Shadowing Practice: Pursued by Evil | Red Magic Chapter 9-10 | Animated Fantasy Story for Kids | Little Fox - Learn English Speaking with YouTube

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Little Pops Who are you?
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Gliss's mother screamed at Morb.
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How did you get past our shield?
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It's him!
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Zan shouted.
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The man we were telling you about!
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Morb ignored him.
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Freeze!
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He intoned, pointing at Gliss's parents.
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Instantly her parents froze in place.
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Her mother's eyes were wide and frightened.
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Her father's mouth was open in the middle of a shout.
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Mom!
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Dad!
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Gliss shrieked.
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Morb made a beckoning motion.
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A second later, two large, hideous trolls appeared.
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Take them to the dungeon!
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Morb ordered the trolls.
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Another quick flash and the trolls disappeared, along with Gliss's parents.
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No!
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Gliss screamed.
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We have to get out of here!
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Zan shouted.
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He rubbed his hands together.
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Perda was already doing the same,
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but not Gliss, she just stood there.
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She's in shock, Zan said.
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Even if we get away...
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There was no time to say more,
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Morb had turned toward them.
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He glanced at Perda with disinterest,
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but when he saw Gliss, he smirked.
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Another red, he said, raising his hand.
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No!
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Darb cried.
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He reached into his pocket and flung a handful of panic bugs into Morb's face.
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Morb exclaimed as the little insects panicked, releasing a foul-smelling odor.
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Get away from me, you repulsive creatures!
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It only took Morb a few seconds to blast the bugs to smithereens,
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but that was enough time.
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Get her!
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Zan shouted at Perda.
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Perda grabbed Bliss.
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Zap!
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They both disappeared.
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Zan dived for Darb.
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His hand closed on his friend's arm just as Morb spun toward them.
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The man's eyes narrowed.
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Don't you dare!
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He exclaimed.
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This time you're not getting away from...
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Zap!
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Splash!
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Drat!
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Zan cried.
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How come I always land in the swamp?
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Forget that!
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Darb said breathlessly.
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At least you got us out of there.
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Zan nodded.
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Good thinking using those panic bugs.
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You probably saved us all.
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Thanks.
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Darb looked sad.
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Sad.
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I wish he hadn't blasted them, though.
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Xan wasn't going to waste time mourning a bunch of smelly insects.
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We'd better find the girls.
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He waved a hand to summon a spy fly.
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Suddenly, Morb materialized in front of them.
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Stop right there!
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He exclaimed.
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What?
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Xan cried, startled.
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How did you...
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He didn't bother to finish.
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Grabbing Darb, he zapped them away again.
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This time, he aimed for the cave where Zing was waiting.
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Phew, he said when they landed.
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That was close.
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How in the world did he...
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Again, Morb appeared.
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Give up, Red.
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You can't escape.
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Xan instantly grabbed both Darb and Zing.
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This time, he didn't have time to think of a destination.
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Ouch!
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Darb exclaimed as they landed on a craggy boulder.
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How's Morb doing this?
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Xan cried.
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He can't follow us through a zap unless we leave him a trail.
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Darb didn't answer.
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He just grabbed Xan as Morb appeared again.
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Morb cackled.
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I told you, it's no use trying to escape.
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My magic is far superior to...
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Zap!
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Darb yanked on Zan's arm as they landed near a stream where they'd often fished for moon minnows.
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Come with me!
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He urged.
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What?
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Zan was rubbing his hands, preparing to zap again.
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He hoped his magical energy held out until he could figure out what to do.
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Come on!
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Darb took off running, with Zing flying behind him.
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Darb, wait!
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Zan chased after them.
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You'll never escape that guy without magic!
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Darb didn't answer.
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He dove into a thick clump of bushes.
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Zan followed.
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What are you doing?
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Hush!
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Darb crawled forward, peering out from among the dense branches.
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Morb soon appeared in the spot where the boys had landed.
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This game is becoming tiresome.
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He glanced around.
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You might as well give up.
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Trust me, you do not want to anger me further.
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Quick, let's zap away again before he...
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Xan hissed.
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No. Darb cut him off.
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Don't you get it?
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He's tracking your magic somehow. Could Darb be right?
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Xan had never heard of someone tracking people through their magic.
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Then he remembered.
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I think we studied that last year, he said.
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But that kind of magic has been banned since the old times.
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Flash freezes are illegal too, Darb reminded him.
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And Morb has been using them.
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So what can we do?
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Zan felt helpless.
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If Morb could find him every time he used magic,
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there was no escape.
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Let's get to the hollow, Darb said.
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His magic can't find us there.
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It'll give us time to think.
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Zan gulped.
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The Hollow, he would feel even more helpless there.
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But Darb was right.
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They had to get away from Morb long enough to figure out what was going on.
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Okay.
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Zan sneaked another peek at Morb.
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But first I've got to use magic once more to let Perda know what's happening.
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Darb looked worried.
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Morb will know where you are as soon as you summon the moth.
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You won't have time to inscribe the message.
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Zan bit his lip.
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Good point.
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Darb smiled.
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Then again, I just happen to know that message moths like to rest in shady underbrush.
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So, if we can find one without using magic...
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He carefully crawled around, peering under leaves.
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Seconds later, he cupped his hands around a fluttering insect.
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Awesome!
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Zan whispered.
