Further away from Coutarine Island, on the island Tracey and Gina had been escorted to, dark clouds still hovered, but the rays of the sun shone through them. The island was quite small, and almost nothing inhabited it. Since it was in the human world and not the fairy world it wasn't tropical like Merlin's Island and Coutarine Island. It looked just like some of the barrier islands surrounding Charleston. The sand wasn't fluffy, and there weren't coconut palm trees. It also was a bit more difficult to determine the sandbar and the deeper water. It was still an island though. Ronda's raft rested on its side in the sand, but it looked unharmed.

        Gina was the first one to wake up. She peeped up from behind a dune and shook sand off her feathers. She then searched her surroundings. She and Tracey were in the middle of nowhere. Only ocean surrounded the island – no boats, no other islands, and not even land. There were mosquitoes on it though. A few buzzed by Gina's head, but she shooed them away with her wing.

Her eyes landed on Tracey who rested unconscious on his front next to the raft. "Tracey!" she yelped. Gina flapped her wings and quickly flew to him. As soon as she landed, she smacked him repeatedly in the face with her wing and chanted, "Wake up! Wake up! Wake up!"

"I'm awake!" Tracey suddenly yelped. He leaped to his feet and quickly held his hands out like he was about to karate chop someone. Sand covered him from his face down, and he had a cut under his right eye that he received from Ronda's raft hitting him. Glancing at Gina, he clutched his injured arm and asked her, "Where are we?"

"In the middle of nowhere," she replied, "We're stuck on an island, and the sun is beginning to set." She and Tracey both looked at the sun. Sure enough it was setting.

"Well it looks like we're here until morning," spoke Merlin's apprentice. His tummy rumbled, "Oh, I'm so hungry. Do you want something to eat, Gin?" Gina landed on his shoulder and nodded.

        Tracey took her over to Ronda's raft and said, "Watch this, Gina. This is a new spell Sensei taught me." Gina did. Merlin's apprentice brought his hands to his chest and used his magic to pull Ronda's raft out of the sand. He turned it right-side up and set it down. "Now we don't have to worry about breaking it if it falls too hard," he explained, "It also means we have easy access to the rations." Just saying the word caused his tummy to rumble again. He hurried to the raft and hopped aboard. Gina flapped off his shoulder and landed on the throttle again. Tracey kneeled to the compartment and grabbed hold of the latch. He pulled it up and peered inside. His jaw fell open though when he saw the compartment was empty, "Oh no! It's empty!"

"Empty?" asked Gina. She hopped off the tiller and quickly flew to her friend landing next to the empty compartment. Together they peered into it, and Gina's own jaw dropped, "The storm must've stripped them off!"

Tracey moaned, "But I'm so hungry." Tears streamed down his cheeks, and he fell onto his front, "Is there at least any water?"

Gina hopped into the compartment and searched it, "I don't see anything. I think we're totally stripped of rations, Trace."

Tracey moaned again, "Oh, I'd give anything for just a piece of bread and a small glass of water."

"Hey, I've got an idea!" Gina chirped. She flapped out of the compartment and hovered next to her friend's face, "Why don't you use your magic to make more food and water? I mean, look at what you just did with the raft."

"Ah, that's a great idea." Tracey immediately stopped crying and sat up, "Thank you, Gina." At least he was remaining calm.

"My pleasure," spoke his friend.

        Merlin's apprentice turned his body towards the rough ocean and opened his hands.

Flicking them, he waited for piles of food and water to appear in front of him, but instead only smoke escaped his palms. "Oh no." Tracey groaned in a choked voice, "It's no use, Gina. I used my last spell. I'm out of fairy dust. The storm stripped me of my fairy dust." He started to cry again.

Gina opened her beak to speak, but she was forced to stay quiet and back up because before she knew it, Tracey lost his calmness. It wasn't pretty when he did. He stormed to the ocean and shouted at the black clouds on the horizon, "Curses, you storm! Now thanks to you, Gina and I are going to starve, rot, and die on this barbaric island!" He lifted his foot and prepared to kick the ocean, but before he could, one of the crashing waves swamped him.

