My name is Ulla Zirkus. I live in Glimmerbrook with my mom Sabrina. We are both Spellcasters.
I love telling jokes. One of my favorite activities is watching the comedy network with the family cat Mystic.
I also love playing pranks. One of my favorite places to play pranks is at school. I will draw funny pictures the whiteboard, prank my classmates, sabotage the toilet in the teachers bathroom, place stink-bombs in lockers, and hack the school PA system.
I am already at level 5 in the mischief skill.
I have the clumsy trait so a lot of my pranks fail. Getting hit with my own stink bomb is the worst.
Once I got caught by the principle and had to serve detention. Mom was not thrilled and grounded me for a week.
Fortunately, my punishment was up in time for me to attend the Humor and Hijinks festival. I decided to join team Hijinks.
I spent time discussing magic spells with the Sage of Mischief. They are my favorite kind of spells.
While at the festival, I ran into my good friend Kieran Delgato. We were BFFs as kids and became Partners in Crime.
We both love telling jokes and laughing. Looking back I probably should have joined the jokesters rather than the pranksters because we were not doing a great jobs of playing pranks.
At some point our joking turned flirty.
I realized I had a huge crush on Kieran. I decided to be brave and just kissed him.
I was surprised but happy when he kissed me back. I guess he had a crush on me too.
After that we became pretty much inseparable.
He would come over to my place after school to do homework.
We went on dates and posed for some really cute selfies.
He invited me over to his house to meet his parents and siblings. I became really good friends with Kieran’s sister Evie.
One afternoon we were watching the comedy channel when Kieran started tickling me mercilessly.
It put us both in a really flirty mood and we started making out.
That prompted mom to have a talk with me about the birds and the bees. It was so embarrassing.
When time came for our senior prom, Kieran went all out with the promposal. I happily said yes.
I wanted to find the perfect dress for Prom.
I thought I had found it with this dress but mom said I should keep that for pajamas and wear something a little more formal.
The night of prom Kieran and I danced to several slow songs.
I went around telling jokes to classmates. I really want their vote for prom jester.
Later I pranked the punch bowl. I need to remember not to drink anything from that bowl tonight.
Finally it came time to hear the winner of Prom Jester and Royalty. I was so sure I was going to win.
So when the principle announced that Prom Jester would be Freya Spellman I was crushed. I of course tried to laugh it off with a joke but inside I was seething. That jester hat should have been mine.
To cheer me up, Kieran suggested we visit the carnival grounds. It was such a lovely night outside and the bright lights from the rides made everything feel even more magical.
We decided to take a ride on the Ferris wheel.
We started making out but one thing led to another and we ended up woohooing for the first time.
To commemorate the night we took some photos in the photo booth. We may have woohooed again for the second time that night.
The photos we got sure turned out cute.
A few days after prom, mom told me she was going on a trip to Granite Falls to find more bugs and plants for her herbalism recipes. I didn’t want to go as I had exams coming up. Mom agreed to let me stay home alone.
I spent the first few days working on homework and studying. Despite my love of pulling pranks, I do take school very seriously.
But what kind of teenager would I be if I didn’t throw a party while my mom was gone. I got a juice keg and tapped it all by myself.
Kieran helped me do a keg stand.
We spent the night dancing. It was so much fun.
That is until Freya Spellman showed up uninvited wearing the jester hat from prom.
“THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN MY JESTER HAT,” I shouted. “EVERYONE KNOWS I AM THE FUNNY ONE IN SCHOOL – THE PRANKSTER – THE CLASS CLOWN. I JUST KNOW YOU USED YOUR SPELLCASTER MAGIC TO CHEAT SOMEHOW.”
We got into a huge fight.
Which I won. As reward for my victory I stole the Jester Hat. I will wear it with pride. Perhaps I should be an evil clown when I age into a young adult?
To further celebrate my win, Kieran and I woohooed in my mom’s bed. She can never know we did that.
The next month was super busy as I geared up for finals. I had school projects to complete and a ton of studying to do.
I was so worried about acing my exams that my stomach was all in knots. I ended up throwing up several times.
Mom was really worried and gave me some of her stress and tummy trouble herbal remedies.
I drank them both and immediately felt better.
I was feeling super confident and ready to take those exams.
Unfortunately, in the middle of one of my exams the nausea started to return. I don’t know how I managed but somehow I was able to complete the exam.
Before running to the bathroom to throw up.
When I came out of the bathroom, one of my classmates was waiting for me. Her name is Sasha Montgomery and we have several classes together but I wouldn’t call us friends.
“Sorry but I couldn’t help but notice you turning really green during that last exam. Then I saw you run to the bathroom. I also heard that Kieran is telling all of his friends about how you ended prom night. Have you taken a pregnancy test? Look I don’t mean to be nosy but a little over 8 months ago I was the one running to the bathroom between classes to throw up. Now I more waddle to the bathroom before I pee myself.”
I was sure she was wrong but decided to take a pregnancy test just to put my mind at ease. I was shocked when the test came back positive.
I just sat in the stall crying for several minutes. I admit I was freaking out. So many thoughts were running through my head. What will mom say when I tell her? What will Kieran say? We love each other so he will surely be supportive. We turn 18 and graduate in just a few days. Will we get married? Will we get a place of our own? There is so much to figure out.
I decided my first step was to tell Kieran. I called him and asked if he could meet me at the school. I was so nervous showing him the pregnancy test.
He took one look at the test and broke into tears. While I would have liked him to react better to the news I couldn’t blame him. After all, I had just spent 20 minutes crying in the bathroom.
We sat down to talk things over.
“I don’t blame you for being upset and freaking out,” I said. “I did the same thing but it is going to be okay. You aged into a young adult yesterday and I age up in a few days. We both graduate from High School on Sunday. Sure we are young but we will be out of school and can get jobs. Thanks to mom’s money trees we should be able to get a place of our own. Just one harvest is $24,000. We can get married before the baby is born or wait – I am happy either way.”
I was surprised when Kieran got up and started to walk away.
He eventually turned back to me and said, “Look I have been keeping something from you. As a teenager I got the “hate kids trait” and serial romantic aspiration. Now as a young adult I find myself “noncommittal”. That means I have ZERO attention of settling down, getting married, and raising a family.”
“What are you saying?” I asked not understanding if I was hearing things correctly.
“I am saying this is goodbye – FOREVER!”
I was so furious that I threw a drink in his face.
When I got home I sat on the couch sobbing. When mom got home she asked what was wrong but I could only tell here that Kieran dumped me. I couldn’t find the words to tell her the rest.
I just went to my room and cried myself to sleep.
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