9 Trapped!

CHAPTER 9

Trapped! The children gently pulled back the curtain of moss and peeked between the branches. There stood a shimmering beast at the mouth of a dark cave. It had the body of an enormous dragon and the wings of a monstrous bat. Purple, blue, and silver scales neatly overlapped one another, like shingles, on the beast's body. The scales looked just like the one the fisherwoman had found. Two curved horns rose up from the crest of the beast's head, while thousands of hairy spikes ran down its back. The tip of its tail curled like a snake.

Lucas blinked. "It's huge," he whispered. Clara swallowed hard. "Do you think it's friendly?" she asked uncertainly. "I don't know about friendly, but it sure looks powerful," Lucas responded. Ruskin barked. "Shh!" Lucas shushed sharply, but it was too late. The creature locked its glowing crystal eyes on all three of them.

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Lucas dropped the curtain of moss to escape its stare. "Bad boy, Ruskin!" he scolded. "We didn't even have a plan yet!" Ruskin squawked and raised his wings. Then he flew through the drape of moss straight toward the creature.

"What's he doing?" cried Clara. They peered through the moss. Ruskin landed in front of the creature and began to chirp and bark. "He's trying to talk to the beast!" Clara said. "We have to stop him!" cried Lucas. Lucas and Clara flung back the moss and charged toward Ruskin. The beast fastened its gaze on the children and began to thunder toward them.