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that what I had done? How?
    When Joey went back inside, Stuart and I crossed the road and carried on where we had left off. Stuart used a chamois towel to dry the car and I thought it was as perfect a time as any to tell him my suspicions.
    “Sounds interesting, Holly. If you were going to have an ability it would happen anytime between the ages of eleven and, say, fourteen or fifteen. It happens when you go through puberty. They call it second stage on Avalon.”
    “Do you think I’ve got one?” I asked knowing that both Stuart and Sara didn’t have an ability. Not everyone got one, my parents didn’t yet they both trained to be someone who helped other people.
    “I think we should find out once and for all.”
    “How?”
    “Well I have an idea, my colleague at work has a dog, an Alsatian. He had hip problems and his hind legs collapsed and drag on the floor. It’s very distressing for Mel, she doesn’t want to put her dog down, but she thinks the longer he lives the longer she is prolonging his pain. Mel’s the type of person who talks about her dog like he is her child, he means the world to her.”
    “What are you thinking?”
    “Let’s pay a visit to Mel and check out her dog. See if you can heal him.”
    “Wow, Stuart. That’s a great plan.”
    “Let me call her,” he said getting out his phone from his jeans pocket.
    While Stuart did this, I went inside and told Sara who was busy baking, what had happened. Collecting her cooked cake from the oven with her oven mittens, Sara dropped the cake tin and almost ruined the cake.
    “You think you’ve got an ability?” she said excitedly.
    “Well, I might have.”
    “Oh, Holly, this is so wonderful. I’ve never met another Avalonean with an ability. Not knowingly anyway. Avaloneans with abilities tend to keep it to themselves, unless of course they are asked to join the Royal League. Then it’s a given that they have one.”
    “I thought lots of Avaloneans have abilities.”
    “They reckon only about a percent, but the truth is no one really knows.”
    “I would never tell anyone I had an ability.”
    “Well, not on Earth you wouldn’t.”
    “I wouldn’t on Avalon either.”
    “Why not?”
    “I don’t know, I wouldn’t want anyone to treat me differently.”
    “People would only treat you different in a special way, not in a negative way. Anyway you don’t even have to concern yourself with that, you’re here on Earth and you’re not going back to Avalon. How are we going to confirm your ability?”
    “Stuart is going to take me over to Mel’s house. She has a dog that needs healing and we’re going to see once and for all if I can do this or not.”
    “Oh, sounds perfect! I’m going to come too. I wouldn’t miss this moment for anything.”
    Stuart slammed the front door and entered the kitchen “Something smells nice,” he said leaning over to give Sara a kiss and touched her warm cake with his fingertips. “Let’s go. I told Mel that you have been on about getting a dog and that you wanted to come over and see hers. She said we can go over there now.”
    Sara took her apron off and the three of us headed to the car, nervous and excited. If I could truly help people then wouldn’t it be worth considering being a doctor? Or even a vet? I do love animals.
    Arriving at Mel’s, Sara squeezed my arm. “Holly, I can’t believe this is happening. I am so happy for you.”
    “Come on,” Stuart told us both.
    We knocked on the door and Mel, a lady in her fifties, with salt and pepper hair up tied up in a bun and coke bottle-thick glasses, answered the door. Boy did she look stereotypical; if ever there was a stereotypical teacher she was it.
    “Stuart, come in,” she said with a warm welcome. “Come, all of you come in.”
    I wiped my feet on the front door mat and entered the house. Mel’s décor was definitely not my style but nonetheless it was a welcomed space. There were more indoor plants than I had ever seen before,