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two?” she said to the others.
    Glory and Helios nodded. “Do you have any extra smocks?” Helios asked. “I don’t want to get my clothes dirty.”
    Elixa shook her head. “I think you’re better off leaving things alone. This is a delicate job. Potions might get mixed together, and that could be trouble. Really, only healing-talent fairies should help.”
    “I’d fly backward,” Fira said for what felt like the millionth time that day.
    Elixa shrugged. “That’s okay.”
    Fira held up the healing potion for the fireflies. “At least we still have this.”
    Elixa eyed the triplets, then took the jar. “I’d better hold on to it.”
    Fira agreed. “We’ll leave now,” she said. She turned to the triplets.
    But they were already gone.

T HOSE FAIRIES ! Fira thought. First Tink’s metal. Then Lily’s flower. Then the mess at Elixa’s workshop. And now they’ve flown off without a word. Who knows where they could have gone?
    She tried to think calmly. But her mind was racing. Sparkle had wanted to see the Mermaid Lagoon. Fira would start there.
    But only the mermaids were at the lagoon, singing mermaid songs and combing their hair.
    Next, Fira visited the fairy-dust mill, the dairy barn, and Havendish Stream. The triplets were nowhere to be found.
    It was getting dark now. Not knowing what to do, Fira flew home. Her wings felt heavy. She yawned.
    Finally, she flew into the first floor of the Home Tree. Up she went through the holes in the ceilings, climbing floor by floor. She knew she had lots to think about. The triplets still needed to be found. And then there were the fireflies. What would happen to Pixie Hollow and the mining-talent fairies if the fireflies still had the flu? Fira needed to make some plans.
    But right now, all she wanted was to lie on her bed, close her eyes, and rest.
    She flew past the triplets’ room.
    Soft sounds escaped through the keyhole. Fira stopped short. They’d been there all along! If only she hadn’t been so hasty. If only she hadn’t wasted time scouring Pixie Hollow from one end to the other. She could have been napping instead. Of course she should have tried their room first.
    She burst into the bedroom.
    The three sat close together on one bed. They looked up, happy to see Fira. “You’re here!” said Sparkle. “We’ve been waiting for you!”
    “We made such a mess of things. We didn’t want to go anywhere else,” Helios explained.
    “What can we do to make things better?” Glory asked.
    Was there anything they could do? Fira hesitated.
    Just then, Spring, the message-talent fairy, flew in behind her. “I have a message from Elixa,” Spring told Fira. “The fireflies are feeling better.”
    “Thank goodness!” Fira clapped her hands.
    “But their glow is still weak,” Spring went on. “They might not be able to light Pixie Hollow for the whole night.”
    Fira drooped. Once again, the light-talent fairies couldn’t rest. Just in case the fireflies lost their glow, the fairies had to be ready to fill in.
    “The fireflies can’t guide the miners, either,” continued Spring. “It’s too risky.”
    No fireflies on the expedition? No light-talent fairies who could leave Pixie Hollow?
    That left Fira—and Fira alone—to lead the miners.

    An hour later, Fira sat in her room. She gazed at the full moon, drawing strength from its light. She’d already helped the light-talent fairies find their places around Pixie Hollow. She’d even made a schedule for them. Now it was almost time for the expedition.
    Fira knew she was taking on a lot. After all the flying and chasing and fairy-sitting she’d done that day, she felt tired already. But she had to be strong. She was in charge. And so many fairies were counting on her.

    She got up to leave.
    Knock, knock, knock.
    “No fair.” Sparkle’s voice came through the door loud and clear. “I told you I’d knock first.”
    “But you always go first,” Glory complained. “Why can’t I knock