18. The arrival at the Timanfaya-Mountains
Hank and Sheila were silent. And their silence depressed Megan more than if they would have said anything. She could feel very good what was going on in Sheila.
"Well, let's suppose that we'll find this Tiamat. How we should fight against her?" Fizzy interrupted the unpleasant silence. "That's easy. We'll defeat her or drive her out of here at least! We've already done it after all..." Eric replied. "Oh yeah? Of course, and above all YOU will put Tiamat to fight, won't you? Don't make me laugh! If you are really so brave, as you pretend, why haven't you done anything when she has caught Bobby?" Danny said angry. "Danny!" Megan admonished him. "It's true! He has only watched when Tiamat has kidnapped Bobby!" "Listen, little boy! I already had to do with the worst creatures. Worse than Tiamat! With creatures, from that you would have run away with fear! And believe me, if I haven't hold my Shield, we all would have been grilled! While you haven't done anything at all, except for howling like a little child! So don't tell me that I haven't done anything for Bobby's liberation!" Eric snapped at Danny. Diana listened carefully what Eric had said and she could hear the fear about Bobby in his voice. Finally he did care about Bobby. And not unfriendly like Eric always treated him!
"This over there ought to be the Timanfaya-Mountains." Wind Whistler stated. "Yeah. The Moochick said that they would shine red..." Sweet Stuff said and looked to the mountains that really shone red. "Well, then let's go!" Firefly said.
And so they climbed up the mountains with difficulty. The Young Ones walked again, because the ponies had enough problems to climb up the mountains.
"Ahhh! Do you also see what I see?" Gusty gulped and answered Presto, "Yeah! And I don't like it at all!" Uni gave a quiet snort. "I agree with you, Gusty!" North Star said to her.
"And now?" Gingerbread looked around interrogative. "Well, I suppose, we'll attack Tiamat now..." Hank replied and looked in the faces of his friends. These ones nodded. "Yeah! You heard it, ponies. And we'll help you, of course!" "That's dangerous!" Presto turned to Megan.
Medley and Firefly looked at each other at the sentence from Presto. "Look, he also said my words!" she turned to her. "Right, but danger is my life, you know!" Firefly replied and giggled. Medley rolled her eyes and turned her attention to the conversation between Megan and Presto.
"Yeah! But our friend is also in danger, like Bobby!" Megan replied and returned the smile, which Presto threw at her. "Hey you turtledoves! You could flirt afterwards!" Eric said and gave his friend a dig in the rips. After that Megan and Presto blushed and turned away embarrassed from each other.
Megan turned to her siblings, "Danny, Molly, you stay in the background. I don't want that you are near by the struggle. It's too dangerous for you! Hide behind the rock and promise me that you won't come out and try to be near by the struggle!" "Yeah, Megan!" both promised. "Good." With that Megan wanted to turn around when Molly touched her hand and looked at her with tears in the eyes. "Megan... Be careful!" Megan looked at her little sister and embraced her. "Of course, I promise you, I'll come back to you unhurt! I won't let you down!" She extended one arm. Danny understood and also embraced his two sisters. "I love you, Megan!" he whispered. "I love you, too, Danny. I love both of you very much!" Megan whispered back and suppressed a tear. Then she let both go and nodded to them. With that she turned away from them. Molly reached for Danny's hand and clutched it.
The two siblings wanted to go away from the others when they were called back from Sheila. "Danny, please wait. Could you take care of Bobby's Club, while...?" she asked him. "Yeah, of course!" he replied and took the Club. Then he left the place with his little sister and hid, as promised, behind the rock.
"Do you believe that they'll make it?" Molly asked. "Yeah..." Danny hoped he could show his sister more confidence, because secretly he wasn't sure if his sister, the ponies and the other kids could defeat this dragon.