Claxton 2: The Curse of Poseidon

Chapter Eleven: Tracey's Abandonment

Song: "We Know the Way" - Lin-Manuel Miranda and Opetaia Foa'i

        The Aluna Village sprites took Makenna, Tracey, Gina, and Ash on a journey through Coutarine Island. They led them through the jungle. Makenna and Tracey flew side by side while Ash, who still spoke with Crusader, followed them. The fairy sprites took the three fairies to a waterfall and soared over the top of it.

One of them lifted her hand and said, "Welcome to Aluna."

"Whoa!" Makenna gasped. Her jaw dropped open. Aluna was located just behind the waterfall, and it was a beautiful, little fairy town. It looked exactly like a Fijian village – just a lot smaller. Palm trees hovered over it, as well as the jungle's trees. Aluna was split up into two sections. The first section was the living section – the section behind the waterfall where the sprites lived and also where festivals were held – and the second section was the village section. The village section was located on the beach – a beach wasn't far from the living section – and that was where shops, libraries, schools, etc. were located. In the living section, the section where the sprites took Makenna, Tracey, Ash, and Gina, the sprites' houses changed from tiki huts, tree stump mansions, and even mushroom houses. Aluna's living section was also very colorful, and in the heart of it sat a sprite-sized, wooden stage where festivals took place. Makenna seriously felt like she had stumbled into a lost fairy Wonderland; it was so beautiful. The sprites led her and her friends down to the stage, and Makenna landed gently on it. She looked down and noticed that an engraving of Ethelinda, Coutarine Island's guardian rested in the center of it. Aside from the roaring waterfall, Makenna also heard the ocean. She stepped out of the way as Gina landed on the stage next – she almost was too big for it – and slid Tracey off her back.

He however rolled and hit the stage with a thump. Thump! "Tracey!" Makenna gasped. She quickly reached down and grabbed him, "Come on, up you go," pulling him to his feet, "There you go." Ash landed on the stage last while the sprites just hovered, and he smiled.

Lifting his gloved hand, the young, knight-like Wizard Fairy rubbed Gina's wing and told her, "You were a big help, Gina. Thank you." Gina glanced at him and nodded. She tickled Tracey's neck with her beak and opened her wings. The three fairies watched as she lifted into the sky and landed on the tree branch of a tree over them to get out of the way. Makenna lowered her head and crossed the stage over and over again. She wanted to get a good look at everything Aluna had to offer.

Tracey and Ash watched her. "This is so beautiful!" Makenna excitedly announced. She sniffed and rubbed her eye, "I think I'm going to cry. I feel like I'm in Fiji! Yahoo!" The young fairy leaped into the sky and lifted her hand, but she ended up falling off the stage. Ash and Tracey gasped, and they quickly rushed in the direction where she fell. Suddenly, Makenna soared by their heads and yelled, "This is so awesome!" The sprites and her friends watched as she excitedly flew all over Aluna's first section. She soared around different houses and called, "I have never seen mushroom houses before!" The young fairy circled one of the mushroom houses and glanced into the windows on both the fat stem and mushroom cap. Turning, she pointed at one of the tree stump mansions and asked, "What's that?!" Makenna caused quite a racket in peaceful Aluna. The sprites weren't use to a lot of noise, except for when there were festivals of course. She soared to the tree stump mansion next. During the process, she passed Ash and Tracey who still stood on the stage, and Tracey called, "Makenna!" Makenna didn't hear him, nor would she have listened if she did – she was just too excited!

Ash took Merlin's apprentice's shoulder and told him, "Tracey, you have to calm her down. She's only soaring further and further away from passing my trial." Tracey nodded understandingly and hopped off the stage.