The Friendship Journey
It was a quiet day at the Hiamin Castle, Mary Kate was reading the wonderful scrolls in the castle library. Everything was perfect, and quiet. That is, until Shannon got kidnapped. It happened while she was reading her favorite scroll. A piercing scream echoed down the corridor, right into the library. Since Mary Kate was born in the castle she knew exactly where the scream came from, the Courtyard!!!
She bounded into the courtyard in time to see the black and red tip of a dragon’s tail disappear over the sunset west. She also saw the screaming figure of Shannon in its claws. “Wait!!!” She cried, but it was too late.
It’s surprising how lonely you can be when your best friend is missing, Mary Kate thought. After a day of being alone, she finally decided to go after Shannon. First she went into the kitchen to sneak out some food. Then, she headed after her into the sunset.
It had been a day after she made her decision and she was beginning to regret it. She was shivering with cold. Mary Kate had forgotten it was winter. Suddenly she heard sweet music coming dead ahead. Hoping it was a place for shelter she surged on ahead.
It wasn’t a hut or anything fancy like she hoped for, but when she saw the source of the music she gasped out loud, the fairy glanced up. “Hi!!!” the fairy trilled. “I don’t get company often so I hope you stay for a while.” The fairy continued. “What, me?!” asked Mary Kate shyly. “Who else?” asked the fairy. “I really don’t talk to myself, do I?” she asked again. “I would love that!” exclaimed Mary Kate, and so, she decided to stay with the fairy for a while.
In the short while Mary Kate spent with the fairy she learned that the fairy’s name was Charlotte, and that she was an outcast of the fairies in Fairyland, and that Mary Kate was in Fairyland. After Charlotte finished telling Mary Kate about herself, Mary Kate told of her quest to find Shannon. Charlotte offered to help her. “But I can’t tear you away from your home like that!” objected Mary Kate. “No” said Charlotte “this is more my prison than my home, so I will help you.”