The next day, when Zoe got out of bed, she didn't remember the talisman right away. She went into the bathroom as usual and got ready, by first taking a shower.
While she was in the shower, her little brother Mikey entered her room. Mikey knew to never enter his sister's room, unless he wanted to get a mouthful from his sister. But his teacher Ms. Warren had told everyone to bring something for show-and-tell. And Zoe had a lot more interesting things than he did.
Pausing and checking over his shoulder, Mikey was sure that he was still alone. He browsed his sister's bookshelves, but didn't see anything particularly cool. But when he opened the drawer of her nightstand, he saw a small black leather pouch inside, which he had never seen before. He opened the pouch and found a talisman inside. "Cool."
"Mikey!" yelled his mother. "Your bus is coming!"
He shoved the talisman in his pocket, ran downstairs, and out the door to the school bus.
