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So Hey, Koala Kids, Kelly here.
Now gather round, because the mystery is getting deeper this week.
Welcome back to episode three of the Jupiter twins banished from magic.
Lily and Jake are still on the hunt for who stole their spell book, following clues, chasing answers, but nothing is quite as it seems.
Every lead twists, every answer slips just out of reach.
Meanwhile, strange magic is spreading through lower starry skies and the agents of the bureau of bewitchment are getting closer and closer.
Time is running out.
Will the twins figure out the mystery before it's too late?
Well, let's find out.
And away we go.
Lily Jupiter crawled on her hands and knees through the thick undergrowth.
The earth was damp and mushy beneath her.
Already, her hands were covered in mud, and every now and then a spider or some creepy crawly crept over her, making her shiver.
Leaves crinkled under her knees, and her hair was all tangled with bits of twigs.
She paused, her chest rising and falling quickly.
Beyond the sound of her own panting, she could hear birds singing.
She looked to her left, and she looked to her right, but it was all the same.
Just a dense tangle of bushes and brambles, trees and green spring leaves.
"'Chick?' she whispered.
"'Chick!'
Just a minute or two ago, he had been right up ahead of her.
She'd been able to see the soles of his shoes shifting this way and that as he crawled.
But the wooded undergrowth was so thick that all it took was one blink and she'd lost him.
Now she didn't know where he was.
She squinted her eyes and peered up ahead.
She tried once more.
She couldn't risk raising her voice any louder.
After all, they were being followed, hunted, chased down by the agents of bewitchment.
She didn't want to accidentally alert them to where she was, but she needed to find her brother.
Lily crawled further through the thicket and then suddenly stopped.
Snip, snap.
She held her breath tight.
She had heard something, hadn't she?
At least, she thought she had.
Lily listened out, her ears pricked.
Birdsong, rustling breeze, and snip, snap.
Yes, there it came again.
The snip-snap of twigs.
But not from in front of her.
There was someone behind her.
Very close behind her.
Heart hammering in her chest, Lily scrabbled forward through the undergrowth.
She didn't care about getting her trouser knees dirty or spiky branches poking her face.
She just needed to get away as quickly as she could.
Snip, snap went the twigs.
Closer and closer.
Lily sped up.
Snip, snap.
Closer and closer.
Then a cold hand closed around her ankle.
Lily!
Said a voice.
Relief flooded through her.
She knew that voice.
Lily spun around and saw her brother's face grinning.
Oh, Jake!
She whispered.
I thought you were one of the agents of bewitchment chasing me.
Jake let out a little chuckle.
Sorry, Lily.
I didn't mean to give you a fright.
It's only me.
I just saw the agents fly off in completely the wrong direction, so we're safe, at least for now.
Go that way, he added, pointing down through the thicket.
They crawled through the tangled brambles before emerging onto one of Lower Starry Sky's pretty cobbled streets.
They blinked in the sudden sunlight.
Jake was holding a little plastic bag in his hand, filled with tiny metal objects.
What's that?
Lily asked him.
Oh, these?
Jake lifted the bag into the sunlight.
It's a bag of screws I found in the woods.
I picked them up, just in case they turned out to be a clue.
Good thinking, Jake, Lily nodded.
We've got to keep our eyes peeled.
After all, anything could be a clue.
Then, wasting not a moment more, they hurried down the street.
They knew exactly where they were going.
Two days before, Lily and Jake had been informed by the Bureau of Bewitchment, who govern the world of witches and wizards that, since they'd moved away from their school of magic to lower starry skies, they would, from that moment on, be banned from performing magic.
And if they broke that rule, their punishment would be having their memories wiped, so they would never ever remember being magical at all.
That was upsetting enough, but it got worse.
Just the day after their very own spell book was stolen and someone started casting spells all around the village, transforming fruit tarts into farts and making the sand in the playground rise up and scare little non-magical kids.
The Bureau of Bewitchment believed it was the twins who were responsible for the magic, and that's why they'd sent their agents to chase them.
But with Hector and Sunny's help, the Jupiter twins had identified two suspects.
Maggie and Alan.
