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Timothy Baker's Magic: A Narrative Fiction

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Magic. A simple word right. Not real many say. An illusion that people use to make money, but what if it was more than that? I have seen it, but most importantly I have seen it bring people together. I am 14 year old Timothy Baker, and I'm a magician. My sister is also a magician. I never knew i was a magician but i also didn't know I had a family. I mean I knew I had a family we all had to come from somewhere but before a couple of months ago I was alone a foster kid all by myself even though i had foster siblings it always seemed something was missing. This is my story of how i found that something missing and made it my family. It was February 19th late afternoon, and I was delivering newspapers because i decided that I wanted to help my foster mother Katherine with some of the bills because no matter how much she …show more content…

I say "Yes Timmy?" she replies "I was wondering if maybe you wanted to come to dinner tonight with me at my foster home?" "I would love too." Well that was easy I think to myself. Dinner was wonderful Jessica got along with all my foster siblings and Katherine already loves her and has given the okay for her to stay with us. "Hey Jessica may i speak with you privately?" asks Katherine. She figured that it would be best if she asked Jessica to stay instead of me. About forty-five minutes later Jessica and Katherine both come out of her room wearing mile long smiles "I have an announcement, Jessica will be moving in with us!" Katherine announces excitedly We all cheered and as we where celebrating there was a knock on the door. We hear some talking at the door and then Katherine runs in to the room happily. "Timmy you can quit your job because we are rich!" "What!" we yell. Katherine explains how she just found out that her great grandmother had passed away and that she was a multi-billionaire "So when they were reading her will it turns out she left everything to me." Katherine

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