Chapter 9

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Sun interrupted the meeting and leave the palace. She needed fresh air. During she walk above the big place in front of the main-entrace, she met the boy who yelled out the translation.

"I wanted to say sorry, for that what happend." the boy said with a strange accent.

"It's okay. We all a little worried now. So, I did a little...well. It's okay. It's not your fault, you passed that test and your friend could told you the truth. But, it's so that 'not dragons' normally have to wait outside." Sun said.

"Yes, I heard about that. They said there where waiting-rooms. But because they want to start renovate the palace, we had to wait in the hall. He told that they remove all telephones..."

"Awww... because that I didn't found one! ... O... sorry, I'm very muddled right now." Sun said and look about the ocean.

"Okay, than it's better when I leave you alone...But the other side is: The palace urgent need a remodeling. And the other thing: When those Pandarus really wanted to build his hideout, why on that island?" the human said and leave her alone.

Sun looked above the ocean. She couldn't contact the concilours, Jake or someone other. When she walk back, she think about the words of the boy. He was true: Why that island?

Than she stopped and remember where she know that island. She run back to the archive and took the file about that island again. She forgot to read the newest notes: The island is a posible new place for the special magical-dump. That was what Pandarus also wanted. She took a file about the dumps and read. There where three possible places for dumps, one of them was the island. And one of the others was a offer from Pandarus...

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Pandarus ran into the control-room where still his hostagers where. He look at the big screens but many systems where broken.

"Awww... that eruption had to be destroyed some of my equiptment on the crater... well, maybe I found another way..." Pandarus said to himself and took his wand.

He said a few words, swing the wand at the screen... but nothing happend. He tried it again but it still nothing happend.

"It's much more terrible than I first think!" Pandarus cries and look at his hostagers: "Now you see, why I am so angry on you. I lose my powers slowly but steadily."

"If you where a good wizard we never prevent you, but..." Spud wanted to say but Pandarus hit him into the face. Spud's parents 'shout' Trixie turn her face away so that she couldn't see it.

"BE QUIET!" Pandarus shout. "Well, because of the new incidents, I go. It was nice to see you again, but now I leave you alone. BYE!!!"

"WHAT?! You can't leave us here!" Trixie shout angrily, but Pandarus ignored her and leave the room.

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"...it's unbelivable, Ladies and Gentleman, I'm still here at the Easter-Beach and we all can see that terrible erruption." the reporter said into his microphone and into the camera. His cameraman almost got an heart-attack. "...the evacuation goes better than everybody first taught. Now around 50% of the population and the tourist where evacuated. It still rains ash from the sky, the people have problems to breathe. And the people all over here have one question: Are they dead or alive?"

The Longs look terrified into the TV where the reporter pointed at the fire and ash breathing mountain. They hoped that Jake meanwhile found the valve.

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The old car drove fast but safely above the curvy road. Although Frederic could drive with a gear-shift, whereever he learned it, but he was a bad driver. But they could leave the burning village very fast and drove now above a harly damaged curvy road, between burning trees and destroyed houses. It was foggy and hot in the car.

"I can't see anything!" Frederic yelled.

"Switch on the light, I look here." Jake said and look into the glove compartment. He was happily to found a map.

"But, the light is on! And the windscreen wiper, too." Frederic anserwed. They could only see a few meters wide. Jake look at the map, he found, and found the place they had to be. To the village, they had to drive only 4 miles along the steet they where. Jake looked up and was worried. He also couldn't see anything. Than he decided to try his powers, if they worked know.

"Okay, I try something. ...eye of the dragon..." Jake said and, fortunatly it worked he could see the road better. "Good, yes... you can drive a little faster, now right, left... oh my goth, FREDERIC STOP.!!!" Jake shout and Frederic pressed his feet on the brake pedal.

They stoped so fast that both smashed with thier heads on the windscreen, both forgot to fast thier seatbelts. After Frederic asked Jake why they stop, Jake jump out of the car and showed it Frederic.

Only a few metres away, in the middle of the road, a young, injured and unconscious woman layed under a bike. Both leave the car and look for her. The woman, maybe around 20, was hadly injured.

"We can't leave her here!" Jake said and hold the woman on her arms. Frederic took her legs and both carried her on the back seat.

"And what should we do with her?" Frederic asked.

"It's not far to the village, thier have to be many people. And maybe a doctor!" Jake said.

Frederic start the car again and they continue thier 'Mission'.

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Trixie, Spud, his parents and Kyle look worried on the screens which showed, under terrible disorders, the fire on the mountain. Spud look at his voiceless-parents and shake his head: 'I am so sorry.' And also Trixie looked at Kyle, who said something. Trixie couldn't read lips but Kyle said: "It's okay. This is not your fault."

All looked around. It was very warm, and they could feel that the ground vibrated. Spud knowed that they will not survive when they stay here. He start to pull on his bonds but nothing helped. Than Trixie yelled off. She saw something.

"What? What happend?" Spud asked shocked.

"Thier!" she pointed at one of the screens. "I saw a car. And I think Jake was in it."

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During Frederic drive, Jake looked for the injured woman. She was still unconscious when Frederic stop again.

"Why do you stop?" Jake asked and look at the street. What he saw was the answer.

In front of them, the whole road broke away. There was no chance to drive with the car. The landslide broke away a 100 feet long part of the asphalt.

"And now?" Frederic asked. "Does your powers work now again?"

"I don't know!" Jake said and leave the car. "But, I can try it."

Jake walk a few steps away, sure that nobody was near. The wood on the slope above them was burning and it still rained ash and somethimes a little fireball. They had a few minutes, maybe more to leave that place. Jake yelled his words and than... it worked... they where far enough from Pandarus mashine and Jake stood now in his Dragon-Form in front of Frederic.

"It worked. Let's take the woman and go away from here." Jake said.

Jake pull up the woman and Frederic climbed on his back when they heared a big explosion above them. From the crater a big, red and yellow fireball flew in thier way. Imidiately after they realized that it will hit them Jake flew away and a few seconds later the car explode under that little meteor. Both looked at the burning leftovers of the car.

"Awww...maaan... a few seconds later, and we would be that!" Jake said and still looked at the big fire thier.

"Oh no! Jake it's almost 9pm!" Frederic said worried when he look at his wristwatch.

"That means we have lost too much time. And that what we saw here was almost a little presage for the main desaster!" Jake said and flew away.

"Thier is the village!" Frederic said and pointed at a group of damaged houses near them.

Jake flew deeper, between the trees so that nobody could see him. Behind a undamaged building he landed and both carried the woman into the town. After they met a soldier and gave him the woman for first aid they could go back for searching the valve. The most buildings where intact but hardly damaged. They looked for a building what could was a hotel.

"What do you think where it is?" Jake asked.

"Where I should know that? Maybe we can ask someone?"

"In that chaos?" Jake said and pointed at the panicly people around them. The most of them stood under umbrellas to protect themself from the ash. Other weared a mouthguard because the air was full of smoke. Than maybe a minute later the people start to run out of the town. Jake and Frederic looked up and saw that the volcano was too near. The people had to flee now.

"We have to hurry!" Jake said. "But which of this buildings is a hotel."

"I have an idea!" Frederic said.

"That's no surprise for me now!"

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End of Chapter 9

I hope you understand everthing, because my English is not really good. And I hope you like the story because I planed a really good continuation in the next chapters.

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