On the Trail by Kiki Thorpe

Author:Kiki Thorpe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2015-07-27T16:00:00+00:00

“How is a feather a clue?” Mia asked. There didn’t seem to be anything very special about it to her.

Myka took the feather from Gabby. It was twice as tall as she was. She had to hold it with both hands. “It’s a Never bird feather,” she said. “I’d bet my wings on it.”

“So?” said Kate.

“The Never bird is a seabird,” Myka explained. “It makes its nest offshore.”

“What would a Never bird feather be doing here, then?” Lainey asked.

Myka nodded. “Exactly. That’s why I think it’s important. It might tell us something about Beck. At least now we know which way to go—toward the sea.”

“Wait a second,” Kate said. “We found Beck’s bag near those animal tracks in the mud. A bird wouldn’t have made tracks like that.”

“That’s true.” Myka thought about it. “But my sixth sense is telling me to follow this clue.”

Mia wished her sixth sense would tell her something. But the farther they went, the more uncertain she felt.

Between the bog and the sea was a narrow patch of forest. “Should we fly over it?” Kate asked. “We’ll get there much faster.”

But Myka shook her head. “Better stay close to the ground. We’re more likely to find her trail that way.” And off she went, zigzagging through the trees.

Mia and her friends followed as best they could. Unlike the fairy, they had to duck under low-hanging branches and pick their way carefully over fallen limbs and rocks.

Mia tried her best to think and act like a scout. She listened to their steps crunch the leaves and the sounds of twigs snapping. Once, Mia spied a fairy’s glow. Her heart gave a leap of hope when she thought it might be Beck. But no, it was only Myka scouting ahead.

When they finally caught up to the fairy, she was kneeling on the ground, looking at something.

“What is it?” asked Mia, going to her.

Myka held up a strand of braided grass. One end was looped like a lasso.

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