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There had been bottled water in one of the closets
Kendra hurried to the closet, selected a bottle, unscrewed the cap, dumped the contents, and filled it with milk from the pie tin The bottle barely fit in her pocket
Kendra retrieved the s the solution a bit, she exited the barn Predawn colors streaked the horizon Sunrise was approaching
Nohat? There were no fairies in sight When the Fairy Queen had given instructions, Kendra had felt no doubt that the handmaidens she referred to were the fairies
She was supposed to et them to help her
What would it do? Kendra realized that she had no idea What could it do? Win their affection? Then what?
Lacking other options, she had to trust the reassurance she had felt when the Fairy Queen spoke to her arden
There was one, clad in orange and black withfor you!
she cried
The fairy darted over to her, looked at the bowl, started chirping in a squeaky voice, and zoomed away Kendra roamed until she found another fairy, and ended up with an identical reaction The fairy acted excited and then fleay
Soonin the bowl, and then soaring off They were apparently spreading the news
Kendra ended up beside the round and backed away, in case her proxihter Before long, dozens of fairies hovered around the bowl They were no longer showing up only to zip away A croas forht up to the bowl and peer inside One even laid a tiny hand on the rim But none took a drink Most stayed several feet away
The croelled to more than a hundred Still they would not drink Kendra tried to be patient She did not want to frighten thehty wind interrupted the quietgale in the distance As the sound of the wind tapered off, a ferocious roar echoed across the yard The fairies scattered
It couldWait, please, you have to drink this! Your queen had me make it for you! The fairies darted around in confusion Hurry, ti out!
Whether it was her words or siathered around the bowl again
Try it, Kendra said Have a taste
None of the fairies took her up on her offer Kendra dipped a finger into the bowl and sausted face-it tasted salty and nasty
Mmmm delicious
A fairy with raven black hair and bu Kendra, she dipped a finger and tasted it In a whirling shower of sparks the fairy grew to nearly six feet tall Kendra smelled the fertile aroed fairy blinked in astonishh into the air
The other fairies mobbed the bowl A blizzard of sparks flashed across the yard as the fairies transforer versions of the her eyes fro pyrotechnics In lorious host of hu
The fairies were uniformly tall and beautiful, with the lithe musculature of professional ballerinas They wore vivid, exotic apparel They still had entle twinkle had becoe was in their eyes Merry
A fairy with lustrous silver wings and short blue hair alighted in front of Kendra You have summoned us to war, she announced in a heavy accent What is your bidding?
Kendra sed A hundred human-sized fairies took up much more space than a hundred tiny ones They used to be so cute Now they were quite i She would not want to be the enemy of these proud seraphim
Can you restore Dale? Kendra asked
A pair of fairies crouched over Dale, placed their hands on hiarded Kendra with befuddled wonder, patting hi on? he asked Where’s Stan?
The fairies healed you, Kendra said Grandpa and the others are still in trouble But I think these fairies will help us
Kendra returned her gaze to the stunning silver fairy
Muriel the witch is trying to release a demon named Bahumat
The demon is free, the fairy said You have but to coether We have to lock hiain The witch, too And we have to rescue my Grandpa and Grandma Sorenson, and my brother, Seth, and Lena
The blue-haired fairy nodded and issued instructions in ain nearby plants They pulled out weapons A yellow fairy produced a crystal sword from the soil of a flowerbed A violet fairy transformed a thorn from a rosebush into a spear The silver fairy with blue hair changed a snail shell into a beautiful shield The petal of a pansy beca ax in her other hand
This is your will, the silver fairy confirether, the fairies took flight Kendra turned to watch therabbed her left ar between two fairies-a slender albino with black eyes and a blue, furry fairy Kendra recognized the blue one as the downy fountain sprite she had seen in Grandpa’s office
The sudden acceleration took her breath away They cruised low to the ground, ski past branches Flying near the rear, Kendra marveled at the squadron of fairies ahead of her effortlessly weaving through obstacles at such reckless speed
The exhilaration was overwhelht tears to her eyes The pond with the gazebos streaked by beneath her At this rate, they would reach the Forgotten Chapel in ot there? Bahumat was supposed to be incredibly powerful Even so, considering the legion of fierce fairies surrounding her, Kendra liked her odds
Glancing back, Kendra saw no fairies behind her They had apparently left Dale in the yard
The h the forest continued until the fairies ahead swooped skyward Kendra’s escorts followed, rocketing up beyond the treetops The sudden ascent left her le" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7451196230453695" data-ad-slot="9930101810" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins>