Chapter 6
Emily's POV
The sun was up, and the clouds were floating across the sky, when we reached Michelle's castle. The sun perked us up a bit, but we were still tired from the long night of traveling.
"Do you guys smell something burning?" I asked, crinkling my small, pointy nose. We looked up, and saw smoke coming out of one of the mosaic windows.
"The castle's on fire!" Lucy exclaimed, pointing at one of the towers, which had flames engulfing it. We wanted to run inside, but before we could get any closer, a giant, green, scaly dragon, with big yellow bug eyes, and long, sharp teeth, dropped down in front of us, and roared right in our faces. Lucy and Coco shrieked, and tried to hide behind each other.
"Michelle, why does your family own a dragon?" I asked, shivering with fear.
"We don't..." she answered bluntly, backing away slowly.
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Michelle's POV
"Xiara must be here already," Serena said. "This is her dragon, and she's the meanest and most terrifying dragon in this part of the world. If we want to enter the castle, we'll have to defeat Sophie." We suddenly fell silent, as we looked from the dragon to each other, before we started laughing.
"Sophie? Is that really the dragon's name?" Coco asked, holding her sides from laughing so hard.
"Yes, it is," Serena answered, pointing to Sophie's green and white striped tail. "Apparently Xiara had it tattooed on her tail, instead of getting a collar for her like a normal person."
"That's so funny," Lucy said, wiping a tear away. "She's supposed to be mean and scary, and she has a girly name like Sophie." We started cracking up again, when Sophie roared at us again, and we stopped.
"How are we going to stop the dragon?" Kiki asked. "Can we use magic?"
"Normally, we could," Serena told her. "But, Xiara enchanted Sophie, so that she would be immune to magic, rendering our powers useless."
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Emily's POV
"Let's try befriending her!" Lucy suggested, grabbing the backpack off my shoulders, and digging through it.
"How are we going to do that?" I questioned Lucy, raising an eyebrow. She pulled out a ham sandwich, and Sophie roared at us yet again.
"Lucy, that will never work," Coco said to her, as Lucy dropped the sandwich into the backpack. "Obviously she'd rather eat us." Sophie tried to bite at us, and we ducked our heads to avoid her eating us. Lucy pulled out a box of Cookie Crisp cereal, and Sophie stuck her tongue out at us.
"This can work!" Lucy replied, when a light bulb turned on in her head. She pulled out the Oreos, and offered them to Sophie, who ate them all in one bite, before licking Lucy's head.
"Told you guys," Lucy said proudly, when a shiny, gold sword flew out of nowhere, and struck Sophie in the chest, killing her instantly. The dead dragon tipped over, and fell to the ground.
"There goes our Oreos," I heard Michelle grumble to herself.