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The Magic of M.E.R.C.Y.

Eleven-year-old Prince Vlad’s friends call him “the ultimate ruler” because he knows all the rules.

He’s thrilled to be appointed judge for the Magenta Educational Royal Court for Youth., a.k.a. the M.E.R.C.Y.

But when his good friend Magellan shows up in court with an illegal baby dragon . . . it’s Rule Trouble for Real!

How can Vlad keep his friends without bending the rules?

For ages 9 to 12

Readers who enjoy the humor and warm, extended family of Chris Grabenstein’s Welcome to Wonderland #1: Home Sweet Motel or the problems of baby-dragon-handling, like Cressida Cowell’s How to Train Your Dragon, or fans of magical ice cream, as in Natalie Lloyd’s A Snicker of Magic, will love the fairy godparent who delivers ice cream in a flying truck!

Find fun, friendship, fairness, and adventure in Rule Trouble: The Case of the Illegal Dragon!

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Laurel Decher

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Reading Age:
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A Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tale: Book 4

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230 pages

Publication date:

September 6, 2022

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Language: English

Do you have to bend the rules to keep your friends?

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Can a young judge do his duty . . . when his friends are on the wrong side of the law?

To find justice for all, Vlad wrestles with a baby dragon that just won’t sleep, takes an unexpected trip to the Fairy Kingdom, and scoops gallons of ice cream while collecting everyone’s opinions about the No Dragon Law.

While there’s no reference to the pandemic in this book, the conflicts about rules gave me the idea for this story. It’s about hope for friendships and I hope it will resonate with young readers who were so patient with all the challenges.

Why read Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tales?

“Life in the Seven Kingdoms is never dull . . .” –Jen McConnel, School Library Journal

If you’re looking for kids books that ignite curiosity, you’ve come to the right place! These exciting children’s books are about exploring life’s possibilities and finding the magic hidden inside each of us.

In the Seven Kingdoms Fairy Tales, royal kids take on magical challenges that are difficult but worthwhile. When you’re on an extraordinary adventure, it’s funny how an ordinary thing can help. These smart and friendly heroes and heroines speak up, (and hatch dragons), take tests, (and defeat the Blackfly queen), deal with less than perfect scores, (and cupids), find their way around, (and get lost), stay friends even when they disagree, (and struggle with fairy godparents) and find a way to belong in a new place.

For ages 9 to 12. Read the books in any order.

Whether it’s speaking up at a feast, reading a compass or taking a test in a strange kingdom, these Tales are all about discovering the magic in your life!

What Readers Say:

"I loved the idea of the Seven Kingdoms . . . allowing children to make the rules and legally upholding them . . . I found myself wanting to adopt a baby dragon . . . he was just too irresistible . . . I highly recommend this story!"
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Rule Trouble: The Case of the Illegal Dragon

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Copyright © 2022 Laurel Decher

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without permission in writing from the publisher, except by reviewers, who may quote brief passages in a review. Thank you for respecting this author’s hard work.

ISBN 978-3-949220-00-5 (Hardcover Edition)

ISBN 978-3-949220-01-2 (Paperback Edition)

ISBN 978-3-949220-02-9 (ebook Edition)

ISBN 978-3-949220-12-8 (AI audiobook Edition)

Cover illustrations and interior ornaments by Ira Olenina, Dusan Pavlic, Asmati Chibalashvili (Creative icon styles), and Olya Kamieshkova. Licensed from Shutterstock.com. Jordyn Alison Designs (Love Struck Font).

In memory of Susan X. Graham

CONTENTS

  1. The Oath 1

  2. M.E.R.C.Y. For Magellan 8

  3. A Long Week 15

  4. Hunting For Magellan 26

  5. The Pet Parent 42

  6. Vlad’s Fairy Godmother 52

  7. In Twyla’s Workshop 62

  8. A Visit from the Thursdays For Thinking 72

  9. The Fairy Double Cross 81

  10. Vlad, the Ultimate Ruler 91

  11. Fairy Court 101

  12. Your Membership Has Expired 112

  13. Former Friends 123

  14. Zetta, Master Builder 132

  15. Fairy House Vacation 142

  16. Ice Cream On Tour 153

  17. Unwelcome News 164

  18. The High Court 171

  19. Express Delivery 183

  20. Starry Night 189

CHAPTER ONE

The Oath

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NOW THAT THE royal Saffron twins didn’t have their dragon anymore, eleven-year-old Crown Prince Vlad of the Magenta Kingdom didn’t see them much. They had gotten to know each other a little better, because of the dragon. But now the twins couldn’t fly over for the afternoon, or they were busy with serious preparations for their future life

It wasn’t that Vlad had nothing to do. Or that he didn’t have any friends.

