Fableman by Brad Carsten

Author:Brad Carsten [Carsten, Brad]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Tags: Action & Adventure, Boys, Children, Dragons, Fantasy, Friendship, Magic, monsters, Young Adult
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-10-05T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

You guys okay?” Thomas called.

Allie was clutching the side of the ship, hyperventilating again.

“It’s okay,” he said, “you can let go now. Entering the lake was the worst of it, I promise.”

“You know that’s not very encouraging right?” she said, in an uber-high voice. “It doesn’t help to compare everything else to the worst thing that’s happened so far! Anything would be better than that. A nail through my eye would be better, but it would still suck.”

“Come on, Allie, that wasn’t so bad.”

“Well, you probably haven’t seen Titanic or those mutant shark movies. Getting stuck on a sinking ship is my worst nightmare. I would rather sing in front of the whole school than be on a sinking ship. I would rather go on a date with King Henry the Eighth.”

“Well, the good news is we’re on a lake, so there aren’t any sharks. And there are no Henry’s anywhere about.”

“But there are hydras and nells and grumples,” Dalia pointed out, and Thomas glared at her.

“Nobody’s sinking,” he said. “And from here on, there are only good things ahead. And no one will push anything into your eye, I promise. Come on, we’ve got a ship to explore.” He kicked off floating towards the others.

“No thank you. I’m just going to hold onto the railing until I get the feeling back in my legs.”

Charlie lifted his legs and let go of the mast carefully, and he remained floating in front of it like a spaceman. He was in two minds about how he should react. On one hand, he wanted to do flips and fly and everything else he ever imagined he’d do in zero gravity, but on the other hand, it was difficult to enjoy himself, when he couldn’t move properly in a world bleeding trolls and ogres and enforcers.

“How long do we have until those enforcers catch up to us?” Charlie asked, peering up at the fading light above them.

Thomas shook his head. “I don’t know. They’ll have to wait for the next ship, and I doubt they’ll call in reinforcements. Someone’s paying them off, so I’m sure they’ll want to keep a low profile. Then again, after Braden tore up half the market, he may have given them a reason to get others involved.”

“Speaking of which,” Dalia said, “where is he?” She looked around and then up and had to cover a laugh. When the ship went under, he had somehow ended up in the crow’s nest with a foot stuck in the rails and was now tugging at it furiously. Dalia kicked up to help him, and he chased her off angrily and broke free with his wand.

Soon the lights of the city formed through the dark water, and Charlie stopped to stare. He couldn’t believe what he was seeing. It was huge with smudges of green light stretching away for miles. His whole body went numb, and he moved to the railings to get as close as he could.

“Oh my word, look at that,” Allie said, floating up alongside him.

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