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toad dwarf said to jason , the king will rise .

she placed her notes in the middle so we could read it .

what does this all mean ?

i asked her .

she was silent , i guess the person theyre talking about is kojas , but we dont know who he is , or if hes important .

well , im thinking hes important because these weird dwarfs keep talking about him .

maybe hes their idol or something .

i said .

well , seth stated , maybe we should ask the dwarfs where he is .

thatll be hard .

emily pointed out .

they hardly tell us anything as it is .

you try squeezing out information from one of these pests .

i did .

whatever guys , were getting nowhere .

hey emily you want to sleep over tonight ?

i asked .

emily frowned , its my turn , jazell , and youre coming over my house .

honestly , em , just come over no , she said and crossed her arms stubbornly .

i sighed and ran a hand through my hair , knowing it was useless to argue with her when her mind was made up .

fine , ill call my parents .

but next time youre coming to my house .

she nodded , her curls bobbing .

fair enough .

okay then , see you two later .

jason turned around with seth on his heels .

wait a minute you two .

its only , i popped open my phone , 3pm .

we still have the rest of the day .

i shoved the phone back in my pocket .

hey , dont take this personally , but we want to hang out alone .

sobye !

jason said and jumped on his bike .

seth unchained his bike and rode off with him .

i realized then that seth had barely said anything the whole time , but he was already out of sight .

id have to question him later .

i sighed , well , at least we can hang out early .

well , while you were arguing with the boys i called home and they said you could come over now .

emily flashed me one of her million-watt smiles .

great !

i piped .

ill call home quickly to check with my parents .

i called home and my parents said i could go , which wasnt much of a surprise .

ive been to plenty of sleepovers at emilys , so my parents didnt mind .

plus , our parents were close and emilys family was practically an extension of our own .

we rode over to her house and parked our bikes in the garage .

we knocked on the door and a woman answered .

emilys mom was short , small and bony .

her light brown hair was almost blonde without any gray in it .

the woman definitely did not look her age at all , and she was still as beautiful as i imagined she was in her youth .

she smiled warmly at us , her smile a reflection of emilys .

hello girls , come in .

emily , dear , can you put your laundry away ?

after you do that , you can hang out in your room .

emily nodded and disappeared inside .

her mom moved aside so i could walk in .

i unlaced my sneakers and walked up the stairs , looking at the flower paintings hung along the wall that her mom had painted in her spare time .

i pushed open emilys bedroom door to see her stuffing her clothes in the drawer and flopping onto the bed .

she pulled out my bag and threw it to me so i could set up my sleeping bag on her rug .

her mom called us downstairs , hopefully for food .

she held a box of pizza .

you two can eat upstairs or down here .

she already knew our answer and handed us paper plates .

i took three slices of pizza and ran upstairs .

emily and i sat on the floor , eating pizza and doodling nonsense in her notebook .

the time ticked by to one oclock in the morning .

we sat side by side on her bed near the window , and i played with the fridge on the edge of one of her pillows .

i looked down at emilys pajamas , which were covered in sun-tanning penguins .

typical emily .

nice pjs emily .

i chuckled .

she stuck her tongue out , what do you have against sun-tanning penguins ?

nothing !

i smiled to myself .

i shouldnt be talking ; i was wearing pajamas covered in little pigs .

emily leaned back to turn off her desk light .

it clicked off and i gazed outside one more time before turning around to go to bed .

night emily .

i yawned .

emily didnt reply because her face was pushed up against the window .

her body was ridged and she didnt move .

i crawled over to the window .

what is it , em ?

i whispered , a nervous feeling creeping into my stomach .

she backed away from the window so i could see .

i saw nothing at first but then i spotted movement .

the recognizable lines of toad dwarfs marched around the trees , and i could tell they were up to no good again .

they were really starting to get on my nerves .

looks like i wasnt sleeping after all .

chapter 3 sneaking out after hours isnt easy , especially at emilys house .

her parents arent sound sleepers .

if we werent really careful , theyd wake up and then wed have some answering to do .

and i dont think theyd understand our reason .

i followed emily down the stairs , in our pajamas , to the door .

we were careful not to make a sound but i listened closely to the sound of her dad snoring .

when the snore rang clearly through the house , i breathed a sigh of relief .

we threw on our sneakers and snuck out the door .

the summer night air was cool but a little sticky and clammy , making our bodies feel damp .

i followed emily down to the back of the garage , where we sat down and entered the monsters world .

i pushed my green hair back and hid behind a tree beside emily to watch the dwarfs .