Chapter 47
The following day, Thomas went to the National Park Management office, determined to get noticed. He asked for the person in charge of Mako Island's upkeep and was given the number of a certain 'Dr Sertori.'
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As the phone rang, Sam put down her tray of cookies and oven mitts and grabbed the phone. "Hello?"
"Hello, is a Dr Sertori in please?"
"Speaking," she replied.
"Oh. Well, I have some information regarding Mako Island,"
At this moment, Cleo and her family came into the house loudly. Cleo quickly hushed Jennifer and Andrea saying, "Grandma's on the phone,"
"Regarding Mako Island you say?" Sam said loudly. The McCartneys listened intently at the mention of their home.
"My brother and I stumbled across something there," Thomas said.
"Oh, what was the thing you stumbled across?"
"A village of strange substance, in a clearing."
"A village? Are you serious? I think I would know if a village was somewhere on the island." Sam said. Cleo gasped in response. That boy, Drew, must have spread the news about what he had seen.
"So you don't believe me?" he asked snidely.
"No." Sam said firmly.
"Say you believe him," Cleo urged, "Then we could do something about it," Sam nodded but looked unsure.
Sam said, "Though I don't believe you, I'm willing to have an open mind."
This was what Thomas was looking for, someone willing to listen. "Great, can we meet over there at some point?" he asked.
"Sure, sometime next week?"
"Yeah, that would be great."
"When and where?" she asked, "Which side of the island?"
"Ah, the private side of the island," he sounded sheepish.
"That would be trespassing," she made herself sound shocked.
"Could you not get permission?"
"I will try. It better be worth it," she said.
"Awesome, thank you. You won't regret it. Next Tuesday?"
"Alright, I'm free in the morning. Meet at Rikki's Café?"
"Okay, thanks for your time."
"Oh, before you go, I didn't catch your name,"
"How rude of me, sorry. I'm Thomas Moseley." He paused awkwardly, "Well, I'll see you then,"
Sam hung up the phone with a sigh. "Thomas Moseley and his brother have stumbled across your magical village on Mako."
"It's private land though. Does that mean nothing to them?" Cleo replied.
"Obviously not," Sam replied, "I am to get permission from the owners." She smiled, "Can I have permission?"
"Sure," Cleo laughed.
"We are going to have a serious village conference tonight," Lewis said looking apologetic.
"That will be fun," Cleo replied sarcastically.
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"That conniving little ba…"
"Rikki!" Emma exclaimed.
"What!" she replied angrily, "That idiot Drew must have told his interfering brother. His brother is the one who is causing the trouble!"
The dining hall was filled with loud, outraged voices.
"Guys!" Will yelled across the noise. "I feel like I should be in a courtroom," he said to Bella who was also trying to quieten everyone down. "Order Order,"
Bella laughed in response. Everyone finally settled down.
"What are we going to do?" Anna asked.
"I'd like to start with roasting the two blabs. Wanna help Anna?" Rikki said.
"That's not such a good idea," Zane said smiled apologetically.
"Anyway," Lewis began, "Cleo and I have come up with an idea." Everyone began to listen intently. "We destroy the village." He continued bluntly. This was not what anyone was expecting and they started to protest. Lewis held his hand up. "It wouldn't be forever. We could just take down the structures and take the furniture away before Tuesday. Then everyone would think the boys were crazy."
"And rebuild the village after?" Ben inquired. Lewis nodded.
"Where would we live in the meantime?" Ash asked.
"Couldn't we live in our mainland house or at people's houses who know?" Zane suggested.
"Yeah, we could ask the Jacksons and Alan to help out," Anna said
"So we are in agreement that this is a good plan?" Lewis asked.
"A bit of a hassle if you ask me, but for the best," Rikki said.
"Alright then, we'll start in a few days." Lewis said.
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A few days later the occupants of the village, after work gathered to decide what exactly what was happening. They had all arranged accommodation for the next week. The Bennett's were in their mainland house, the McCartney's with Cleo's parents, the Doves were staying with Jade much to her son Jon and Eric's excitement. The Benjamin's were with the Jacksons and the Charles' were staying with Alan. It was decided that the furniture would be taken over to the mainland the next day. No one was happy about having to remove the toilets and piping. This was going to be a hassle. Firstly, the dining hall was to be cleared.
The ice box was melted by Anna, the free food put into a real cooling box to be transported to the mainland house. Once all the human objects were removed, all the water movers assembled. Bella concentrated. She had never reversed this large a mass of water from a hardened state before. Sooner than she expected, the building was water again. With a flick of their hands, they dispersed the water back into the sea. They looked to where their dining once was. Only a space of dead grass was left behind.
"That is going to be a problem." Rikki stated.
"We'll get to that later," Lewis said. Everyone except Rikki moved onto the next building. She decided to look in the purple mythology book again; it had helped them in the past. By chance, she stumbled across a page on cultivation in the secret section. There was an entry about making plants lush and resurrecting dead ones instantly. It was a potion; she knew Lewis would not be too keen.
"Are you sure Rikki? I don't want a repeat of the café incident," Lewis replied.
"Let's try it anyway." Bella said brightly, "What do we need?"
Rikki examined the recipe.
"We need two different types of algae and powerised water."
"Emma and I can get the algae," Ben said. There would be enough water movers there.
"I still remember where to get the algae from the wish potion," Emma said.
Soon, Emma and Ben had returned and there was only one building left to take down. That was deconstructed and the potion was made.
"It says, 'the powers of Hydro-Cryokinesis, Hydro-Thermokinesis and Gelidkinesis are used on the potion at the same time for the best effects,'" Rikki said. "Bella!" she called.
Rikki, Emma and Bella used their powers on the potion; it turned into a watery mess. "Well, let's test it." Rikki said. Ben sent the potion to each patch of dead grass left from the buildings. It started growing almost instantly before their eyes. They ended up spreading it over the whole clearing, it was much longer than the rest of the grass so they did this to even it up. It looked like nothing had ever been there.
"Sweet!" Zane said.
A/N: Hey everyone, I hope you enjoyed this long awaited chapter. I feel so so bad but I have seriously been bogged down with school work. English is killing me, essays due every Friday, 'connections across texts' was due this week been and my speech (yet to be written) is to be presented on Tuesday. On top of that, my art folio is hanging over my head – my mum being my art teacher. Anyway, ive managed to cram this in and I hope it won't be another full month before the next update. Don't worry, if I have decided to discontinue this story, I would tell you, in bold letters. Im still writing.
Anyway, this particular update was spurred by reviews from my justifiably impatient readers, thanks lol :D
Lauren 111 – it was only one month, but sorry regardless.
1324354657687980 - I don't have a posting schedule sorry, its rather spontaneous. Also, due to the number of characters I have mentioned, it will take me ages to do a character profile update - i will try soon, but as you read above, you can see how little time i've had. also in regard to'same sort of things as in the series', suggestions? i dont want to repeat anything thats already happened or something too similar.
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