Enter Manga, Part 2

     "Hmmm, let's see.  If I'm a true witch, I'd be able to levitate."  Manga
concentrated hard, but it didn't work. She tried several more things, but they didn't
work either.  Finally, she gave up. 

     On her bedside table, a pokeball wiggled and opened.  Manga's pikachu
Peeky awakened. 

     "Pi Pi Pika," the pikachu said, comforting the disappointed Manga.

     "Nahh, don't worry.  Maybe I'm not a real witch after all." Manga breathed
a sigh of relief. 

     All of a sudden her cabinet mirror began to glow, and a dark shrouded
figure appeared. Manga felt like she was going to scream, but, somehow, she knew
this figure. It called out her name.

     "Manga.  Manga, it is me...." 

     Manga hugged her Pikachu tightly.  "W..who are you?" she said, feeling
very scared.

     "I am your mother.  I was separated from you when you were just a little
kitten." 

     Manga still didn't believe this figure.  "Well, if I'm your daughter, how was
I separated from you?" 

     The figure seemed to be silent for a while, then it replied, "I was hunted
down by Enforcers.  I put you in a boat, and just as I was getting in,.... they found
us.  I pushed the boat onto the river and just hoped you'd survive....." 

     Manga couldn't believe what she was hearing, but in her mind something
told her that this figure was telling the truth. All of a sudden the figure began to
fade. Manga noticed this and told the figure, "Yes, you must be my mother, but
please tell me....  If I am a witch, how come I don't have any power?" 

     The figure seemed to take a step closer, and for the first time Manga could
see the figure's face (it looked just like Manga only with long dark hair and a
golden tiara on top of its head.) 

     "Your power will come when you really need it....   Goodbye, my darling
daughter."   Then, the figure vanished.

     Manga felt kind of strange after that encounter.  It seemed almost like a
dream, and then she looked at the cabinet. There, laying on the table, was a strange
object.  It looked like a charm of some kind.  Manga had seen this object before.

     "It's what my mother was wearing round her neck....  That means that this
encounter wasn't a dream.  You saw it too, right Peeky?" 

     "Pika Pi."  The small pikachu nodded its head. 

     "You know what, Peeky.....?  I think this is the start of a great adventure." 

     The little Pikachu agreed again. 

     "And, it's all gonna start tomorrow.  I'll tell Ragina and Harley, and the four
of us - me, you, Ragina, and Harley are going to set out on a quest to find out if
that figure we saw in the mirror really is my true mother.....We're just lucky it's the
school holidays.....  But, right now....I'm gonna go beddy-byes.  Night night,
Peeky." 

     "Piikka....pi pi pika-chu."
 
THE END? (NOT EXACTLY BUT I'LL HAVE TO HAVE SOME TIME TO
THINK OF THE NEXT PART OF THE STORY.  UNTIL THEN, STAY
TOONED.)