Chapter Two Soon after Twink’s mother left for home, the bird squad returned to the bottom of the tree. Teena and Zuzu mounted a pair of grey and yellow tits, perching on jaunty red saddles. Twink hovered to one side. ‘Would you like me to fly up to Snowdrop Branch with you?’ she offered. Teena looked surprised, and a little embarrassed. ‘No thanks, Twink. I don’t think any of the other girls are going up with their big sisters.’ ‘Nobody would – wasps, how awful!’ shuddered Zuzu. Twink’s lavender wings tapped together in irritation, but she told herself to just ignore Zuzu. ‘Well, make sure you hold on tightly,’ she said to Teena. The inside of Glitterwings Academy was like a high, golden tower, with corridors shooting off in all directions. Twink remembered the first time she had flown a bird up it – she’d been scared stiff! ‘Twink, I have ridden on a bird before,’ pointed out Teena, her cheeks turning pink.
