The dark dragon may be defeated, but now the greater challenge awaits: Reena has to go home and tell her father what she now knows.
“Reena, you’re a superhero!” Mica squealed.
“Yes, Mica, apparently I am.” Reena gathered Bast from around her neck and cradled his limp body in her arms.
Mica bounced beside her. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, that was just so cool! The evil black dragon was all like RAWR-rahr-RAWR and you were all shiny and pink and sparkly like Take-That-Foul-Beast! Wham!” Mica reenacted the moments of the airborne battle as best she could without wings or a tail. “That has to be the coolest thing I’ve ever seen in my life!”
Reena sighed.
“Why aren’t you excited?” Mica grabbed her arm. “Reena, we went to space! You’re an alien princess with a dragon sidekick!”
Reena glanced at her and couldn’t stop a smile. “It is pretty cool, isn’t it?”
