THE BLOOD FUNGUS
(Continuation for the story ‘The Heroes of Neverland’)

By- Navya Kadiyala
Hi! I study in 5C and I love Manthan.

It was a cold winter morning for Neverland. All the trees had shed their leaves- all except for Pixie Hollow. Xi-shu, Julia and our youngest character-Sylvia, who had changed her name as she didn’t approve of her previous name , were sitting under the Pixie Hollow, reading books.

Every fairy was minding their own business until ZOOM! A dark figure flew overhead and threw Kard powder, a dry poison made from the roots of the Kard plant found at Pixie Hollow.

The figure turned towards Sylvia, cackling. His face was covered in several demonic markings and his teeth were as sharp as daggers. He was a dark fairy. They lived in the Darklands, which was to the south of Neverland. This was the first dark fairy sighting in 102 years! Within seconds, the dark fairy flew away, never to

be seen again.

“A dark fairy…” said a frightened Sylvia.
“He threw some Kard pois-”whispered Julia.
Xi-shu interrupted her. “ Everybody look! Pixie Hollow is decaying!”
There was a sudden gasp. A blood-coloured fungus was causing Pixie Hollow to decay.
The seven sisters arrived at the scene, looking shocked.

“ It’s the Blood fungus and it’s destroying the Pixie Hollow!” cried Magnolia.

Sylvia looked worried. “I know about the blood fungus. We have exactly
three hours before it destroys Pixie Hollow. In order to kill the fungus, we need snow, a feather, a rainbow and pixie dust,” she said.

Julia had an idea.
“How about this, I get the snow and rainbow. Sylvia gets the pixie dust and Xi-shu gets the feather!”

Sylvia and Xi-shu nodded their heads in agreement and ran in different directions and so did Julia. When Xi-shu reached autumn quarter of Neverland, all the animals were in hibernation, all except for an owl. She threw a stone at the owl and knocked it out cold. Xi-shu then plucked out a tail feather and ran back. Julia, Sylvia and Xi-shu met again at Pixie hollow and there were only five minutes left on the clock. Sylvia came back with a jar and ordered her friends.

“Quick! Throw everything in here now!”

Sylvia, Julia and Xi-shu threw everything into the jar. Sylvia then closed the jar and began shaking it at an amazing speed. She then poured it onto the roots of Pixie hollow.

Pixie Hollow was saved!