But luckily, at the sandpit, Lily had discovered a clue that had helped them narrow it down.
They'd seen a figure hidden in the sandstorm.
And afterwards, they found animal-shaped footprints in the sand.
Now she knew who the culprit was.
They were on their way to confront them now.
Lily and Jake scurried down the street keeping a watchful eye on the sky to make sure that no dark-robed agents on their broomsticks spotted them.
Soon, they reached a red brick house with bluebells growing on the front lawn.
They ran up the path and knocked on the door.
Footsteps sounded in the corridor.
Then the door swung open, revealing a young girl in a magician's outfit and fluffy, gray animal feet slippers.
Oh, hello, Maggie. said Lily.
May we come in?
Maggie gave a confused frown, but stood back to let them in.
She led them into the sitting room where her magician's assistant, Marshmallow the rabbit, was sitting in front of a deck of cards spread out on the floor.
Sorry, Maggie said.
We were just practicing a new magic trick.
Would you like to see it?
Jake had loved Maggie's last magic trick, where she made a gold coin disappear and reappear in his pocket.
But he had to hold himself back.
They didn't have time just then for silly games.
"'Uh, Maggie,' he said.
"'We know it was you.'
Maggie blinked at them.
"'Me?
Me what?'
We know it was you who stole our spellbook.
You who transformed all the tarts at the Dimple Dumpling Cafe into farts.
You who made the sand at the playground turn into monsters just an hour ago to scare those little kids.
Now Maggie looked totally flabbergasted.
No, I didn't, she protested.
Transform tarts into farts?
Turn sand into monsters?
Oh, I wish I could do magic like that.
No, I'm afraid you got the wrong person.
That wasn't me.
I wasn't even in Lower Starry Skies an hour ago.
I only just got back from the magic workshop.
It was clear she was trying to invent an alibi, some sort of defence or proof to avoid blame.
Maggie, Lily said softly, we know you weren't at a magic workshop.
We've got evidence.
We found animal-shaped footprints in the sand.
The kind of footprints that would only be left by paw-shaped slippers, just like the ones on your feet.
Maggie stared at Lily, and then Jake, and then back at Lily again.
Then she opened her mouth and shouted, Mom, where were we an hour ago?
A voice rang down from upstairs.
"'Oh, dear me, Maggie.
You've got a memory like a goldfish.
We were at your magic workshop, remember?
You were learning to saw marshmallow in half?'
Poor Marshmallow shuddered a little at the memory.
"'See?'
Maggie said, and then she gave him a little smile.
"'I wish it was me, because then you would have solved your mystery.'
But I'm afraid you got the wrong person.
It wasn't me.
I wasn't even here.
It seemed that the Jupiter twins had got it wrong.
They apologized to Maggie for accusing her of something she didn't do.
Oh, don't worry, she said with a kindly smile.
Good luck with finding your culprit.
Outside again, the twins plodded down the street, feeling rather disappointed.
I was so sure we had it right, Lily sighed.
I really thought those footprints in the sand were a golden clue.
But now we have nothing, and the agents of bewitchment are in low starry skies.
She glanced up and down the street nervously.
They could be around any corner.
What are we supposed to do now, Jake?
Jake?
Her brother had stopped on the pavement about five paces behind her.
He was staring at something across the way.
Lily looked and saw Alan, the floppy-haired boy with glasses who they met earlier that day, sitting on his lawn.
He was still trying to fix his long mechanical arm.
I think we've found another clue, said Jake.
Lily frowned.
Oh, that's just Alan.
We already spoke to him.
Jake tipped his head.
But look at his hair, he said.
Lily took a closer look and saw that Alan's hair was covered in pink and white blossoms.
For a moment, she tried to work out what point Jake was trying to make.
Then it clicked.
She touched her hand to her mouth, there was blossom blowing off the trees in the park.
She said just when the june demon curse turned the sand in the playground into monsters, wasn't there?
Jake nodded, which means maybe alan was there.
Jake nodded again, but before he could say anything, alan had spotted them and waved.
Oh hello, Jake.
Hello, Lily, he said with a friendly smile.
