looked at Zohar for several long seconds before he nodded. It was hard work being a friend, but he like d it ‘cause he liked Zohar and Bálint and Jabir, and even the girls. Pushing himself up, he almost groaned when he realized they still had a long way to go.
“Help!” Jabir’s high-pitched cry echoed from below them. “I’s slipping.”
Roam and Zohar scrambled over to the side to look down. Jabir was just out of reach. He had shifted as well when he realized that the rock ledges were too narrow for his dragon to land on.
“Holds on!” Roam frantically shouted as he shifted.
Turning around, he carefully lowered himself down until his tail was hanging near Jabir. Zohar grabbed his front paws and held him while Phoenix, Amber, Jade, and Spring each wrapped their hands around the others waist in an effort to keep Roam from slipping over the edge. A loud hiss escaped Roam when Jabir grabbed his tail and hung from it.
Tears burned Roam’s eyes at the pain even as he tried to dig his claws into the hard rock. It was no use. Not only was the weight of Jabir going to pull him over the edge, it was going to pull the others if they didn’t let go of him. His light blue eyes connected with Zohar in a silent acknowledgement that to save the others, his friend would have to let him and Jabir go.
“No,” Zohar said stubbornly.
“I’s can do this,” Alice whispered, staring down at Jabir. “I’s knows I’s can do’s this.”
“Alice, no!” Bálint cried out as Alice disappeared.
Roam released a loud cry when he felt the weight pulling him over the edge of the cliff suddenly disappear. The combined force of Zohar and the others pulling on him jerked him back over the edge where they all fell into a tangled pile. He weakly lay against the cold, hard rock as the others scrambled around him to look at where Jabir had been moments before.
On a narrow ledge thirty feet below, Jabir sat carefully holding Alice’s head in his lap. He looked up at the others, his face white with fear and silent tears coursing down his cheeks. He wiped at them as he continued to stare up at them in dazed disbelief.
“Is you okay?” Zohar shouted down.
Jabir slowly nodded. He looked down at Alice’s peaceful face. Touching her cheek, he looked back up at the others.
“Alice is sleeping and won’t wake up,” Jabir called up in a frightened voice. “She caughts me in the air and puts us on the ledge before’s she wents night-night. Now’s she won’t wake up.”
“We’s…” Zohar started to say when his hands tightened on the ledge and he looked around in confusion.
“The mountain’s waking up,” Jade said in a frightened voice. “Do’s you think the old dragon knows we’s here?”
“I’s don’t know,” Zohar said, looking at where Spring was stroking Roam’s head. “Is he hurt?”
Spring looked at Zohar and nodded. “His paws are bleeding and his tail is crooked,” she whispered. “My’s symbiot is too weak to heal him. It’s tired, too.”
“So’s mine,” Phoenix said with a worried frown as the ledge they were on shook again and small rocks began to rain down around them. “What are we going to do?”
“Bálint, what’s about your symbiot?” Zohar asked, looking at his cousin.
“They’s all too tired, Zohar,” Bálint said, looking over the side of the cliff. “I’s got to help Alice. I’s said I’d protects her and takes care of her. I’s got to helps her.”
“Maybe if we’s talk to the old dragon, he won’t be so mad,” Jade and Amber said, looking up at the clouds. “We’s can gets there if we works together.”
Zohar twisted and looked at the two sisters. They looked so determined and, out of all of them, were probably the two with the most energy. Nodding, he scooted closer to them.
“You tell the old dragon that we’s just want to be his friend,” Zohar ordered. “You’s tell him to stop shaking the mountain ‘cause it’s gonna hurt us if he
“Help!” Jabir’s high-pitched cry echoed from below them. “I’s slipping.”
Roam and Zohar scrambled over to the side to look down. Jabir was just out of reach. He had shifted as well when he realized that the rock ledges were too narrow for his dragon to land on.
“Holds on!” Roam frantically shouted as he shifted.
Turning around, he carefully lowered himself down until his tail was hanging near Jabir. Zohar grabbed his front paws and held him while Phoenix, Amber, Jade, and Spring each wrapped their hands around the others waist in an effort to keep Roam from slipping over the edge. A loud hiss escaped Roam when Jabir grabbed his tail and hung from it.
Tears burned Roam’s eyes at the pain even as he tried to dig his claws into the hard rock. It was no use. Not only was the weight of Jabir going to pull him over the edge, it was going to pull the others if they didn’t let go of him. His light blue eyes connected with Zohar in a silent acknowledgement that to save the others, his friend would have to let him and Jabir go.
“No,” Zohar said stubbornly.
“I’s can do this,” Alice whispered, staring down at Jabir. “I’s knows I’s can do’s this.”
“Alice, no!” Bálint cried out as Alice disappeared.
Roam released a loud cry when he felt the weight pulling him over the edge of the cliff suddenly disappear. The combined force of Zohar and the others pulling on him jerked him back over the edge where they all fell into a tangled pile. He weakly lay against the cold, hard rock as the others scrambled around him to look at where Jabir had been moments before.
On a narrow ledge thirty feet below, Jabir sat carefully holding Alice’s head in his lap. He looked up at the others, his face white with fear and silent tears coursing down his cheeks. He wiped at them as he continued to stare up at them in dazed disbelief.
“Is you okay?” Zohar shouted down.
Jabir slowly nodded. He looked down at Alice’s peaceful face. Touching her cheek, he looked back up at the others.
“Alice is sleeping and won’t wake up,” Jabir called up in a frightened voice. “She caughts me in the air and puts us on the ledge before’s she wents night-night. Now’s she won’t wake up.”
“We’s…” Zohar started to say when his hands tightened on the ledge and he looked around in confusion.
“The mountain’s waking up,” Jade said in a frightened voice. “Do’s you think the old dragon knows we’s here?”
“I’s don’t know,” Zohar said, looking at where Spring was stroking Roam’s head. “Is he hurt?”
Spring looked at Zohar and nodded. “His paws are bleeding and his tail is crooked,” she whispered. “My’s symbiot is too weak to heal him. It’s tired, too.”
“So’s mine,” Phoenix said with a worried frown as the ledge they were on shook again and small rocks began to rain down around them. “What are we going to do?”
“Bálint, what’s about your symbiot?” Zohar asked, looking at his cousin.
“They’s all too tired, Zohar,” Bálint said, looking over the side of the cliff. “I’s got to help Alice. I’s said I’d protects her and takes care of her. I’s got to helps her.”
“Maybe if we’s talk to the old dragon, he won’t be so mad,” Jade and Amber said, looking up at the clouds. “We’s can gets there if we works together.”
Zohar twisted and looked at the two sisters. They looked so determined and, out of all of them, were probably the two with the most energy. Nodding, he scooted closer to them.
“You tell the old dragon that we’s just want to be his friend,” Zohar ordered. “You’s tell him to stop shaking the mountain ‘cause it’s gonna hurt us if he
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