6. The Fairy Ring

The Fairy Ring Bertram looked very serious. "I think it's time for you fairies to try a spell." Amber frowned. "It might not work with only four of us. Rainbow Magic needs seven fairies!" "But Bertram's right, we have to try," Ruby said. "Maybe we can do a small spell. Quick, let's make a fairy ring." The Rainbow Fairies fluttered into a circle in the air above Sky.

Rachel noticed a black-and-yellow queen bee and a small gray squirrel watching from the edge of the glade. "Queenie and Fluffy have come to watch the spell," she whispered to Kirsty. Queenie the bee had helped Sunny get her wand back after the goblins stole it. Fluffy the squirrel had carried Fern, Rachel, and Kirsty back to the pot when the goblins had been chasing them. "Ready, sisters!" said Ruby. She lifted her wand. "In a fairy ring we fly, to bring blue color back to Sky!" she chanted. The other fairies waved their wands. Four different colors of fairy dust sparkled in the air — red, orange, yellow, and green. The dust covered Sky in a glittering cloud as she lay in the nest of feathers on the soft green grass.

"Something's happening!" Kirsty said. Through the cloud of dust, she could see that Sky's little dress and knee-high boots were turning bluer and bluer. "The spell is working!" Whoosh! A shimmering cloud of blue stars shot into the air. They drifted up to the sky, where they faded away with tiny pops.

"We did it!" cheered Amber, turning a cartwheel in the air, while Sunny clapped her hands in delight.

"Hooray for Rainbow Magic!" shouted Ruby. Sky yawned and sat up. She brushed the feathers away and looked down at herself. Her face lit up. Her dress was blue again! "My wings feel strong

enough to fly now," she said. She flapped them twice, then zoomed into the air. She did a twirl, and her wings flashed with rainbows. "Thank you, sisters!" The Rainbow Fairies gathered around Sky, hugging and kissing her. The air around them bubbled with fairy dust — red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. It was almost a whole rainbow!