CHAPTER THIRTEEN
The Long Walk to the Lilac Sea
Isadora suggested that she go alone to find the dragons, since she was a fire spirit who could flash to the sea undetected in a puff of smoke, but I refused. "Either we all go together, or nobody goes." "All right. Well then, here 's the plan. You and Emma start walking and I 'll fly ahead, find Captain Billy Bluebird and the Kidd and have them sail to shore. That way, by the time you arrive he 'll be waiting and we can set out immediately." "Okay," I said. "But if for some reason they 're not there waiting when we turn up, we 'll hold out behind some trees until we see the ship." I looked at Emma. "What do you think?" She stuck out her lower lip and blew a piece of hair out her eyes then nodded. "Then let 's go." We waved goodbye and wandered on side by side in silence for a short time, back across …show more content…
Whatever it was is gone," she said, ducking beneath a branch. "So, you never told me why you moved in next door." "You mean the orchard?" "Yeah." "We moved there so Dad could continue his work." 'What kind of work? ' "He 's a scientist. He studies the behavior of bees." I stopped. "Hold on," I said, pausing to pant. "That 's sort of true, but there 's more to it than that." She raised an eyebrow and shook her head. "You 've totally confused me again." "Sorry. He is a scientist and he does study the behavior of bees, but that 's not why we moved there. That 's just the generic answer I give everybody because I don 't what to get into the whole kingdom thing. But since you 're here," I said and laughed, "I guess I can tell you." She smiled and I noticed that the rain had stopped. "When my dad was a kid he spend the summer with my grandpa in the orchard and found a way into the kingdom." "He was here?" "Yep, a long time ago. He tried to help banish Gordok, but he became sick and couldn 't figure out how to get back into this world." She nodded. "Ah, okay. I understand
The Long Walk to the Lilac Sea
Isadora suggested that she go alone to find the dragons, since she was a fire spirit who could flash to the sea undetected in a puff of smoke, but I refused. "Either we all go together, or nobody goes." "All right. Well then, here 's the plan. You and Emma start walking and I 'll fly ahead, find Captain Billy Bluebird and the Kidd and have them sail to shore. That way, by the time you arrive he 'll be waiting and we can set out immediately." "Okay," I said. "But if for some reason they 're not there waiting when we turn up, we 'll hold out behind some trees until we see the ship." I looked at Emma. "What do you think?" She stuck out her lower lip and blew a piece of hair out her eyes then nodded. "Then let 's go." We waved goodbye and wandered on side by side in silence for a short time, back across …show more content…
Whatever it was is gone," she said, ducking beneath a branch. "So, you never told me why you moved in next door." "You mean the orchard?" "Yeah." "We moved there so Dad could continue his work." 'What kind of work? ' "He 's a scientist. He studies the behavior of bees." I stopped. "Hold on," I said, pausing to pant. "That 's sort of true, but there 's more to it than that." She raised an eyebrow and shook her head. "You 've totally confused me again." "Sorry. He is a scientist and he does study the behavior of bees, but that 's not why we moved there. That 's just the generic answer I give everybody because I don 't what to get into the whole kingdom thing. But since you 're here," I said and laughed, "I guess I can tell you." She smiled and I noticed that the rain had stopped. "When my dad was a kid he spend the summer with my grandpa in the orchard and found a way into the kingdom." "He was here?" "Yep, a long time ago. He tried to help banish Gordok, but he became sick and couldn 't figure out how to get back into this world." She nodded. "Ah, okay. I understand