Vlad saw Crown Princess Saffy at the Thursdays for Thinking meetings once a month. All the future crowns of the Seven Kingdoms—Prince Vlad, Prince Nero, Prince Indy, Prince Harold, Prince William, and Princess Saffy—met together to strengthen the friendships between the kingdoms spread out along the Rhine and Mosel Rivers. It was a kind of friendship, but the meetings usually ended up being more work than fun. Saffy came up with most of it. She had some top-secret connection with the Fairy Kingdom, so maybe that had something to do with it.

Thursdays for Thinking was okay. Sometimes they needed to know about a law or a rule in the Seven Kingdoms and Vlad would fill them in. He was glad to help with stuff like that. His fairy godparent gift made it easy.

Saffy’s twin brother, Prince Magellan, came over to the Magenta Kingdom almost every day, but he went straight to the Mapmakers Guild, only waving to Vlad if they ran across each other on the parade grounds. Magellan had his future mapped out.

Vlad was supposed to follow in his father’s footsteps one day. One of these years, he would get some practice in the king’s High Court. Whenever he asked King Pink about it, the king said, “That time will come soon enough.” Vlad had stopped asking, but he hadn’t stopped wondering.

“I feel like my life is on hold,” he told his sister, Princess Tacey.

“That’s because everything comes easy to you,” she said.

It was true that his fairy godparent gift made it easy to put all the laws of the Seven Kingdoms into his head. That didn’t mean it was easy to get the right law out when he needed it. It meant lots of mental filing. In a way, it was worse than cleaning his room, because he didn’t know where things should go, which laws belonged together. King Pink said that only experience could teach him that. But Tacey wasn’t wrong.

Memorizing all those laws in the normal way would have kept Vlad from boredom. He wouldn’t have had time to be lonely.

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 On the first day of March, King Pink unlocked a door that Prince Vlad had never noticed before. An unnoticed door wasn’t surprising. The Magenta Fortress was star-shaped. Its sweeping wings covered the whole flat top of the cliff overlooking the city of Koblenz. The royal Magenta family had a lifetime of castle to explore.

“What’s in there?” Vlad asked his father.

King Pink pushed the door open and waved Vlad inside. “See for yourself.”

The room was too dim to see much. Vlad promptly clocked his shin on a low bench. “Ouch.”

The king lit a candle and pushed it onto a wall sconce, then went to the far wall and opened the shutters. Three rows of long low benches faced a carved judge’s bench in front of the windows.

Vlad felt his way to the side aisle and went up to inspect it. He ran his fingers over the carved letters in the seal. M.E.R.C.Y. “What is this place?”

“The Magenta Educational Royal Court for Youth,” King Pink said, from behind the carved bench. “A judge can never start too early, learning to be fair.” His voice was muffled and there were sounds of rummaging.

Vlad went around to see what he was doing. The back side of the judge’s bench was full of cubbies of all different sizes. The first row were full of quills, an old ping pong ball, a deck of cards, and the familiar Magenta Kingdom Book of Law. Vlad had spent many hours reading his father’s copy. His heart picked up. A court for youth. A law book. That felt like a chance to be a judge for real. He glanced around at the dusty benches and wondered if anyone would come into court if he was the judge.

“There it is.” King Pink stood up and unrolled a scroll on the bench. “Read it.”

Vlad held the scroll down and read the thick black heading aloud:

Judge’s Oath

“Go on,” King Pink said, smiling. “You have to take the oath before you can start.”

Vlad didn’t see how this could be real, but he didn’t ask. If this was a game or a joke, he was willing to let the king laugh. It was worth the risk.

“I, Vlad, Crown Prince of the Magenta Kingdom, and Judge of the Magenta Educational Royal Court for Youth, do solemnly swear . . .

to uphold the laws of the Seven Kingdoms and the Magenta Kingdom

to listen carefully and thoughtfully to all who come before my bench

to show mercy, and, as much as it is in my power,

to give justice for all.”

