Once In a Blue Moon
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“You’re weird,” said Lily Peck.
Raven and Van Fleet opened their dimensional door, and Roland the Headless Axeman and Lily Peck led the Academy force back to the Millennium Oak, in the Dutchy of Lancre. The door closed behind them, and they were gone.
• • •
Some time later, when everyone else had gone into the Forest Castle, Hawk and Fisher and Chappie the dog were left alone in the clearing. Even the dragon had flown away in search of his future. It was very quiet, with a cold wind blowing and the first light of the rising sun leaving ragged crimson streaks on the night sky.
“All right,” said Fisher, “I’ll bite. How are we going to get to Reverie without the sorcerers’ help? Make a wish?”
Hawk grinned, and drew the Rainbow Sword. “I always knew I’d use this again.”
He turned the sword over and thrust its point deep into the hard earth of the clearing. He called out silently, asking for one last miracle. Not for himself, but for all those he meant to protect from the Demon Prince and all his kind. There was a long pause, and then Chappie’s head came up suddenly.
“Can you feel that? We’re not alone in the night anymore. Something’s coming . . .”
Hawk and Fisher didn’t say anything. They could feel it too. Something ancient, primeval, vast, and powerful was heading their way from out of the dark. They looked up and the Rainbow came crashing down before them like a massive waterfall of all the colours in the world. Brilliant and beautiful, the Rainbow thundered down in colours so bright, so perfect, they were almost unbearable.
Rainbow’s End.
As they stood there, dazzled and awed, they heard the sound of approaching footsteps. Strangely familiar footsteps. And out of the Rainbow there came a unicorn. Blindingly white, with a proud head and a tossing mane, and a single curlicue horn jutting from his forehead. The unicorn came forward to stand before Hawk.
“You didn’t think I’d let you go without me, did you, Rupert?”
“Breeze!” said Hawk. “I never thought I’d see you again! They told me you were dead!”
“Legends can’t die,” said the unicorn. “Now, pick up your sword and follow me, Hawk and Fisher, and Chappie the dog. We have legendary work to do.”
They all walked forward into the Rainbow, and it carried them away. The light snapped off, and the night returned. They were gone, all of them—into legend, where they belonged.
One last time.
Table of Contents
Praise
Don’t Miss the Adventures of HAWK & FISHER
Also by SIMON R. GREEN
Title page
Copyright page
INTRODUCTION
ONE
TWO
THREE
FOUR
FIVE
SIX
SEVEN
EIGHT
NINE
TEN
ELEVEN