« This was a bad idea. » Jane Turnkey thought as she makes her way through the bushy trails. The trails look like nobody travel on them since a very long time. There is no way a six years old could climb up there, all alone… or someone carrying a child, for that matter… This has been a mistake.
« Following a silly dream, seriously Jane, what were you thinking? And a dream about a dragon kidnapping a boy, nonetheless! This is ridiculous! »
Still… what if her intuitions turn out to be right? Everyone has been looking for Cuthbert for the last two days. The caves were as good a hiding place as any. Plus she was already halfway there. Yes, it was worth a try, she decided.
« Mother is going to have an attack when she discovers I dodge Etiquette lessons for this… Might as well get through with it. »
If she was right, it would all worth it. She knew the Kippernook family since, well, forever. Her father was Kippernia Castel's accountant and her mother, the kid's nanny. Jane herself had done her fair share of babysitting. The whole family look so devastate this morning when she visited… As annoying as the boy could be, she was determined to do everything in her power to bring him to his family back as soon as possible. Futhermore, Jane had to admit that it was still far more interesting than anything she could have learned in Mrs Crawley's class!
« Finally! » she told herself as she reaches the caves. « Well, no one is in sight. Now, let's see… if I were 6 years old, where would I hid in a cave? »
That's when she sawi t. Right in front of her was the back of a green scaly dragon with large yellow wings! She could also see Cuthbert making a disgusted face at whatever was in the creature's arm. Jane couldn't believe her eyes as she took a few steps back in surprise.
Jane hold her breath as it turned its head. She raised her walking stick, bracing herself for combat. A feeble defence indeed, but she didn't have anything better at hand at the moment. She would have to trust it would do.