        Gina took a deep breath and built up her confidence.

Opening her wings, she flapped them and soared to Tracey who still stood but was now soaking wet, "Tracey, listen to me. Calm down. I have another idea. Why don't we sail back to Coutarine Island?"

"Why?!" Tracey shouted, "I am perfectly fine here!" He yelled so loudly that he accidentally sprayed Gina with spit.

She rubbed her face down with her claws and explained, "Because at least on Coutarine Island there are coconuts, bananas, pineapples, berries, and fresh drinking water. Not to mention you also will be able to stock up on fairy dust back in the fairy world." She had no idea what was going on with Merlin's apprentice, but he seemed to get angrier and angrier every sentence.

His disruptive temper though was being caused by the Octopus Man's curse. "I am not going back!" he shouted at Gina, "You can't make me, Gina! I am going to sail to the Bermuda Triangle and join my parents!"

"But the Octopus Man is going to kill you!" Gina tried to tell him again. It was very rare to see the two fight.

Tracey whirled around to face her and yelled, "As long as he hooks me up with my parents, I don't care! If you're so scared, Gina, then leave! I don't need you to be my bodyguard! This is something I must do alone! You, Makenna, and Ash have no part with this! Makenna and Ash didn't lose their parents to the sea! They have no idea what it feels like!"

Gina calmed herself down. "You're wrong, my friend," she elucidated, "Thankfully Makenna hasn't lost her parents to the sea, but Ash has. You don't know, but he's actually going through a much harder time than you. You never knew your parents. Ash knew his for seven years, and atop of that he also lost his home and a sister. You were an only child. Ash was forced to leave Scotland because of a feud, and he has memories of it. You don't have memories of your home because you were so young when it was destroyed. So you see, Tracey, you're wrong."

        Tracey seemed a bit hurt by her story, but he quickly shook it off, "Maybe, but you, Makenna, and Ash still have no part of this mission. I am still going to the Triangle." Glaring at the ocean one last time, he turned on his heel and headed towards Ronda's raft.

Petrified, Gina squawked and shook her head, "Tracey, no!" She grabbed hold of his short sleeve and tried to pull him back, "You can't defeat the Octopus Man alone! No one can succeed in something alone!"

"Let go!" Tracey yelled. Without thinking, he lifted his hand and swatted Gina off his shoulder!

She squawked and fell into the sand. "Tracey!" she yelped again, but Tracey didn't listen. He flushed the idea of spending the night on the island down the toilet and pushed Ronda's raft back into the ocean. This was his mission, and his mission alone! The Octopus Man cursed him – not Gina, not Makenna, not Ash.

        Once Ronda's raft hit the ocean, Merlin's apprentice climbed aboard and steered it over the waves. He lifted the main sail and opened it. Tracey may have been hungry and thirsty, but that wasn't going to stop him from venturing to the Triangle. If he died along the way, fine. He didn't think he deserved to live. Tracey felt the wind blast the sail, but then he heard something behind him and peered back to the island. Gina flew towards him, and she repeatedly squawked his name. Tracey didn't let her catch up. He was only trying to protect her. Saluting goodbye, he steered the raft forward, and it shot through the ocean almost as fast as a bullet. Then just like that – like a ninja – Tracey disappeared.

        Poor Gina was left behind.

She reached her claws in the direction Ronda's raft disappeared and squawked, "Tracey! Come back!" Tracey didn't. Gina tried to make up her mind. Seeing the island as Coutarine Island, she glanced at it and then in the direction Tracey vanished for a few times. Finally, she settled in on the island. Tracey may have ditched her, but that didn't mean he could stop her from getting help. Gina flapped her wings and soared in the opposite direction of Tracey's vanishing point. She had to get Makenna and Ash before it was too late. The tern flew as fast as she could towards Coutarine Island. The ocean helped her. It jumped to life again, and a wave pushed her tail feathers. This caused Gina to move faster. She peered back to the assisting ocean and seemed to smile. It wasn't long though until she became serious again. While she flew she told herself, "I am not going to let Tracey kill himself! He can't beat the Octopus Man alone! He needs his friends!" Then just like that, she too vanished.

