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Chapter 1 - Spring into Sports

“What should we do after lunch, Kirsty?” Rachel Walker asked as she finished her apple.

Kirsty Tate, Rachel’s best friend, grinned. “You know what I’d really like to do?” she replied. “I’d like to find Brittany the Basketball Fairy’s magic basketball!”

Rachel and Kirsty shared a very special secret. While vacationing on Rainspell Island, the two girls had become friends with the fairies! Now Rachel and Kirsty always helped out whenever there was a problem in Fairyland.

“Remember what Queen Titania said,” Rachel reminded Kirsty. “We have to let the magic come to us.”

“I know, but I’m feeling really impatient today,” Kirsty replied. “If we don’t find all the magic objects before I go home in a few days, Jack Frost and his goblins will win the Fairyland Olympic Cup!”

The Fairyland Olympics were starting at the end of the week, but mean Jack Frost had stolen the Sports Fairies’ seven magic objects. These magical objects made sure that sports were fun and exciting, and also played fairly, in both Fairyland and the human world. But Jack Frost wanted his goblins to use the magic objects to cheat, so they would win every event of the Fairyland Olympics. He had sent the goblins into the human world, to keep the magic objects hidden, and to practice their sports. But Rachel and Kirsty had promised the Sports Fairies that they would try to get the seven objects back before the fairy games began.

Rachel sighed. “The missing objects mean that sports in our world are affected, too,” she added. “I wonder how many basketball games are going wrong right now because Brittany’s magic basketball is missing!”

“Well, we’ve already found Helena’s riding helmet, Stacey’s soccer ball, and Zoe’s skate lace,” Kirsty pointed out.

Rachel nodded. “We can’t let Jack Frost and his goblins win the cup by cheating,” she said seriously. “Especially since King Oberon told us that the cup is filled with good luck. Imagine all the trouble the goblins could cause with lots of luck to help them!”

Just then, Rachel’s mom came into the kitchen. “Girls, have you finished your lunch?” Mrs. Walker asked. “I don’t know if you’ve decided what you want to do this afternoon, but I thought this might be fun.” She put a brochure down on the table.

“Spring into Sports!” Rachel read aloud. “Come and try a new sport at Tippington Rec Center on Tuesday — absolutely free!”