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My eyebrow shot up. “Fire elementals in the middle of a pine forest? That sounds more like hell on earth.”
The elemental laughed and shook its head. “Of course not, silly! Mr. Wolf fixed it up so we couldn’t hurt a branch. Let me show you.” The elemental flew over to one of the pine trees on the outskirts of the meadow and tapped a needle. A flame popped up where the pixie’s nail had touched, but blue light burst out of the plant and covered the fire. It was extinguished in an instant and a little puff of air fluttered up before vanishing. The elemental turned to us and grinned. “See?”
“I want a closer look,” I returned as I scurried over with Chris close at my heels. The elemental fluttered back to give us a good view of the needle. A little icicle clung to the underside
