The Genie King by Tony Abbott

Author:Tony Abbott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2015-02-14T16:00:00+00:00

“Mine!” cried Ing, who was suddenly back in the race. He appeared to be wearing a fresh diaper.

Neal grinned and glanced down to see Ming disposing of a white bundle.

Wrong move. In that fraction of a second, Snorfo twisted his urn around, came up behind the children, and snatched Neal’s turban away. “Ha! Perfect fit! We are the same size!”

“Give that back!” shouted Neal as the word Neffu had used — “defenseless” — rang in his ears. “Give it!”

“Mmm, no,” said Snorfo. “I like it —”

As if the turban gave him new intelligence, Snorfo fiddled with the three pieces of the Medallion. Suddenly, the children heard a distinct click and knew that one of the pieces was attached.

“No! Don’t do that!” cried Max. “Snorfo, don’t!”

There soon came a second click, and the three pieces were together.

“It’s too much power for you!” said Julie.

Immediately, the air began to quake, and a beam shot up wildly from the Medallion.

“Ho-ho, lightning!” The duke laughed. “There’s power for you!”

Then it came. A single sharp sound.

Crack!

Julie scoured the sky. “What was that?”

Keeah gasped. “My force field. The power of the Medallion, even incomplete, was too much for it. The shield has been broken!”

In seconds, it seemed as if the air in the entire City of Ut was being sucked away.

Ing, Ming, and Ving sank back to the square below, breathless, as the sound of heavy wings filled the air. Duke Snorfo brought his urn to a bumpy landing in the city’s main square. He jumped off next to the obelisk and stared straight up. So did all the townspeople in the square.

The sky over the city went black, and the air filled with a deafening roar.

“What’s happening?” asked Keeah.

Neal knew what was happening. How he knew, he couldn’t say. But he did.

“Into the shadows!” he whispered. And the children and Dumpella scurried into the shadows to keep from being seen.

At that moment the sky filled with a thousand wingwolves. They swooped down and flooded the square around Snorfo, standing at attention as if waiting for someone.

Then that someone came.

A giant dragon with four jagged wings, a bony head, and fiery-red eyes.

“No,” whispered Max. “Not … him …”

“Him!” said Dumpella.

“G … G … G …” stuttered Ving.

“ … ethwing!” Ming finished.

“He scary,” said Ing.

Landing on the cobblestones, Gethwing folded his great wings behind his shoulders. His long white fangs shone in the fading golden sun. He narrowed his fiery eyes and one by one searched the faces of the bystanders. The guards, the hawk creatures, the citizens of Ut, all froze where they stood.

All except Duke Snorfo.

Duke Snorfo didn’t freeze.

He quaked uncontrollably.

Then he gasped.

Then he fell to the ground in a faint.

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