Back Return to Roar
Chapters (62)
  1. Title Page
  2. Dedication
  3. Map
  4. Chapter 1
  5. Chapter 2
  6. Chapter 3
  7. Chapter 4
  8. Chapter 5
  9. Chapter 6
  10. Chapter 7
  11. Chapter 8
  12. Chapter 9
  13. Chapter 10
  14. Chapter 11
  15. Chapter 12
  16. Chapter 13
  17. Chapter 14
  18. Chapter 15
  19. Chapter 16
  20. Chapter 17
  21. Chapter 18
  22. Chapter 19
  23. Chapter 20
  24. Chapter 21
  25. Chapter 22
  26. Chapter 23
  27. Chapter 24
  28. Chapter 25
  29. Chapter 26
  30. Chapter 27
  31. Chapter 28
  32. Chapter 29
  33. Chapter 30
  34. Chapter 31
  35. Chapter 32
  36. Chapter 33
  37. Chapter 34
  38. Chapter 35
  39. Chapter 36
  40. Chapter 37
  41. Chapter 38
  42. Chapter 39
  43. Chapter 40
  44. Chapter 41
  45. Chapter 42
  46. Chapter 43
  47. Chapter 44
  48. Chapter 45
  49. Chapter 46
  50. Chapter 47
  51. Chapter 48
  52. Chapter 49
  53. Chapter 50
  54. Chapter 51
  55. Chapter 52
  56. Chapter 53
  57. Chapter 54
  58. Chapter 55
  59. Chapter 56
  60. About the Author and Illustrator
  61. Books by Jenny McLachlan
  62. About the Publisher

Win stares after Crowky. “We need to do something, Arthur. Go after him!”

“There’s nothing we can do,” I say. The ice floe we’re standing on has shifted and we’re drifting out to sea.

“There’s something I can do,” says Win, eyes blazing. “Magic!” And with that he wriggles out of his onesie and holds it high above his head. Now he’s standing on the ice, in his underpants once again. He takes out his wand.

“Win,” I say. “What are you doing?”

“Only my new best spell ever,” he says, then he points his wand at Crowky and yells, “BOGGLE HISS!”

There’s a bang, a flash of black stars, and suddenly Win’s onesie has vanished from his hand and instead he’s clutching Grandad’s “NO PROB-LLAMA!” T-shirt.

Across the ice we see Crowky stop and spin around. He’s wearing Win’s fur onesie. He pulls it open and stares at his chest. That’s when he realizes the T-shirt has gone.

“The swapping hex,” I say. “Win, you’re brilliant!”

Win laughs with glee, yelling, “Bad luck, Crowky!” Then he waves the T-shirt over his head and, still in his pants, he starts doing a triumphant dance. “Who’s stupid now? You are because you’re wearing a too-tight furry onesie!”

It is too tight. Crowky can barely stand up in it. Clumsily, he struggles out of it.

Meanwhile Win has put on the “NO PROB-LLAMA!” T-shirt and is moonwalking backward across the ice. He points with both fingers at the T-shirt. “Look what I’ve got!” he shouts. “Oooooh yeeeaaaah!”

Crowky starts running back toward us. His wings burst open and he leaps from floe to floe with impossible speed. Win stops dancing. “He can’t reach us, can he?” he says.

Our chunk of ice is still floating out to sea, but Crowky is moving fast.

“I think maybe he can,” I say, just as Crowky makes the final jump. His wings flap and strain, his legs windmill through the air, then he lands in front of us with a crash.

He stays in a crouch. His head is down and his shoulders shake as he tries to get his breathing under control. Then, slowly, he looks up at us. “This is where it ends,” he says, and he leaps forward and rips the T-shirt from Win’s body.

This sends Win toppling backward. His arms reach for me, but Crowky has already grabbed hold of my shoulder. A chill sweeps from his twig fingers and into my body, locking my limbs. All I can do is watch as Win teeters on the edge of the ice before splashing into the sea.