        Coutarine Island started to grow dark because of the setting sun, but that was fine because it was really beautiful at sunset. Makenna and Ash escorted Alice and her family members back out to the beach, and there they discovered that Alice's family's boat had drifted into the reef during the storm. Ash had whipped up a plate of haggis in the cave, so he ate it while he, Makenna, Alice, and her family members studied the drifting boat.

"Our boat!" Alice's father groaned, "It's drifting out to sea! How did this happen?!"

Ash swallowed a bite of his haggis and answered, "Well, Number One: ya didn't pull it far enough up on the beach. Number Two: ya didn't tie it off or anchor it. Haggis?" He picked up his haggis with his fork and offered it to Alice's father.

At the sight of it, he gagged, "No thank you." Young Makenna Delling peered over to him and the Wizard Fairy.

"Why not?" Ash asked, "It is a bonnie meal. Has some of the best ingredients in it."

His last sentence interested Alice's father, "Really?" He took Ash's fork out of his hand and bit into the piece of haggis on it. "Mmm," he said while he chewed, "That's actually not that bad. What's in it, Ash?"

Smiling, Ash lifted his hand and counted on his fingers while he explained, "The main ingredients are a sheep's heart, liver, lungs, stomach casing, and suet which is minced with onions, oatmeal, salt, and spices." Immediately after he listed the ingredients, Alice's father gagged again, and he spit out the piece of haggis he had bitten into. Makenna and Alice chuckled. Each of them brought their hands to their mouths. While they chortled, the boat drifted closer and closer to the line.

        Alice finally let go of her laugh and shook her head. Her mind returned to the boat.

She pointed at it and asked her family, "Guys, what about the boat?" No one answered her. They were still too busy laughing over her dad's taste test of the haggis. If no one was going to pay attention to her, then she decided that she should be the one to fetch the boat. Alice sauntered over to the rough ocean and prepared to dive in, but before she could, somebody grabbed her arms and pulled her back. It was her father.

He dragged her towards her family and asked, "What are you doing, cupcake?"

"I want to swim out to the boat and pull it back in!" Alice answered.

Her father turned her over to Mable and sternly said, "Oh no you don't! The ocean is still very rough from that storm. You'll be pulled out to sea along with the boat if you try to swim out."

Alice's mother tightened her grip on her daughter and asked, "Then what do you supposed we do?"

"Hm," answered Alice's father, and he crossed his arms, "it looks like we're stuck here."

Mable gasped, "What?! Oh no!" She, her husband, and Alice together approached their other family members and discussed with them what they should do. They seemed to have forgotten they were hanging out with two magical beings.

        If it would get the humans off Coutarine Island, Makenna and Ash decided to fetch their boat. They did this while the family members conversed. The two fairies nodded at one another and approached the ocean.

Makenna took Raeven off her shoulder and set him down on a rock, "Stay here, Raeven. We won't be long." Raeven waved his wing and wished her luck. Makenna soon joined Ash at the water's edge and asked him, "Are you ready?"

Ash feebly bobbed his head up and down and answered, "Makenna, I was born ready." Concerned, Makenna peered into his face. It looked like Ash was getting tired again. She concluded that the Crusha Fruit hadn't completely healed him from his concussion. Oh, where was Silvey with Merlin? Despite still being injured though, Ash remained strong. Instead of flying out to the boat, he actually decided to try something a little more interesting. Makenna decided to swim only because she wanted a little more time with her new transformation. The cape disappeared from around her shoulders, and she dove into the ocean before Alice and her family members could see her.

When she came to surface, she saw that Ash still hung out on the beach and gave him a confused face, "What are you doing, Ash?"

