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To Sea

Steer her into the waves!" yelled Nicko as a wave caught the side of the boat and crashed over the-cold water But Boy 412 was struggling hard to shift the tiller against the wind and the force of the water The gale screa rain in his face did not help either Nicko threw hiainst it, pushing the tiller away fros to catch the wind, and the boat slowly ca waves

Up at the prow, Jenna, soaked with the rain, was clinging to through the waves, flinging her helplessly froon reared her head, breathing in the store, and a storood omen But where did her new Master wish her to take hireen neck and looked back at this new Master at the hel with his ship down his face

Where do you wish reen eyes

Boy 412 understood the look "Marcia?" he yelled at the top of his voice to Jenna and Nicko

They nodded This ti to do it

"Marcia!" Boy 412 shouted at the dragon

The dragon blinked uncoly Where was Marcia? She had not heard of that country Was it far away? The Queen would know

Suddenly the dragon dipped her head and scooped Jenna up in the playful way she had done with sowind the effect wasthrough the air above the surging waves, and a moment later, soaked by the sea spray, she was perched on top of the dragon&039;s golden head, sitting just behind her ears and hanging on to theh her life depended on it

Where is Marcia, on ask hopefully, already looking forward tothe oceans with her ne in search of the land of Marcia

Jenna risked letting go of a surprisingly soft golden ear and pointed to the Vengeance which was co up fast "Marcia&039;s there She&039;s our ExtraOrdinary Wizard And she&039;s a prisoner on that ship We want her back"

The dragon&039;s voice ca any farther Whatever you wish, my lady, it shall be done

Deep in the hold of the Vengeance, Marcia Overstrand sat listening to the Storht hand, which was the only one on which it would fit, she wore the ring Boy 412 had given her Marcia sat in the dark hold, turning over in her -lost Dragon Ring of Hotep-Ra None of the had done for Marcia the wonderful thing it used to do for Hotep&039;Ra It had taken away her seasickness It was also, Marcia knew, slowly restoring her Magykal strength Little by little she could feel the Magyk returning, and as it did so, the Shadows that had haunted her and followed her froan to slink away The effect of Do Marcia risked a s weeks

Beside Marcia, her three seasick guards lay slu that they too had learned to swim At least they would have been thrown overboard by now

Far above Marcia, in the full force of the Storht on his ebony throne, while his miserable Apprentice shivered beside hi his Master to prepare his final lightning Strike, but he was so seasick that all he could do was stare glassily ahead and give the occasionalto concentrate on gathering the electrical forces together for the ht Do witch&039;s nasty little cottage be gone but the whole island too, evaporated in a blinding flash Doered the ExtraOrdinary Wizard Ahtful place It was back around his neck, not the scrawny neck of some half-baked stick insect wohed It was all so easy

"Ship ahoy, sire," a faint voice called down from the crow&039;s nest "Ship ahoy!"

DomDaniel cursed "Don&039;t interrupt!" he shrieked above the howl of the wind and Caused the sailor to fall with a screa waters below

But DomDaniel&039;s concentration had been broken And, as he tried to regain control of the eleht his eye

A s out of the dark toward his ship Do it to his eye, could hardly believe what he saw

It was ion Boat of Hotep-Ra did not exist It was nothing end Doain The wretched boat was heading straight for hih the dark and lass A cold shiver ran through the Necro of Marcia Overstrand A Projection of her fevered brain as she scheainst hi?

Dos "Dispatch the prisoner," he snapped "Now!"

The Magogs flicked their dirty yellos open and closed, and a thin sheen of slime appeared over their blind-worm heads, as it always did in moments of excitement They hissed a question to their Master

"Anyway you like," he replied "I don&039;t care Do whatever you want, but just do it Fast!"

The ghastly pair slithered off, dripping slime as they went, and disappeared belowdecks They were pleased to get out of the storm, excited by the fun they had in store

Doer needed it, for the Dragon Boat was quite near enough for hi for what he took to be Marcia&039;s Projection to disappear However, to Doon Boat drew ever closer and appeared to be fixing hiily, the Necro the deck, oblivious to the squall of rain that suddenly poured down on hi shreds of the sails There was only one sound that DomDaniel wanted to hear, and that was the sound of Marcia Overstrand&039;s last scream far below in the hold