CHAPTER ONE

"...And then we managed to save uncle Donald and get the Crystal back!" Dewey told Daisy as they sat, at the large table in the dining room, eating breakfast. The little duckling?s face shone with excitement. He took a bite of his sandwich.

"Right, uncle Scrooge?"

The elder duck sat at the end of the table. A proud smile covered his beak, as he took a sip of his coffee. Giving the other ducks at the table the answer, even though he hadn't said anything.

In front of him laid the newspaper, telling everyone who read it that the old multi-millionaire was back. The enormous blue Crystal covered half the page.

"Wow, it really sounds like a true adventure!" Daisy told the boys. "Lucky none of you got hurt" she gave Donald a meaning glare, who sat at her side. Busy putting butter on a piece of bread.

"Huh...yes... No, everyone is just safe and sound" he said and smiled anxiously at her when he noticed her glare.

"Don`t worry, Daisy. Would I let anything happen to the boys?" Scrooge tried to convince her.

"Of course not" she answered, but she didn't sound too sure. "I would love to see this famous Crystal everyone's talking about" she said instead. The three ducklings looked at each other, eager to show Daisy what they had found at their first treasure hunt.

They stood up, ready to run ahead the others to the bin where their elder uncle kept the Crystal of Atlantis.

"Wait, boys. Can't we finish our breakfast first?" Daisy laughed, giving the boys a warm smile.

The boys nodded, and sat down again, disappointment shone on their faces.

Scrooge kept his eyes on the newspapers, looking through the text one more time. He had to admit it, he had missed this.

Scrooge Mcduck wasn't the only one reading the newspaper that day.

The raven-haired duck flickered with her eyes over the page. So, Scrooge McDuck was back. And now with his family by his side. That old man was getting soft, the witch thought as she read the text. But what truly caught her attention was the picture of the multi-millionaire's proud smile looking back up at her from the page. That old fool...but her eyes kept watching him.

In her enemy's hands was the largest crystal the witch had ever seen. So, that is the Crystal of the lost city of Atlantis.

"Anything interesting happening?" The raven asked as she watched the crystal with admiration.

"Oh, Yes." The witch began. "I think I have a plan."

"Again?" The raven asked uninterested.

"Don't sounds so sceptical, Poe. This is a good one, trust me."

"You always say so" the raven didn't seemed convinced. "Okay, what have you come up with this time?" He still asked

"McDuck got the Crystal of Atlantis" she told her brother. And smiled at him as if she had told him the dime was hers.

"And..?" The raven watched his sister with doubtful eyes.

"Isn't that obvious? It's the Crystal of Atlantis" the witch said as she threw the newspaper in front of the black raven.

"Yeah, you said so…"

"Imagine the power it would gain us, dear brother! Stealing the dime from McDuck would be a child's game with a such Crystal in our possession"

That plan didn't seemed too bad, Poe De Spell thought. It could actually work this time…but the same thought had crossed his mind before. And those plans had all ended in disaster, with McDuck always turning out as the winner. And Magica still dimeless.

"How are you going to get the Crystal then? If you're not even able to steal a small dime from that old miser. Do you think you can just waltz in there and take a large crystal without him noticing?"

That's how it went with that brilliant plan, the raven thought ironically. But his sister wouldn't give up.

"It won't be too hard. Now that Scroogie has a family to take care after, he can't keep his eyes on the crystal all the time." The witch smiled.

They walked through the elder duck?s enormous mansion, on their way to the Crystal. The youngest in the front. Excited to see the look on Daisy's face when they would show her their target.

"You will love it, Daisy! The Crystal is so huge!" Dewey told Daisy as they entered the money bin.

"And so shiny!" Louie filled in.

"I'm sure Daisy will think the crystal is fascinating. Now, calm down boys." Scrooge began as he stepped over to a showcase in the middle of the room. Next to where the miser kept his number one dime.

A red cloth covered it. The miser pulled it of, to show everyone in the bin what was inside of it. All of them fell silence.

"But, Uncle Scrooge. There's nothing there" Huey said, the excited expression on his face quickly died away.

"Are you sure you put it there?" Donald asked his uncle with a concerned look.

Scrooge had also seen no Crystal was to admire inside the showcase, it was as empty as the three ducklings glare-who couldn?t understand where a Crystal that big could have gone.

"Of course I'm sure I put it there! A two feet long Crystal isn't something I usually lay in places I would just forget" The elder duck gave the younger an ironical gaze. Tired of his old uncle?s rude tone, Donald laid his hands on his waist.

"The Crystal must have wandered off by itself then!" But clearly this wasn't a good situation for jokes, because everyone remained quiet. Giving Donald a look that said he should be silent as well.

"Somebody must have stolen it!" Huey announced, his voice serious.

"Oh, another adventure!" Dewey sang, looking happily around him. But found no one to share his happiness with.

"Impossible, no one would managed to get inside my money bin!" Scrooge barked, not as happy as his blue shirted nephew at that matter.

"Apparently someone must have, because the Crystal is gone" Daisy spoke up, looking from Scrooge to Dewey. Scrooge opened his beak to go on about how unbreakable his bin was, then he seemed to start consider the possibility of what the female duck had said. His eyes narrowed.

"It must have been Glomgold!" He informed the others in the room. "As revenge for that we managed to find the real Crystal and not him" The miser?s eyes became blank, as if he had realised something…

"That means…" He began, his voice filled with worry. "That I'm not the richest duck in the world any longer"