The Moonlings: The Ancient Fortress

Chapter 15

"I think it worked." gasped Misty. "Yeah, but why did Titania just go back in?" asked Crater. "I think it was Shadow that yelled and she was worried," replied Misty. "Well, if he yelled maybe the containment crystal worked," answered Crater. "There isn't any way to check unless we go back in. And if we go back in...I don't want to find out what happens if we go back in." said Ember shivering a little. It was still snowing a little bit. "Wait for a second, you guys saw Titania? And she caused a giant snowstorm? In the middle of the Amazon rainforest?" asked Aqua. "That is just weird!" "We have to go back in and check to see if the crystal worked eventually," said Maple nervously. "I guess so but we should rest tonight," said Sunny with a yawn. They quickly settled down for the night in an igloo Aqua had made to protect them from the snow. "Our powers are back to be super strong again," said Aqua happily. "I hope that means our plan worked." "We can hope, right?" said Crater as he settled into bed. When they woke up the next morning, they decided to go back in. Sunny flew up and put the weapons in the door. As it opened they flew through and headed to the crystal. It didn't look corrupted anymore but the containment crystal was nowhere in sight. The next place they checked was the house where Shadow had been staying. It looked like someone had gone through the place but there was no sign of life except them. "They must have already left," said Crater heading toward the hole in the wall. "They could be anywhere by now." "Yeah, it is no use looking for them when they might be miles away," answered Ember. "But we have to see if our plan worked," said Aqua. Just as they were leaving the house Misty heard a small voice. "You will never get away with this!" Misty ran over to the hole in the wall where Shadow had hidden his evil crystal. She looked in and saw the containment crystal with the tiny evil Moonling in it. She picked it up and said, "I found him!". Her siblings ran over happily. "Now that we know this place is safe we just need to go all the way back across the ocean and get everyone to come back here with us. This is going to be much harder than I thought," said Aqua. "Do we even know which direction to go to get out of here?" All of a sudden Ava and Fern appeared out of nowhere. "Yes, it worked," called Ava. "Oh, wait, you guys are here?" "Yeah, did you guys just appear out of thin air?" asked Crater. Fern answered his question, "Teleporting Moonlings are pretty cool." "What? But where is the teleporting Moonling?" asked Crater quite confused. "We are trying to set up teleportation stops." explained Ava "so we can get back and forth easily." "How did you find this place?" questioned Crater. "Well, to be honest, I put a tracking device on you," explained Ava. "Really, without our permission?" he asked. "It was Fern's idea and Willa said he could," added Ava nervously. "Still, you could have told us at least," responded Crater. "So, you said there is a quicker way to get back than flying across the ocean? " asked Aqua. "If we set up the teleport stop." said Ava "Come on. We better set it up in the city." They set up the stop right inside the gates. They got a large stone platform and Ava put a small pink crystal in the middle. "Now we stand on it and it should teleport us back," she explained. Ava demonstrated. She stood on the platform and put her arms out. As quickly as she had appeared before she was gone. Fern told the Moonlings to stand on the platform and spread their wings. Misty went first. Before she could even blink she was standing back at the camp. She felt kind of dizzy and fell over. "Come on. I am assuming you want to see Willa." said

Ava. Misty panicked. In all the action at the castle, she had completely forgotten about Willa. "Is she alive? Is she OK?" called Misty quickly and loudly "Yes, she is fine. She is healing quite well." assured Ava. "Can I see her?" asked Misty, still worried. Just then Ember appeared. "Wow!" she said, "That makes you kind of dizzy." "You get used to it after a few times," said Ava. "Let's wait until everyone gets here and then we can go to see Willa." "Also, I forgot to ask, did you catch whatever bad guy was Titania's Dad and her?" questioned Ava. "Well, we caught Shadow but Titania is just gone!" said Misty, pulling the containment crystal out of her bag. The Moonling in the ball hissed. "First, I'm trapped in here and now there are humans." "I think he is in a bad mood," said Aqua emerging from nowhere. Next Sunny, Crater, and Fern came through. Last was Maple. "Come on guys, let's go see Willa," said Misty. As soon as those words had left her mouth a feeling of despair seemed to fill the air. "She's fine," said Misty and her friend's faces brightened. They headed across the camp to a small hut. They hurried inside and went to the room where Ava said they would find Willa. Willa was laying in a small nest and looked perfectly fine. "You guys are back!" she said happily. She stood up, wobbled a bit, and asked "Did you find the kingdom?". "Yes, we did, and we caught the evil bad guy named Shadow who is Titania's Dad," said Misty, pulling out the containment crystal. Willa stared at the Moonling in the crystal looking shocked.