept out of the ball of people. He grabbed a whistle that just happened to be on the bedside table and blew it hard. Everyone stopped their squirming and looked at him. “Anyway, like I was asking, I am like Mary now? Awesome!” and with that he went and stood in front of the open window. “Wings!” he said loudly and jumped out of the window. He hung in the air for a while and then tumbled to the ground. From the third floor! “Wait for me Mister Black!” Azura said in her high voice, and jumped out of the window after him. She hovered in the air for a while. Then she fell to the ground. “Ha, serves her right” June said from where she and Sven were sitting on the ground. When Cole returned from the staircase, he went to take the shower he was planning. Everyone was having themselves some noodles. Suddenly the telephone rang. June answered, greeting in Japanese. It was Daisy. Sven picked up the other phone and listened to the conversation.
“hello June, sorry to leave so suddenly, something happened to my daughter. I’m so sorry.”
“Oh that’s ok, but will I ever see you again? I mean you live in Ghana or somewhere!” “June, darling, you’re a Moondweller, you can do anything! Remember, you are a full M.D now, try sycting me”
“I love you Daisy and hope to see you soon again”
“me too darling, goodbye then”
“Yeah, bye” and with that June put the phone down.
After a nice relaxing shower, Cole came out with only a towel on. “Hey, you’re back to normal again” Sven said looking up. “Oh, yeah, guess I am” he said and looked at his body. Under his arm, at his chest, hands in hair and under his arm again. He looked very funny. Mary looked up and told him: “You’re like a cup of noodles” Cole pulled a face “Wha’?” he asked, stretching out the word. “just add water” and with that Sven and June burst out laughing. “Cup o’ noodles?” Cole asked, looking very funny.

Chapter 10: The grey place

June wasn’t wearing the necklace anymore. It was in a special box with Cole’s bracelet and Sven’s eye-patch. Mary wears her necklace that June bought her everyday, she doesn’t take it off. June was experimenting a lot with her powers. She hadn’t told the others that she was also born and tried to be killed on Friday the thirteenth, making her even more powerful. Usually people think Friday the 13th is bad luck, but it’s only because a lot of Moondweller stuff happens on those days, and then normal people think it is bad luck. And with June being threatened from birth made her even more powerful. So, she is like super extra strong. She still had wolf ears, they seemed permanent. June had also gotten a bell and put it around her neck. Now she was like Cole. Except that Cole only wore red cloth and June a colour that matched her clothes. June had put the radio on and put an Athens CD in. It was songs that spell doom to come. But the funny thing is, while it was playing, thunder started rumbling outside. It was like music called the weather. “Hey, Sven? What town are we in now?” she asked stopping from dancing for a breath. “We’re in Tokyo” he said without looking up from his paper. “We’re already in Tokyo?!” she burst out. Cole, Mary and Azura went into town, shopping. It was just Sven and June at the hotel room. Sven was feeling uncomfortable. He had a crush on her, being with her the whole time and so. “Do you need something here in Tokyo?” he asked, looking up from his newspaper, uncertain. She thought for a moment and then answered: “Yes, I need to go to a part of town called Rough-Rogue. Yeah, sounds bad, but I simply have to go there. Power stuff.” “Tell you what, I’ll go with you. It’s a gentleman’s honour. It sounds a bit… rough down there for you” he said smiling. The Rough-Rogue isn’t so rough actually. It was a secret underground wizarding market. June had to go get herself a wand. To extend her powers to the full amount, she needed a wand. She has wizarding in her. June wasn’t in Rough-Rogue before and was pretty lost. Until she bumped into a familiar back. June remembered that soft friendly shaggy coat of a back. The back turned around and reviled the face of Hennaed Muleteer. “Mr. Hennaed!” June said, glowing with happiness. “June, I can’t believe how much you’ve grown! When I last saw you, you were a tinny tot. And you don’t need to call me mister; you are old enough to just call me Hennaed now. So, what are you doing down here?” Hennaed asked. “Well, I ran into Daisy a few days ago, and she taught me full Moondweller. And so…” Sven interrupted at that moment “Hey, June, people will hear you talking about M.D!” he said looking nervously at the many people bustling around them. “No worries my friend, these people are all magical, no mortals, except you of course.” Hennaed laughed “Anyway, like I was saying, and so I came to buy a wand and other magical stuff. A gal needs to protect herself.” She said lovingly. “And whot about this guy? Is he your boyfriend?” Hennaed teased, thumping Sven on the back. Sven had to hold his hat with one hand as the wind got knocked out of him. Hennaed was bigger than anyone Sven or June knew. Like he was family of bear or troll. “Nah, this is Sven, he’s a pal. My bf is out in town with Mary and Azura. Could you help me ‘round the place, I don’t know it exactly?” she asked him, having to crane her neck to look him in the eyes. “Sure, what do ya need?” he asked. “Ag,