‘You have to see her bedroom. It’s so tidy, it’s like a museum,’ Gini teases.

Charlotte ignores her. ‘We’ve seen some of your character drawings, Izzy, in Art, and we think you’re amazing!’

‘And, Saff,’ Gini says, turning to me. I wonder for a moment what I might have to add to the team . . . It seems they have everything covered, and I don’t really have a talent, do I? ‘You always write the best stories in English! Do you think you could be in charge of the idea? We’ll all help, of course. And, since you’re the bravest of us all, we were sort of wondering whether you could . . . present the game if we make it to the final?’

I’m about to say no. It’s what the old Saff would do. But then I think about Aminah, and how she said yes to being the lead role in the play.

I take a quick look at Izzy, who nods at me encouragingly, and answer for both of us. ‘Of course!’

The panic slides off Charlotte’s and Gini’s faces like raindrops down a window.

‘Only one problem . . .’ Izzy says. ‘I’ve never played any video games before.’

Charlotte grins. ‘We can fix that!’

‘But,’ Gini says, holding her hand up, ‘we want something in return.’

Charlotte looks confused and glances at me. I shrug, unsure of what Gini’s going to ask.

‘Please, please, please can you teach us how to do make-up?’

An hour later Izzy’s finished all our make-up. We’re done up like we’re about to go to a ball, except we’re crowded round Gini’s laptop, the Fairy Hunters registration page staring back at us, trying to think up a gamer tag for Izzy.

‘OK, what are some of your favourite things?’ Gini asks.

‘Dogs, guinea pigs, make-up, drawing, mermaids.’

Charlotte laughs.

Izzy raises her eyebrows.

‘Sorry,’ Charlotte says. ‘I just thought of one, but it’s stupid.’

‘Go on,’ Izzy says. ‘Try me.’

‘Barkiedoodle.’

Silence.

‘Get out,’ Gini says, pointing at the door. ‘That is . . . beyond awful.’

It takes a very long time for us to settle on a name.

We try QueenofDogs, but it’s taken. And MakeupandMermaids and GamesandGuineapigs are too long.

‘Well, what’re your gamer tags?’ Izzy asks eventually.

‘Mine’s MythicalRogue,’ I say. I always wanted to be brave enough to do things my own special Saff way. And I guess now I live up to that name.

Gini is Calypso and Charlotte is AstroGirl.

‘Oh, I’ve got it!’ Charlotte finally says. ‘What about SeaPixie?’

Izzy scrunches her face. ‘I like “Sea”, but “Pixie” doesn’t feel very me.’

We end up going through a list of words until eventually I suggest ‘witch’.

‘SeaWitch?’ Izzy says out loud, testing the words. ‘Like from The Little Mermaid? I love that!’