Chapter 4

We saw light, we legged it. I was getting closer to the light until the dolphamander was right in front of us. “We aren’t here to hurt you.” Johnny said in a calming voice, trying to hide his fear.

The Dolphamander paused and it seemed like it was understanding us as it tilted its head. “We’ll look after you, and your egg.”We held our arms out, showing that we weren’t a threat. The  Dolphamander laid itself on the floor and rested instead of looking like it was going to attack us.

“We’re leaving now” Johnny tells it. I took a sigh of relief as we walked past it and towards the light.

Outside, I heard the waves splashing against the cliff. Inside, I heard the flopping of the Dolphamander as it went to check on its egg to see if it had hatched.

The mist had cleared when I woke up the next morning. The shouting from down on the beach woke me while I was having a good dream. As I was getting dressed, I remembered what had happened yesterday. A few minutes later, Johnny was banging on my bedroom door trying to tell me all the amazing ideas he had so that nobody found the Dolphamander and its egg.

After he told me his ideas, we went for a walk along the cliff edge. The sun made shadows of us. I looked down at all the shadows of everyone that was down on the beach. I saw Larry setting out all his deck chairs in case his customers want to sit down and eat their ice cream. Then I saw Mrs Seaside setting out buckets, spades, towels and surfboards.

I always forget which key to use to open the shop door, I fiddled with the keys until I had the right one. It was cool and quiet inside but soon it’ll be bustling. My mind races. Can we keep the Dolphamander safe? Can we keep this a secret? 

Johnny had been walking around, so I headed to the back. He was looking at the sea glass. He started to look at the blue sea glass, one bit had cracks in it, Johnny looked at me and said, “The Mander egg.”

For the rest of the day, Johnny had his nose stuck in a book. He told me that if a fisherman saw a Mander, they’d kill it. I was thinking all night, I didn’t even get the tiniest bit of sleep. The next evening we had a chat. 

Our adventure isn’t over; in fact it’s only just begun.