Peter Carrot-Top by Yolanda Jackson - HTML preview

 

Steve.

 

Millie pulled out on her shades to find a secret

 

passage, but there was none. Yet, there was something

 

hidden under the flying disc the Buddha had. It was a small

 

object that glowed, and every time Peter ran by, the object

 

glowed brighter and flashed rapidly. Millie told Peter that there was something hidden under the Buddha’s flying disc.

 

But there was no way out; the children knew then that

 

they had to fight this giant beast. Jamyra brought forth

 

her gift of frost; she held out her hands and, as they

 

turned icy cold and white, a burst of cold air came over

 

the area, and then a shot of ice. The little mud warriors

 

turned into chunks of ice, but this was not going to hold

 

for long. Jamyra could see her ice melting right before her

 

eyes.

 

The Buddha saw what Jamyra was doing, and took off his

 

mud face to make more mud warriors. To help Jamyra, Robert

 

took his watch off, and turned the golden dials to make it

 

snow. The mud warriors got cold and shivered, and with

 

Jamyra making ice, the mud warriors stopped fighting and

 

huddled together for warmth.

 

The Buddha was not happy, and shot fire from its

 

mouth, defrosting everything. To stop him, Peter opened

 

some large holes. He held his hands tight, until they

 

turned orange and magical dust flew out that, in turn,

 

became a black hole. The Buddha jumped and jumped all over

 

the place to avoid the black holes. Then it hopped onto its

 

disc and flew away. It seemed there was nothing to stop

 

this creature.

 

Then Clara tried; she conjured up a huge glob of her green saliva bugs, and ordered them to attack the Buddha

 

while he was flying on his disc. The green flies went into

 

the air, attacking the Buddha. He fought, and then opened

 

his mouth to spit mud at the flies. Many of Clara's flies

 

fell to the ground and died; the mud was very toxic. But

 

Clara could produce as many flies as she wanted.

 

The Buddha opened its mouth and sent mud flying to his

 

face where a mud mask formed to protect him from Clara's

 

flies. The children were getting fed up; nothing they did

 

seemed to work. The mud warriors defrosted and came after

 

the children, sending them flying and running.

 

Clara pulled out her fiery dragon sword and called

 

upon it to attack. The sword let out a roar, and the dragon

 

of fire flashed through the crowd of mud people, scorching

 

and burning their little behinds. The mud warriors turned

 

into clay that grew hard because of the fire. This was the

 

only thing that seemed to slow the warriors down.

 

Nicholas gave off a big roar, and from the loudness of

 

it, the clay warriors cracked and broke. The children had

 

found something that they could use to stop the mud

 

warriors. The dragon of fire flew east to west and north to

 

south, burning everything; while Nicholas roared aloud and

 

broke all the clay warriors.

 

The Buddha flew on his disc up high into the air, and saw what was happening. He swooped down and tried to catch

 

one of the children, but they were diving and dodging him.

 

Then he went after Clara's dragon of fire, but it was too

 

fast. It swooped by the Buddha.

 

Then Zack conjured up some snot buggers from his nose,

 

and had them form into a wall of goo. The Buddha was flying

 

so fast that he did not see the snot wall, and flew into

 

it. He struggled to get out, but was stuck. The snot was

 

sticky, and had the Buddha caught like flies on a sticky

 

trap. The children cheered and realized that the Buddha was

 

trying to get loose, so they hurried and ran over to the

 

secret floor that was hidden by the Buddha's disc. They

 

opened the passage, and as they opened the small box-like

 

door, a glow burst out of the hole, sending the children

 

flying to the ground.

 

"What was that?" shouted Millie.

 

Peter gazed upon the opening. In that small area laid

 

a golden glove that glowed with the symbols of Baja. Yet,

 

the glove seemed to be for something special and someone

 

special. Every child tried to put the glove on, but it

 

would not fit. Then the last was Peter, and the minute he

 

touched the glove, it began moving and sliding across the

 

floor, like a fish out of water. It jumped right onto

 

Peter's hand; it was a perfect fit. "Peter, I told you that you are a special child," said

 

Clara as Peter blushed.

 

"We must leave, the Buddha is trying to break free,"

 

said Robert.

 

The children sent Michael to fly up and get the

 

Buddha’s disc so that they could ride back. He got on the

 

disc, but did not know how to fly it; he went spinning and

 

twirling through the air. Then Ben put on his magical cape

 

and flew up with Millie so she could decipher how to

 

control the disc. It took Ben a while to catch up with

 

Michael. Once they did, Ben dropped Millie onto the disc to

 

have her decode the symbols, and find out how to fly it.

 

It took Millie less than a minute to do it, and then

 

she swooped down to pick everyone up.

 

"Oh, this is so cool!" said Peter.

