Meanwhile, the twins and their dragon friends were preparing for their journey. Jill was filling her nap-sack with tools and gear needed for the journey. She had already packed a rope, several torch sticks, a knife, blankets and other essentials. She also took a dagger and shield for protection. The last thing Jill packed was a horn, the kind which one could blow and call for help with.

Emily was busy packing food and provisions. In her nap-sack were several loaves of bread, some fruit, a few flasks filled with water, cloth for wounds, and a sewing kit.

"But Jill, we don't know where they were taken!" Emily pointed out.

"We can still find them!" Jill snapped.

"But they could be anywhere!" Emily argued, "It'll take forever to find Mother and Father!"

"No it won't!" Jill said hotly.

"It will too!" Emily shot back.

"Will not!"

"Will too!"

The twins argued like this for about a minute when a screech from Ayden interrupted them.

"Huh?" Jill said.

Ayden flew out the door. The children looked at each other and followed the falcon. Ayden had landed and was indicating something on the ground. Emily knelt down and examined it.

Devon and Cornwall came over, curious at what the children were doing.

"Emily, what're you doing?" Cornwall asked, "I thought we were gonna go save your parents!"

"They're tracks!" Emily exclaimed.

"Tracks?" Jill asked.

"Whose?" Devon asked.

Emily studied the tracks harder. Then she stood up. "Look!" she said.

In the dirt were three sets of tracks. Two of them were clearly human; the third was a strange kind that the girls had never seen before.

"These are Father's tracks," Emily explained as she pointed to the bigger set of human tracks, "and these are Mother's!"

"What about that third set?" Jill asked.

Emily looked at the tracks. "I don't know, but whatever made these had webbed feet," she muttered. "If we follow these tracks, they should lead us to Mother and Father."

"Good thinking Emily!" Devon praised.

The sand-haired child smiled.

"Good thinking Emily…" Jill said mockingly under her breath.

The children put on their cloaks and sacks and climbed onto Devon and Cornwall's back again. With another mighty flap of dragon wings, the group was in the air with Ayden flying alongside them.

The children made a silent vow to find their parents, no matter what…