Alli's POV

I was in the cabin with the boys and pulled out James' journal flipping to his charts seeing them match with Lily's, "All we need to do is track him as well because James landed somewhere but we don't know where." I said. "How do we do that?" Tommy asked. "Whales you two." John said. "Whales?" I asked. "Whales." John said.

I walked out and went to the wheel and felt someone on my shoulder, "Elsie hey." I said. She hooted, "I was worried about you as well." I said. "It's official you can talk to animals." Poly said. I saw John walk out with Tommy who had John's old hat on, "Here you go darling next coordinates." John said. "Thank you." I said. "Elliot tell where to next." I said. I looked for the monkey, "Elliot?" I asked. I saw him sleeping on my jacket.

Elsie hooted to me, "I understand completely." I said looking at Tommy. John was trying to fix something on the boat when I heard a whale call, "Alli follow the whales." John said. "Never in a million years did I think I would be following whales to Eden Tree Island." I said. "Really?" Chee Chee asked. "Yes Chee Chee." I said.

*Skip a couple days*

I sat at the front of the boat sleeping.

"Alli, Alli, wake up, wake up." Tommy said shaking me. I shot up, "Everything okay are we following the whales still?" I asked. John pointed out to something and I stood up, "Oh my." I said. "Eden Tree Island." Tommy mumbled. "We found it." I said as John hugged me. I pulled Tommy in as well, "Extraordinary." John said. "Okay we need to go in this way." I said looking at James' chart in his journal. "The back way why?" Plimpton asked. "Because Müdfly will be set up right here." I said showing the big opening on Lily's chart. "She's right." John said. We got on our row boat and went to shore and had to climbed a narrow ledge, "Don't look down let's keep our beaks up shall we?" John asked.

I nodded and felt for a big hole in the wall, "Trying to stay positive what the heck are we doing up here?" Plimpton asked. I shook my head, "Going in the back way my feathered buddy." Yoshi said. "Thank you Yoshi." I said. "No problem." Yoshi said. "What are you complaining about this is the widest branch I've ever scurried on." Kevin said. I rolled my eyes at him and felt a opening and got in, "Here we go Tommy look at me." I said. He did and I got his hand. I made sure everyone made it in and felt John's hand on my waist, "Yes?" I asked. He kissed me and I kissed him back my arms going around his neck, "We make it out of here alive you and Stubbins live with me." He said. "You sure?" I asked. "I'd be crazy to let you go and loose you." He said.

I smiled nodding and kissed him again, "As nice as this is can we get a move on?" Poly asked. "It's cold." Yoshi said. "Yoshi you're always cold." I said walking down. "Whoa a big cave." Plimpton said. I made a clicking noise and patted my shoulder for Elsie and Elliot. Elsie got up on my shoulder as Elliot got in my bag which had James' journal, "Stay close keep quiet." John whispered.

I heard Kevin talking to himself yet again which he's been doing this whole trip. We heard yelling, "Hide they're close." John said as we ducked down. My hand and his were on the rock, "Alli look." Tommy whispered. "Foxfire fungus." John whispered. I pulled out James' book, "We're near it." I said. "How do you know that?" Tommy asked. "James' notes." I said showing the boys.

They chuckled, "This should light a path to the tree." I whispered as we stood up. "Look Doc it's lights a path all the way to....." Dab-Dab was saying. "To the man who wants us dead." I said the same time as her as I saw Müdfly step out. "Stay right there." A soldier said. John groaned, "Go on then soldier boy spoil yourself." John said as the knocked him to his knees and drug him out.

As I got to the ground I stuffed James' journal into my pocket. "Oh hello Blair." John said. He chuckled, "Looking for a tree is it?" "Trees don't often grow in caves didn't you pay attention in botany class?" John asked. "No but pay attention to this Dolittle I beat you you filthy animal hoarder." Müdfly said. "That's what you're going with?" I asked standing up. "Where is it Nolan?" He asked me. "Where's what?" I asked him. He sighed, "The Eden Tree." He said. "Truth is I have no idea." I said. "Neither do I." John said. "Don't be ridiculous you're John Dolittle and you're Alli Nolan you both get everything you want." Müdfly said. "Not today we don't." John said. "You really have any idea do you?" He asked. "No." We said.

"James was the one who found this island he must've found the tree where is it Nolan?" He asked. "I can't tell you." I said. "You tell me or else....." Müdfly was saying. "I can't tell you because I can't read James' writing." I said. "Huh?" He asked. Elliot popped out of my bag handing me James' journal, "Thanks Elliot." I said. I opened to the page, "See he wrote I don't know what he was trying to say." I said showing Müdfly.