 

The disc had just enough room for all of them. Millie

 

was in charge of flying the disc, and Robert was in charge

 

of the directions. The disc had a nice comfy spot, and the

 

children relaxed as they flew through the air.

 

"What do you suppose the glove does?" said Clara to

 

Peter.

 

He had no idea; he just knew it was cool. Then Millie

 

interrupted, and said that the glove held the answer to

 

either getting the eighth key or it was the eighth key. No one knew for sure. Well, whatever it was for, Peter held

 

onto it very tightly.

 

The children then took a quick nap as Millie stood

 

guard. Then, as the sun was setting on their first day, the

 

children parked the disc in a tree and let it hover. The

 

night went by fast; it seemed like the children just went

 

to bed; but in the forest, time is of the essence. The

 

children woke up to bright colorful little birds singing.

 

"Oh, that is so cute," said Millie.

 

The birds puffed up and turned into bigger birds. The

 

children screamed and took off through the air, but the

 

birds chased right behind them.

 

"Faster!" said Clara to Millie.

 

Millie made the disc go faster, and eventually the

 

birds turned back around.

 

"That was close," said Robert, as he looked over at

 

his friends.

 

Then from above, Peter noticed a temple below them. It

 

had people working in the yards, and they seemed like they

 

were moving somewhere.

 

"Let's go down for a better looked," said Peter.

 

Millie took the disc down lower, where there were men

 

and women chained up; they were held as slaves, and making

 

weapons and fighting gear. "This must be where my father is being held," said

 

Peter as he peered through the crowd.

 

He saw no sign of his father, but he did recognize the

 

symbols of his father's army. Peter then noticed that the

 

prisoners were being watched over by large rock dogs; so he

 

tried to find another way into the temple, without being

 

seen. As Peter searched around the temple grounds, he saw a

 

shadow behind a tree; at the same time, Millie lowered the

 

disc. There was a person lying in the shrubs, and one thing

 

that made Peter's eyes pop was that the person had orange

 

hair!

 

"Father!" Peter shouted.

 

The person did not move. Peter lowered the disc and

 

jumped off, calling to his father. Thinking the worst,

 

Peter slowly turned the person over, and yes, it was his

 

father, Sam Carrot-Top. He was still alive and breathing,

 

but he was a little bit out of it.

 

Peter and his friends lifted Sam onto the disc, which

 

was harder than it looked, but the children pulled together

 

and got the job done. Peter hurried and got the disc into

 

the air, where he shook his father to try to wake him up.

 

Clara tried to get Sam Carrot-Top to drink some water, but

 

he was too busy mumbling in his unconsciousness. The only

 

thing that was left was for Steve to pull off his shoes and let his toe jams wake Mr. Carrot-Top. So, Steve did it with

 

pride. He snatched off his shoes, grew his feet and let the

 

odor lose. At first, nothing happened, and then Mr. Carrot

 

Top choked and gasped for air.

 

"Father, father!" Peter shouted.

 

Sam Carrot-Top thought that he was dreaming, and

 

closed his eyes again; until Peter called his name a few

 

more time. When Sam finally caught his breath, he touched

 

Peter as if he didn’t think he was real. Then Mr. Carrot

 

Top rubbed his eyes to make sure that he was not seeing

 

things.

 

"Son, where am I?" said Mr. Carrot-Top.

 

"In the Ambassador Forest!" shouted Millie.

 

"Who are these children?" said Mr. Carrot-Top.

 

"These are my friends, father, and we came to save

 

you," said Peter.

 

Mr. Carrot-Top eye's filled with tears; he was so

 

proud of his son and gave him a big hug and kiss. "We must

 

leave," said Mr. Carrot-Top to the children.

 

Sam went on to introduce himself to the children and

 

they did the same, as many of them showed off their powers

 

to him. Sam was impressed by the children and their

 

bravery, to come this far and get him.

 

"Hi, Mr. Carrot-Top, I have the same name as you, my name is Sam Salmon," said Sam nervously.

 

"That is a great first name," said Mr. Carrot-Top.

 

He looked over the temple ground, warning the children

 

to stay high in the air to avoid being seen by the seven

 

wizards. But, it was too late, the wizard boy Cilus was out

 

walking the grounds and he spotted the disc. He sent an

 

army of black birds to attack the disc.

 

Mr. Carrot-Top climbed into the controls as the black

 

birds came out of nowhere. They were huge birds with a few

 

feet of wing span, and their chests were covered with

 

golden armor. Their bodies glowed with red symbols, and the

 

birds flew violently at the disc, hitting and bumping it,

 

causing it to tip and shake.