By the end of the oath, Vlad was sweating. Every line pressed down on his shoulders. He couldn’t do this.

King Pink rummaged in the cubbies again and brought out a bottle of ink and a quill. “Here, add your name.”

Then Vlad noticed the handwriting of all the others who had signed before him. Their handwriting wasn’t any better than his. “Were you eleven when you signed?”

“Sure was. That’s the rule.” King Pink smiled again and got down on one knee to reach into a cubby on the other side.

A rule. Taking a deep breath, Vlad added his own name with a shaking hand. His jitters were ridiculous, because the dusty courtroom was empty and had been for a very long time. He might never get a case to hear. “So how does anyone come into this court if no one knows about it?”

“Once the court is open, we’ll put an announcement in the Proclamation. Some people show up unannounced, and other people send carrier pigeons asking for a court date.” King Pink pushed an armful of black cloth at Vlad. “Here.”

Stunned by the thought of an announcement in the Proclamation, Vlad took the cloth without looking. “What’s this?”

“It’s your robe,” King Pink said. “Put it on for size. You might want to check the buttons.”

Vlad stuck his arms through the huge sleeves. “Why isn’t it Magenta?”

“Magenta is for the High Court.” King Pink tugged the robe straight and clapped Vlad on the shoulder. “Perfect fit.”

The sleeves covered Vlad’s fingers. He shook them back, so he could use his hands. He would have shortened the sleeves and named the court F.A.I.R. It could stand for “For All 1 Rule”. It was peppy. All for One and One for all, isn’t that what the Three Musketeers said? The number instead of the word made it cooler for the math-loving Magenta family. Actually, keeping this for the family could be fun.

It was the thought of people coming from all over the Seven Kingdoms that made Vlad’s mouth go dry. He sat down on the chair behind the bench. The chair arms came around him like a cage. Maybe that kept the judge from falling out of the chair.

King Pink wasn’t finished. He handed Vlad a pair of dark goggles. “You’ll need these. Try them on and I’ll adjust them for you.”

Vlad was so nervous, he actually giggled. It was embarrassing. This had to be a joke. It wasn’t April, so it wasn’t April Fool’s Day, but King Pink was definitely up to something silly. Goggles were for the pilots in the Royal Aeronautical Academy. The Magenta Fortress housed the Academy. Maybe King Pink had picked up an extra pair. Vlad pulled the goggles over his head and let King Pink adjust the strap.

It was pitch dark.

“Can’t see a thing.” Vlad reached to pull the goggles off, but King Pink stopped him.

“Blind Justice takes some getting used to,” King Pink said, taking his hands away. “Just sit here a while.” The king’s shoes tapped a dignified rhythm on the stone floor, then fell silent on the thick carpet. The heavy door scraped shut. Vlad listened to the silence.

This was definitely some kind of surprise. At any moment, his little brother, Hectare, would burst in and announce it. His sisters, Tacey, Milli, and Zetta, might even bring a birthday cake. Except it wasn’t Vlad’s birthday.

PROCLAMATION

Magenta Educational Royal Court for Youth now open!

Crown Prince Vlad of the Magenta Kingdom has been sworn in as judge for the Magenta Educational Royal Court for Youth (M.E.R.C.Y.) M.E.R.C.Y. trains young Magenta royals for their future responsibilities and allows young royals and subjects of the Seven Kingdoms to be tried by their peers. The Court has been closed since King Pink graduated to the Seven Kingdoms High Court.

The M.E.R.C.Y. is looking for good listeners to serve on the jury with seven non-royal members.

To schedule an appointment for Judge Vlad to hear your case, or to apply for jury duty, please send a carrier pigeon to the Magenta Kingdom. Attention: M.E.R.C.Y. All defendants, prosecutors, and jury members must be under the age of 12.

CHAPTER TWO

M.E.R.C.Y. for Magellan

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TO: PRINCE VLAD of the Magenta Kingdom, Judge of the M.E.R.C.Y.

FROM: Captain, The Pirate Queen

I would like to file an official complaint against Prince Magellan of the Saffron Kingdom. He was smuggling baby dragons into the Seven Kingdoms on my barge. I don’t know where he’s getting them from, but we’re not waiting until they grow up. The last one ate way too much coal, then burned it off by throwing flames everywhere. I’ve sent a message to the Association of Barge Captains and we’re on the watch. You’ve been warned.

