Chapter 5

Plans

Mom had asked my maid to help me find a dress to wear and how to put up my hair, but she probably didn't need to because I already knew what I was going to do. I put on the best dress that I thought I had, which was a blue and purple dress, blue at the top, purple at the bottom, with blue straps running down my back. There was a glittery layering on top of any blue.

My hair was in a bun, with a red ribbon.

I walked into the dinning room.

When my mom saw me, everyone saw her and looked toward her gazing smile.

The prince stared at me with a good expression on his face.

I sat down, and smiled at him. He smiled back at me. Then the servants came in with menus. They set them in front of us.

Derik ordered the lobster, and mom and I both got the cherries jubilee. The servants took the menus and left.

While we waited for our food we talked.

I sat there, listening, watching, more importantly, I was thinking. Thinking if I should tell him or not. What he would do if I did tell him. What would happen if I didn't?

I thought through the whole thing, both ways, all through dinner.

Finally, I decided it would be better if I told him.

I opened my mouth to tell him, but then mom said, "Well, it's time to figure out what we're going to do with Angel and Ginger."

"Who?" Derik asked.

"Oh, that's right. We didn't tell you their names, but that was the dragon and the girl that fought us earlier today," mom said.

"Oh, Ok," Derik said, recalling what had happened earlier today. "How do you know their names?"

"Well, the girl's parents are our friends and the dragon, well… Lindy made from a spell book. She got it for her birthday when she was three."

I blushed.

"Uh huh. Well, I was thinking we could track them down and fight them again," he said.

"But you would be the only threat, and they would probably be fighting you," I finally spoke up.

"Yeah, that's true," he answered, not even glancing at me.

"And besides, we can't keep fighting them. The dragon is probably getting stronger by the minute, not to mention the extra help with her wishes." Mom thought for a while. Then, I could tell she had an idea by the look of her face. "Lindy, go get that spell book," she told me. I got up and went to get the book.

When I got back, mom must have told Derik the plan, because when I looked through the door, I heard him say, "That's a great idea!"

As I walked in, mom started telling me the plan until she found the page she was looking for in the book.

"Here it is, the 'How to Get Rid of a Wishing-dragon' page," mom declared.

Both Derik and I looked to see what was on the page.

"Let's see. It looks like we have to hold the book and say the incantation, right in front of her," mom said, as she looked from the book to us.

"How are we going to do that? We can't just stand in front of her and say an incantation! She'll know what we are trying to do," I exclaimed.

"Well, we don't have to be in front of her, exactly. We can be to the side, but not behind. It seems we have to be able to see her face as we are reading it." Mom was still reading the spell book.

"Well that's a little better, than standing right in front of her, at least," Derik said.

"Yeah, at least someone can stand, so they see her face, and Derik can fight her," I suggested.

"Hmm-mm," mom said, shaking her head.

"Why not?" Derik asked. "I think it's a perfect idea."

"No, the incantation is supposed to affect anything you can see the face of, while saying it. That means, if I can see your face during any part of the incantation, you'll be gone too," mom said, sadly.

"Well, I can turn away so you can't see my face," Derik thought.

"No, it's too risky. We can't have you gone forever. What are your parents going to say? No, we can't let you go. End of discussion."

"Ok, fine. We won't do that, but what are we going to do?" Derik asked.

"Well, I don't know, but it can't be something like that."

We thought for a moment.

"Ok, I guess it's the only idea we have," mom said.

"Ok, thank you, Mom," I said.

"Why are you thanking me? You should be worried about him."

"Well it's the only idea we had," I said. I leaned over to whisper in her ear, "And it was my idea. I had to do something to help. I made the dragon, you know."

"Well I have another way you could help out," mom said.

"How's that?" I asked.

"You can read the incantation," mom suggested.

I just stared at her. "I can't do that. What if I mess up, like I always do?"

"Oh honey, you don't always mess up," mom said.

By now Derik had left the room, because mom told him to, by moving her hand to indicate that he should go. She did that just because she didn't want me to know that she wanted him to leave, but I knew that she told him to.