 

The children held their heads low to avoid being

 

pecked by the birds’ beaks. The birds squawked louder and

 

louder, as if they were calling for backup. Mr. Carrot-Top

 

sent the disc weaving and flying through trees and over

 

lakes and mountains, but the black birds were right behind

 

them. Some of the black birds got under the disc and tried

 

to over turn it. The children screamed as Mr. Carrot-Top

 

did his best to control the rough ride.

 

"Hang on tight, kids, it’s gonna be a bumpy ride!"

 

said Mr. Carrot-Top.

 

The children clung together for dear life. Then thunder came from the skies, and behind that was Bella,

 

riding her black bat-like creature.

 

"I want you dead, Sam Carrot-Top!" said Bella as she

 

looked Mr. Carrot-Top right in the eyes.

 

"Over my dead body, I have a village to save!" said

 

Mr. Carrot-Top.

 

This made Bella furious. As she helped the black birds

 

attack the disc even more, Jamyra got up and used her

 

powers to freeze the birds in the air. They plummeted to

 

the ground because the ice made them too heavy to stay in

 

the air. Bella was not happy with this and sent lightning

 

bolts that hit the disc. It went spinning out of control.

 

Zack formed a soft landing pad with the buggers from

 

his nose. It was so nasty, but it was the only thing to

 

make the landing softer. The children and Mr. Carrot-Top

 

jumped from the fallen disc to Zack's landing pad; they

 

were all covered with green mucus.

 

"I must wash myself very well, when this is over,"

 

said Jamyra.

 

Mr. Carrot-Top just laughed, and then ordered everyone

 

to run. As they all ran, Mr. Carrot-Top made sure that

 

everyone was together, because he could sense that the rock

 

dogs were on there way. He heard rumbling in the ground,

 

then feet thundering on the ground like wild horses. "Keep running!" shouted Mr. Carrot-Top.

 

The children ran faster and faster, but Zack and

 

Millie could not go any more; they had to stop, and as

 

Millie stopped, there was a big rock dog breathing right

 

over her head. She could feel its hot breath on her neck;

 

she trembled and was too afraid to turn around, so she

 

disappeared.

 

That impressed Mr. Carrot-Top. "Good girl," he mumbled.

 

Millie came closer to her friends, un-noticed by the

 

rock dogs; the dogs became confused and looked around as if

 

they were chasing their own tails.

 

"Go, go!" said Mr. Carrot-Top quietly.

 

Peter and his friends softly crept toward a hole in

 

the rocks. Suddenly all of them seemed to disappear into

 

thin air, but they were hiding in the cracks of a rock.

 

They could hear the sound of Bella chastising her pet rocks

 

for losing Sam Carrot-Top and the children. The rock dogs

 

whimpered and begged for forgiveness, but Bella had had

 

enough. She struck the dogs with lightning, turning them

 

into nothing more than dust.

 

Mr. Carrot-Top made the children remain quiet as they

 

watched Bella pace back and forth by the opening of the

 

rock. Bella was not pleased; what would she tell her master

 

Cilus? Bella flew up onto her bat and took off. The children started to leave, but were held back by

 

Mr. Carrot-Top; he told them that it was a trick to get

 

them to come out into the opening. He knew what type of

 

woman Bella had become, and he did not trust her one bit.

 

Mr. Carrot-Top and the children stayed crouched in the

 

opening for hours. Finally Bella got tired of trying to see

 

if Mr. Carrot-Top and the others would appear. She flew

 

back to the temple with an empty hand to show Cilus.

 

Mr. Carrot-Top rushed the children out of the hole and

 

headed toward home. It was a long way, and Peter told his

 

father that they had a ship, but they had to hurry if they

 

wanted to use it. Peter told his father that the ship was a

 

spell that only lasted three days. After that, it would

 

turn back into a trash can.

 

Mr. Carrot-Top ordered the children to hurry; maybe

 

they could find another way out of the forest and back to

 

the mainland. As they were leaving, Sam Carrot-Top took one

 

last peek, and noticed that Bella and the seven wizards

 

were finished forming their army. He also noticed that some

 

of his men were left behind. Many were so brainwashed that

 

they truly believed Bella and the other wizards were their

 

friends and on their side.

 

Sam hated to leave the men that he’d fought side by

 

side with. He wanted them to be free, but the only way to do that was to free Baja. Mr. Carrot-Top congratulated all

 

the children on using their powers for good and not evil,

 

and to always remember to be each other's support. Peter

 

and his friends became closer after Mr. Carrot-Top gave

 

them those words of advice. It was no time for special

 

moments; blasts of fire balls came flying through the air

 

as they were being attacked.

 

"Run, children!" shouted Mr. Carrot-Top.

 

The children hid behind Mr. Carrot-Top because there

 

was nowhere else to go.

 

"We know this forest by heart, we will always find

 

you," said Mirus.

 

"Mr. Stewart?" shouted Peter.