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breakfast cereal.
    ‘This is so cool!’ Joel cried. He caught hold of the hat and poured out the ice cream for Pegasus. ‘My turn.’ He held the hat before him and said, ‘I would like some cheese ravioli in tomato sauce, smothered in grated Parmesan, with thick garlic bread on the side.’ He then held it out to Emily.
    Emily waved her hand over the opening. Once again, it filled with a portion of Joel’s order, including the garlic bread.
    ‘What is this?’ Diana asked as Joel removed his piping-hot lunch. ‘How does it work?’
    ‘I really don’t know,’ Emily admitted. ‘I just knew it was for food. So the bearer would never go hungry when they travelled.’
    ‘We sure could have used that in Las Vegas!’ Paelen said as he devoured his third ambrosia cake.
    Emily looked around at all the other items on the tables and frowned. ‘It’s so strange. I kind of know what these things are, but really can’t remember.’
    Jupiter, Pluto and Neptune looked at the odd assortment of food. Jupiter reached for an ambrosia cake and tasted it. He nodded approvingly. ‘This is ambrosia. Very fresh and very pure.’
    Neptune stuck a finger in Pegasus’s ice cream and sampled his first chocolate. ‘This is very good indeed,’ he said grinning at his son. ‘What a wonderful device.’
    Diana neatly folded the hat until it was no bigger than a deck of cards. ‘It was written that the Xan crossed the cosmos. This would be the most efficient way of transporting food supplies. Very simple and very neat.’
    She handed it to Emily. ‘This, my child, is yours.’
    Emily took the food-hat and slipped it into her tunic pocket as Joel leaned closer to her and whispered, ‘Now we can have all our favourites from back home.’ He flicked her playfully on the tip of her nose. ‘Including all the marshmallows you can eat!’
    ‘And chocolate bars,’ said Paelen.
    ‘And potato chips,’ Joel suggested.
    Emily smiled at her friends and turned to Pegasus. ‘Pegs, you can have all the chocolate ice cream that you want.’
    The stallion whinnied excitedly and nodded his head. He nudged Emily playfully.
    ‘And vegetables,’ her father added. ‘You kids are going to eat well if it kills me!’
    In the front of the chamber, Jupiter, Neptune and Pluto were standing before the completed archway. ‘Everyone, stand well back, we are about to turn the Solar Stream.’
    Jupiter addressed his brothers. ‘All together!’
    Pegasus escorted Emily to the back of the chamber as everyone gathered to watch. The Big Three joined hands and raised them in the air. Suddenly the entire room burst into life with the blazing light of the Solar Stream. The air around them crackled and whooshed with roaring energy. Fierce winds whipped Emily’s hair as she tried to see the Olympians, but all she saw was blinding light and the faintest trace of the three large outlines standing before the new marble archway.
    Moments later, the bright light and roaring energy pulsed and pulled back as though it was being sucked into the arch and contained by it.
    Then, it was gone.
    ‘Well done!’ Jupiter cheered, patting his brothers on the back. He combed back his tousled grey hair and turned to the others. Emily could see his face was bathed in sweat, as were the faces of Neptune and Pluto.
    ‘That does clean out one’s attic!’ Neptune cheered, shaking his head.
    Everyone in the room applauded, while Pegasus nickered loudly and trotted up to his father. Emily stood back with her friends. She asked Paelen, ‘Is that how they would have destroyed Earth?’
    Paelen nodded. ‘There are none more powerful than when the Big Three unite their powers.’
    ‘Wow,’ Joel said. ‘It’s one thing to hear about it, another to actually see it.’
    ‘It’s terrifying,’ Emily muttered.
    Together they walked towards the arch. Now that the Solar Stream was closed, it looked exactly the same as it had before.
    ‘How does it work?’ Emily’s father