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crunched on the sour sugar coating the ground. “What does the Fairy Code Book say? What type of home does she have?”
    â€œLook!” Raina exclaimed. She pointed to a sign on a lemon tree a few feet away. A small piece of fruit leather had “Lemona” etched on it. “She must live over there.”
    Lemona’s house! Berry’s heart began to race. She wasn’t sure what to say to the fairy, but she knew she had to talk to her. She had to confess that she had given the candy to her friend without testing it first. As hard as thatwould be, Berry knew she had to find out the truth about the candy. And the secret of the magic hearts.
    Before they stepped closer to the tree, a small sugar fly flew up to Berry. The messenger buzzed around her ears.
    â€œYou have a message for me?” Berry asked.
    The sugar fly nodded and handed her the note. Immediately, Berry saw that the note was from Melli. Her breath caught in her chest and she gasped. “Oh, Raina! What if something horrible has happened?” she cried. Berry’s wings started to flutter and she flew up in the air. “I will never forgive myself if something has happened to Dash. What was I thinking, giving out candy that I didn’t know about!”
    Raina touched Berry’s arm. “Let’s see what the note says. We don’t know what this is about yet.”

    Berry’s hand was shaking. “I can’t,” she said, handing the note to Raina. “Would you please read this for me? I can’t bear to read any more sour news today.”
    â€œMaybe the news isn’t bad,” Raina said. She tried to smile encouragingly at her friend.
    â€œPlease read it,” Berry pleaded.
    Raina opened the letter. “Dash is fine,” she read. “But she is now orange! Please hurry and send along any information that you get.” Raina looked up from the note. “Oh, sugar,” she said. “This is worse than I thought.”
    Berry’s eyes grew wide. “What do you mean?” she gasped.
    â€œWell, she’s turning more than one color,”Raina said. “That’s not a good sign.”
    Berry turned to see the sugar fly. He was waiting for a return note. Quickly, Berry scribbled a message back to her friends. “We’ll soon be on our way with help,” she said as she wrote the note. “Hold on. We’ve just arrived at the orchard.” She folded up the note and handed it to the sugar fly. “Please give this to Melli or Cocoa,” she instructed the sugar fly.
    â€œAre you all right?” Raina asked, looking at Berry.
    Suddenly Berry was juiced up. Dash needed her help, and she was going to get her out of this sour mess. She wasn’t going to be afraid. She was simply going to ask Lemona what was in her candy and how to help get Dash back to normal.
    â€œLet’s not dip our wings in syrup yet!” Berry said. She put her hands on her hips, charged with confidence. “We’re here, aren’t we? We need to have brave hearts!”
    Raina grinned. Her spunky friend was back! And just in time. If they were going to talk to Lemona, they needed to be brave and confident.
    â€œLemona will help us,” Berry said. With a burst of hope, she walked toward Lemona’s tree.
    Just then a cloud passed over the full moon, blocking the bright moonlight for a brief moment. Berry and Raina stood still in the middle of Sour Orchard, unsure of what to do. They were so close to Lemona’s tree, but they couldn’t see a thing!

L icking lollipops!” Berry cried. “It’s too dark!” How could they talk to Lemona if they couldn’t find her front door?
    â€œWait,” Raina said. “I have those peppermint candies that Dash gave us before we left.” She dug around into her bag and pulled out a bright candy.
    Berry smiled. “When we get back, we’ll have to thank Dash for giving those to us,”