How nice it is meeting you twice in one day.
Oh.
He exclaimed all of a sudden, pointing at the little plastic bag Jake still clutched in his hand.
Oh, my bag of screws.
Oh, I've been looking for them everywhere.
Jake and Lily exchanged a wide-eyed look.
Well, if that wasn't proof that Alan was their thief, then what was?
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Alan Lily said it was you who stole our spell book and performed that trick at the Dimple Dumpling Cafe, wasn't it?
What?
Oh, no way, Alan said, suddenly frowning and shaking his head.
Uma's my friend.
I would never do anything to hurt her like that.
Even though you're angry that she'd stopped making salted caramel dumplings, said Jake.
Alan pointed to a half-empty box beside him.
How I don't mind.
I just bought some peanut butter chocolate swirl ones instead.
Look!
Jake pointed to Alan's hair.
But you've got blossoms in your hair, just like the blossoms in the park where the sandpit is.
Oh, there's blossom in the trees in my back garden too.
I can show you, said Alan.
And we found this bag of screws in the woods by the sandpit, said Lily.
That puts you at the scene of the crime.
Alan looked at them one after the other.
His eyes gone wide.
Oh, I play in those woods all the time, he protested.
I could have dropped those screws any time.
I haven't been anywhere near the park today, I swear.
Alan, please, Lily begged.
We won't be upset with you.
We just need our spell book back.
Please give it us back.
Alan opened his mouth.
And just then, there came the sound of a commotion from the end of the street.
Shouts, clunks, and an odd tick-tock, tick-tock.
It sounded like an army of clocks.
Suddenly, a man with a briefcase ran past the road, looking over his shoulder.
And a moment later, they saw the most curious thing following him.
It was a clock.
But the clock had arms and legs.
It was chasing the man down the road.
That looks just like the tumble toes, Jinx, Lily murmured.
Right out of our spell book, Jake sighed.
Oh no, more magical mayhem.
And how can I be the one doing it?
Alan said, crossing his arms to make his point.
If I'm standing right here...
Well, the Jupiter twins certainly couldn't argue with that.
They'd gotten it wrong again.
Sorry, Alan, they called out as they hot-footed it down to the end of the road.
They had some bad magic to investigate.
They whizzed around the corner and charged up the high street, racing between the parade of candy-colored shops.
Soon they saw where the mayhem was coming from.
Mr. Timelove's clock shop, Rise and Chime, stood in the middle of the high street.
When they'd seen it yesterday, it had been a calm and cozy looking place, with rows of watches on the shelves and clocks ticking hypnotically on the walls.
Well, not anymore.
All the clocks had grown legs, flung open the windows and door and were now causing chaos on the streets.
One big brown clock unscrewed the street pump, sending a huge torrent of sparkling water shooting into the air.
Two loud buzzing alarm clocks invaded the market stall and, to the alarm of the store owner, started throwing tomatoes around.
Splat!
Splat!
Splat!
And a lady walking with a tiny chihuahua had to pick it up and climb up a lamp post to avoid a big grandfather clock that was wobbling down the pavement.
I was hoping we'd find some magic in lower starry skies, said Lily.
But not like this.
Come on, Jake said.
Time's running away from us.
Literally.
We've got to help.
Mr Timelove was inside his shop trying to gather up a small horde of scurrying watchers to replace them on the shelves.
But each time he put them back, they scuttled off again.
How much simpler it would be, Jake thought to himself, if they could just cast a spell to reverse the mayhem.
A reversal charm, or a freezing spell, to make the Watchers stay put.
But spells were forbidden.
They would have to do it the unenchanted way.
Lily! he shouted.
Get out the door, so the clocks can't get back out.
Then Jake ran up and down the street, picking up rogue clocks and tucking them under his arms before returning them to the shop.
Oh, thank you, Mr. Timelove stammered.
Oh, thank you ever so much.
Jake darted up the road and switched off the water valve.
Then he snatched up the clocks in the fruit market, who had begun squeezing bananas out of their skins to slip people up.
In fact, he was in such a happy rhythm that he didn't notice the big grandfather clock coming up behind him and pinning him to the floor.
