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    The Emerald Dragon
    The Emerald Dragon
    The Emerald Dragon
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    The Emerald Dragon

    By Jan Fields

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    Kidnapped by a Dragon! Rachel and her craft-loving friends were shocked to learn they are the long-awaited princesses of the Realm, each possessing special powers tied to their unique creative talents. They haven't quite mastered those newfound powers yet. Sometimes this lands them in a bit of trouble The girls have been invited back to the Realm for a celebration in their honor, during which they will exchange a gift with a representative from each of their kingdoms. Kaida brings a dazzling, hand-stitched image of a dragon to present to her people, but as soon as she enters the Realm, the fearsome dragon's wings begin to flutter as he comes to life and escapes the picture. The dragon kidnaps Kaida and whisks her away to his lair. Now her friends must make the dangerous journey through the Guarded Forest, across the perilous Living Waters filled with magical sea creatures, and to the treacherous Mountains of the Frozen Sky to save her. Can they reach Kaida before the miserable dragon puts her in an eternal slumber? The Creative Girls Enchanted Adventures series is an irresistible mix of crafts, magic, adventure, and wit that will have girls hooked on reading!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAnnies
    Release dateMay 1, 2015
    ISBN9781573674683
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      The Emerald Dragon - Jan Fields

      PROLOGUE

      One summer day in the woody hills of Portal, Connecticut, the six creative and adventurous girls of Stone Hollow Lane all received a mysterious package in the mail. Each package contained one oddly heavy, triangle-shaped medallion engraved with a design. The girls had no idea who sent the medallions or why—or that their lives were about to get very exciting. They met at the neighborhood clubhouse and discovered that when placed together, the medallions opened a secret doorway to a magical world called the Realm.

      Ever curious, they entered the Realm … and that’s when their first grand adventure began! The girls were met by a magical creature who informed them they were the lost princesses of this extraordinary world. Even more surprising, each girl discovered she possessed an amazing magical power tied to her unique creative talents and imagination. The girls haven’t quite mastered those newfound powers yet, and sometimes this lands them in a bit of trouble ....

      CHAPTER ONE

      The Invitation

      Shaylee scooped up the notebook and her favorite purple pen with the fluffy feathers on top. She sat cross-legged on her bed and stared at the smooth blank page of the notebook. I can’t believe I have homework and school hasn’t even started yet, she grumbled. It wasn’t really homework, of course. It was really her friend Rissa’s idea that she and her five friends each write down what happened when they all saved the Wellspring of Magic.

      Then she wrote:

      It began with the strange packages. We each got one. I mean me, Shaylee; plus Alysa and Rachel, who are twins; and Kaida, Marisol, and Larissa. Only we don’t ever call Alysa or Larissa by their real names because they sound so much alike. We call them Aly and Rissa.

      Shaylee frowned and scribbled out the part about the names, muttering, That’s goofy. We know what our names are. Then she took a deep breath and went on writing.

      Inside each package was a magnet thing with a picture on it. We didn’t know they were magical keys to a different world until later.

      Shaylee stared at the paragraph. That’s not really when it started, she realized. It started when all the houses in their neighborhood sold at the same time, and all to families with girls about the same age. She scribbled that down, and then stopped. Maybe it didn’t really start then. Maybe it started when the girls met and found the funny park in the middle of the neighborhood.

      The park was full of weeds and bugs and statues of people that no one knew. We made a clubhouse in an old building at the middle of the park. We still go there almost every day to hang out and do crafts and talk about Wellspring. That’s where Rissa said we should all write down what happened, so we’ll have a record. Sometimes Rissa is a little bossy.

      Shaylee tickled her nose with the pen’s feathers as she stopped and thought. Then she scratched out the last sentence a bunch of times. I should stick to the adventure part, she muttered. She took a deep breath and wrote really fast.

      The magnet things make some kind of hole when we stick them together. We used the hole to go into a different world that we call Wellspring, but the people there just call it ‘the Realm’ which sounds kind of old-fashioned to me. When we’re there, we’re all princesses, and we can do magic.

      Shaylee stopped again and wondered if she should add that they couldn’t do the magic very well most of the time. Then she sighed. Just write fast and get it over with, she told herself.

      "When we’re in this magic world, we’re all good at different things. I had to do a special dance to bring the magic water back to the fountain, the Wellspring of Magic. But first we had to go on this huge quest, and everybody had to work together. Rachel talks to animals, Aly talks to plants, Rissa can turn her poems into magic spells, Marisol can turn into a mermaid, and Kaida is just more Kaida than ever. She can start fires by just thinking about it, which was really helpful when we were all dripping wet and cold.

      "Anyway, while we were there, we met these bears who could turn into people, but they were stuck being bears until we fixed the Wellspring. We also met people who made magical jewelry, and they gave each of us a special bead. We even met a dragon who lived in a river and almost drowned me. It turned out that he was nice, just a little scary at first.

      The magic that was left in the Realm before we fixed the Wellspring of Magic was changing, going bad. We saw plants that drank blood, and I had to help save one of the Guardian bears from the vampire plants because only I was small enough. That was scary, but not as scary as fighting giant spiders at the fountain. So even though we had to do a lot of stuff, we fixed the Wellspring of Magic and were able to come home again. We’re thinking we’ll go back soon, but I don’t know when.

      Shaylee stared at her notebook and sighed. She sure hoped everyone else wrote better reports than she did. Maybe I should write more about the dancing part, she muttered.

      Shaylee jumped when she heard a sharp rap at the door just before it flew open. Rissa burst in, and Shaylee gawked at her.

      Your hair is pink! Shaylee exclaimed. Rissa’s chin-length hair was a soft cotton-candy pink.

      The temporary red from yesterday didn’t wash all the way out, Rissa said.

      It’s pretty.

      You just say that because it matches your … Rissa paused and glanced around the room, everything.

      Shaylee’s room was decorated in shades of pink with a few green accent pieces. Rissa turned in a slow circle as she looked at everything. Wow, she said, your room looks like the inside of someone’s nose!

      Ewww, thanks, Shaylee said. If I wanted to hear gross stuff about my room, I could ask my brothers. Did you want something?

      Oh, right. There’s an emergency meeting at the clubhouse.

      Shaylee looked at her friend nervously. She figured the girls were getting anxious to

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