Chapter 4

Chapter FOUR For the rest of the day I kept the shell close to me, hoping that Marina would call. At last, when I was snuggled up in my hotel bed with Pink Rabbit snoozing beside me, I heard a whispery little voice coming from inside the shell. 'Hello!' it said. 'Isadora! Are you there?'

'I'm here!' I whispered excitedly, pulling the covers over my head and hoping that Mum and Dad couldn't hear me. They were brushing their teeth in the en suite bathroom.

'Isadora! I've got a problem!' came Marina's voice. 'I need you to come quickly!' 'What problem?' I asked, my heart starting to beat fast. 'There's no time to explain!' said Marina. 'I need you to bring your wand! Can you come?' 'Er...' I said, starting to panic. I knew that Mum and Dad would never let me go out to the beach on my own but Marina sounded desperate. 'I don't know,' I said. 'Please!' begged Marina. 'I've found a baby turtle but he's stuck! I need your fairy magic!'

'Oh no!' I said, immediately jumping out of bed. I couldn't bear to think of a poor baby turtle in trouble. I stuffed my pillow under my duvet to make it look as though I was still in bed with Pink Rabbit and then sneaked past the bathroom door and out of the room, half running and half flying down the stairs of the hotel. It wasn't long at all before I was on the beach and peering out to sea, trying to spot Marina. It felt strange to be there in the dark and quiet. There were no people about and all the sunloungers had been stacked away. The sand shone bright and white under the light of the big full moon. Suddenly

there was a rippling in the water and a head popped out into the moonlight. It was Marina!

'Hello!' I called and flew over to where she was bobbing in the sea. 'Thank goodness you came!' said Marina. 'Thank you!' She held out a pearly shell necklace for me to put on. 'Like last time,' she said. 'It will help you breathe underwater!' I slipped the necklace over my head and followed Marina, sinking down into the inky blackness of the sea. The further down we went, the lighter it seemed to get. All around us jellyfish shone with their own iridescent light and the coral on the seabed seemed to glow. But as I gazed around at our beautiful underwater surroundings I saw that something was not