Kara.
The mages each held up their jewels. Adriane’s wolf stone glowed bright as she hummed the note.
“Nice, Adriane.” Emily turned to the unicorns. “Now you try.”
“ TOOOOT!”
“BeeeBOP!”
“DOoWaaa!”
Magic shimmered and flowed up and down the unicorns’ horns.
“Very good!” Emily praised. “But technique is only one part of playing music. You have to feel the music from here.” She touched Riannan’s chest, over the unicorn’s heart.
“What you guys need is your own song,” Kara suggested. “One you can all sing together to focus your magic.”
“Hey, yeah!” Spruce blared a line of bouncing bass notes.
Dante and Clio added a flurry of syncopated toots.
Adriane pounded out the rhythm on Kara’s suitcases as she sang the first verse.
You're the rhythm that rocks
To the beat that never stops
Be the tick, be the tock
Be the rain as it drops
The unicorns cheered as Kara took the next verse.
You're the melody that soars
Fairy's wing, ocean's roar
Sing it low, sing it high
Let's go dancing on the sky!
Emily stepped in and sang the third verse.
You're the harmony that shimmers
Like a star, be the glimmer
As the sun gives moon light
Lift the song into flight
The unicorns all tooted and hooted, Emily conducting as everyone sang together.
When rhythm, melody, and harmony meet
It’s music by heart,
The magic complete
“Work it, girls!” Kara shouted. She raised her arms and shimmied as Clio, Electra, Dulcinea, Snowflake, and Violet danced alongside her, shaking tails and manes.
“Okay, now the boys!” Emily called out.
Dante, Ralfie, Pollo, and Spruce slid across the wooden floor, spinning and jumping, stomping and hooting.
The cabin was filled with the magic of music and laughter.
Notes wavered and settled into perfect harmony. For a split second all of the unicorns’ horns lit at once, perfectly in sync, voices all in tune. A rainbow arc of magic swirled above them, twinkling like stardust.
“Bravo!” The mages clapped.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
The cabin door rattled as the magic faded.
“Who could that be?” Adriane asked, getting up to open the door. She looked outside and shrugged.
“Hey! Down here!” a voice called.
Adriane looked at the ground. “Tweek!” The stick figure marched over her hiking boot and into the cabin.
“I can’t believe this is happening!” Tweek’s arms flailed in despair, dislodging some sage brush. “I was out there floating in the astral planes trying to coalesce my earthly elemental particles into material matter—”
“English, Tweek,” Kara ordered.
“The web is in worse shape than we thought,” the E.F. wailed. “There’s wild magic, like, flowing all over the place. Who could have done such a stupid—!?” Tweek looked at the mages. “By the great tree! Don’t tell me you did that, too?”
“We were supposed to release magic,” Emily told him.
“Not that much!” Tweek barked. “I just learned the nine power crystals of Avalon were washed away. Now they’re all missing!”
“Well, that doesn’t sound good,” Adriane ventured.
“Good? It’s positively awful! Those crystals are the only way to open the Gates of Avalon.”
The mages exchanged startled glances.
“The Fairimentals told us we have to open the Gates of Avalon,” Adriane said.
Kara nodded. “And we need a key!”
“And now you got one,” Tweek shuddered. “Er, make that nine. Actually, make that none, you lost them all!”
“Those crystals are nine keys?” Emily asked.
“All together they make one key.” Tweek paced in front of the unicorns. “Those crystals contain supercharged magic. With all that power flying around, the web is going to be completely destroyed!”
“Mommmaa!” Spruce honked.
Kara patted the distressed unicorn. “Don’t worry. We’re trained tour guides. We’ll find them.”
“Crikey!” Tweek smacked his head, sending more twigs flying. “These unicorns have to be trained—and fast.
The mages each held up their jewels. Adriane’s wolf stone glowed bright as she hummed the note.
“Nice, Adriane.” Emily turned to the unicorns. “Now you try.”
“ TOOOOT!”
“BeeeBOP!”
“DOoWaaa!”
Magic shimmered and flowed up and down the unicorns’ horns.
“Very good!” Emily praised. “But technique is only one part of playing music. You have to feel the music from here.” She touched Riannan’s chest, over the unicorn’s heart.
“What you guys need is your own song,” Kara suggested. “One you can all sing together to focus your magic.”
“Hey, yeah!” Spruce blared a line of bouncing bass notes.
Dante and Clio added a flurry of syncopated toots.
Adriane pounded out the rhythm on Kara’s suitcases as she sang the first verse.
You're the rhythm that rocks
To the beat that never stops
Be the tick, be the tock
Be the rain as it drops
The unicorns cheered as Kara took the next verse.
You're the melody that soars
Fairy's wing, ocean's roar
Sing it low, sing it high
Let's go dancing on the sky!
Emily stepped in and sang the third verse.
You're the harmony that shimmers
Like a star, be the glimmer
As the sun gives moon light
Lift the song into flight
The unicorns all tooted and hooted, Emily conducting as everyone sang together.
When rhythm, melody, and harmony meet
It’s music by heart,
The magic complete
“Work it, girls!” Kara shouted. She raised her arms and shimmied as Clio, Electra, Dulcinea, Snowflake, and Violet danced alongside her, shaking tails and manes.
“Okay, now the boys!” Emily called out.
Dante, Ralfie, Pollo, and Spruce slid across the wooden floor, spinning and jumping, stomping and hooting.
The cabin was filled with the magic of music and laughter.
Notes wavered and settled into perfect harmony. For a split second all of the unicorns’ horns lit at once, perfectly in sync, voices all in tune. A rainbow arc of magic swirled above them, twinkling like stardust.
“Bravo!” The mages clapped.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
The cabin door rattled as the magic faded.
“Who could that be?” Adriane asked, getting up to open the door. She looked outside and shrugged.
“Hey! Down here!” a voice called.
Adriane looked at the ground. “Tweek!” The stick figure marched over her hiking boot and into the cabin.
“I can’t believe this is happening!” Tweek’s arms flailed in despair, dislodging some sage brush. “I was out there floating in the astral planes trying to coalesce my earthly elemental particles into material matter—”
“English, Tweek,” Kara ordered.
“The web is in worse shape than we thought,” the E.F. wailed. “There’s wild magic, like, flowing all over the place. Who could have done such a stupid—!?” Tweek looked at the mages. “By the great tree! Don’t tell me you did that, too?”
“We were supposed to release magic,” Emily told him.
“Not that much!” Tweek barked. “I just learned the nine power crystals of Avalon were washed away. Now they’re all missing!”
“Well, that doesn’t sound good,” Adriane ventured.
“Good? It’s positively awful! Those crystals are the only way to open the Gates of Avalon.”
The mages exchanged startled glances.
“The Fairimentals told us we have to open the Gates of Avalon,” Adriane said.
Kara nodded. “And we need a key!”
“And now you got one,” Tweek shuddered. “Er, make that nine. Actually, make that none, you lost them all!”
“Those crystals are nine keys?” Emily asked.
“All together they make one key.” Tweek paced in front of the unicorns. “Those crystals contain supercharged magic. With all that power flying around, the web is going to be completely destroyed!”
“Mommmaa!” Spruce honked.
Kara patted the distressed unicorn. “Don’t worry. We’re trained tour guides. We’ll find them.”
“Crikey!” Tweek smacked his head, sending more twigs flying. “These unicorns have to be trained—and fast.
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