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The day after the Proclamation came out, eleven-year-old “Judge” Vlad took his place behind the wooden judge’s bench in the newly re-opened court.

His first case.

Prince Magellan of the Saffron Kingdom seemed to be taking the court seriously. He stood at attention in his full Saffron Kingdom regalia. Sketchbook and pencils weren’t visible. He actually bowed to Vlad even though they’d both been in the same classroom last year. In return, Vlad saluted with his trademark silver ruler.

The only off thing about Magellan’s appearance was the bright green and illegal baby dragon perched on his shoulder. Vlad couldn’t believe it. He had expected the usual kinds of cases for kids. Pin-the-tail-on-the-dragon, archery, butter churning, rubber ducky races . . . whatever the Seven Kingdoms came up with that needed a contest judge, Vlad had done them all. He’d memorized so many rules and laws that his friends called him “the ultimate ruler”.

While he waited for Magellan’s explanation, he counted up rules Magellan might have broken.

  1. Hatching a magical creature in the Seven Kingdoms. There was a treaty with the Fairy Kingdom that didn’t allow that.

  2. Crossing the top-secret Border into the Fairy Kingdom to steal a dragon egg. That broke at least one more treaty between the Seven Kingdoms and the Fairy Kingdom, maybe two. The Border location was secret, and no one from the Seven Kingdoms was supposed to cross over into the Fairy Kingdom. Not to mention that stealing from the fairies was just plain dumb. They were fairies! Who knew what they might do? Vlad really hoped Magellan had found this baby dragon somewhere else.

  3. Even ignoring the Fairy Kingdom treaty, Magellan was in trouble. The Seven Kingdoms had passed a new law last year because of Magellan’s last dragon. No dragons in the Seven Kingdoms. The law was supposed to protect barge captains and their cargo from dragon attack on the Rhine and Mosel Rivers.

Aside from the laws, rules, and treaties, how had Magellan gotten away with this? His twin sister, the Crown Princess of Saffron Kingdom, had some top-secret connection to the Fairy Kingdom. She would never have let him get away with this.

“How did this happen?” Vlad drew a question mark in the air with his silver ruler.

“We got a speeding ticket?” Magellan suggested.

Vlad withered Magellan with a look. That dragon was way too small for Magellan to fly; dragons didn’t get speeding tickets; and the M.E.R.C.Y. didn’t handle speeding tickets, because kids under twelve didn’t drive, fly, or captain anything that could speed. Three strikes. Vlad switched to the basics. “Where did you get that baby dragon?”

“He’s been following me ever since he hatched.” Magellan’s hand stroked the bright orange comb that ran down the dragon’s back.

Vlad’s eyes narrowed. “Where did he hatch?”

Magellan’s mouth moved, but nothing came out. He wiped his mouth on his sleeve. “I can’t say.”

“Does it eat coal?” Vlad figured he knew the answer to that, but it was worth asking.

“He, not it. I don’t know,” Magellan said.

“What does he eat?” Vlad asked.

“I don’t know.”

Magellan was playing dumb or lying. Vlad gave him a chance to come clean. “What have you been giving it to eat?”

“Nothing,” Magellan said. “Nothing at all.”

That was enough for Vlad. He whacked his ruler on the bench. “Bailiff, take the dragon into custody.”

Vlad’s littlest sister, the five-year-old Princess Zetta, was serving as court bailiff. None of Vlad’s other siblings had wanted the job. Zetta walked up to Magellan and called the baby creature, “Come on, little one!”

The green and orange dragon hopped off Magellan’s shoulder into Princess Zetta’s waiting hands.

“Hey!” Magellan said. “You can’t take Crk.”

Zetta ran the rest of the way to the bench and hid behind Vlad.

Magellan glowered. “You think you’re so smart, because you know all the rules. But Crk belongs to me. No rule can change that. Come here, Crk!”

The baby dragon struggled in Zetta’s arms, but she held it fast.

“Crk! Crk!” the dragon called.

Magellan ran up and scooped the baby dragon back out of her arms, then jogged backwards to the door. The baby dragon climbed up onto Magellan’s shoulder and stretched its small wings.

