Mr Julius Zeus and the Children of Ricketsworth - Cliffords Cloud
By johnjosephhk
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Mr Julius Zeus has a secret.
He is a member of a secret magical order called “The Quaternary Circle”. Each member must hold a lower ranking position in society and have no influence of power. They must help anyone who needs it without prejudice and without revealing who they are or how they help.
Today Mr Julius is a caretaker at Ricketsworth School. He helps keep everything in order and where he can help the children achieve their full potential.
However being part of “The Quaternary Circle” is not Mr Julius Zeus’ biggest secret.
He is also a ghost.
He died nearly 250 years ago when Ricketsworth, which dates back over 700 years, was an orphanage. He worked as a caretaker then but when a huge fire engulfed the building trapping a group of children inside he rushed in to help.
Knowing he could not physically save the children he used Quaternary’s most sacred life and time spell. He sent the children’s souls through a portal which would send them a maximum of 250 years into the future using Ricketsworth as the key which would draw them back to this ancient building.
Just before he perished in the flames Mr Julius used the Quaternary Crystal, which all members possess, to remove his soul and enable his spirit to remain at Ricketsworth until the children returned and he could help them once more.
Only when he has helped all the children achieve a life full of adventure and promise would he finally be able to rest in peace.
And so Mr Julius must wait. Wait at Ricketsworth for the children to find him. The children must never know who he is or how they are drawn there.
And today he meets......................
Clifford Clump, an 11 year old boy who recently arrived at Ricketsworth. He leads a quiet lonely life, with no friends, uncaring, but very rich parents and a problem of being shorter than anyone else. Then when he finds an injured cloud hiding in his bathroom he is soon whisked off on an adventure beyond his imagination.
With the help of Mr. Julius, Clifford will discover a wonderful world he never knew existed full of strange, mysterious and magical beings. Where the forces of good fight against evil and where he will actually fly through and above the clouds in a race against time.
Clifford will face the ultimate challenge and find out what true friendship is, and through that friendship will face tasks and trials which will show him just what it takes to be a cloud in the sky.
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