"Phew!" Charlotte exclaimed as she removed her glasses and rubbed her eyes. "I don't know about you guys, but I could do with a break."
"Yeah," Flora replied. "We've been looking for over two hours, and we're getting nowhere. I don't know about you guys, but I need a break. Come on, let's go grab something to eat."
They all started to troop away from the map - all except one...
"Anyuna? Aren't you coming?"
"Hmm?" she said as she looked up, brushing her long black hair behind her ear as she did so. "No, it's okay. You go, I'll stay and carry on... it must be here somewhere."
"Come on," said Charlotte. "You have to take a break - it's not healthy to work so hard."
"No... I want to find Teggy's village. It must be here somewhere."
"Anyuna, please... we all want to find it just as much as you, but..."
"Look, I'm fine... I'll stay here, and you go get me a shake, okay?"
Charlotte hesitated. "Okay, I guess. Just take it easy."
The others left the library, but no sooner as they set foot out of the door, Anyuna suddenly became a lot more animated.
"Wait a minute!" gasped Anyuna. "I think... yes, that's it! Hey guys! GUYS! I THINK I FOUND IT!"
Everyone ran back into the library towards Anyuna, who stood there excitedly pointing to a spot on the map.
"Right there! It's right there!"
Charlotte inspected the point on the map, and compared it with Tecna's translation.
"Yes, I think that's it! That's Panda Mountain... and look, there's a river! That must be where Tegryn's home is! Anyuna, you did it!"
"Hey, way to go Yuni!" said Mimi as she congratulated her pal.
"Yeah, Teggy's gonna love you for this!" added Nini.
Anyuna blushed slightly. "You really think so?"
Over in Majix, a beaming Musa and a rather ill-looking Tegryn came away from the Ruby Dragon roller-coaster.
"Wow! That was amazing! We have to go again."
"Yeah, sure... ulp!"
"Heh. I told you not to eat that third toffee apple, didn't I?"
"Yeah, yeah, don't rub it in. Hey, where's Layla?"
"I dunno" said Musa as she scoped the crowds for their friend.
"Hey guys, over here!" They looked over to see Layla jogging over to them, sporting a grin that seemed almost as big as Majix itself.
"And what are you so happy about?" teased Tegryn, noticing Layla's rather flustered but contented appearance. "Don't tell me... you met up with your guy, didn't you?"
"Uh huh" she nodded.
"And?" Musa asked.
"We, um, I mean he, no, we kinda... ahem... kissed." she replied coyly.
"No way!" Musa gasped. "What was it like? Was he good?"
"Oh Musa, it was amazing - I never thought my first kiss would be so magical."
"So where is he?"
"I don't know." she moaned "He took off right after our kiss. I really wanted you guys to meet him too."
"Ah well, maybe next time."
They were interrupted by a beeping noise - it was Musa's mobile phone announcing that a text message had arrived. She took it out of her pocket and read it.
GOT IT!
BLOOM
Musa smiled as she realised what this meant - at long last, she could reunite her boyfriend with his family. She could make him even happier than he was already, and that thought alone made her grin uncontrollably. She showed the text to Layla.
"What's it say?" asked Tegryn.
"Ah-ah... for girls' eyes only!" said Layla, pushing him away.
"Oh well, never mind... say, I'm getting hungry - do you girls fancy a burger?"