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really had something to do with the Sun and the Earth’s rotation.
Which Astrid found disappointing and not nearly as scary. Astrid’s
mother had brought them mason jars with floating candles to add to
the otherworldly effect. Her mother had also given them an empty
glass jar to put their money in. Astrid had instructed Waverly to
sit across from her at the table, and she laid out a basic 3 card
spread. “I think for the purposes of learning, we will start out
with 3 cards, and no reverses.” “What’s a reverse?” Waverly was
still getting used to all the terms. “Oh, well it’s when a card is
upside down. That gives it a different meaning for the person.”
Waverly shrugged. Astrid had Waverly cut the deck, and she laid out
her three cards. “The cards represent, The Past, The Present and
The Future.” Astrid was explaining to herself as well as to
Waverly. “Ok, we’ll start with the middle card; because that is the
present…your middle card is the Ace of Cups.” Waverly had no idea
what this meant, but she was very excited. “Ok, the Ace of Cups
means that..” just then the girls heard a crashing sound in the
front yard, it was too dark to see who it was, but someone was
running up the path. “Oh no” Astrid groaned when she could finally
make out the figure running up the path. It was their frenemy,
Kate. “What do you think she wants?” Astrid said. Waverly just
shrugged her shoulders. Kate lived a few houses down, at the end of
the street by the woods. “OMG you guys, I need your help right
away!” Kate was out of breath and sweaty. Astrid knew something
must be wrong, as Kate did not sweat. As a matter of fact Astrid
had never seen Kate with one hair out of place. And they had all
known each other since kindergarten. “Calm down Kate, have a drink
of lemonade, chill out for a sec.” Kate gulped down the lemonade,
and was trying not to cry. “What in the world is the matter with
you?’ Waverly asked. “I have been out on my bike for an hour
looking for my mom’s dog…she got out and I can’t find her and my
mom will literally kill me if I lose that dog.” The girls looked at
each other not knowing exactly what to say. “I think you mean
figuratively” Astrid said in a very sassy way. “I didn’t come here
for a grammar lesson! Thank you very little!” Now real tears were
welling up in Kate’s eyes, and Astrid almost felt bad. “Well, we
can help you look, I guess, we haven’t seen your dog around here
though.” The thought of helping Kate do anything wasn’t at the top
of Astrid’s to-do list, but she knew that Waverly would be more
than willing to help, as Kate was Jordan’s twin sister. “Duh, I
don’t want you guys to help me look, I want you to do your weird
tarot witchcraft and tell me where she is.” Waverly could see that
Astrid was about to say something mean so she spoke up. “First of
all it isn’t witchcraft, it’s just cards. Second, we would be glad
to help…put your dollar in the jar and have a seat.” Astrid was
stunned; Waverly had never taken any sort of initiative on anything
ever. It just wasn’t in her nature. She must really like-like
Jordan was all Astrid could come up with. Waverly laid out the
three cards for Kate: The Five of Cups, Death, and the Sun. Waverly
stared at the cards. “Oh no! Does the death card mean that she’s
dead? If she got hit by a car, I’ll have to run away from home!”
Kate was pale and frantic. “No! Stop freaking out.” Waverly said.
“Let me look at the cards!” Astrid had no idea what Waverly was up
to, but she was secretly glad that Kate was freaking out. “Ok,
Kate…the cards say you have to go look in the cemetery.” Kate was
frozen. “Alone? At night? Have you lost your mind?” Waverly winked
at Astrid. “For five more dollars, Astrid and I will come with you,
but you should probably go home and get a flashlight……oh, and see
if Jordan wants to come too.” Waverly winked at Astrid one