Emily Windsnap and the Pirate Prince by Liz Kessler

Author:Liz Kessler [Kessler, Liz]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-5362-0645-6
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Published: 2019-03-25T04:00:00+00:00

The mist still hadn’t lifted — but our moods had. Everyone agreed that finding the crystal was the first break we’d had.

We passed it around so that each of us had the chance to give it a really good look.

“Where did you say you found it, again?” Dean asked, giving me a sideways glance as he took his turn examining the crystal.

“Emily spotted it in the netting on the bowsprit,” Sam answered quickly, before I had a chance to reply. “We must have picked it up on some of those rough waves back there.”

“Is that right?” Dean asked, still looking at me.

“Yeah,” I said quickly. I turned away and started fiddling with a rope so he couldn’t see my face — and cursed myself once again for being so bad at lying.

Why had Sam covered for me? Did he know how I’d really found it? Surely not. He couldn’t. There was no way I’d still be on board this ship if he knew I was a mermaid.

I batted away that thought and shook off the accompanying discomfort before it took root.

“Come on,” Ana said. “It’s the middle of the afternoon. We’re almost halfway through our time. We need to figure out how to use it.”

“Ana’s right,” Luke added. “Just because we’ve found a tool that might help us, doesn’t mean we’ve won this round of the contest yet.”

I stepped forward and held my hand out to Dean. “Can I . . . ?” I asked. He handed it to me.

“I’ve been looking at how it works,” I said. “It shows reflections from all of its sides. But every now and then, there’s a flash of something different.”

“Like in the poem,” Kat said.

I turned to smile at her. “Exactly. And I’ve noticed something else, as well. It seems to show a brighter image than we can see with our eyes. Look.” I held the crystal up in the air. “Do you see?”

The others crowded around. “It’s showing the ocean where we can only see the mist!” Ana exclaimed. “That’s amazing. It’s . . .”

“Magical!” I finished. “So I’m thinking, we should position it somewhere high up while we sail. If it’s got the ability to burn through the mist, then maybe it will show Halflight Castle before we can see it with our eyes.”

“Sounds like a long shot,” Dean muttered.

“Have you got a better idea?” Sam asked.

Dean replied with a shrug.

“In that case, here’s what we’re going to do,” Sam went on. “We’re going to put it at the top of the mast and see what happens.” He looked around at us. “We’ll each take turns doing an hour’s watch from the crow’s nest. Kat, you can go first.”

Kat nodded. “Will do.”

Sam turned to Ana. “Ana, you’re on chart work. Keep an eye on our position in relation to the maps.”

Ana nodded. “OK.”

“Luke, you’re on the helm. Dean, you’re in charge of sails. Shout if you need anyone to help you.”

Luke and Dean both did a kind of shrug-nod back at Sam.

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