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made for me on Aldenmor.”
    “So start spinning,” Kara ordered.
    Moments later, the dragonflies had joined wingtips and were spinning in a perfect little circle.
    “Good dragonflies,” Kara said.
    “Ooooo,” Barney cooed.
    “Show us where Zach is,” Adriane said, picturing the boy’s handsome face and warm smile, the way his eyes danced. “He has that dragon stone I gave him. Hone in on its magic.”
    “Ooookayy.”
    A swirling, wavering mist appeared inside the circle of spinning dragonettes. Adriane clutched her wolf stone with a look of intense concentration.
    “Are you getting anything?” Kara peered into the small window anxiously. The dragonflies could be restless and unpredictable, and they were being asked to make strong magic. She knew they only had a few minutes to make contact.
    Adriane shook her head in frustration. “Lyra, we need your help!”
    The cat loped toward them. “ Rasha, Ronif, Balthazar, bring the others, too.”
    The pegasus and two quiffles came, as did a dozen other animals drawn by the urgency in Lyra’s voice.
    Kara gestured for them to come closer. With all of their friendly magical energy joining in, Adriane’s stone glowed brighter. She looked at Kara and held out her wrist. Kara reached out and touched her fist to Adriane’s, making the wolf stone flare with amber light.
    The mist within the portal swept away, replaced by a new, slightly hazy scene. The background details were blurry, like faded watercolors, but Zach’s sharp-featured face stood out clear and unmistakable in the foreground.
    “Adriane?” he asked uncertainly, blinking toward them. “Is that you?”
    “It’s me!” Adriane called. “How are you?”
    “Fine. My dragon stone just went crazy,” Zach said, holding up the bright red jewel on his wrist. Crimson facets sparkled like tiny flames. “I knew it was you.”
    “Hi.” Kara’s head pressed close to Adriane’s.
    “Hello.”
    Adriane glowered. “You remember Kara.”
    “Yes.” But his eyes were on Adriane.
    “How’s Drake?” she asked, referring to the baby dragon Zach was raising on Aldenmor.
    There was a sudden thunderous, roaring sound in the background. “What’s that noise? Are you in trouble?”
    “No, no, it’s okay,” Zach assured her quickly. “Drake is fine. He’s really getting big and he misses you. Did all those animals make it to you safely?”
    “Totally!” Kara called back. “It was a regular Noah’s ark.”
    Zach and Adriane looked at Kara.
    “Oops, sorry,” Kara whispered. “You two kids go right ahead. This is a long-distance call. Pretend I’m not even here.”
    “Just tell us what happened,” Adriane said.
    As Zach opened his mouth to speak, his face swam woozily and his voice suddenly faded, as if the volume on a radio had just been turned way down.
    “Hey!” Kara said sharply to the dragonflies. “Keep spinning!”
    “KOookoo!” the dragonflies sang excitedly, spinning faster and faster. “Soo-reeeeeee!”
    Zach’s face swam back into clear view. “. . . another explosion near the Dark Sorceress’s lair, ” he was saying. “The biggest one yet.”
    “Is that how all the animals got burned?” Adriane asked.
    Zach nodded. “Black Fire came down all over the place,” he reported grimly. “But that’s not all—whatever the Sorceress did made the portals here go wild. The one leading to Earth opened, and a bunch of others just suddenly disappeared—including all of the ones to the Fairy Glen.”
    “Oh, no!” Adriane gasped. This was seriously bad news. The Fairy Glen was the home of the Fairimentals and the magical heart of Aldenmor. “Have you tried to contact the Fairimentals?”
    “Of course. But we haven’t been able to find—”
    His face wavered again. The dragonflies’ bright wings were flickering wildly as they spun, letting out tiny popping noises and rainbow colored sparks.
    “Wrap it up,” Kara muttered to Adriane.
    Adriane bit her lip.
    “… you have to be