Get off me!
Get off me!
He pushed and he pushed.
But no matter how much strength he mustered, he couldn't push hard enough to get the grandfather clock off him.
He was stuck.
And that's when he heard something that made his blood run cold.
Lily's voice shouting.
Jake!
Watch out!
Agents of bewitchment!
Jake peered out from under the grandfather clock.
Right at the end of the road, he saw them.
Three figures clad in long black cloaks.
They levitated just a few inches above the cobbled streets, floating swiftly towards him.
He turned the other way, towards Lily, who was still standing by the door to rise, and chime a look of fear on her face.
Run, he called out.
Hide, but Lily hesitated.
Use magic, Jake, she told him.
You can get that clock off you if you use magic.
Just do it.
Then we can escape together.
But Jake just shook his head.
No, Lily.
Magic is forbidden.
We haven't done anything wrong.
And I'm not going to do anything wrong now.
You need to hide.
Now.
Then you can solve the mystery and save everything.
We can't both be caught.
Go!
Now!
Lily hesitated once more, but she knew he was right.
If they both got caught, then who would be able to save them from having their magical existences erased from their memories?
So, with one last glance at the road towards the approaching agents, She ran and hid around the corner of the alley.
She peeked out from behind the wall and watched in silence as the agents reached Jake.
They closed their hands around his ankles and pulled him out from beneath the grandfather clock.
Come on, Master Jupiter, she heard one of them say.
You're coming with us.
And unable to do anything to stop them.
She watched as the agents of bewitchment marched Jake back up the street until they disappeared around the corner.
The sun dipped behind some clouds and a cool breeze blew up the road, making the flowers that grew on the pots outside the shops bend and sway.
Lily shivered.
Oh, how sorry she felt for herself just then.
Sorry for herself, and for Jake too.
She stepped out of the alleyway she had hidden in and began to walk slowly up the lowest starry high street.
She was all in a daze.
There were so many questions she didn't have the answers for.
Where were the agents taking Jake?
Would they wipe his memory straight away?
But most of all...
Who had stolen their spellbook and caused all of this chaos?
Despite all of the investigating they'd done, all the clues they'd found, they were completely out of suspects.
And just when she needed an answer most of all, she was furthest away from finding one.
That didn't seem fair at all.
Lily walked up the empty street, past Uma's Dimple Dumpling Cafe, past the tech store Cogs and Cables with its window full of TVs and radios, past the little blue freezer where they sold ice creams.
She walked past the post office and the school and the village library neither yours nor mine with its boarded-up door and onto.
Suddenly she stopped.
She frowned.
She took three steps backwards.
Once more, Lily took a look at the library.
Yes, the place was boarded up, and it looked like it had been boarded up for some time.
Pinned to the door with its peeling green paint was a notice.
She squinched up her eyes to read it.
It said the library was closed for some much-needed renovations.
It had been closed for a couple of months and wouldn't be open again for a few weeks.
Closed for a couple of months.
Lily felt her mind grasping at something, but she didn't know what it was.
It was just out of reach.
Hmm, what was so significant about the library being shut for a couple of months?
Why, oh why, did that seem like a clue to her?
She wished she could figure it out.
She wished she could read her own mind.
She rubbed her forehead with her fingers.
She squeezed her eyes shut.
She forced herself to think.
And then, suddenly, the sun came out from behind its cloud.
Lily Jupiter was drenched in light.
And she had it.
She'd worked it out.
A missing spellbook.
Animal paw prints in the sand.
And a boarded-up library.
Of course!
Finally, she knew who it was.
She had solved the mystery.
She only hoped it wouldn't be too late.
Wow, things are really starting to fall into place now.
Clues, magic, and a mystery that just keeps on twisting.
But Lily thinks she's finally figured it out.
What about you guys?
Have you spotted something the twins almost missed?
Do you think you know who's behind it all?
Let us know what you're thinking down in the comments.
And don't forget to join us next time, when all the answers will be revealed.
At least I hope they will.
Well, that's all for today, Koala Kids.
Thanks for adventuring with me today here on Koala Shine.
And until next time, keep on shining!