"I'm not going to fly nor swim," he answered, "I can't do either of them. The ocean is too rough, and I'm not a Merfairy like ya. If I try to fly, the wind will blow me all over the place."

"Then what are you going to do?" Makenna impatiently asked, "I can't haul this boat in alone, Ash!"

Ash flicked his hand and explained, "I know ya can't. Wizards know these things, Makenn. Instead of swimming and flying, I'm going to run out to the boat in the traditional Highland fairy way. My sister and I did this a lot when we were little. I'm going to caber toss my way across the reef."

"Caber toss?" Makenna asked, "Really?" Her face brightened, "You mean, caber toss like what you do in the games?"

Ash nodded, "Correct, love. Don't worry though. My sister taught me a spell that will help. We always practiced this before the games. It's one of my best memories of her." Makenna was very, very interested. She no longer regretted being friends with a Scottish Wizard Fairy.

        Sparkles appeared at Ash's fingertips, and he flicked his hands forward. Makenna watched amazed. From the sparkles emerged a 19-foot-long caber, and it plopped down on the sand. After creating the log, Ash next closed his eyes and rubbed his hands together. He blew more sparkles out of them. They circled the log and made it light enough to float. Ash remembered the first time he did this with Breena. Once he made sure everything was ready, he leaned down and picked up the caber. Ash balanced it on his shoulder and neck and locked his fingers, sliding them under its rounded base. Where Alice and her conversing family members were, Alice fell out of the circle and landed on her back. Sitting, she turned her body in the direction of Makenna and Ash, and her eyes widened when she saw Ash with the caber.

"Whoa!" she gasped. The Wizard Fairy ran forward a few paces in the ocean and tossed the caber. Makenna, Raeven, and Alice observed as it flipped and landed directly in front of Ash and the boat! It didn't sink thanks to the spell he put on it.

"Bullseye!" shouted the eighteen-year-old fairy, "Did ya see that, Breena?! I did it!" Makenna couldn't help but to clap. That was phenomenal! She had never seen a caber toss up close before. Ash really was a Scottish fairy. He hopped aboard the floating log and kept balance. The next spell he performed was the Duplicate Spell. The Duplicate Spell was a type of Special Spell. Like with the last Special Spell, Ash did a little dance. He brought his hands together and crouched down. He danced a little wiggle as he stood up. Ash high-fived the air with each of his hands, and as he did, mirages of other hands surrounded his own. Finally, he clapped his palms together and pointed them down at the log. Right at his command and the end of the dance, the log glowed up, and duplicates of it appeared on the ocean's surface! Each duplicate floated. In the end, the logs created a bridge that stretched from the beach out to the boat. Ash smiled and lifted his hand, waving at Makenna. Still amazed, she waved back. The Wizard Fairy soon lowered his hand, and he started his trek towards the boat. He hopped from caber to caber and kept balance the entire time. Makenna dove underwater and flapped her wings. As she swam, she thought about the spell Ash performed and asked herself if one day she would be able to do the same.

        Back on the beach, Alice hurried to her family and tried to dive into the circle again.

She grabbed her father's arm and pulled on it, "Father! Father! Ash just did something amazing!" No one listened to her. They merely pushed the fifteen-year-old back out, and she again landed on her back. When she sat up she huffed and glared at her family members.

She decided to just let her family be. Alice stood back up and brushed herself down, approaching the edge of the water. Her eyes landed on Ash who still hopped from log to log.

Whimpering, the young lady shook her head and said, "So cool."

        Makenna Delling soon poked her head out of the ocean and shook water droplets off it. Her eyes too landed on Ash. He now was halfway to the boat, but he looked like he really enjoyed crossing the cabers.

