walls emitting a brilliant blue glow as they danced A great rumble rose from the grendell as he stood even taller His head grazed the ceiling and he gave a giant roar The herd stomped one final time and then all was quiet With a mighty whoop the grendell shook himself loose of an invisible force and grinned down at them He’d been fully released from the spell Uncle Mitch sighed with relief as Sam and Tuck hugged Barloc Sam gasped Barloc’s horn was nearly gone She held the unicorn close trying not to cry 2
Her uncle studied Barloc and all the other sickly unicorns Releasing the grendell from the spell took most of their energy and power And we still have to send him back home Tuck pointed out But how do we even find this portal of light to send the grendell back through Sam asked Barloc answered Your ancestor Edward Oakes created this portal The doorway was left open and hidden in this cave for hundreds of years before Sylvie discovered it Uncle Mitch rubbed his tired face After the grendell came through and Sylvie disappeared I demanded the unicorns use their 4
magic to shut the portal down I feared other dangers would come to the island If they shut it down then can they open it back up Tuck asked Yes Uncle Mitch said softly But it will cost them Sam looked at the herd They looked back at her with sad tired eyes It will probably take everything they have left to open the portal Barloc nudged Uncle Mitch and shook his mane with a whinny This is very likely Uncle Mitch ran a hand through his hair leaving it standing on end It’s not up to me to take away their magic he said He tapped a knuckle 5
