Chapter One Twink Flutterby felt very grown-up as she and her younger sister Teena flew through the bright spring afternoon. For the first time, their parents were allowing her and Teena to fly to Glitterwings Academy on their own. Twink was a fourth-year student now, and they knew they could trust her to be sensible. Her fourth year at Glitterwings! Twink shook her head in wonder. It hardly seemed possible that she’d been attending the famous fairy school for so long. ‘Oof! I liked it better when Dad flew with us,’ moaned Teena. She was flying along slowly, weighed down by her oak-leaf bag. With her long pink hair and lavender wings, Teena looked a lot like her older sister – apart from her expression, which was very cross at the moment! Twink grinned as she swooped to avoid a yellow butterfly flitting past. ‘We’re almost there,’ she said. ‘Look, there’s the hill!’ The two sisters skimmed over the grassy slope and Glitterwings Academy came into view: a massive oak tree with tiny golden windows spiralling up its trunk.
