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    Suddenly, all of Elly’s doubts vanished, and she felt determined again.
    I HAVE to help Jess! she told herself. It’s my duty as a fairy. And I’ll find a way out of Rainbowville. I know I will!
    But how exactly was she going to do it?
    Saphie will help me, thought Elly. But sneaking out of Rainbowville would be very risky. There was no way Elly wanted to get Saphie into trouble. If she can just help me sneak out, I can do the rest, Elly decided.
    Elly put her wand into Cloud Writer mode. Then, when Madame’s back was turned, she scribbled a message to Saphie, under the desk and well away from Cruddleperry eyes.
    Can we talk at recess? Somewhere private.
    Saphie smiled and nodded. Of course! she cloud-wrote back. Let’s go to the library.

Chapter Eight
    T he moment the recess bell went, Elly and Saphie raced for the door.
    â€˜Going to play with all your friends in the library again, are you?’ sneered Gabi.
    Saphie shrugged. ‘Books are way more fun to hang out with than you Cruddleperrys,’ she said. ‘And they smell better, too.’
    â€˜You know, Gabi,’ said Nadia, pulling out her wand. ‘I’ve heard that humans often wish they could turn into animals.’
    â€˜Really?’ replied Gabi, grinning nastily. ‘Well, you should probably practise that spell, Nadia.’
    â€˜I think that’s a bad idea,’ said Saphie calmly. ‘It’s against Academy rules.’
    â€˜Oh, really? ’ laughed Nadia. ‘Well, we think it’s a great idea.’
    Then she and Gabi pointed their wands at Elly and Saphie. There was a flash of light and a shower of purple stars!
    Elly squeezed her eyes tightly shut. What have they turned us into? she wondered. Probably something slimy. Then Elly heard a scream. It sounded a bit like Gabi, but something wasn’t quite right about it.
    Elly opened her eyes, and gasped. Standing where the Cruddleperrys had been were two scaly green lizards!
    â€˜What have you done to us?’ shrieked one of the lizards, who looked a bit like Nadia.
    â€˜You did it to yourselves,’ retorted Saphie. ‘I did warn you.’
    â€˜But we can’t stay like this,’ cried the other lizard, who looked a bit like Gabi. ‘You have to change us back!’
    â€˜I can’t,’ replied Saphie. ‘It’s very hard to reverse a spell you’ve done on yourself. You’ll have to go to the school nurse.’
    â€˜But we’ll get in huge trouble if we do that!’ wailed Gabi.
    â€˜Rule number 40,’ called the Ruler from inside Elly’s backpack. ‘No unsupervised spells by unlicensed fairies!'
    â€˜You have to help us!’ insisted the lizards, waving their tails about.
    â€˜Rule number 41,’ said the Ruler instantly. ‘No helping fairies who have broken rule number 40.’ Then the Ruler gave a funny little cough, like it was trying not to laugh.
    â€˜Sorry,’ said Elly. ‘We’d love to help, but you heard the Rule-Ruler. Besides, we’ve got to hang out with our friends in the library.’ Then she grabbed Saphie’s arm and they glided off down the corridor.
    Once they were safely around the corner, both fairies stopped and laughed until their faces ached.
    â€˜How did you do that?’ giggled Elly.
    â€˜Well,’ grinned Saphie, ‘while you cleverly distracted everyone by falling out of the broom closet, I sneaked over and put their wands in reverse. So any spells they tried to put on us would backfire onto them! I think they make much nicer lizards than fairies.’
    â€˜ Definitely! ’ laughed Elly, as she and Saphie headed off to the library.
    The library was vast and echoey, with high walls completely covered in bookshelves. Even the window ledges were stacked so high with piles of books that it was almost impossible to see outside.
    â€˜No-one but me reads these books any-more. The others all look