He looked, "How'd you get this?" He asked. "You really think my in laws wouldn't find their brother's journal?" I asked handing it back to Elliot went back in my bag. "How does ignorance feel?" Müdfly asked John. "Oh well very freeing actually." John said. "One must hug uncertainty don't you think that's how Lily lived her life I don't know about James tho." He said. "James always embraced the unknown." I said smiling softly at Tommy. He smiled back, "So embrace the unknown and the answers will be revealed." John said.

"You sad, misguided nut, Dolittle." Müdfly said. John pushed me back to Tommy and the animals, "Give that to me, give that to me." "It says what comes next so trust me." John mumbled. I nodded and put Tommy behind me, "I might find this damn tree on my own and by god history will remember me." Müdfly said jamming the flag on the ground when the Foxfire fungus glowed red. "Yeah something interesting going on now." John said.

There was a huge gust of wind, "God that feels a lot larger than all of us." Müdfly said. I looked and saw a dragon and we hid behind a rock, "Yoshi stay down." John said. "Dragons are real?" Tommy asked. "Apparently." I said. We stayed hidden, "We're gonna make a run for that ditch while she's distracted." John said.

The tail landed on Yoshi. I covered both Chee Chee and Tommy's mouths as they screamed, "Get this off of me." Yoshi said. "Cheech." John said. We tried to get it off and saw a sword remembering James teaching me how to use one. I looked at it then John, "Don't." John said. I grabbed the sword, "I sure hope this pays off." I said and went for her tail when she grabbed me and John. "No." Tommy said his hand held out to me.

She scared the rest of the soldiers out then turned to Tommy and the animals she roars when John made a sputtering noises. The dragon turned looking at us John made a clicking noise, "Click your tongue so she knows you're not a threat and the noises I made." John said. I did what he said and she roared and made the noises he did before, "See she means no harm." John said. "Yeah no harm I promise." I said. As if she will understands, "She may know my language but she's not worthy of the fruit either." She said.

I looked at John over my shoulder, "Thanks now I understand dragon." I mumbled to him. "We know protecting the tree is your duty but you won't be able to continue much longer considering the damage you've taken and the pain you're in." John said. "Oh neither of you know my pain." She said.

I saw another dragon but in bones of her husband I take it, "But we do we've felt it as well the kind that doesn't come back bullet or blade but cuts much deeper." I said looking over at her. She made a clicking noises, "And how in every moment and every movement you feel that pain over and over again." I said. She loosened her grip a little so we could catch our breaths, "It's hard to carry on." I said and she spit something at us. I spit it out as did John, "When you've lost the one you love." I said. I held onto John's hand as she started the roar, "Chee Chee." I said. He covered Tommy's eyes as I held onto mine and James' rings but she let us go, "Alli!" Tommy exclaimed running over.

I hugged him, "Just leave." The dragon said. "Uh what just happened?" Dab-Dab asked. "Oh broken hearts." James the dragon fly said. "What the heck are you doing here?" Poly asked as if she read my mind. "Don't worry guys I got this we're both dragons." He said and flew over. "Hey just wondering you know dragon to dragon if you wouldn't mind telling me where....." James was saying when she blew a little bit of fire at him. "Ow, Ow, Ow!" James yelled. "She's really mad I'll wait outside for whoever survives." He said."John let's just get out of here while we can." Poly said.

I looked up at John and he looked at me. For the short time I know him I know when he wants to save an animal in his eyes, "Oh god you wanna save her don't you?" I asked. He nodded, "I think we're here to help her." John said. He wiped his face then handed it to me, "We haven't got much time." He said. "Say what now?" Plimpton asked. "Uh I imagine it's a little bit tender here?" He asked doing to touch her when she growls.

I stood up dropping the sword, "I'm unarmed I pose no threat to you the emotional stress over the years has done damage to your stomach." John said. "Get away from me." The dragon said. "Is he talking to the dragon?" Tommy asked. I stood up, "You have severe impaction of the colon and if I don't manually fragment it it'll go septic you won't be able to protect anything anymore hmm." John stated. "Ohh that sounds like some tummy ache." Dab-Dab said. "My thought exactly." I said. "I'll tell you what give us five minutes if you don't feel better you can fry us all." John said. "Stop talking just get on with it." She said. "We need to get you on your side." John said. "We need to perform an emergency extraction." He said. "Extraction uh Alli what are we pulling out?" Plimpton asked scared. I gave him a look poor bird.