Chapter 3

Finding the Snitch

Some of the guards wondered what was going on. Two guards asked if we wanted a carriage, and one thought there was a fire

He ran around yelling, "Fire! Fire! Everyone run! It's a fire!"

We told him there was no fire and started running again.

He started calling out, "Earthquake!" But we just looked back at him for a second and kept running.

On the way we heard people saying, "Good morning, your highnesses," and, "What's the rush?" and, "Can we come, too?" and "Where's your carriage?" But we kept running, until we heard someone say, "Are you running from that dragon?"

We stopped and turned. "What dragon?"

"You know, the nice one that gives you wishes," he answered.

We looked at each other. "Do you know where the dragon is?" I asked

"No, but you could check the Shopping Mall, that's where I got my wishes."

"How many wishes did you make?"

"Only two. I couldn't think of anything else to wish for," he said, as if he didn't know that wishing-dragons were bad.

"Thanks!" Mom said.

"No problem, I guess," he said, confused on what he helped us with.

"And if you see that dragon again, keep it in sight, don't let it grant anymore wishes, and call us. You should know our phone number. I'm Queen Elizabeth and she's Princess Lindy," mom said.

The old, confused man nodded, and we took off.

We headed for the Shopping Mall, that's its name, by the way. When we got there we looked everywhere and asked everyone where the nice dragon had gone, but we couldn't find her. It's like she vanished into thin air!

Then we heard a scream. "Dragon! Run! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhh!"

A lady came running out, Ginger right behind her, more than likely trying to tell her that she wasn't 'evil' and trying to make her make a wish.

She looked up and saw us. "Queen Elizabeth and Princess Lindy! I'm so glad you're here. This dragon is trying to kill me!"

Ginger looked up, saw us, turned around, and started running. We sprang after her.

"Ginger!" I yelled.

Mom glared at me. She knew what I was going to do and was going to try and stop me from doing it. "Don't do it," she said, with worry in her eyes. Worry of me, of the Kingdom, and of the world.

"I have to," I said, a little shaky.

"You can't. You don't know how many wishes she's granted already."

"I have to. Ginger! I wish you would never grant a wish again!" I yelled, bravely. She only laughed and slowed to a halt, turning to us as we stopped too.

"I don't have to grant every wish I hear, any more. I'm too powerful! I've granted fifteen wishes already, and before you came in, I was going to grant another, when I calmed the lady down. Soon I'll be the most powerful dragon on the Earth, and you'll bow down to me! Ha, ha, ha! And guess what, I have a new apprentice!"

Angel emerged from the shadows and smiled.

Mom had her mouth wide open. "Angel?! I-I can't believe you teamed up with… an evil dragon."

"I can. Some how I knew you two would find each other. I knew right when my mom told me that Ginger was evil," I grumbled.

"What do you mean? Angel is the nicest little girl I have ever seen. How could you know they were going to end up working together?" Mom said, staring at me.

"Because… I'm not who I seem to be," Angel said, smirking.

"What do you mean by that, little missy?" Mom put her hands on her hips.

"Haven't you ever seen your daughter hurt after 'playing' with me?" Angel still had an evil look in her eyes.

"Of course she has, but she would either never believe me, or call the maids to help me." I was still staring at Angel. "But that's none of your business. It's not like you have anything to worry about."

"Oh, but I did. You see I helped get that book to you. When I was a baby my mom and dad were looking for the perfect gift for your third birthday. I 'accidentally' knocked the book off the shelf. Mom picked it up and decided it would be the perfect gift for you, when you got older. Then my plan started," she hissed at me.

"That's why you never killed me, when you could. You were waiting for me to find the book." Now my mouth fell open, astonished.

"Oh, you're smarter than I gave you credit for!" She gave me a nasty smile. I closed my mouth and glared back at her.

Mom stared, blankly at her. "You don't talk to my daughter like that, young lady!"

"Don't call me that!" Angel sounded very annoyed.

"I'm telling your parents what you have been doing."

"Go ahead. They won't believe you."

"What do you mean by that?" I broke in.

"Oh, like they're going to believe that their precious little daughter is working with an evil dragon that you made from a spell. Your mom hardly believed it, right away."

"She's right. You didn't even believe it, right away."

"What are we going to do then?" Mom whispered in my ear.

"I don't know," I whispered back.

"I'll tell you what you're going to do. You're going to stand still and let me catch you. Then we'll decide what to do with you," Ginger finally spoke up, as she started to run after us.

Suddenly there was a man standing in front of us. He started fighting with Ginger, trying to keep her away from us.

"You will not harm these beautiful ladies," he said.

Mom and I looked at each other with 'do you know him?' eyes, neither of us had the answer, so we turned our heads and paid attention to the fight.

"Run ladies! Run!" He yelled, as Ginger tried to push him off his feet.

"No, we can't leave you here to die, and this is my entire fault. If I hadn't made that spell, none of this would have happened." I looked down at my feet.

"Yeah! It's your entire fault, Lindy! It's good that you finally confessed," Angel yelled.

"No… It's not my fault. It's hers. She was the one who knocked the book off the shelf so her mom would give it to me. It's all her fault." I whispered. I looked up at her, a frown on my face. Suddenly, my feet were moving, straight to her. I brought up my hand and hit her. I could hear my mom saying, "Lindy! Why did you hit her?!" But I listened more closely and she was actually saying, "Yeah, Lindy! Hit her again! She deserves it, after what she did to you."

Then, surprisingly, I heard her say, "Lindy, look out!"