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The dragon&039;s eyes did not flicker as Septied theot up andMagyk in the air and he preferred to keep his distance Wolf Boy looked scared; his eyes were open wide and his yellow teeth were bared as he watched his old Young Aryk

"The four elements in this Conjuration," said Septimus in a low voice, "are Earth, Aire, Fyre and Water But we choose only one of these to Restore the dragon I think it should be Fyre"

Aunt Zelda nodded in agreement "She has had too much of the others," she murmured

"Jen?" asked Septimus

Jenna nodded "Yes," she whispered, "Fyre"

"Good," said Septimus "Now each one of us must choose an element from the three that are left"

"Earth," said Aunt Zelda "Good honest earth for growing cabbages"

"Water," said Jenna "Because she looks so beautiful on the water"

"And I choose Aire," said Seption Boat today And because I can Flye"

Aunt Zelda shot Septi the bowls to notice

"Now," he said, "we each take a bowl and place our element in it"

Jenna scrambled up and dipped her bowl into the Moat Aunt Zelda reached down from the pontoon and scraped up some dry earth Septimus looked at his bowl and wondered what to do As he looked and wondered, a purple aspedshe could see the signs of Magyk appearing around Septi light, and the ated, like the air before a thunderstor hi theether, quickly turned the, but the purple reen eyes, one pair of violet eyes and one pair of witch&039;s blue eyesuntil itand exploded into fla He reached out to grab the fla with awe behind a boat

"412no!" Wolf Boy cried out, feeling his hands burning all over again But Septiathered up the fire and placed it in the dragon&039;s nostrils

Suddenly there was a huge intake of breath, and the flaon&039;s nose down deep within her Mo and breathing out a bright tongue of orange fla Aunt Zelda, Jenna and Septi to safety Nicko threw a bucket of water to douse the rug The dragon opened her eyes for a brief reen head crashed back down onto the charred rug and lay as limp as before

The whole boatyard fell silent Even Jannit stopped her unloading and stood waiting uncertainly

Jenna looked dislanced at Septi unhappily at the Dragon Boat, convinced that his Transubstantiate Triple had failed Aunt Zelda gave a s when Marcia&039;s voice traveled across the boatyard

"Will soet this blasted bucket off my foot!" A yard-hand rushed to her aid and pulled off a bucket that Marcia had inadvertently stepped into in her rush to return to the Dragon Boat With her robes flying, Marcia continued her progress across the boatyard, and as she neared the dragon, Jenna, Aunt Zelda, and Septireen bottle in her hand

Marcia arrived breathless at the pontoon and uncorked the bottle

"Marcia, what are you doing?" asked Aunt Zelda crossly

"Saving the Dragon Boat I knew I had some somewhere It&039;s an ancient lizard-based Revive I keep it under the floorboards in the Library"

"Put it away," Aunt Zelda demanded "Don&039;t let that stuff near her It will kill her"

"Don&039;t be ridiculous, Zelda," Marcia retorted "It&039;s not for you to dictate what happens to the Dragon Boat anymore I am the Keeper now"

Jenna&039;s and Septi to be trouble

"You" spluttered Aunt Zelda incredulously "Youthe Keeper?"

"Obviously," said Marcia "The Dragon Boat is here now under my care You are too far away to be able to continue with your duties ashow did you get here so fast?"

Aunt Zelda drew herself up to her full heightwhich was not much compared to Marcia, but it made Aunt Zelda feel better all the same Her witchy blue eyes flashed triued to all and sundry, Marcia, and I aot here All I will say is that, as long as I live, I aon Boat and I shall reon Boat at all times Now Marcia, this is a matter of life and death The Triple will take its ti, particularly an ancient lizard Revive,you to take that Revive away Right now"

For the first time that Septimus could remember, Marcia was speechless Very deliberately, she pushed the cork back into the Revive bottle and, with as nity as she couldthe bucket on her way out It did not help her bad temper to discover that Milo Banda, plus Sarah and Silas Heap, had watched the whole episode from the shadows of the abandoned lock-up