So hi everyone. I promised you all a sequel and here it is. I hope that you will enjoy my new story 'Finding Magic' as much as you enjoyed 'Sister's of Magic'. For those of you who are new to my stories, I would recommended reading 'Sister's Of Magic' first otherwise some of this story won't make any sense. But for those of you returning to my work, then hi and welcome back. I already have the first few chapters of this story written so hopefully that might make posting new chapters a bit quicker, we shall see. :)

Chapter 1

Jenny Matthews awoke to a sunny summer morning. She stretched her arms and smiled to herself. Her dog Lola awoke from her position on the end of Jenny's bed and as the dog opened her eyes she found herself looking at Jenny. Lola barked a 'good morning' to her mistress.

"Good morning to you to Lola." Jenny pulled her white duvet off of her body and swung her legs out of her bed and into her awaiting slippers. Jenny felt the soft and warm material of her silk nightdress wrapping itself around her now awake body. Although she wasn't a fan of dresses or skirts Jenny did wear quite a few nightdresses as she found them surprisingly comfortable. Stroking her dog on the top of her head Jenny gazed around her room. Jenny lived in a small converted farm house in a quiet village in the Cotswolds in England. She loved the small placed she called home and couldn't see her life outside of the village. In fact the village she lived in was all she knew. Smiling Jenny caught sight of the picture she had standing on her dresser table. It was of her with her family, brothers Jake and Oscar and her only slightly older sister April, and her mother and father Susan and Nick Matthews. Jenny raised her eyes from the picture to see the early morning sunrise.

"Come on Lola." Jenny pushed herself off the bed and slipped into her dressing gown and headed out of her bedroom and down the stairs to her living room. She sighed as she spotted the huge pile of marking she had piled on her kitchen table. Although Jenny loved her job as a teacher at the local primary school, she knew that her summer had far from begun. Once all of her marking and lesson plans were done then she could start enjoying her summer. Jenny had just reached her kitchen and was about to make herself a coffee when she remembered she had no coffee left in the house.

"Damn." She muttered to herself. She turned her head to see that Lola had followed her down the stairs and into the kitchen. She smiled at the dog as an idea came to mind. Glancing at the clock she noticed that she would have time to go for a run before calling in at her favourite coffee shop for her morning coffee.

"Lola stay." She commanded as she raced back to her room to change into a pair of track suit trousers and a vest top. She grabbed her iPod from her speaker where it had been charging and as she placed it in the holder she had to wear on her arm when running, she picked up her water bottle and raced back to the kitchen. Quickly filling up her bottle, she tied her hair up in a ponytail and grabbed Lola's lead from its place by the door.

"Lola run!" She called as the small Labrador came bounding out of the kitchen eager to go running with her mistress. Jenny slipped the lead onto the dog and after grabbing her keys, mobile and purse which she placed into her small backpack which she kept by the door; she opened the front door allowing the cool morning air to enter the house. Quickly closing the door behind her and locking it, she slipped the handle of Lola's lead around her wrist, pressed play on her iPod and began her run.

After about an hour and a half of running Jenny finally came to a stop outside Mamma Joan's tea shop. The lady who ran the shop, funnily enough her name was Joan, was used the strange hours that the people in the village lived by and was often open rather early in the morning. As she pulled out her earphones and pressed the pause button on her iPod, Jenny pushed open the door to the shop and stepped inside. She was greeted by the all too familiar smell of fresh baking and ground coffee beans. She spotted Joan behind the counter in front and noticed that the shop was practically empty apart from Mr McDonald who sat in his usual seat in the corner of the shop. Jenny waved at him as she walked to the counter Lola trotting at her heels. Joan's daughter had been the one who had given Jenny Lola so the dog was more than welcome in the shop.

"Morning Joan."

"Morning Jenny dear and how's my favourite customer this fine morning."

"We're fine thank you aren't we Lola." Lola barked. Joan smiled and came around the counter to pat Lola on the head and hug the girl who was like her honorary grand daughter.

Jenny was well liked in the village. She was thought of by all as an extended daughter or sister, after her appearance in the local park 8 years ago. Jenny herself was known throughout the village as 'mystery girl', and when tourists arrived in the village they all left knowing the story about the 'mystery girl'. Jenny didn't mind what she was called.

"Usual sweetheart?"

"Please Joan and some water for Lola please." Joan smiled and pulled out a small bowl which she filled with water for Lola.

"Take a seat and I'll shout when it's done." She said passing Jenny the bowl. Jenny nodded and took a seat as near to the counter as she could get so that Joan wouldn't have to travel far. At 70 Joan wasn't exactly known for her speed. In fact some of the villagers thought it was about time Joan passed the cafe on to her daughter, Sally.

Jenny placed the bowl on the floor and Lola began to lap it up quickly. A minute later Jenny heard her name and walked to the counter to get her coffee from Joan. Joan watched Jenny as she sat back down with her coffee, and as Lola curled up at her feet. At 26 Jenny had become a very beautiful woman, far different from the bruised and battered 18 year old Susan and Nick had found in the park 8 years ago. Joan could remember the whole thing as if it was yesterday.

Flashback

Just as Joan was about to close the cafe one wild and stormy night there came a pounding at her door and she was shocked to see the entire Matthews family plus a young girl standing outside the shop.

