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Stargrazer cont.

The dragonlet was shivering with cold and whimpering. Ty dashed off to fetch a ship’s blanket.

Episode 4 – ‘Onward’

Several hours later, the crew had returned, patched the skyship’s air balloon and they were now sailing through the night with only the stars to guide them. Marianna had found a space in the hold for the baby dragon and it had eaten well, falling asleep almost immediately.

Ty stood alone on deck, wondering whether he would ever see home again. The moon cast a silvery light onto the clouds and the odd star shone through. Marianna came up to be with him. She thought that she would never tire of the wind in her hair and the great skyship moving silently just below the ragged, fluffy edges of the clouds.

It was then that they both heard something. Something or somebody was crawling up the side of the skyship’s hull towards them. Mariana grabbed Ty’s hand and pulled him down. Alone, they waited, hearts beating. What could it be? Ty crossed his fingers, hoping it wasn’t the dragonlet’s mother! An upset dragon parent could be a terrifying sight!

Peering over the edge, Ty could just make out a strange shape, that appeared to be clinging to the wooden hull. Ty shuddered as he whispered to his sister, “I can’t see what it is… but it looks huge.”

Captain O’Shea appeared, lent over the railings and chuckled, “That’s the landing ship. A tiny flying craft that we sometimes use if we don’t want to dock the whole skyship. You two need to be in your bunks or you’ll start to imagine all sorts of things.”

Ten minutes later they were both asleep, dreaming of dragons and skyships and great adventures. The Stargrazer drifted on silently through the night towards dawn.

© Pie Corbett 2020

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