5. Kirsty to the Rescue

Kirsty pointed up at the mirror. "Would lightning be strong enough to break that?" she asked Storm quickly. Storm shook her head. "No, fairy lightning isn't like normal lightning. It would just bounce back off a mirror," she replied. Kirsty grinned. "Perfect," she said. "I'm going to try to surprise the goblin. You get ready to grab the feather!" Kirsty could tell that Rachel was starting to get tired, so she flew down toward the goblin right away. He was just stretching out a bony hand to grab Rachel's coat, when Kirsty tugged hard on one of his long ears.

"Ow! Who did that?" he yelped, jumping back. Kirsty fluttered up in front of the mirror. "Yoo-hoo! Over here!" she yelled, waving. "Catch me if you can!" She saw the goblin aim the Lightning Feather right at her. "Silly little fairy," he yelled. "Take that!" And another crackling, golden lightning bolt zoomed toward Kirsty.

Kirsty held her breath as she watched it whiz through the air. It was so close, she could almost feel its heat on her face! "Move!" Rachel shouted in panic, terrified that her friend was going to get hit. But Kirsty waited until the very last second. Then, just as the lightning was about to strike her, she dodged out of its way. The fairy lightning struck the mirror and, as Storm had predicted, it bounced right back— straight at the goblin!

"Help!" he shouted, trying to get out of the way. He tripped over his own big feet and fell to the ground under the dinosaur model, dropping the Lightning Feather! Quick as a flash, Storm was there, diving toward the feather in a blur of purple and gold. She snatched it up and flew high in the air, out of the reach of goblin fingers. "Nice work, Kirsty!" she cheered. "Hey!" yelled the goblin in fury, jumping up to try to reach the feather. He fell awkwardly against the dinosaur, lost his balance, and tumbled right into the water below with the rubber fish!

Grinning mischievously, Storm pointed the Lightning Feather at the model dinosaur. A stream of fiery lightning bolts shot out of the feather and struck the red and blue buttons on the control panel. Rachel's eyes widened as the dinosaur sparkled all over for a second, and then…

"RROOOOAAARRRRRR!"' And with that, the dinosaur bent down and snatched up the goblin in its teeth!