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Authors: Kate Klimo
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Where is the egg?
The Driftwoods were still standing there, smiling and waving. Then Mitzi mimed a twisting motion with both hands. Jesse took hold of the crystal ball and twisted it on its coral base. One moment he was hovering before the crystal ball and the next he was lying on the sand in front of the Driftwoods, his tail flapping in the sand. He felt a heavy, choking sensation in his lungs. He couldn’t breathe!
Mitzi Driftwood bent down and said to him, in her soft, distinct voice, “See here now, Jesse Tiger. Let this be a lesson to you.” She lifted her marshmallow stick and waved it over him. Sparks and molten marshmallow rained down on him, sizzling on his skin and scales.
The next thing Jesse knew, he was back in the captain’s cabin. His heart was beating as if he had just sprinted a mile. When he looked in the crystal ball now, all he saw was his own pale and terrified face, staring back at him.
Jesse scooted out of Belleweather’s cabin. The corridor was teeming with sea creatures, both magical and natural. There were water sprites andmerpeople and selkies and kelpies, as well as all manner of fish, eels, rays, jellyfish, and dolphins, all heading toward the amidships hatch.
Jesse worked his way toward Yar and Fluke, whose heads bobbed above the crowd. When he got to them, he saw Daisy, who turned and gave him a
where have you been?
look, which Jesse met with a
wait till I tell you
look of his own.
Emmy swam up to Fluke, who said to her, “We think you’ll be quite pleased with what we have to show you.”
The water around Emmy turned bright green as, before everyone’s eyes, the dragon fish transformed into a dragon. The walls and ceiling of the passageway zoomed outward and upward, magic expanding the space to accommodate Emmy’s majestic dimensions. Sea creatures all around, including Yar and Fluke, dropped to the deck in awe.
“Thank you for revealing yourself to us,” Fluke said in a humble voice.
“We were wondering when you’d see fit to do so. We are at your service, O Noble Dragon,” said Yar, on one knee.
“You may rise. And, please, call me Emerald of Leandra,” said Emmy in a regal tone that made Jesse and Daisy smile fondly.
The crowd rose from the deck.
“May I say on behalf of all hands that it is a supreme honor to have a genuine dragon aboard
The Dragon
,” Fluke said.
“We suspected you were a dragon from the very first moment we laid eyes on you,” Yar said.
“I guess we weren’t the only ones who were suspicious,” Jesse whispered to Daisy.
Fluke said, “But we had to make sure it wasn’t another of Maldew’s tricks. For over a hundred years, we have battled over the egg. No sooner does one side get ahold of it than the other side snatches it back.”
“You
are
the one,” Daisy said, pointing at Fluke. “You battled the water zombie for my backpack.”
“I am the one, indeed,” said Fluke. “I’m sorry that you got caught in the middle of the fray. I must say, I didn’t recognize you with a fish tail.”
“You see, Maldew sends all sorts of dastardly spies our way,” said Yar.
“I get that,” Jesse spoke up, “but if you thought we might be dastardly spies, why did you give us a deluxe tour of your ship?”
“The tour is our standard method of operating,” said Fluke. “You see, the tour always winds up in the cabin of Captain Belleweather.”
“Specifically,” said Yar, “in Captain Belleweather’s trusty, fail-safe Chair of Truth.”
“You mean that captain’s chair …?” said Jesse.
“The swiveling one you made such a big deal out of getting everyone to try?” added Daisy.
“The very same. The Chair, you see, revealed to us your true identities,” said Fluke.
“We saw that, outward appearances to the contrary, you are, in fact, a couple of young lubbers,” Yar said.
“Which is to say,” Fluke put in gently, “a human boy and girl from the Earthly Realm.”
“And, most importantly, it revealed Emmy as a
The Driftwoods were still standing there, smiling and waving. Then Mitzi mimed a twisting motion with both hands. Jesse took hold of the crystal ball and twisted it on its coral base. One moment he was hovering before the crystal ball and the next he was lying on the sand in front of the Driftwoods, his tail flapping in the sand. He felt a heavy, choking sensation in his lungs. He couldn’t breathe!
Mitzi Driftwood bent down and said to him, in her soft, distinct voice, “See here now, Jesse Tiger. Let this be a lesson to you.” She lifted her marshmallow stick and waved it over him. Sparks and molten marshmallow rained down on him, sizzling on his skin and scales.
The next thing Jesse knew, he was back in the captain’s cabin. His heart was beating as if he had just sprinted a mile. When he looked in the crystal ball now, all he saw was his own pale and terrified face, staring back at him.
Jesse scooted out of Belleweather’s cabin. The corridor was teeming with sea creatures, both magical and natural. There were water sprites andmerpeople and selkies and kelpies, as well as all manner of fish, eels, rays, jellyfish, and dolphins, all heading toward the amidships hatch.
Jesse worked his way toward Yar and Fluke, whose heads bobbed above the crowd. When he got to them, he saw Daisy, who turned and gave him a
where have you been?
look, which Jesse met with a
wait till I tell you
look of his own.
Emmy swam up to Fluke, who said to her, “We think you’ll be quite pleased with what we have to show you.”
The water around Emmy turned bright green as, before everyone’s eyes, the dragon fish transformed into a dragon. The walls and ceiling of the passageway zoomed outward and upward, magic expanding the space to accommodate Emmy’s majestic dimensions. Sea creatures all around, including Yar and Fluke, dropped to the deck in awe.
“Thank you for revealing yourself to us,” Fluke said in a humble voice.
“We were wondering when you’d see fit to do so. We are at your service, O Noble Dragon,” said Yar, on one knee.
“You may rise. And, please, call me Emerald of Leandra,” said Emmy in a regal tone that made Jesse and Daisy smile fondly.
The crowd rose from the deck.
“May I say on behalf of all hands that it is a supreme honor to have a genuine dragon aboard
The Dragon
,” Fluke said.
“We suspected you were a dragon from the very first moment we laid eyes on you,” Yar said.
“I guess we weren’t the only ones who were suspicious,” Jesse whispered to Daisy.
Fluke said, “But we had to make sure it wasn’t another of Maldew’s tricks. For over a hundred years, we have battled over the egg. No sooner does one side get ahold of it than the other side snatches it back.”
“You
are
the one,” Daisy said, pointing at Fluke. “You battled the water zombie for my backpack.”
“I am the one, indeed,” said Fluke. “I’m sorry that you got caught in the middle of the fray. I must say, I didn’t recognize you with a fish tail.”
“You see, Maldew sends all sorts of dastardly spies our way,” said Yar.
“I get that,” Jesse spoke up, “but if you thought we might be dastardly spies, why did you give us a deluxe tour of your ship?”
“The tour is our standard method of operating,” said Fluke. “You see, the tour always winds up in the cabin of Captain Belleweather.”
“Specifically,” said Yar, “in Captain Belleweather’s trusty, fail-safe Chair of Truth.”
“You mean that captain’s chair …?” said Jesse.
“The swiveling one you made such a big deal out of getting everyone to try?” added Daisy.
“The very same. The Chair, you see, revealed to us your true identities,” said Fluke.
“We saw that, outward appearances to the contrary, you are, in fact, a couple of young lubbers,” Yar said.
“Which is to say,” Fluke put in gently, “a human boy and girl from the Earthly Realm.”
“And, most importantly, it revealed Emmy as a
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