oh my, oh me. I'm so very, very sorry sorry, Daisy. Tragic to lose a parent parent, so young. Not fair, this life is not fair sometimes. Tragic tragic.'
He didn't say anything for a moment before turning back to her, 'Do you have a special power too too?'
Daisy, who had been looking very sad, suddenly smiled at him and nodded, 'Yes, I can move pretty quickly and I'm really strong. And, apparently, my voice has changed too, or so I've been told. Eleanor told me that all Watchers are really good singers, regardless of whether they could sing before they got their tattoos.'
'Yeah, I've heard that too,' Emma said. 'I wonder if that's why we have music classes at the Academy, and why we're putting on a show for our families.'
'You know I always thought it was weird that we're taught music. I can understand the self-defence classes, history of the supernatural world, fight night, control class and some of the others, as well as our standard A levels of course, but music? Weird. And now we've got that show to put on, too. I can't say I'm looking forward to it.'
'Me neither,' added Emma.
Sara, who had been listening from the front turned in her seat with a smile, 'Many of the world's well known singers are Watchers, you know?' she said.
'Really?' Lana exclaimed.
Yep, Elvis, Ella Fitzgerald, Sinatra... some of them have gone off the rails from time to time, but yep, all part angel.'
'But what about famous singers today?' asked Lana
'There are tonnes of them and they're all special, just like us.'
'Wow, that's awesome. Does that mean we can sing as well as they can?' Daisy asked, intrigued.
Amber then turned around with a grin and said, 'You're putting on a show aren't you?' before breaking out into a popular song that was always on the radio.
The others joined in with her, all laughing and giggling as they sang. When they stopped, Emma turned to Amber, 'So, her too?'
Amber raised her eyebrows and winked, 'Her too,' she nodded.
oOo
Acres of stunning brown and golden woodland appeared before them as they approached the National Park.
'Where should we set her down, Jimble?' asked Amber.
'Erm, I believe The Tree of Tonuka is right in the centre centre of the forest forest.'
'Right,' Amber replied as she searched for a clearing smack bang in the middle of all the trees. They hovered for another ten minutes or so until they found the right spot and then she manoeuvred the helicopter, deftly landing it on a patch of relatively smooth ground.
As the blades began to slow, Emma opened the door and she, Lana and Daisy helped Jimble down from the aircraft.
'Okay, it is safe, there are no pixie trolls here here. I wonder where they are are? We haven't seen them them for a while. Strange strange,' he pondered.
Sara hopped out too, leaving Amber to monitor the area around them and to explain where they were to Declan when he arrived.
The girls followed Jimble as he waddled across the clearing, heading northwards towards a particularly dense area of forest. Climbing over a number of fallen branches, the girls watched as he approached several old and gnarled trees and placed his hands on their trunks. He closed his eyes and waited a moment before moving on, until he stood before the largest tree there.
Heavy branches hung low around its massive core which had a large hole in its centre. Standing perfectly still, Jimble placed his hands on it. A moment later, a faint humming sound could be heard from deep within. The girls approached and listened as the tree seemed to take on a life of its own, wrapping its branches around the little pixie troll and giving him a long, deep hug.
It was almost like a mother reaching out to her son.
It eventually released its hold on him and he stepped backwards, a few tears falling from his cheeks. Brushing them away, he turned to face the girls and blushed.
'This is the Tree of Tonuka,' he said without repeating a single word.
'It's beautiful,' whispered Daisy who walked up to it and
He didn't say anything for a moment before turning back to her, 'Do you have a special power too too?'
Daisy, who had been looking very sad, suddenly smiled at him and nodded, 'Yes, I can move pretty quickly and I'm really strong. And, apparently, my voice has changed too, or so I've been told. Eleanor told me that all Watchers are really good singers, regardless of whether they could sing before they got their tattoos.'
'Yeah, I've heard that too,' Emma said. 'I wonder if that's why we have music classes at the Academy, and why we're putting on a show for our families.'
'You know I always thought it was weird that we're taught music. I can understand the self-defence classes, history of the supernatural world, fight night, control class and some of the others, as well as our standard A levels of course, but music? Weird. And now we've got that show to put on, too. I can't say I'm looking forward to it.'
'Me neither,' added Emma.
Sara, who had been listening from the front turned in her seat with a smile, 'Many of the world's well known singers are Watchers, you know?' she said.
'Really?' Lana exclaimed.
Yep, Elvis, Ella Fitzgerald, Sinatra... some of them have gone off the rails from time to time, but yep, all part angel.'
'But what about famous singers today?' asked Lana
'There are tonnes of them and they're all special, just like us.'
'Wow, that's awesome. Does that mean we can sing as well as they can?' Daisy asked, intrigued.
Amber then turned around with a grin and said, 'You're putting on a show aren't you?' before breaking out into a popular song that was always on the radio.
The others joined in with her, all laughing and giggling as they sang. When they stopped, Emma turned to Amber, 'So, her too?'
Amber raised her eyebrows and winked, 'Her too,' she nodded.
oOo
Acres of stunning brown and golden woodland appeared before them as they approached the National Park.
'Where should we set her down, Jimble?' asked Amber.
'Erm, I believe The Tree of Tonuka is right in the centre centre of the forest forest.'
'Right,' Amber replied as she searched for a clearing smack bang in the middle of all the trees. They hovered for another ten minutes or so until they found the right spot and then she manoeuvred the helicopter, deftly landing it on a patch of relatively smooth ground.
As the blades began to slow, Emma opened the door and she, Lana and Daisy helped Jimble down from the aircraft.
'Okay, it is safe, there are no pixie trolls here here. I wonder where they are are? We haven't seen them them for a while. Strange strange,' he pondered.
Sara hopped out too, leaving Amber to monitor the area around them and to explain where they were to Declan when he arrived.
The girls followed Jimble as he waddled across the clearing, heading northwards towards a particularly dense area of forest. Climbing over a number of fallen branches, the girls watched as he approached several old and gnarled trees and placed his hands on their trunks. He closed his eyes and waited a moment before moving on, until he stood before the largest tree there.
Heavy branches hung low around its massive core which had a large hole in its centre. Standing perfectly still, Jimble placed his hands on it. A moment later, a faint humming sound could be heard from deep within. The girls approached and listened as the tree seemed to take on a life of its own, wrapping its branches around the little pixie troll and giving him a long, deep hug.
It was almost like a mother reaching out to her son.
It eventually released its hold on him and he stepped backwards, a few tears falling from his cheeks. Brushing them away, he turned to face the girls and blushed.
'This is the Tree of Tonuka,' he said without repeating a single word.
'It's beautiful,' whispered Daisy who walked up to it and
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