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“Right. Basically…it’s magic drugs. We would have been better off just taking drugs to be fair. It’s supposed to give you wild dreams, but…if it spills over into this world, it’s mayhem.” She stared at the unicorn and the monkey on the unicycle. “Judging by this room, it spilled over.”

“Dream Dust,” Paige repeated. “Someone drugged us?”

“Definitely. Oh, I haven’t felt this bad since college.”

“How can we feel better? We have the Test of Selflessness at ten. I can’t go there feeling like this.”

“I don’t know. Maybe some water. Maybe…death.”

“Death?” Paige asked, her head splitting. “You’re right. Death would be preferable. Where is Dewey?”

“Dewey?” Drucinda asked. “Oh, right, the dragon. Dewey? Here boy. Where are you, little fella?”

Paige rose on wobbly knees. “He’s got to be around here somewhere. I wonder if he feels as bad as we do. He’s so little, if someone dosed us, he could be in real trouble.”

“Dewey!” Drucinda called in a weak voice as she remained on the couch. “Come on out.”

Paige wandered around the room, checking under party decorations and pillows. “He’s not here. That little jerk probably went back to his room and had a good night’s sleep.”

She stumbled to the door and tugged it open before she spilled into the hall. Running her fingers along the wall to balance, she threaded her way through the halls toward Dewey’s room. She found it empty.

Another moan escaped her as she shuffled her way to her own room, finding it empty, too.

As she rounded the corner in search of someone who may have spotted the tiny dragon, she bumped into Devon.

“Hey, Paige, how was the party?”

“Please don’t talk so loud. Someone drugged us.”

His features crinkled with concern. “What?”

“Someone gave us some magical drug. I don’t know. I feel awful. Have you seen Dewey?”

“No. I was just down in the dining hall, he’s not there.”

Paige slouched against the wall. “Oh. Where is he? I can’t find him.”

Drucinda stumbled around the corner toward them.

“Whoa, Dru,” Devon said, reaching out to steady her. “You okay?”

“No, I am definitely not okay. And neither is Dewey. He’s nowhere. He’s gone. He’s missing.”

Paige’s eyes went wide as her temples throbbed. What had happened last night? And where was her little dragon friend?

CHAPTER 18

“Wh-what?” Paige stammered. “Missing? How do you know?”

Drucinda tugged her phone from her pocket. “I found this on my phone.”

She flashed the screen to face them. A picture of a terrified Dewey shown from the screen. In his paws, he clutched a hastily written note that read HELP!

“OMG!” Paige shouted, wincing at the volume of her own voice. “Where was that taken?”

“No idea.”

“Are there any other pictures on your phone?”

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