The Fairy by L C Mortimer

Author:L C Mortimer [Mortimer, L C]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sophie Stern
Published: 2019-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Tinkerbell waited anxiously for Jessica to arrive at lunchtime. Beast was with her when she walked up, but Tinkerbell didn’t care.

“Let’s go,” she said. She pushed open the door to the teachers’ offices. This time, it was packed. There weren’t just teachers from Enchanted Academy, though. There were teachers from other schools. In fact, it looked like they had been in the middle of some sort of meeting.

“We need to talk to you,” Jessica whispered in Tink’s ear.

“Later.”

Whatever it was, it could wait. The only thing that mattered right now was finding Peter, and that’s what Tinkerbell was going to do. She scanned the room of teachers who were all staring at her curiously now.

“I need to speak with Headmistress Hex,” Tinkerbell said. She held up her head confidently even though she didn’t feel confident at all. There were dozens of teachers – at least 30 teachers, in fact – just staring at her. The offices weren’t that big to begin with and this space was already very condensed. It made no sense that there were so many people milling about now, but Tinkerbell knew one thing: it wasn’t anything good.

“She’s unavailable,” one of the teachers said. Tinkerbell peered through the crowd, trying to see who it was, but she couldn’t.

“It’s urgent,” she said.

“It’s a matter of life and death,” Jessica added dramatically.

Beast had the brains to nudge Jessica into silence.

“Ouch!” She said, rubbing her arm. “You don’t have to pinch me. I’ll shut up. Fine.”

“Please,” Tinkerbell said, looking at the teachers once more. “It’s very important that I speak with her today.”

She didn’t tell them why.

She didn’t say it was because Peter had been missing for almost two whole days and that anything could have happened.

She didn’t say anything of the sort.

Where, oh where, was Miss Hex?

“Look,” a teacher stepped forward. She was tall and lanky. She wore a tight skirt and a matching blouse. Her robes hung loosely over them, but were open, as though she’d thrown them on at the last possible second and had forgotten to fasten the front. “I understand you want to see Headmistress Hex, but she’s got a bit of a situation on her hands right now. You’ll have to come back another time.”

“Is this about the missing children?” Jessica said loudly.

The entire room fell silent as everyone, including Tinkerbell, turned to look at her.

Jessica shrugged.

“Well, is it?”

Missing children?

There were other missing children?

So it wasn’t just Peter.

Both relief and horror swept over Tinkerbell. She was horrified that there were other children missing, but this was also a good thing. If there were more people missing friends and loved ones, then more people would help look for Peter.

And thirty heads were better than one.

“What do you know about missing children?” An old man said gruffly. He was a mean-looking teacher. He was sort of gruff, actually.

“Please,” said Dr. Rogers, stepping forward.

The director of the play was here.

What was he doing here?

“What can you tell us?”

Tinkerbell opened her mouth. She was going to blurt it out, but something made her hesitate just for a fraction of a moment.

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