The Moonlings: The Ancient Fortress

Chapter 11

When they woke up the next morning, they had a decision to make. "Where do we go from here?" asked Aqua. "I don't know. Ava didn't say," said Sunny. "Well, she did say that the Amazon rainforest is in SOUTH America, so maybe we should go south," said Ember. They quickly turned on the map and saw that there was a new mark. There was a small dot where they were. "Ok, so I think that's us," said Misty, "Which means we do need to go south. Let's get moving." They flew for a while with Maple using plants to move her on the ground. "Why do all these trees have to look so similar?!" yelled Aqua. "I'm at least fifty percent sure we are going around in circles!" "No, we aren't," said Maple. "I can sense it through the plants." They decided to walk so they didn't get lost. Maple was now leading them. "I think I'm going to fly up to see if I can figure out where we are," said Misty. She launched herself into the air but couldn't break through the canopy. Her wings got tangled in a clump of vines. She quickly flew back down and said, "That is not happening." They continued walking through the jungle until even Maple admitted they were lost. They decided to settle down for the night. Maple slammed her paws into the ground and grew an entire dome around them. "Um, wow," said Crater. "Our magic seems to be more powerful around this area," said Misty, making a mini-tornado with her claws. Aqua lifted the entire river out of its banks. Then she dropped it back in again. She did that several more times before she accidentally dropped it on her siblings. "Aqua! Watch where you magic!" said Maple. In the morning, they started walking again. They followed the same pattern for several more days without any luck. "Why didn't someone pack more food?" asked Aqua, sadly. "Because we didn't think it would take this long!" said Maple. "We might as well keep looking." They split up and started looking around. "Over here!" shouted Aqua excitedly. "I think I found it!" "You definitely found it," said Crater, laughing at his little sister. Misty looked over and saw a massive stone wall that looked like it had lights strung across it. As they got closer, they could make out small statues of birds and trees on top of the wall. "I don't think she's messing around," said Maple, leading them to the wall. It was a large wall that looked like it stretched on for miles. In order to get to the city they were looking for, they had to get to the other side. "How do we get in?" asked Ember. "I don't know..." answered Misty. "Maybe we can make a hole in it?" "Or," said Aqua, "we could just fly over it." They jumped into the air and flew up the side of the wall, Crater carrying Maple. They reached the top and Misty dove down to the city they could see below. Then she ran straight into something solid! "What? Why can't I get in?" she said. "There's some sort of shield around it," said Crater, as he tried to get through. "Yeah. I don't think we're getting in this way," said Sunny. They flew back down to the base of the wall and set up camp there.