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Annathe Moonbeam

Fairy

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Previously published as Twilight Fairies #6: Maisie the Moonbeam Fairy by Orchard U.K. in 2010.

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For Ivy Sienna Hart, special first

granddaughter for Pops, with lots of love

Special thanks to Sue Mongredien

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It was a cool, dark evening. Kirsty Tate and Rachel Walker stood with a group of children at the edge of Mirror Lake — a wide, still stretch of water surrounded by hills. The two friends were staying with their families at a vacation spot called Camp Stargaze. They were having a wonderful week so far!

Mirror,Mirror

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As its name suggested, Camp Stargaze was the perfect place to see the night sky. There were lots of unusual and exciting activities for the campers to do every night, too. So far, Kirsty and Rachel had been to a campfire midnight feast, gone firef ly-watching in the Whispering Woods, and studied the stars from the Camp’s observatory. Tonight, they were about to set sail on a moonlit boat ride!

“Come on, you landlubbers,” called Peter, the camp counselor. He led them

along a small wooden dock, and Kirsty and

Rachel saw that a motorboat was tied

to the dock. “All aboard, me hearties!”


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Chatting and laughing, the kids climbed aboard. The boat was lit with lanterns that cast golden ref lections onto the dark water of the lake. The boat rocked gently as people took their seats, and Kirsty excitedly squeezed Rachel’s hand once they sat down. “Every time I go on a boat it reminds me of the first time we met,” she said. “Do you remember?”

Rachel smiled at her. The two girls had met on a ferry one summer when their families were both going on vacation to Rainspell Island. Kirsty and Rachel had liked each other immediately, and had ended up having a magical time together that week — and they’d shared lots of adventures ever since!

“Of course I remember,” Rachel


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replied. “And I hope —” She broke off as Lucas and Matt, two boys that they’d become friends with, sat down nearby. The girls knew that they couldn’t let anyone find out their secret — they were friends with the fairies, and were often called to Fairyland to help on important missions!

Kirsty could guess what Rachel had been about to say —

that she hoped they had another fairy

adventure that night! “I hope so,

too,” she whispered quickly. The girls had been helping the Night Fairies search for their stolen bags of magic dust all week, but there were still two bags they hadn’t been


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able to track down . . . yet. “Everyone ready? Then let’s go!” called

Peter. A lady named Alison started the engine of the boat, and its loud chugging broke the quiet of the evening. Then the boat moved slowly away from the dock and across the dark water.

“This lake is called Mirror Lake,” Peter told everyone, “because in the daytime,

the water is usually so smooth and calm,

it’s like looking in a mirror. The

moon is supposed to be pretty full

tonight. I was hoping we’d get a wonderful ref lection in the water, but right now it’s too cloudy.” He shrugged. “Hopefully the clouds will disappear


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soon, so we can see the moon. Its ref lection looks amazing in the lake — twice as bright as it is in the sky!”

It didn’t take long for the boat to reach the other side of the lake, where Alison and Peter tied it to a small dock, then helped everyone ashore.

“Wow, look at these rocks,” Matt said, shining

his f lashlight on them. “They’re really glittery,

aren’t they?”“I think they’re

granite,” Rachel said, switching on her f lashlight so she could see better. Kirsty fumbled in her pockets for her own f lashlight, but couldn’t find it. “That’s weird,” she muttered to herself. “I’m sure


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I had it earlier.” “Okay, listen up,” Peter called.

“Tonight’s activity is sending Morse code signals! Morse code is a way of communicating with someone else using short and long signals that represent letters of the alphabet. I’ll split you into two teams, and you’ll each have a special light for signaling each other across the lake. I’ll also give you a copy of the Morse code alphabet.”

Rachel and Kirsty smiled at each other. This sounded like fun!

“Rachel, Kirsty, Lucas, Matt — you can be one team,” Peter said. “I’ll take you to your base, farther


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down the shoreline.”“And Hannah, Holly, Tom, and Ben,

you’re the second team,” Alison said. “Follow me, guys, and we’ll go in the opposite direction.”

Alison’s team went on the path that headed to the top of the lake, while Peter’s team took the path that went down the shoreline. After a few minutes, Peter stopped walking and stared up at one of the hills. “That light isn’t usually up there,” he said, sounding confused. “Some people must be camping there, I guess.”

Rachel and Kirsty turned their heads and gazed up to see what he meant. Beaming down from the nearest hilltop was a large light that was so bright and powerful, it made them both blink and look away.


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“I hope that doesn’t get much brighter,” Peter said. “It could disturb the wildlife.” He shrugged. “With any luck, they’ll turn it off soon.”

They continued walking around the lake until they reached a spot where the path widened, and some logs had been arranged in a semicircle. “Here we are,” Peter said, setting the lantern on a f lat rock overlooking the lake.


Just then, they saw a f lash of light from across the water, then another, then another. “Aha!” he said. “Perfect timing. That’s the other team letting us know they’re ready to start. Let’s get ourselves all ready, then I’ll signal back to them.”

Peter gave Rachel the Morse code sheet to hold, and Kirsty took a notepad and pen. Then the four kids sat down on the


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logs. “OK,” said Peter, and he quickly clicked the lantern on and off three times. “Now they know we’re ready, too, so keep a close watch and let’s see if we can crack their code!”


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