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.