"Please Joan let us in." Of course Joan opened the doors immediately and let the family came inside. They were all wet, but the girl with them was soaked through to her skin. Her incredibly long midnight black hair was stuck to her face and body, whilst her bright blue eyes looked scared and cold; she had a cut on her forehead in the shape of a lightning bolt which looked like it had been inflicted on her recently. Her skin was so white and cold she looked like she was a covered in snow.

"What's all this about? You should all be at home in the warm." Joan scolded them as a clap of thunder filled the sky.

"We just went for a walk Joan," Oscar said.

"When it started to rain and we had to run all the way here." Jake finished.

"And who's this?" Joan asked pointing to the young girl they had with them.

"We found her in the park." April told her.

Joan looked shocked; she turned to Nick for confirmation.

"It's true. She had been hidden by some bushes. Poor thing was so cold it was like touching an icicle." Joan then noticed that the girl was wrapped up in what appeared to be Nick's coat. Susan then took over from her husband.

"We're sorry Joan we know you're closed, but we thought if she didn't get somewhere warm quick she'd freeze to death. It's been so cold lately." Joan had to agree, it was unusually cold for the beginning of the summer, and all the signs of a very bitter cold winter were approaching.

"Well let me get you all something to drink or you'll all freeze to death."

Soon enough Joan had bought out popping hot cups of tea and coffee for the family, along with a few left over treats from the days baking. The family tucked in but Joan couldn't help stare at the young woman who just sat on a chair pulling Nick's coat further around herself.

"So what were you doing out in the storm sweetheart?" Joan asked. The girl stayed silent.

"She hasn't said a word since we found her." Nick said sadly.

"Not a word?" The family shook their heads. Joan looked shocked, before turning back to the girl.

"What about your name darling? I bet you have a very pretty name. What about where your from?" The girl moved her lips but nobody heard a word she spoke.

"What was that sweetie?" Susan asked placing her coffee on the table.

"Castle." Came the almost silent whisper. "I need to get back to the castle."

"What castle?" Jake asked.

The girl was quiet. "I don't know."

"Well what about your name, everyone has a name." Oscar moaned.

"Oscar!" His mother scolded him.

"I don't know." The girl said breaking the silence.

"What?" April asked.

"I don't know my name." The girl said her eyes brimming with tears. "I don't know anything about myself!" She placed her arms on the table and once she had placed her head on the arms, sobbed uncontrollably. Susan took the girl and hugged her close as the girl sobbed into Susan's body.

"You don't remember anything?" Joan asked. The girl shook her head, her tear stained face was red and blotchy.

"What about if we throw some names at you and you see if any of them sound familiar?" The girl nodded.

"Summer?" April began, the girl shook her head.

"Laura?" She shook her head again.

"Molly?"

"Holly?" The boys said before high fiving each other. The girl laughed but still shook her head.

"Jodie?" Nick asked, and was met with another shake.

"Lily?" Joan piped in. The girl paused for a moment.

"Does Lily sound familiar?" April asked. The girl paused again before shaking her head.

"I'm sorry, but I really can't remember anything."

"You have nothing to be sorry about darling." Joan said patting the girl's hand.

"How about this, we'll give it a few days till your on the mend, and then we will go to the police and see if anyone has reported you missing?" Susan asked.

"Until then you can stay with us." Nick added.

"Really?" The girl asked. The family nodded.

"I always wanted a sister!" April squealed giving the girl a huge hug.

"Until then though you'll need a name that we can call you." Joan said. "Why don't you pick something?"

"I don't know what to chose." The girl said. "What would you pick?" She asked Nick and Susan.

"Well it's really down to you darling." Nick said.

"What about Jennifer?" Susan offered.

"I had an aunt called Jennifer." Joan said. "Lovely lady."

"Then Jennifer it is, but would it be ok to call me Jenny?" The girl asked.

True to their word 3 days later the family walked to the local police station with the intention of reuniting Jenny with her family, however nobody matching Jenny's description had been reported missing in the area. Jenny was disappointed that she wouldn't be able to find out who she really was, and was also scared that the Matthews would stick her into a care home to be rid of her. But the Matthews surprised her by not only taking her to the doctor for a full check up, and in discovering that Jenny was possibly around 18 - 19 years of age, they were allowed to formally adopt Jenny as their own daughter, and so she became Jenny Matthews officially, and had been to this day.

Through the influence of the Matthews family Jenny had been able to get a job helping the teacher of the local primary school twice a week, and when she showed potential to be a teacher, the whole village had pitched in to help Jenny pay to complete her teacher's degree at university. Once Jenny had completed the degree the school had snapped her up, and she had been there ever since.

End of flashback

Joan was interrupted from her daydream by Jenny herself.

"Joan, are you alright?"

"Oh I'm fine dear, just daydreaming." Jenny smiled at her honorary grandmother.

"I was just going say bye. I need to get home, I've got a tonne of marking to do, and I'll pop by later if that's ok?" Jenny asked.

"Of course my dear, I'll have a pot of tea waiting for you." Lola barked. "And a bowl of water for you too Lola." Joan chuckled.

Smiling Jenny waved goodbye and left the cafe heading home. Joan smiled at Jenny's retreating form. Jenny may not have know who she really was, but this girl was always going to have a place in the village as Jenny Matthews. Now and forever.

And so ends the first chapter. As I said at the beginning if you haven't read 'Sister's Of Magic' this story might not make sense, but if anyone has any questions then please feel free to leave me a review, or to send me a private message, I will be more than happy to answer your questions.

So as always please read and review (I have lost track of how many times I have written that :) and I will be posting another chapter soon.

Enjoy, Beth xx