Zetta’s lip quivered and she held out her hand to Vlad. A deep red scratch was on her arm. Vlad couldn’t stand it. What made Magellan think he was above the rules? And to treat Zetta like that! She was only five years old and thought Magellan was the moon.

Magellan didn’t even know how to feed the baby dragon. The Fairy Kingdom would never go along with letting a magical creature starve. The Council for the Protection of Magical Creatures would be here in a heartbeat.

“It looks okay, Zetta,” Vlad said. “Magellan, if you don’t want me to charge you with attacking my bailiff, you’d better apologize.”

“Did you get scratched, Zetta?” Magellan asked, with an aside to Vlad. “It’s your fault if she did.”

Zetta shook her head without turning to look at Magellan.

Vlad gave Magellan his sternest look. “You can’t keep Crk. We just took care of the last dragon you couldn’t feed. The barge captains will picket the Seven Kingdoms and we’ll be flooded with ambassadors from the surrounding countries.”

“You don’t understand,” Magellan said. “I have to keep Crk. There has to be something you can feed a dragon if you start young enough.”

Vlad thought Magellan said something like “I can’t let Crk get hatched again” but that made no sense. Vlad must have misheard him. He wished Magellan would be reasonable. “Send Crk back to the Fairy Kingdom. They know exactly what to do with a dragon chick.”

Magellan shuddered. “I know exactly what to do with a dragon chick.”

Vlad was losing respect for him. Magellan had battled with multiplication and won. He wasn’t stupid. Why was he being stubborn? “You know how many letters the Seven Kingdoms got from barge captains. I was there when the Saffron—”

“Don’t say it,” Magellan was almost growling now. “You don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Vlad sighed. “What would you say if I asked you to make a map with North pointing the wrong way?”

“Why would you want a map that was wrong?” Magellan said, momentarily distracted.

“I can’t bend the rules for you.” Vlad held up his inflexible silver ruler. “We have treaties between the Seven Kingdoms and the countries where the barge captains come from. The treaties keep the Seven Kingdoms safe. Trying to bend a law tied to a treaty is like forcing a compass to point the wrong way.”

“Oh.” Magellan cupped his hands around the baby dragon.

Vlad put on the Blind Justice goggles to give his decision. This time, the goggles weren’t black. Vlad clearly saw the baby dragon. It had wrapped its tail around and covered its head. It seemed to be smiling in its sleep. And healthy. Maybe Vlad could give Magellan a little time to think this over.

“I’ll make a deal with you,” Vlad said. “How long can a baby dragon survive without food? 24 hours? 48 hours?”

“A week? I don’t know.” Magellan sounded worried, then his face appeared in Vlad’s goggles. Magellan’s growling expression was gone, and his eyes were glued onto the baby dragon.

“Does Saffy know?” Vlad asked. Magellan’s twin sister cured every kind of creature. She must know.

“Maybe?” Magellan still hadn’t looked up from his baby dragon.

The dragon looked pretty perky for a creature who hadn’t been eating. Vlad figured Magellan had to be feeding Crk coal and wasn’t willing to face facts. On the other hand, a tiny dragon like that couldn’t eat enough coal for a barge captain to notice. Vlad rummaged in the cubbies and pulled out a scale. “Let’s weigh Crk.”

“Huh?” Magellan held the dragon to his chest.

“Set Crk in the pan and we’ll see what he weighs.” Vlad held the pan steady and Magellan set the dragon in it, holding his hands around the dragon without touching the scale. Vlad dropped small metal weights in opposite pan 10 grams at a time until the scale balanced. “10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 70, 80, 90, 100, 110, 120, 130, 140, 150. 150 grams.”

Magellan snatched the dragon back out of the scale.

Vlad held back a sigh. “I’m not kidnapping your dragon. How about this? You weigh the dragon every day. If Crk drops below 150 grams, show up here right away. If not, you can have until Friday to show up with a way to feed Crk—without coal.”

Magellan’s face was grim. “I guess I don’t have a choice.”

Vlad was glad he’d finally figured that out. “You have a scale, right?”

Magellan grunted.

“The court is adjourned.” Vlad smacked his ruler on the bench. He, his bailiff Zetta, and Magellan—still holding the baby dragon—went out of the courtroom.

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