He cartwheeled to the next one and yelled, "Yoo-hoo! I am having so much fun!" Makenna laughed. It was nice to see Ash himself again. He reached the boat before her because she was so focused on watching him. The young Wizard Fairy flipped onto its deck and landed perfectly. It definitely looked like he had practiced the caber toss technique plenty of times. As soon as Ash landed, he lifted his hands and announced, "Now that is what I'm calling a solution! Wizard Fairy, one! Humans, none! Even better, I got myself a new weapon! Eh, Crusader?" Reaching back, the young man drew his sword and slipped its blade in the ocean. Crusader's tip touched the tip of the caber closest to the boat, and as soon as it did, the blade glowed up. The log did to and disintegrated into some form of energy. When it did, the energy lifted out of the ocean, and Crusader's blade sucked it in. The rest of the cabers disappeared in a blast of green and blue sparkles, and it wasn't long until the reef was empty. With his sword still in his hand, Ash scooted over to the boat's stern and said, "Wow. Look at this thing." Honestly, this actually was his first time exploring a boat in depth. The young man approached the wheel and gripped it with a smile on his face. Just holding the wheel made him feel like he was a pirate or something. Ash's blue eyes soon rolled over to a pile of orange life jackets. Curious, he set Crusader down and approached them, pulling out the largest jacket. He tried it on, but it was a little big for him. The jacket sagged.

        Just as Ash was beginning to pull it off, he suddenly heard a voice behind him, "What are you doing with that life jacket?" The voice startled him. Gasping, he quickly picked up Crusader and whirled around. Turns out the voice was only Makenna.

"Makenna!" he gasped, and he dropped his weapon, "You made it!"

"Yeah I made it, and were you seriously about to stab me?"

"Oh." Ash lowered his sword, "Sorry. You just startled me."

"Sure." Makenna spoke. She flapped her wings and hopped onto the boat to join him, "Ash, you need to take that life jacket off. You look ridiculous."

"Oh," said Ash, "so these are life jackets. I was wondering." He pulled the jacket he wore off and tossed it onto the pile, "Sorry, Makenn. Now let's see. How are we going to drag this boat back onto the beach?" He and Makenna couldn't drive it because Alice's father had the key. Bewildered Ash brought his finger to his bare chin and scratched it.

"Hm," thoughtfully spoke Makenna. She led the young Wizard Fairy to the boat's bow, and they together peered down on a latch. Makenna plopped down on her knees and opened up a compartment, similar to the one Tracey had on Ronda's raft. The compartment had a long rope in it.

        Something clicked in Makenna's brain. Why didn't she think of this before? She pulled the rope out of the compartment and offered it to Ash.

Gasping, he said, "Perfect!" and accepted it. His accent really kicked in with that word. He tossed the rope over his shoulder and gripped his sword with both hands. Before long, it glowed up a bright, green color and changed its form from a sword to his crossbow. Makenna soon knew what his plan was, and she smiled. She and Ash worked together to pull the rest of the rope out of the compartment. Makenna tied one end of it to the boat's railing and gave Ash a thumb's up when she finished. He nodded and waved his hands in front of him in the "Aluna" way. His glowing, blue arrow appeared between them. The young man pulled it out of the sky and tied his end of the rope to its cresting. Once he did, he set the arrow down in his crossbow and prepared for his shot. He casted a spell on the rope before he let it go so it would automatically grow longer and longer until it hit something and stopped. Ash soon felt a pat on his shoulder – Makenna. He peered back to her and met her eyes.

"You've got this," she encouragingly told her friend. Smiling feebly, Ash thanked her. When he turned back around, he aimed his crossbow towards a palm tree on the beach. The Wizard Fairy took a deep breath. Then he pulled the trigger. His arrow shot out of the crossbow and traveled all the way to the beach. The spell he casted on the rope became effective too. It magically grew longer and longer. Alice saw the arrow coming, and she quickly dove out of its way. She watched openmouthed with astonishment. Ash's arrow slammed the tip of the trunk of the palm tree he aimed for and knocked a coconut down, but the arrow stayed. Thanks to the crossbow he had, his shot had been a success. It could shoot a little more than 700 yards which was just enough. Once Alice made sure she was safe, she hurried to the knocked down coconut and picked it up.

