She proceeded to draw our names from a hat to determine our groups. "Group one will be... Eileen... Kyle (the redhead)... And Malcolm."My heart skippe... a beat.In what seemed like a flash, Katie and I were both sitting across from the objects of our desire with our desks all pulled together into a big group. I couldn't bare to look up at Malcolm, I instead pretended to be thumbing through the first chapter of Shakespeare's play."Hell, I've never seen someone start reading this crap so fast," I. Did Dad see the Ladies' Home Journal onmy lap? According to my mother, he had an idea about what she and Ihad talked about today. As he walked past me into the kitchen, I knewhe'd ask my mother how the conversation went.I strained to hear what my parents were saying but couldn't make it outover the television. I almost asked Sammy to turn it down, but thoughtthe better of it. If I couldn't hear Mom Dad, then neither could Sammy.But it didn't matter, becasue Mom said we'd tell Sammy tonight.. .. she was OK with how I said that.“When we get to the actual turn, I should use two fingers and you use your whole hand. Our hands need to stay in contact until you have completed the turn, which should take you exactly six steps to complete.”“So, it’s not a spin turn?” she inquired.“No Claire, it’s a step turn.”“I understand. Let’s try it.”We caught the beat and gave it our best attempt, but we were finished before the count reached six. We tried again and almost — the third time ... she did. I asked the sorceress what I had to do in order to destroy the keeper she said “you must poison him with a dagger that I will give you”. I asked the sorceress “why should I do this for you?” and she explained to me that she would give me powers beyond my dreams. So I agreed, She told me how to find the keeper. That I must travel through the realm to a door. So I set off to find this door. I walked for a long time and there I saw it, the door. I walked up to it and slowly opened it slowly peered.