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one of them was Cloud. He would get in trouble for sure this time.
“Good luck! Wish I could come with you.” Cloud thumped her shoulder in encouragement.
Storm nodded and swung herself over the side, barely noticing the longing in her friend’s face. She clambered down the ladder and dropped into the plunging boat. The mist closed around her as she took the oars and rowed deeper into the fog. Once clear of the ship, she shipped the oars and let the Dolphin take the boat where it would. This was hardest of all – allowing the Elementals complete control.
She could see nothing but thick, grey-white mist. It was cold and damp, soaking through her clothes and into her hair. Water began to drip off the end of her nose. Storm sat, heart thudding, fingers clenched around the oar shafts, listening to the slap of the waves against the hull. The boat moved steadily through the water, as if pulled by a rope. She closed her eyes and waited.
Her boat slid to a stop and magically floated in one spot as wave after wave passed beneath it. Storm’s heart pounded harder; she readied herself. The Albatross’s wind whistled towards them from the direction she
knew instinctively was north. It blew away the mist.
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