        Back on the boat, Ash lowered his crossbow and smiled at Makenna, "Ta-daa!" The boat no longer drifted; it stayed put.

"Wow!" spoke the Metamorphic Fairy, "Impressive!" Oh how she wished she could handle weapons as well as Ash. Step One of their plan was complete; it was now time for Step Two. The two fairies parted ways. Makenna dove back into the ocean, and Ash caber-tossed his way back to the beach. He was pretty tired when he got there, but he went ahead and grabbed the rope that was attached to his arrow, which was stuck in the palm. His headache started to come back too, but he fought it. The sun was coming out again, so that was why. Sunlight still bothered him. The young Wizard Fairy glanced out to Alice's family's boat and waited for Makenna's signal. She came to surface at the bow of the boat and lifted her hand. The fairy gave it a wave, and sparkles escaped her fingertips. When she did she sent a message to Ash and hopped out of the ocean, grabbing hold of the boat's railing.

        On Coutarine Island's beach, Ash got Makenna's message. With the remaining strength he had, he began to pull on the rope that held the boat. At it, Makenna flapped her wings as hard as she could and pulled on the railing. The boat was heavy though. It didn't move very fast. The two fairies didn't give up though. They pulled for about five minutes. It was a little too much work for Ash though. The sun poked out from behind a cloud, and the rays hit him. Right when they did, his head exploded into searing pain, and his hands slipped from the rope. Falling forward, he flopped onto the sand and groaned.

Alice gasped when she saw this, "Ash!" and accidentally dropped the coconut she held on her toe. For a bit, she froze. Then she yelled and grabbed her foot.

        Where Makenna was, she saw the rope no longer was being pulled and asked, "Huh? Ash?" She peered over her shoulder, and her eyes widened when she saw him lying on the sand, "Ash!" Before she could fly to him, she heard a screech in the sky. "What the?" Makenna asked. The screech grew louder and louder. Then the form of a bird appeared. "Gina!" Makenna gasped. Gina it was. She had made it back to Coutarine Island in a fairly quick amount of time thanks to the ocean escorting her.

Her deep brown eyes landed on Makenna, and she quickly hurried over to her. "Makenna!" Gina yelled through telepathy, "I found you!" Makenna let go of the boat's railing, and both she and Gina started to hover. The sight Makenna's new transformation blew the tern's mind, and she added with, "Whoa! Look at you! You've done it, Miss Delling! You've become a Merfairy!"

"Never mind that." Makenna seriously spoke, "Where's Tracey? Why isn't he with you?"

Gina frightfully shook her head, "Oh, Makenna, he took Ronda's raft and crossed the reef! He's headed for the Bermuda Triangle!"

"The Bermuda Triangle?!"

"Yes, Miss Delling! I tried to stop him, but he refuses to turn back around! The curse is too strong! If Tracey makes it to the Bermuda Triangle before you, then the Octopus Man is going to kill him! You and Ash have to move fast!" Gina sounded like she was having a panic attack.

Rubbing her temples, Makenna told her, "Try not to worry, Gina. Ash and I will, but here's the thing. We don't have a raft or sailboat to sail on. Ash can't fly – he also has a concussion, and I don't know if I can fly to the Bermuda Triangle in one go."

Gina ferociously flapped her wings and yelled, "Then ask Merlin for help! Please, Makenna! Tracey can't die! We have to save him! We have to defeat Poseidon! Don't you remember how you felt last year when the paramedics had to revive him?!" Just hearing that, Makenna had a terrifying flashback. She saw the changing room in the auditorium of her school where she and the police officers found Tracey unresponsive with Caleb. She then saw her school's courtyard where the paramedics performed CPR and used a defibrillator on him. The trauma of that day still haunted her, and it was all her fault, just like how Ash's concussion was her fault too. Still hovering, Makenna's wings drooped slightly behind her back, and she lowered her head.