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Grabbing the moth, he quickly inscribed his message onto its wings.
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Don't use any magic.
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Meet at the hollow.
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Darb was peering out.
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He's getting closer, he whispered.
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Better do it now.
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Purda, Zan told the moth.
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He rubbed his fingers together and released the creature.
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Aha!
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Morb howled triumphantly from very close by.
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Stop!
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Xan yelled, focusing on the spot right outside the hollow.
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Where do you think they took my parents?
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Gliss asked tearfully.
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I don't know.
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Xan tried to answer patiently,
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even though Gliss had asked the same question about 50 times already.
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It'll be okay.
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Perda put an arm around Gliss's shoulders.
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We'll figure out how to save them.
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And Boz and all the others too.
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An hour had passed since Zan had zapped himself,
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Darb and Zing to within a few paces of the hollow.
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Zing had whimpered as soon as he'd realized where they were.
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But Darb had coaxed the nervous dragon into following him and Zan into the hollow.
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They'd peered out as Morb appeared.
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He'd looked around in confusion,
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muttered a few angry words and then zapped himself away again.
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Darb's plan had worked.
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Being in the Hollow had blocked whatever spell Morb was using to track Xan.
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A few minutes later, Perda and Gliss had arrived on foot.
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Now it was getting dark,
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and they were all still in the Hollow.
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The Hollow was a low,
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grassy spot, protected by a thick tangle of thorny vines.
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The only entrance lay between the gnarled trunks of two ancient mood trees,
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and nobody who didn't know it was there would ever notice it.
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Not even Morb, whoever he might really be.
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We need to figure out how a void got such strong magic, Zan said.
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Enough to perform flash freezes and whatever tracking spell he was using to follow me.
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Gliss looked confused.
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How would a void get any magic at all? she asked.
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It's impossible, isn't it?
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Not totally, Zan said.
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I knew a void when I lived in First City.
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His mom was a red,
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and she infused a pair of gloves with a little bit of magic he could use each day.
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Just enough to conjure up lunch and stuff like that.
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Xan was surprised that Gliss didn't know about that sort of thing.
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Then again, she'd lived in Swamp Bottom all her life.
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There were only a few voids in town,
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and most seemed content to rely on others for what little magic they needed to get by.
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It was different in the larger towns and cities,
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where people weren't as neighborly.
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But that's not the kind of magic we're talking about, Perda said.
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No magic-infused glove could do a flash freeze.
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The magic would be too weak.
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You couldn't even use it to zap yourself six inches away.
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I know.
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Xan was thinking hard.
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The directory said Morb worked in the research lab at the university, remember?
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Maybe he learned about some stronger kind of infusion.
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Researchers are always working on new forms of magic there.
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Perda looked skeptical.
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If researchers were working on something that big,
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we would have heard about it, she said.
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Every Void and Magicka would be lining up to try it.
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Right, Darb?
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Darb shrugged and kept petting Zing,
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who lay beside him looking anxious and miserable.
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I wonder how Morb got those trolls to work with him, Darb said.
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Perda shuddered.
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Oh, those trolls were scary.
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I never saw a real one before.
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Only pictures and books.
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Bliss wasn't paying much attention to the others.
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I can't believe my parents are gone, she moaned.
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We need to find them.
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I know, Zan said.
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I'm worried about my grandfather, too.
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But Morb got a good look at all of us.
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Who knows what he'd do if he saw us again?
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We already know what he'd do to you two.
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Perda glanced at Zan and Gliss.
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He'd summon his trolls to carry you off.
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Darb stepped toward the entrance and looked out.
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Maybe I should sneak back to town, he suggested.
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I could let our families know what happened and see what I can find out.
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No way, Zan said.
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It's too risky.
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Perda nodded.
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If we hide out here for a while,
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the grown-ups will take care of everything, right?
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Nobody said anything for a long moment.
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Xan felt sick and scared.
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He'd always longed for adventure and excitement.
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Now he'd found it.
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But somehow it wasn't nearly as much fun as he'd imagined it would be.
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Darb was still staring out into the night.
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Look!
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He said suddenly.
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Here comes a message, Moth.
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We'd better see who it's for.
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Xan's heart thumped.
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Are you sure that's a good idea?
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What if Morb can track us through it?
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I doubt it.
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Perta said.
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Otherwise, he would have found me in Gliss when you sent us that message earlier.
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Right.
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It seemed like his tracking spell worked by locating the person who was creating the magic.
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Darb said in his logical way.
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It probably doesn't track the moth itself,
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or the person that it's going to.
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I hope you're right.
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Xan stepped outside with the others.
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The moth immediately fluttered over to him.
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He gently held the creature in his hands,
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peering at it in the moonlight.
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It's from Boz, he said when he saw the name etched on one wing.
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The message on the other wing was inscribed in Boz's sloppy handwriting,
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not the neater letters that appeared when he wrote mentally.
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It read, Morb No Good.
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Find my old diary and show it to Pallas.
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That means he's alive, Perda cried.
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The Reds who disappeared are alive.
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Bliss looked relieved.
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We have to find them and save them.
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Xan knew she was right,
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but it wasn't going to be easy.
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To find Boz's diary, they'd have to leave the safety of the Hollow and return to where Xan's house had been.
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Then they would need to figure out how to get to the palace in First City.
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And they'd have to do it all without any magic.

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