Claxton 2: The Curse of Poseidon

Chapter Two: Message in a Bottle

        Makenna and Jessica finally reached McKevlin's Surf Shop. They had to cross the road to get into the parking lot. McKevlin's Surf Shop was a long, yellow building that stood on wooden beams, and it had a brown roof. Under it were boards that had paintings of pirates and surfers on them. McKevlin's Surf Shop was Makenna and Jessica's favorite place to go to look at surfing supplies. They just loved it. Folly Beach had lots of shops they liked.

Makenna pointed at the shop and said, "There it is, Jessica!"

"Awesome!" Jessica announced, "Hey, Makenna, check it out! McKevlin's got a new accessory!" Her eyes had landed on the boards with the pirate and surfing paintings on them. "Get my picture!" Jessica begged, "Please get my picture!"

"Sure," spoke Makenna, and she reached into the pocket of her beach dress. From it, she drew her iPhone 6. Makenna turned it on and scrolled to the camera function. Once the camera function was up, she gestured for where she wanted Jessica to stand, "Stand there, Jessica. Stand next to the two surfer dudes heading out to the ocean. There you go." Makenna had Jessica right where she wanted. She stood in front of a painting of two surfer dudes, holding surfboards, who were running out towards sea. "Now do a pose." Makenna told her friend, "Pretend you too are running out to sea to join them."

"Awesome," said Jessica. She immediately did what Makenna wanted her to do. She clenched her fists and acted out a running pose that was parallel with the surfer dudes, "How's this, Makenna?"

"Perfect. Now hold it." Makenna held her phone close to her eyes, and she double checked to make sure Jessica was right where she wanted her. She was. "All right," added the Metamorphic Fairy, "Here we go. One, two, and..."

However, just before she could take the picture, suddenly, a large, furry face appeared in front of her phone's lens, "Hi." The face belonged to a bat, a Megabat!

"AHHH!!" Makenna screamed. She dropped her phone, turned on her heel, and sprinted away. She dove behind a jeep parked in the parking lot, and she pressed her back up against it and breathed heavily.

"Makenna, what's wrong?" Jessica asked from where she stood, "Did you get the picture yet?" However, then her own eyes caught the Megabat hovering over Makenna's phone, and she too screamed,

"AHHH!! BAT!" Jessica quickly let go of her pose, and she dove behind the boards.

From where he hovered, the bewildered bat shrugged and glanced in each direction the girls hid in, "Was it something I said?"

        This talking bat's name was Raeven. He was Makenna's best avian friend that she met the year before. He also helped her earn her Crystal Metamorphic Fairy transformation. Raeven was a young bat, so he was very energetic and loud. He also didn't have the best relationship with Merlin the Great. However, for the past year, he had helped him out by giving messages to Makenna Delling about Tracey and how he was doing. Tracey had been involved in a really serious accident the year before that costed him his wings, and when fairies became wingless, it usually took them a long time to fully recover. Raeven basically just visited Makenna every once in a while to give an update about Tracey's condition. However, he did not expect her to scream and dive behind a jeep when he appeared in front of her camera.

        The young bat focused his attention forward on Makenna's hiding place and shook his head saying,

"Oh, what a strange, little machine." He soared to the jeep and landed on its hood, putting his hands together, "Makenna? Makenna, are you there? Don't you recognize a bat when you see one? It's me! Raeven the notorious, phenomenal, handsome Megabat! Not to mention, I did just get my fur groomed at Bat Central, so I'm even more handsome than the last time you saw me!"