don’t.”
“We’s will,” Amber said, nodding to her sister. “We’s tell him we’s all his friend and he can have Christmas with us.”
“Go!” Zohar said with a low growl. “As fastest as you can.”
“Fast,” Jade nodded. “Let’s go!”
Zohar watched as the twins shifted and began half flying, half crawling up the side of the mountain. Their symbiots shifted as well, at times flying beside them, and at other times becoming long ropes that they used. He finally turned back to where Spring and Phoenix sat beside Roam. It took a moment for him to realize that Bálint had disappeared over the side of the cliff. When he looked, Bálint had just made it to the ledge where Jabir and Alice were. Sighing, he pushed away from the edge and huddle d next to Spring, Phoenix, and Roam as the mountain shook again.
I wish my mommy and daddy were here, he thought as he wrapped his arm around Phoenix. I’s need them.
He breathed a little sigh of relief when their symbiots transformed into a cover to protect them from the shower of rocks that kept falling from overhead. Hoping that Amber and Jade were successful, Zohar lowered his head and closed his eyes.
*.*.*
Amber reached down and wrapped her tail around Jade’s front right arm when she started to slip. Glancing down, she saw Jade nod to her before she let go. Twisting back around, she pulled herself up on the next set of rocks. They were almost to the top. Right now, they were in a world of white fluffy clouds that made it hard to see where to climb next.
“How much further?” Jade asked, unable to hide the exhaustion in her dragon’s voice.
“Not’s far,” Amber replied. “I’s think I can see the entrance to his cave.”
“Goods, my dragon’s and I’s getting really tireds,” Jade whispered.
That one word pushed Amber up to the next level. A sigh of relief escaped her when she saw that they had indeed made it to the old dragon’s cave. Rolling over onto her stomach, Amber reached down and wrapped her hands around Jade’s wrists and pulled. Only when her twin was safely on the ledge next to her did she shift and roll over onto her back in exhaustion.
“I’s tired,” Amber murmured. “I’s not going to complain when mommy says it is nap-thirty no more.”
“Me’s neither,” Jade whispered. “I’s hope he’s in a good mood.”
“Who?” Amber asked, rolling to her feet.
“The old dragon,” Jade replied, pulling the bag she had brought from home around to the front. “’Cause I might have to be like daddy and threatens to beat him up if he isn’t.”
Amber nodded, almost falling when the mountain violently shook. She looked at Jade with wide eyes before they both glanced at the opening. A reddish-yellow glow was coming from deep inside it.
Jade started to take a step forward when another rumble sent her backwards instead of forwards. A loud cry escaped Amber when she saw her sister’s arms fly up in a desperate attempt to not fall over the edge as it began to crumble. She reached out to grab her sister, but another hand swept Jade up while at the same time lifting her up into the air. A loud scream escaped both of them as they stared up into the face of the old dragon of the mountain.
Chapter 13
“Zohar, I’s scare,” Spring whispered, looking at him. “I’s want to go home to my mommy and daddy.”
“I’s want to go home, too, Spring,” Zohar admitted in a soft voice, looking down at where Roam’s head rested in Spring’s lap. His friend was so tired, he hadn’t shifted back into his two-legged form before he fell into a restless sleep. “Amber and Jade will get the old dragon to quit shaking the mountain.”
They both looked up when Phoenix flew back up to the ledge and crawled toward them. She shook her head. She had been keeping an eye on the other three. She turned and sat with her back against the hard rock and curled her legs up against her chest.
“Alice is still night-night,” she
“We’s will,” Amber said, nodding to her sister. “We’s tell him we’s all his friend and he can have Christmas with us.”
“Go!” Zohar said with a low growl. “As fastest as you can.”
“Fast,” Jade nodded. “Let’s go!”
Zohar watched as the twins shifted and began half flying, half crawling up the side of the mountain. Their symbiots shifted as well, at times flying beside them, and at other times becoming long ropes that they used. He finally turned back to where Spring and Phoenix sat beside Roam. It took a moment for him to realize that Bálint had disappeared over the side of the cliff. When he looked, Bálint had just made it to the ledge where Jabir and Alice were. Sighing, he pushed away from the edge and huddle d next to Spring, Phoenix, and Roam as the mountain shook again.
I wish my mommy and daddy were here, he thought as he wrapped his arm around Phoenix. I’s need them.
He breathed a little sigh of relief when their symbiots transformed into a cover to protect them from the shower of rocks that kept falling from overhead. Hoping that Amber and Jade were successful, Zohar lowered his head and closed his eyes.
*.*.*
Amber reached down and wrapped her tail around Jade’s front right arm when she started to slip. Glancing down, she saw Jade nod to her before she let go. Twisting back around, she pulled herself up on the next set of rocks. They were almost to the top. Right now, they were in a world of white fluffy clouds that made it hard to see where to climb next.
“How much further?” Jade asked, unable to hide the exhaustion in her dragon’s voice.
“Not’s far,” Amber replied. “I’s think I can see the entrance to his cave.”
“Goods, my dragon’s and I’s getting really tireds,” Jade whispered.
That one word pushed Amber up to the next level. A sigh of relief escaped her when she saw that they had indeed made it to the old dragon’s cave. Rolling over onto her stomach, Amber reached down and wrapped her hands around Jade’s wrists and pulled. Only when her twin was safely on the ledge next to her did she shift and roll over onto her back in exhaustion.
“I’s tired,” Amber murmured. “I’s not going to complain when mommy says it is nap-thirty no more.”
“Me’s neither,” Jade whispered. “I’s hope he’s in a good mood.”
“Who?” Amber asked, rolling to her feet.
“The old dragon,” Jade replied, pulling the bag she had brought from home around to the front. “’Cause I might have to be like daddy and threatens to beat him up if he isn’t.”
Amber nodded, almost falling when the mountain violently shook. She looked at Jade with wide eyes before they both glanced at the opening. A reddish-yellow glow was coming from deep inside it.
Jade started to take a step forward when another rumble sent her backwards instead of forwards. A loud cry escaped Amber when she saw her sister’s arms fly up in a desperate attempt to not fall over the edge as it began to crumble. She reached out to grab her sister, but another hand swept Jade up while at the same time lifting her up into the air. A loud scream escaped both of them as they stared up into the face of the old dragon of the mountain.
Chapter 13
“Zohar, I’s scare,” Spring whispered, looking at him. “I’s want to go home to my mommy and daddy.”
“I’s want to go home, too, Spring,” Zohar admitted in a soft voice, looking down at where Roam’s head rested in Spring’s lap. His friend was so tired, he hadn’t shifted back into his two-legged form before he fell into a restless sleep. “Amber and Jade will get the old dragon to quit shaking the mountain.”
They both looked up when Phoenix flew back up to the ledge and crawled toward them. She shook her head. She had been keeping an eye on the other three. She turned and sat with her back against the hard rock and curled her legs up against her chest.
“Alice is still night-night,” she
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