Gina calmed herself down and took a deep breath, "Listen, fairytales don't happen like they do in the movies, Miss Delling. Magic doesn't solve everything. Just like humans and animals, fairies are living, breathing beings. Tracey can't defeat the Octopus Man alone – not in his condition. He needs you, Makenna. After everything he's done for you, you're just going to shut him out? As his friend, I know he's scared, but he's too shy to admit it. The Curse of Poseidon is something you and him must break together. Last year, he pulled through with those broken wings because you worked together. You can do it again. There's something else Tracey's too shy to admit, Miss Delling – something I think you share with him. He loves you."

"He-He does?" Makenna felt herself blush.

"And I know you love him back," continued Gina, "but you're too shy to admit it too." Makenna blushed harder.

She shook her head and lied, "No-No I don't! We're just friends, Gina! Just friends!"

"Uh-huh." Gina said.

Makenna continued to blush, "Enough, Gina. Ash and I need to pull this boat in so the humans can get off the island. Once they're gone, then I'll seek out Merlin and ask him for help." Passing the tern, she grabbed the boat's railing again and pulled. Gina decided to help when she saw her struggling. She flapped over to the rope and snatched it with her claws. Both she and Makenna flapped their wings and pulled.

        Back where Ash was, Alice recovered from the coconut hitting her toe and jogged to him.

She grabbed his shoulder and shook Ash, "Ash, please! Get up! Makenna needs your help!" At her touch, the Wizard Fairy slowly got up. Alice quickly backed away, and her back hit the trunk of another palm tree. The sunlight really hurt Ash's head, but he stayed strong and pulled the rope again. This time around, Alice decided to help. She scurried in front of Ash and grabbed the rope too.

Noticing her, he asked, "Huh?" When he saw that Alice was helping, he smiled a bit. Right now, just the three teens and Gina were trying to pull the boat back in. The remaining adults were too cool to assist them. They merely just watched Makenna, Ash, Alice, and Gina. Before long though, they started to have a change of heart. It seemed unfair to leave all the work to the kids. Raeven even helped. He lifted off his rock and approached the rope that marked about midway to the boat. Grabbing it with his own claws, he too jerked on it. The boat moved a bit more now, but it still was really far off the beach.

Makenna sweated from where she pulled. She glanced at Gina and ordered, "Heave! Heave!" After maybe about eight minutes of pulling, the rest of Alice's family members finally decided to help. They got in a single file line behind Ash and grabbed hold of the rope. The Wizard Fairy and Alice glanced over their shoulders at them and together smiled. All of them pulling still wasn't enough though. They managed to get the boat close to the beach, but the undertow prevented them from pulling it ashore. The team needed one more pair of hands, and just before they could give up, here came Silvey – Silvey the fairy dog! She leaped out of the jungle and sprinted to the humans and fairy.

"Silvey!" Ash exclaimed when he saw her. Wind rushed through his hair and Silvey's fur, and it pulled Ash's sideburns off his long, pointy ears. Uncle Bret, Alice's uncle who stood behind him, noticed them, and his jaw dropped open. Silvey leaped in front of Alice and used her teeth to clutch the rope.

The teenage girl was beyond amazed when she saw her and yelled, "Whoa! What in the name of?! What on earth is that?!" Nobody answered her just yet. They were too focused on the boat.

        Silvey was the last pair of hands, or teeth, the team needed. Closing their eyes, they pulled as hard as they could on the boat.

On Ash's side of the rope, he was the one who yelled, "Heave! Heave!" and on Makenna's side, it was she who yelled,

 "Heave! Heave!" A few more minutes of jerking and pulling passed until the team finally dragged the boat onto the beach. Immediately they let go and massaged their sore hands. Ash didn't stay standing for much longer. He fell onto the sand on his behind and lowered his head. Where Makenna hovered, she cheered and lifted her fist, "Yeah! Now that is what I'm calling teamwork!" Ignoring her, Silvey jogged over to Ash and sat down next to him. Her ears stood straight up, and she licked him on the cheek. Her feelers wrapped around his arm, and she hugged it.

