* * * The Emerald Queen - Page 2

All at once, Maddie and Wolfinna fell downward into the white crystal tunnel. They got up and looked around. They saw their four friends' clothing in a pile on the ground. Maddie saw some black cloth in the pile of clothes. She reached over and pulled out the four black headbands the girls had been wearing when they started their adventure. 

The two of them walked quietly out of the crystal tunnel and into the blue-green Rainbow cavern. They were amazed at the beauty, just like the other girls had also been amazed. Wolfinna and Maddie understood how the beautiful jewel colors of Rainbow, might have caused the girls to get distracted and lost. 

Maddie saw a wonderful pink rose, and touched it. This made a lot of butterflies appear and fly into the sky. The butterflies' wings made a soft musical sound and they flew away. 

Wolfinna then warned her friend. 

"Maddie, be careful," she warned. "Don't touch, take or eat anything here."

Wolfinna repeated herself because Maddie didn't take her seriously.

"Remember, do not touch, or take, or eat anything. It's the first rule of fairy tales."

Maddie nodded. They needed to find their friends. Maddie put the four head sashes into her yellow bag and stood up.

They kept on walking until they came to the stream where the girls had collected shells. They  saw Kicker, Katya, Merkeeta and JenJen holding hands and wishing that they would return home. 

"Hey guys, we're here," Wolfinna said as they walked up. The four girls jumped up to greet them. Then they started talking all at once. 

"Watch out." "We're trapped." "Don't let yourself feel anything." The Emerald Queen won't help us." "We don't know what to do..."