Chapter Five

AMELIA
"Where is he?" the horse asked for the fiftieth time.
Amelia sighed. Foxes weren't generally known for their patience, but she had tons of it. "We've only been waiting for ten minutes."
Sophie clopped around the ledge, but abruptly came to a stop. "There he is!" She watched in horror as he looked to them but collapsed suddenly.

MARCO
He averted his eyes and looked to the sky. There it was! Amelia's pet bird was circling above the cliff.
All of the lesser alphas had a sign to let the others know where they were. Amelia's was her bird, Harper's was the glow on her necklace, and his was his power. His element was earth, one of the most powerful ones. He was drained from his travels, but managed to make a small whirlwind of sand before he collapsed.

CALYPSO
She poked her head over the water, but immediately went down. Sand stung her eyes. She swam back a distance, then looked again. She watched as the tornado grow larger, and then fell with a shaking explosion.
As she resurfaced, the dust cleared and she saw the beaches of Crystal Sands, now ruined. So much for the easy way...

SOPHIE
She gasped as she watched the penguin fall into a cloud of sand. "What happened?" she cried.
"I'm not sure, but we've got to find out!" Amelia called, already climbing down the ledge.
Sophie gently followed, trying not to fall into the chasm below them. When they finally reached the bottom, he was nearly dead. she exchanged a worried look with Amelia. "We have to get him back to the water!" she whispered urgently. Amelia nodded, but before they could do anything, a shadowy figure leapt through the air, and landed right in front of them.

Chapter Three

MARCO
The light cleared, and it came into Marco's vision. He gasped.
"Poseidon?"
The old seal smiled. "Hello, young ones. Yes, I exist, yes, I look older than my statue shows me, all that, but I have more important business with you."
"What could you possibly want with us?" Harper asked. In all the excitement, Marco had almost forgotten she was there.
Poseidon's smile vanished. He opened and closed his mouth a few times, before finally saying "Venus has been kidnapped."
Marco and Harper turned to face each other. Venus, dolphin, beauty, queen of the sea, had been kidnapped? "That's impossible!" Marco exclaimed at the same time Harper forcefully said "Who did this?"
Poseidon sighed, seeming to age another thousand years at the same time when he replied "My young penguin, I didn't think it was possible either until it happened. And Harper, I believe it was Tavie. Who else is working with the alphas from under the ocean?"
Marco thought about that for a moment.
"What do we have to do?"

CALYPSO
The turtle darted through the rogue waters. aware that every creature was her enemy. Even if they wanted to help her, they couldn't. Could let make it on land? The furthest she could go was to the surface of Bahari Bay. But that wasn't enough. She was aiming big. No sea animal had done something like this before, but if anyone could, it would be her. It had to be. Sharks and dolphins would die on the spot, and octopi wouldn't survive a day. It had to be her.
She needed to get to Mt. Shiveer.