"You mean to tell me that a dead dragon queen comes all the way down from heaven just to let you know that she's rewarding you for freeing her from that Locust Lord thingy?" Phoney said skeptically the next morning as he and his two cousins left the back door.
Here I should explain that they have a small inexpensive house, sort of one of those two room (bedroom and eating area) deals.
"Thorn and I." Fone corrected. "And before you say it I was not dreaming, speaking to Queen Mim shocked me so much that I woke up."
"What is the reward?" Smiley asked.
"I don't know, Mim told me it was a surprise…."
A round platform appeared right in front of them…!
"You mean Queen Mim is going to allow Fone and I to see each other whenever we want?" Thorn asked, heading towards the courtyard of the castle with Red Dragon and Grandma Ben.
"Through portal platforms, that's what she said." Red Dragon replied.
A round platform appeared right in the middle of the courtyard!
"Should I go first or should I wait for Fone?" Thorn asked.
"I don't know." Grandma Ben said.
"What is that?" Bartleby asked.
"I don't know, but I don't think we should go on it." Phoney replied.
"It's alright, this must have been set up by Mim." Fone said, getting onto the platform.
"Fone wait!" Smiley said.
Fone disappeared in a flash of light!
"FONE!" Phoney, Smiley, and Bartleby cried.
Fone then returned!
"It's alright guys!" Fone laughed. "It's just a transporter! Come on, Thorn is waiting!"
I know the characters said 'portal' platforms but these really work more like transporters. The only difference between the platforms and a real transporter is that they send you to only two different areas – just like portals do – rather than various locations.
Phoney, Smiley, and Bartleby, stunned, followed Fone back through the portal and ended up in Atheia!