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- Herausgeber: Nosy Crow
- Kategorie: Für Kinder und Jugendliche
- Serie: Unicorn Academy
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2019
When your best friend is a unicorn, magical adventures are guaranteed! Imagine a school where you meet your own unicorn and have amazing adventures together! That's what happens for the girls at Unicorn Academy on beautiful Unicorn Island. Rosa is over the moon to be starting school at Unicorn Academy. She can't wait to go on a big adventure with her amazing unicorn, Crystal. When the magical map stops working, Rosa is sure a secret trip to the glittering cavern holds the answer. But to find out, she and Crystal must learn how to work as a team - fast! With a glittery cover and beautifully illustrated throughout by Lucy Truman, Unicorn Academy is the perfect series for 7+ readers who love magic and adventure. Check out the other titles in this series: Sophia and Rainbow, Scarlett and Blaze, Isabel and Cloud and many more!
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A dark curtain of silky hair blew over Rosa’s face then her tummy swooshed as the snow twister swept her from her feet and twirled her high into the air. “We’re off to the Glittering Cavern!” she cried.
To Fiona and Kirsty, who make the magic happen.
CHAPTER ONE
“Good work, Rosa. Crystal is the cleanest unicorn I’ve seen today and those silver ribbons look very pretty in her blue and purple mane and tail – a very good choice!”
“Thank you, Ms Rosemary.” Rosa blushed, her heart swelling with pride. She’d been at Unicorn Academy for a month now and she had been worrying recently that she’d done something to upset Ms Rosemary, the Care of Unicorns teacher. Rosa loved being the best at things and, even though she always put her hand up first to answer questions or volunteer for jobs, for some reason Ms Rosemary had stopped picking her and kept asking the others instead. Rosa couldn’t understand it.
“Well done,” Crystal whispered, her warm breath tickling Rosa’s face.
“Thanks!” Rosa stroked Crystal’s sleek white neck, patterned with swirls of shimmery pink. Crystal was extremely pretty and Rosa had been thrilled when Ms Nettles, the head teacher, had paired them together on their first day at the academy. Crystal was always happy to go along with whatever Rosa wanted to do and they’d made friends immediately.
Ms Rosemary continued to inspect the other unicorns. The class was made up of the five girls from Diamond dorm – Rosa’s dorm – as well as the students from Topaz and Ruby dorms.
“Whisper’s mane is plaited perfectly, Ariana,” Ms Rosemary said approvingly to the girl next to Rosa. Serious Ariana, who was always neat and tidy and whose clothes were spotlessly clean, looked very pleased.
“But, Matilda … oh dear!” Ms Rosemary shook her head as she inspected Pearl, Matilda’s unicorn. The plaits in Pearl’s mane were all different sizes, some of them were coming undone already and the tangle of different coloured ribbons in Pearl’s tail looked as if they had been tied on at the very last minute. “What’s happened here?” said Ms Rosemary, holding up Pearl’s tail.
A few of the students giggled. Rosa cringed. She couldn’t imagine anything worse than a teacher pointing out her mistakes in front of the whole class. Poor Matilda! But Matilda didn’t look upset.
“Sorry, Miss,” said Matilda, pulling a small sketchbook out from her pocket. “But I was just about to do Pearl’s tail when I saw a robin land on the ribbon box. He was trying to pull out some ribbon and he looked so cute I just had to draw him. Look.” She held out the picture. She had perfectly captured the little robin’s cheeky expression.
Ms Rosemary seemed to soften slightly. “It’s an excellent drawing but, Matilda, you are here at the academy to learn how to care for your unicorn and not to draw robins. You must try harder or you won’t graduate at the end of the year. Do you understand?”
“Yes, Miss.” Matilda pushed her tangle of red hair off her face and sighed. “It’s just sometimes my fingers feel like they simply have to draw, but I’ll try and stop them.”
Ms Rosemary smiled and moved on.
“Shall we do something fun together when the grooming inspection’s over?” Rosa whispered to Crystal.
“Ooh, yes! How about we go to the play park?” Crystal said, her ears pricking.
“Or we could go on the Safari Trail,” said Rosa persuasively. “It goes all around the academy grounds. Apparently there are fox cubs, cave spiders and, if we’re very lucky, we might even see a purple badger.”
“OK, let’s do that,” said Crystal. “We can visit the play park another time.”
“We could ask the rest of the dorm to come with us too,” said Rosa. She’d been really excited about making friends at the academy, but so far the others in her dorm had been quite reserved and quiet. The boys in Topaz dorm were often seen galloping around the grounds together, and the girls in Ruby dorm were usually in a big giggling group, but Diamond dorm weren’t like that. They were all quite different and most of the time went off on their own.
Well, not any more, Rosa decided. It’s time we allhad some fun together!
Rosa waited for Ms Rosemary to finish her inspection and dismiss the class. Then she stood on an upturned bucket and clapped her hands together.
“Listen up, Diamond dorm! Crystal and I think we should all go on the Safari Trail together.”
The four other girls from Diamond dorm stared at Rosa. She squared her shoulders and smiled boldly back at her dormmates even though her heart was beating in double time. Have confidence! That’s what Rosa’s super-efficient mum was always telling her. “It’ll be fun!” she declared.
“We’ll come, won’t we, Twinkle?” said Violet, pushing her dark plait over her shoulder.
“Definitely,” whinnied Twinkle, her unicorn.
Whisper nudged Ariana eagerly.
“Whisper and I will come too,” Ariana said.
“And me and Pearl,” said Matilda. She took off her glasses to polish them and a pencil that had been behind her ear fell to the ground. “So that’s where I put it!” she said, pouncing on it. “Look! I thought I’d lost it!” She beamed as she stood up with it.
The other girls all giggled, apart from Ariana, who just rolled her eyes. She was very well organised and didn’t have much patience with scatter-brained Matilda.
Rosa felt very relieved that the others seemed to like her idea. She’d felt quite nervous about standing up in front of them all. “Freya?” she called, her confidence increasing. “What about you and Honey? You’ll come too, won’t you?”
Freya was staring intently at one of the automated trolleys that trundled around the stables, laden with sky berries for the unicorns to eat.
“Earth to Freya. Are you even listening to me?”
Freya jumped as Violet nudged her. “What’s that?” she asked, looking round.
“Diamond dorm are going to ride the Safari Trail. Do you want to come with us?” Rosa repeated.
“No, thanks.” Freya took out a tiny notebook from her pocket and began scribbling inside it.
“But you have to!” Rosa demanded, flushed by her success with the other girls. “We’re all going. You have to come.”
“Let’s go with them – please, Freya!” begged Honey, Freya’s unicorn.
“Sorry,” said Freya, barely glancing up. “I’m too busy.”
Honey looked very disappointed.
“We’ll come with you. Jester and I love an outing. Where are we going?” Miki, a small boy with a cheeky smile, peered at Rosa through his long black fringe as he stopped on his way past them. His unicorn, a dainty creature with a shaggy dark blue mane and an exceptionally long tail, nodded enthusiastically.
“Thanks, Miki, but maybe another time? This outing is for Diamond dorm only. We’re all going,” said Rosa, looking pointedly at Freya. She jumped off the bucket. “Come along, everyone!” She led the way outside but, as everyone regrouped in the courtyard, Rosa noticed that Freya and Honey had stayed behind in the stables.
“Freya!” she shouted in exasperation.
“She’s not coming,” said Miki, cheerfully tagging along with the group. “How about Jester and I pretend to be Honey and Freya?” He mimed opening a notebook and frantically writing something inside it.
