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mention the fairy incident!’ she hissed.

‘Can’t we learn about something else?’ said Tangine sharply, straightening up in his chair.

It must be hard for him after what happened to his mother, thought Amelia.

Amelia and her friends loved reading stories about the Creatures of the Light: the gruesome glittery unicorns (Nocturnians were TERRIFIED of glitter), the evil sparkly fairies and the cute and fluffy angel-kittens of terror. It was the stuff of daymares. Everyone knew that while Nocturnians were sleeping and the sun was out, terrifying creatures from the nearby Kingdom of the Light lurked around the Petrified Forest. Nocturnians didn’t dare step outside again until nightfall, if they could help it.

‘Florence,’ trilled Miss Inspine, ‘did you do any research on the subject?’