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had put her hand in the air. The class stared at her in amazement. Ivy, volunteering to answer a question? She usually wasn’t even listening !
    â€˜Persuasion is actually a Sunset spell,’ said Ivy, tucking back a strand of her curly hair. ‘Star Magic spells are all about confusion: making things appear to be what they’re not. Like casting a glamour, for example.’
    â€˜Very good!’ beamed Miss Twilight. ‘That’s exactly right. Glamours, of course, are the spells that we fairies use to create illusions. Make sure that you read up on this tomorrow, Pix.’
    There was silence as the class gaped from Ivy to Pix and back again. Twink held back a wild giggle. Pix looked as if she’d just swallowed a flea! Ivy, on the other hand, had gone back to drawing in her pad, humming happily to herself.
    â€˜Let me show you an example,’ went on Miss Twilight, seeming not to notice the stir Ivy had caused. ‘Mariella, please bring me a leaf from the supply cupboard.’
    Mariella flew to the bark cupboard and brought out a brown, crumbling leaf. ‘It’s not in very good shape,’ she said doubtfully, wrinkling her nose.
    â€˜That’s all right – just put it there,’ instructed Miss Twilight, indicating a space on the floor.
    As the class craned to see, Miss Twilight raised her arms and shut her eyes. For a moment, starlight seemed to blaze around her like white flame, and then she pointed at the leaf.
    Everyone gasped. Where the dead leaf had been there was now a sumptuous banquet of seed cakes, sparkling nectar and candied nuts. Twink’s stomach rumbled as she gazed at it. She had never seen anything so delicious-looking in her life!
    â€˜Who’d like to have a taste?’ asked Miss Twilight. There was a twinkle in her grey eyes.
    Despite her longing to try the food, Twink hesitated. She knew it was only an illusion – but it looked so good! Her mouth watered as she imagined biting into the seed cake.
    â€˜ I will!’ said Sooze. She flitted to the front of the platform. As the class watched, she picked up a candied nut and popped it into her mouth. Her violet eyes widened. ‘It’s wonderful!’
    Miss Twilight laughed. ‘Yes, glamour food always is. But it doesn’t nourish you, and if it was all you ate, you’d eventually die of starvation. Come on, everyone, have a bite. It won’t hurt you.’
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    Coming forward with the rest of the class, Twink cautiously tried a bit of seed cake. ‘Oh!’ she cried. It was even nicer than her gran’s! Excited murmurs filled the platform as the fairies ate.
    â€˜That’s enough,’ said Miss Twilight after a few minutes. ‘Take your seats. And now, you see again . . .’ she waved her arm, ‘what the food really is.’ The dried leaf reappeared, now looking frayed and nibbled around the edges.
    Twink stared at it in confusion. Somehow she had forgotten that the food was only an illusion! From the startled faces of the fairies around her, she knew she wasn’t the only one.
    Miss Twilight chuckled. ‘Glamour spells can be very convincing, can’t they? So the first thing a student must learn is how to tell if something is under a glamour, or whether it’s real. Open your petal pads, everyone.’
    Twink picked up her snail-trail pen. Glancing at the dried leaf again, she couldn’t imagine how she’d ever been taken in. Glamour spells must be extremely powerful magic!
    The Star Magic teacher’s silver hair shone in the moonlight. ‘The first thing you must keep in mind is: appearances can be deceptive. Things are not always what they seem!’
    Twink wrote the words down, and peered across at Ivy. Well, that was certainly true, she thought. Who would have ever supposed that Ivy would know the right answer instead of Pix?
    The fairies chattered excitedly as they left the star-gazing platform, still abuzz