* * * The Emerald Queen - Page 8

They six friends reached the crystal tunnel, grabbed hands together and were "whooshed" back up to the clubhouse. They opened their eyes and saw that they were back in the clubhouse, and back in the damp darkness of the room, and were relieved to see that they were back in The Valley, safe and sound.

Maddie took back all the headbands and returned them to the hiding place. When she looked inside her satchel she saw the Queen's huge emerald. She didn't say anything about it. Maddie put everything away and followed the girls out of the woods.

Merkeeta was the first to speak. "Wolfinna and Maddie, thank you so much for following us into Rainbow and helping us escape."

"Yeah," JenJen piped in. "Thanks for saving us."

Maddie and Wolfinna just smiled. They were glad to have their friends back again.

As they walked out of the woods Kicker remembered something. "When I get home Mom's probably going to make me do my chores. Back to real life I guess."

"You're right," Merkeeta said. "It's back to my ordinary bedroom, and doing ordinary homework. 

JenJen sighed. "It's good to be back home. It's where I belong," she said with a relieved smile.

Just then Maddie stopped and turned. 

"Hey, you can go without me. I need to go back for a second. I'll see you tomorrow." 
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The others all waved to her. "Bye Maddie." "Thanks again." "See you later."

And Maddie headed off in the other direction.