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I glance towards Darius and nod to assure him that this is exactly what I was looking for. “Shall we walk further in,” I suggest as I would like to get away from the entrance.
“Come this way,” Darius says as he walks towards the pond, only when we are close do I see the rocks that have been moulded intochairs, they are situated strategically, proudly around the space of water. “No one will be able to hear what we discuss except for us in this group.” He explains as he waves his hand towards the chairs.
The girls are the first to position themselves on the chairs, their petite forms swallowed up by their big expanse of rock. Then Brok and Shok take the other two chairs, the rest of us find space between the chairs and on the other side of the pond to sit.
“I’m not sure if all of you know the reason why we have met here, but we suspect that there is either a traitor among the Dragons or Toron has infiltrated the tunnels with one of his. Therefore, we have chosen only this group to share what we have found and what our plan might be moving forward.” Hope reveals. “Darius, do you want to tell everyone here what we saw and heard earlier today?” I see his surprised expression, but he nods and starts to relate the same information to everyone which I heard Hope tell Reality.
The men’s expressions change to one of anger as the telling continues and Darius reveals what Toron did to our princess Love. When Darius finishes retelling, Hope continues, “another two camps were found, but one had only three Chimera and the other one was full of Goblins.”
“Now, after hearing everything that has been said here today, what are your thoughts?” Reality asks.
“The question is, why would the Warlock want the Fairy Ghost Quartz?” Brok asks with a frown.
“As some of you might know, there are four very powerful stones placed strategically through Eternity Fae.” Dream explains, “those stones are what keeps the balance between such strong beings living in peace together.”
“Do you know where all the stones are?” Doil asks.
“No,” Vain says, “the four stones are with four different factions for safe keeping and only they know where the stones are, also, not all of the beings within those factions know of the stones. It’s only the elders which have been entrusted with keeping the stones safe from harm.”
“How did the Warlock find out that the Fairy Ghost Quartz was with the Druids?” Brok asks, “if the stones are entrusted to only a selected few that information should never have got to him unless he has captured an elder,”
“Even if he caught an elder, he wouldn’t know where the other stones are or with which factions. One elder doesn’t know the location of all the stones.” I explain, “the stones are the balance in Eternity Fae,”
“I’m confused,” Doil states as he scratches his head, “if the princesses don’t know the location of the stones, then why does he want to capture them?”
“I don’t think the stones are his only goal, I think that he wants all the princesses together because there is no power as great as the power of five,” Shok explains.
“Then what do we do?” Doil asks, “do we go and protect the Fairy Ghost Quartz, or do we save Love?”
“I’ve been thinking about that, I worry that it’s all a trick,” I confess, everyone turns to look at me. “I suspect that Toron knew that someone might be spying, and he put on a show for them to see.” I look around at everyone seeing their reaction. “Think about it, why would he drink Love’s blood in front of the other beings if they are already under his control, and why would he tell the beings to go and collect a stone which they have never seen, or from a faction which most of them are scared of. Afterall, the Druids are only seen if they want to be seen, they are like the name of the stone, Ghosts,”
“You think he was tricking us?” Dream asks.
“I think that he expects us to go and retrieve Love thinking that the beings he had at that camp have gone looking for the stone, but when we get there we will be defeated as they haven’t gone anywhere.”
“I think you could be right,” Brok states, “when we went to the camp those beings were so under his spell that they don’t notice anything or anyone, therefore him drinking from Love must have been a show.”
Reality looks over at Vain, “makes sense,” she says.
“Then what do we do?” Dream asks, “How do we know what to do if he is one step ahead of us?”
“If we go to the Druids, we will be leaving the tunnels defenceless which will allow for him to attack, and if we attack him to retrieve Love we might find ourselves defeated depending on what power he has on his side.” Darius states as he stands to start pacing the length of the pond. “Something that has been playing on my mind since the beginning is, why was that camp full of Goblins?”
“Goblins are pesky irritating little critters, but they aren’t threatening even in big packs,” Doil says with a shrug.
“Where was the camp with the Goblins?” Drez asks.
“Not too far out from one of the entrances to the tunnels actually, I was quite surprised that we saw a camp so soon after lifting off, but then we travelled further and didn’t see anything else,” Vain revels.
“Which entrance?” Darius asks with a scowl.
“We went North, it’s one of the entrances near the whispering river,” Vain relates which has Darius snapping around as he starts heading towards the doorway.
“Where are you going?” I snap which has him stopping only long enough to explain his concerns.
“Goblins are known for digging tunnels, they are going to flood our home to push us out. I have to go and tell the Dragon King.” He is already on his way when he finishes his sentence.
“Oh no, he is right!” Hope gasps, “they have been doing this right under everyone’s nose.”
