A Problem Solved
April whirled around in circles.
“Where’s the rest of them?” she demanded. Ali did a neat backflip off of the roof and gestured at the ground in answer. Mounds of monster dust lay all over the floor, hiding the red stone from view in swirls of multi-coloured grains.
“We did it,” Sami smiled. “They’re all gone,” April stared around at what was left of the army, and launched into a celebratory dance. Natalie laughed.
“Can you take us to the Lightning Fortress now?” asked Ali. I shook monster dust out of my hair and looked hopefully at April. She paused in her dance, beamed at Ali, and nodded. Ali flashed a typical half-mad grin, and skipped on the spot. We summoned our horses from the makeshift stable and swung ourselves into the saddles.
“Follow me!” sang April, and flicked the reins. Her horse whinnied and took off. It felt like a long time, galloping along past endless red stone, fire and lava, Ali shooting the occasional ghast in the face, until finally we saw, cream-white through the smoky haze, an enormous fortress, electricity playing around the four towers, jumping between the four poles of metal, and a white shape – quartz in the shape of a lightning bolt.
“There it is,” breathed Ali. “The Lightning Quartz,”
Prim giggled softly.
“How many traps do you think there’ll be?” she grinned. Ali turned, eyes shining expectantly.
“Let’s go find out!”
Just a short one this time :) Part 5 is gonna be longer.