Feeling her, the young Wizard Fairy feebly lifted his hand and patted her on her scalp in between her ears, "Thank you, Sil. Am pure done in – sorry." Translated in English, he said, "I'm feeling very tired."

Silvey somehow understood Scottish slang and responded to him, "I don't blame you. You've been working yourself too much today. You need to call it quits and rest. Here, let me lead you somewhere where you can lie down." Raeven flapped to Makenna and threw himself into her arms. They shared a hug while Alice and her family members watched intrigued as Silvey urged Ash to his feet with a touch of her nose. Her feelers remained wrapped around his arm, and she led him to a shady area on the beach where the sand wasn't trashed. Gently pushing Ash down on his side, the fairy dog gave his cheek one last lick and crawled under his arm. As soon as she was comfortable, she rested her chin on her front paws and sighed.

Alice and her family members couldn't help to bring their hands to their chests and say, "Aww," at the same time.

        Makenna Delling let Raeven go and said, "Whoo-wee!" while placing her hands on her hips, "Now that's what I'm calling a workout! Just wait, Raeven and Gina, before you know it, these muscles will take me to the All American Wrestling Club! Well, humans, there you go! If it wasn't for the help of Ash and I, your boat would probably be floating in the ocean by now! Right, Ash? Ash?" Ash didn't answer. The Metamorphic Fairy landed on the beach and searched for him.

She heard Alice and her family members say, "Aww," and asked,

"Huh?" Makenna looked forward, and her eyes caught Ash lying on his side with Silvey under his arm. Just seeing the fairy dog with him instead of her hurt Makenna inside. Her mouth dropped towards the sand, and she took a step back. "Silvey," she mumbled. Her wings flapped slowly behind her back, and then they dropped. Gina landed on Makenna's shoulder and stared gloomily into her face.

Raeven noticed they were upset and asked, "What's wrong?" Then he too noticed Silvey with Ash and immediately started to freak out, "Oh my!" You've been replaced, Miss Delling!" The Megabat smacked his claws to his face, "I told you we couldn't trust that fairy dog!" He, Makenna, and Gina had no idea that Silvey had cuddled up to Ash for a reason. Makenna looked very upset. She felt like she had just been betrayed. Clutching her arm, she sighed sadly and turned on her heel.

Gina rubbed up against her cheek and whispered, "I'm sorry," through telepathy. Makenna gently lifted off the ground and flew gloomily to hanging palm tree.

Landing on the trunk, she sighed and shook her head. "And here I thought I was going to get a new dog," she mumbled. Her fingernails changed to a darker shade of blue as a sign that she was sad.

Gina puffed out her feathers and lifted her claw, tapping Makenna's cheek with it, "You know, Makenn, we could always chase after Tracey and let Ash take it easy."

"I can't." Makenna spoke in a choked voice, "Not yet. One of us has to stay here and seek out the so-called Wizard Fairy Selene assigned to us. Even if I could, I don't even have a map to the Bermuda Triangle. I'm such a useless fairy."

        Further away from her, Gina, and Raeven, the bushes in the jungle rustled. Alice and her family members hugged each other and nervously watched them. From the jungle, in front of their very eyes, out stepped Merlin the Great, Selene, and Dr. Snugglekins!  Man, there was a surprise waiting for them on every corner.

Dr. Snugglekins, who now was the size of a regular man, pulled sticks and leaves out of his hair and said, "Man I'll tell you. That jungle is one heck of a jungle! I thought we'd never get out. The second we got lost, I...oh snap." He stopped his sentence midway because his eyes landed on Alice and her family members staring. Dr. Snugglekins chuckled nervously and dropped his wings behind his back, "How are y'all doing this fine afternoon? I'm just going to...yeah." He started in the direction of Silvey and Ash. Behind him, Selene and Merlin puffed out their cheeks and pointed after him. The humans watched every move they made. Finally, they shook their heads and exchanged confused looks.