Chapter 2 - First steps

At the last day on my second week of school, all I could think of is how lucky I was to have such a mature and nice sister. For her age at least.

Nine year old kids were not all that different from the seven years old I interacted just months ago. Thankfully, like is common knowledge, girls do indeed mature earlier than boys.

"Sam! You need to start working on the next chapter of the 'power puff girls'!"

"Yeah!.. You and your sister should work on it first thing on the weekend"

My friends, Emma and Ellie, said enthusiastically. All it took was to bring the comic I made with Hanna to school, and this pair of twins to 'find' it under my desktop, for them to want to be friends with me. They really liked the story.

I was prepared to play the loner once again, after all it gave me more time to work on my projects. But at the end, I was aware that having friends would certainly ease my mother's worries. Besides, the prospect of having a pair of cute blond haired and blue eyed girls as friends, was hard to give up.

"I had already promised you to ask my sister after school" I said calmy.

We were just waiting for the school day to end, and it seemed that they wanted to remind once again about continuing the story.

"But you said that last week" Ellie pouted.

"Yeah, why should we believe you?!" Emma added.

"Liar!" They both said at the same time with their characteristic twin sync power.

This again. They were just playing around, but I thought that they had already forgotten about it after this monday.

I could already see the direction this conversation would take if I left it unattended. They would annoy me to death.

"How about I let you read the new story I am working on" I said suddenly, changing the topic of discussion.

"For real?" The both of them said enthusiastically, while grabbing my shirt and rocking me a little.

After we became friends, I had told them about how I was writing lots of stories. They were extremely interested when I revealed that some of those stories were about princesses. But until now, I had ignored any pleading they gave me to let them read any.

"Yes. My mother finally approved my writing, so I'm confident that this story is good enough, and will be popular in the future!" I said confidently while giving them my notebook.

To bring the stories from my previous world to this one, I have planned since I was little to start with writing books. For that reason, I've worked tirelessly in improving my writing.

"I love Anna! Emma said when they finished reading my story.

"Me too! And Elsa is so cool with her ice powers" Ellie added.

"But it would be better with pictures!" The both of them said.

Of course, if I could get published having pictures on the book was necessary, especially considering that it will be aimed to little girls.

"I'm glad that you like it. I promise to let you read others stories so you can give me your opinion" I said to them. "Also, I'll ask Hannah to draw some of the princesses, so you can see how they would look"

"Yay!" They said while giving each other a high five.

"But don't forget about the comic" Ellie suddenly added with a serious tone, which caught off guard and made me nod absently.

After that, we talked for a little bit longer until it was time to go home. I said my goodbyes to the twins and went on my way to reunite with Hanna. Who usually waited for me near the school gates.

"Sammy!" Was all I heard before being lifted off the ground by a strong hug.

"Hanna, what happened?" I asked. She was clearly excited over something.

"Our comic. I showed it to my art teacher and she liked it a lot. She even said that it could be published at the local newspaper" She said happily.

That's surprising. I never even considered this method to get stories getting known to the public. Even if the local newspaper wasn't as popular as other ones, it was still a huge platform.

"That's amazing big sis!" I said, and I truly mean it. I was really happy about it.

"I know! Now all we have to do is to finish a couple of comics more, and Miss Eva will do the rest" She said while squeezing me harder.

"Incredible... But, could you put me down already?" I added after a while with a tired smile.

"Nope, hehe" She laughed and continued to hug me tight, until our mother finally came to my rescue.

The conversation towards home was particularly loud. Hanna talked on and on about what her teacher said, and how me and her were going to work all weekend to get the next chapter of our comic ready.

I didn't complain about it, but I planned to talk with my sister about not getting too carried away. She normally takes my opinion into consideration, so I wasn't that worried about it.

"Sammy" My mother said once my sister went out of the car to greet father, "I know that you're a smart boy, so I'll let you decide about what to do with an opportunity that has appeared recently"

At first, I thought that she was going to talk about me being at fourth grade once again. But when I heard her out, my interest increased immediately.

"Your stories are really great lately. So I took the liberty of showing them to a friend I have that works at this publishing company... "

"Will I get published?" I interrupted her. My excitement was off the charts at this moment. Recently I was wondering how to approach this matter, and now my mother just brought it up to me from nowhere.

My mother sighed, and then continued "I don't know why it even surprises me... It's highly likely Sammy. We'll have a reunion with my friend next thursday. I don't have to work in the morning, so I'll be accompany you. And if we agree to their terms, I'll sign any paper in your behalf"

"Thank you mommy!" I said loudly and gave her a hug, "you are the best!"

"Sometimes I would prefer that you enjoyed your childhood more" She said while caressing my back softly, "but the thought of halt your progress when you work so hard, makes it impossible for me to even think about it... So, for the immediate future, I'll give you my full support"

I had already enjoyed one childhood and that was enough for me, now all I wanted to do was to capitalize on all the properties I know. Of course I couldn't say that, so I just kept hugging her while saying my thanks for all the help she had given me. After all, it was thanks to her that I could get better at writing in such a short amount of time, and now it was her that got me this opportunity. I was really lucky to have her as my mother.