Pirates of the Purple Dawn by Tony Abbott

Author:Tony Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2016-09-25T04:00:00+00:00

Finding himself in the dim passage just outside the dungeon, Eric looked down at himself. He seemed normal. Two arms, two legs, two hands, two feet.

“Excellent,” he said to himself. “I actually did it.”

Looking to the right, he could just make out a troop of bandits at one end. When he peered the other way, he nearly screamed in surprise when he saw Galen hiding in the shadows.

“Hush!” hissed the wizard. “Come here.” Galen motioned him into the shadows. “I slipped away from Ving — after giving him a taste of my staff! So, are you a phantom?”

Eric nodded. “I’m going to try to free Keeah, call Flink and ask her to get the hog elves, then find a way to shut down the mills before Mokarto is finished being built.”

The old wizard smiled deeply. “A tall order, Eric. Today is a day of challenges indeed. I cannot join you just yet. I have one trick up my sleeve, but only one. Ming has a power over me I cannot explain. That is my challenge. Now, be watchful. And remember, not everything is as it seems to be. Think like Nelag. Think opposite!”

With those strange words, Galen was gone.

Eric tried to hold all that in his head, but it refused to make sense. “Never mind,” he told himself. “I have my own mission.”

Creeping down the passage, he realized that if he closed his eyes for a second he could see inside the dungeon as if he were still there. When he tried this, he heard Neal talking to him.

“… and if you see something to eat, bring it back here … I mean, it doesn’t even have to be muffins, anything would be great … just bring lots …”

“Neal, I’ve got a job to do!” Eric told him.

“I’m just saying …”

Shaking his head to clear it, Eric was back outside the dungeon again.

Darting from one passage to the next, always staying clear of the troops of bandits and pirates marching everywhere, Eric finally located a door leading outside. He slipped through it and found himself out on the roof.

Keeah was still trapped in the cage of light. Both Ving and Ming were nearby, talking to each other.

Arguing with each other, Eric thought.

He crept as close to the edge of the parapet as he dared. He knew that even though he was a phantom, he was still visible.

Ving paced across the top of the mill, pausing every few seconds to check his sketches and watch the construction.

“Why else would I invite you, sister?” he said. “You’re not my favorite person, you know.”

Ming glared coldly at her twin. “And I’d rather be sailing. But Mokarto needs both of us, or it won’t exist. And if it doesn’t exist, it’s back to the past, and I’m tired of the past. The food is so … stale!”

“Did someone say ‘food’?” asked Neal from the dungeon.

“Quiet. I’m listening!” Eric hissed. He noticed Icthos circling the parapet. The bandit landed on the roof and limped over to Ving and Ming.

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