Alaska Windbay was a fox who lived in the magical Starglow forest. That forest was a home to many magical creatures and animals live peacefully, of course, foxes too. She also loved eating mint candy. She would never left home without a box of mints in her pocket. 
 
Ms. Silver was Alaska's teacher at the Starglow Fox Academy. She was brilliant. Her tail was fluffier than a pillow. Her lessons were always interesting, and she would never, ever get mean. Alaska adored her. 
 
One day, Ms. Silver announced that students would go outside and try to find a goal to achieve. She said that goals were very important, and the class needed to find good ones and try to accomplish them before the school year ended. 
 
"Ms. Silver!", Alaska yelled, looking at the birds in the sky. They flapped their wings and took off towards the horizon. "I know what my goal will be!" she cried, tugging on Ms. Silver's fluffy puffy tail. 
 
"I want to fly!" She announced dramatically. The result wasn't as she thought it to be. She expected cheering and clapping from her classmates, but there was only silence. 
 
One of the foxes jeered at her. "Fly? Ha! That's impossible!". Some other foxes giggled. Alaska looked for her teacher, to make the giggling stop, but Ms. Silver wasn't there. She felt her ears droop in disappointment. 
 
After school ended, Alaska trudged off to the library. Nothing was better than two hours of self time. She just wanted to calm down, but to her surprise, one of her classmates, Jenny, was already there at the gate. 
 
"Wait up!" Jenny asked, trotting to catch up. 
 
Jenny kept on yapping but Alaska didn't hear a word. Her eyes were locked on a book that toppled onto the ground. She gazed at it as she flipped the old yellowing pages. 
 
"Look! Jenny, look! A magic guide!" Alaska called over her shoulder. 
 
"Woah, it is an old spell book!". It said "Spells of the Unknown" on the cover. The leather was ripped and scratched. It looked like it came from centuries ago. 
 
"Hey! A flying spell!" Alaska gasped, pointing at a paragraph on page 37. It read: 
 
"The Pegasus Eye grows a pair of wings on the bearer. It resides at the heart of a silence. Beware, it will eat your words and soul out. Chill the silence. Tum Buh Tam Bah Sah Yap."  
 
She snatched the spell book from Alaska, hoping for more information, but there was only a picture of a gem named Pegasus Eye and nothing else. 
 
"Hey, you know what would be awesome? Finding the Pegasus Eye!" Alaska said. Jenny looked doubtful. 
 
"Well, yeah, it's a swell idea, but it's dangerous!" Jenny yipped. Alaska shook her head. Carrying the book, she started to walk out of the library. 
 
"Erm, wait!" Jenny yelled, earning a disapproving look from the librarian as she ran to catch up with Alaska.  
 
"Meet me at the old willow tree tomorrow morning," Alaska said. Both foxes scampered home to pack, excited for an adventure. 
 
The morning was very cold. Some leaves had fluttered to the ground the night before. Starglow forest had entered autumn. Jenny was shivering when meeting Alaska under the willow tree. 
 
"C-come on, let's go that way." Alaska said, pointing at the path on the right, teeth chattering. The path was littered with leaves. The wind whistled past her ears. All the other animals seemed to be cozied up in their warm homes. 
 
After a few hours of bitter cold, Jenny had enough. "Can we rest here for a bit?" she asked uncertainly. Alaska shrugged. 
 
The pair set up a campsite. Jenny hurried off to gather firewood. Meanwhile, Alaska found a small stream and got some fish. She brought them back and waited for Jenny to return. A few yawns went by, there was still no sign of her. 
 
"Jenny?!" She called out, but the only sound she heard was the echo of her voice and the rustling of her footsteps. No Jenny. What if she was lost? Or hurt, or attacked by something? Who knew what creatures were in the forest, hidden, waiting for prey. 
 
Suddenly, a blob of orange, fluffy ball crashed into her. "Jenny!" Alaska cried out. Turns out, it was Jenny. 
 
"Alaska! Oh, I think I might have gotten lost! I saw a... a thing, and I panicked, and I ran! Luckily I ran into you," she said, wiping beads of sweat off her forehead. The two foxes went back to their resting area. 
 
"Hey! What was the thing you saw?" Alaska asked. "I don't know. It looked like a giant mouth, you know, It was so scary."Jenny said. The pair didn't think of it again as they curled up into balls and fell asleep with trees dancing in the wind, danger lurking up ahead. 
 
The very next day, Alaska woke up but noticed that Jenny'was not by the side. Suddenly, she heared a  piercing scream which stopped abruptly after a few seconds. "It was Jenny! She must be in danger." She rushed toward the scream. It was a long way west. She barely had time to catch her breath. She was so surprised at what lay upon her. 
 
"Jenny!" She yelled toward her friend a few yards away, but the sound never seemed to reach Jenny. She stood there, still as a statue, face emotionless. 
 
Suddenly, there was a roar from behind Alaska. An ugly creature stood there. She recalled from the magic guide. It will eat your words and soul out. A WORDEATER! She then realized the reason why Jenny just stood still, petrified, mindless, and soundless. 
 
"Don't you dare! Get away from me!" Alaska yelped. Of course it was no use. Once the words out of her mouth, they were sucked deep inside the creature's mouth. Just then, she realized what the wordeater look like: A giant mouth, that split four, just like a paper fortune teller. Oh no, this was worse than Alaska thought it would be. She instinctively started to run. It chased behind, floating threateningly. 
 
"Aah!" Alaska yipped. She had just done the most pathetic thing when someone getting chased by a scary creature: tripped. That's right, she tripped and fell. The creature started to advance on her. 
 
"Oh, no, no, no, no!" Alaska thought helplessly, but then she remembered the paragraph. Chill the silence. She realized what to do. Without haste, she grabbed a mint from her candy box. With all her might, she threw it at the creature, eyes closed. Still waiting for her soul to get stolen, but nothing had happened. 
 
When she peeked, all she saw was the wordeater disintegrating into thin air! 
 
Alaska galloped back to Jenny. Thankfully, she was all right. She looked a bit groggy though, as if she had just been drugged. 
 
"Alaska! You saved me! I just thought I'd have a poke around, and I ran into that thing! I screamed, and it sucked it in, and I just went unconscious! It was so scary!" she stammered. 
 
"Hey look! Something's glittering over there!" Jenny pointed her paw toward where the wordeater was previously. They rushed over and examined the shining thingy. 
 
"The Pegasus Eye!" Jenny said triumphantly. Sure enough, a golden shape glistened in the sunlight, matching the picture they saw on the magic guide. 
 
"Here, let me try it." Alaska took it gently and squeezed it in her paw. "Tum Buh Tam Bah Sah Yap". Suddenly, bits of golden light floated together and made two wings on her back. It was a dream come true! 
 
"We need to show Ms. Silver. This is miraculous!" Alaska said together. "Climb on!" Jenny scrambled on to her back. It was a bit heavy, but Alaska didn't mind. She flapped her new wings and soon, they landed on the grass next to the school. 
 
"Ms. Silver!" Alaska called. The teacher opened the school gates, started to speak, but stopped in surprise when she saw Alaska's beaming face and golden wings. 
 
"My dear Alaska Windbay!" Ms. Silver shouted,"You have wings!" she said, not believing what she saw. 
 
"Believe me, everyone said I couldn't fly, but I prove them wrong!" Alaska said. Suddenly, the whole class burst into cheers. 
 
Alaska had done it! Looking over her adventure, with steadfast determination, she earned the courage to face difficulties, a best friend, a shiny golden pendant on her neck, and a lovely new set of golden wings.