The next day, at early dawn, Jane, Gunther, Jester and Dragon all rested up and meet each other at the garden. Jester seems to have brought something that he calls a "rubber" and he said that it may be of use later. They waited there for at least 5 minutes before Sir Gunther and Sir Ivon came and finally see them to leave.

"Good luck..we'll support you from here..now go.." Sir Theodore said.

The others ride on Dragon's back and head towards the place that's designated. Dragon asked while in the middle of the flight. "I can understand that you short-lives are coming along..but why Floppy Hat here has to come along?"

Jane answered "We need someone to assist us later in the cave..and you can't come along with us. Its what Sir Theodore mentioned." Dragon give an annoyed face and said "Hmph..that man may probably hide something of his heritage as usual..but still..it may bring quite the suspicion if we find out what happened in that cave, right Jane."

Jane seemed to agree to this. Dragon himself can't come inside the cave for the test..or for some other secret..She knows that Sir Theodore has many conflicts that involves his past predecessors ever since she found out that he was a Dragonslayer. But he had felt severe guilt over what his heritage has done and his sword had been melted. (I won't spare you the whole details.)

After passing Dragon's home, they manage to reach the place where Sir Theodore mentioned. Dragon land nearby the cave and saw that there's footprints that Jester seemed curious about.

"What footprint is this?" Jester asked.

"It seems like this is Sir Theodore's footprints..I can see those sole markings similar to Sir Theodore's boots." Jane deduced.

"Well..we won't fins out anything by just standing around here. If we want to find out about how he manage to get through this place, we might as well go and check it out." Gunther explained..Jester and Jane just go to his side in silence before Jane talked to Dragon.

"Dragon, stay here. We'll be back before nightfall. I promise." Jane said.

"Alright..but I want you to tell me what you saw in there. Evey Detail!.." Dragon somehow threatened Jane. But Jane had been used to it that it seemed like a sign of worry than the latter. The three then went inside the cave and found out that the passages in there were rather uncomfortable to navigate through. Gunther though manage. Jane and Jester both have no problems as well.

Jane and Gunther then finally saw shadows within the caves..they were bats who fly around the area trying to scare Jane and Gunther..but they seem to be fearless because of their strong will. Jane, who is initially scared of the dark, had finally overcome her fears after the maze incident. (Not sharing any details regarding this either.)

Jester is quite intelligent enough to not show any signs of fear. Though he felt the apprehension when the trio tried to cross a bridge that is very unbalanced. However, they manage to overcome it easily.

After a few hours of walking and crossing, they manage to find the letter that's hidden in the deeper reaches of the cave. Jane finally grabbed it and went out the same way without getting lost (because Jester manage to remember the roads they passed before.) and almost made it back to the entrance, but their path is blocked by a strange machine..and really crudely made if it is commentary. It had several arms and some foul-gas stench as well as some strange circular objects revolving around it.

"What is that?" Jane screamed.

"This is...one of Sir Ivan's contraptions! I can't believe he finally made one that's actually working!" Jester answered in awe.

"My mentor's pretty practical ain't he.." Gunther said..he seemed to have gotten it wrong. Jane and Gunther ready their swords to battle this creature while Jester stayed along the sidelines cheering the two with dances and practical things he can come up with.

Battle#1: Sir Ivan's Contraption VS Jane, Gunther and Jester

Jane tried to scratch it with her sword while Gunther tried to attack from different angles. The weird contraption throw out several balls that they've seen in the castle. However, they're rather sharp and tacky like mine balls. Gunther and Jane manage to dodge the balls efficiently and elegantly together. The contraption tried a different tactic and threw those balls at Jester, but Jane manage to notice and deflect those balls away from Jester. Then the Jester notices a button on the back of the contraption and he thought "Of course..most of Sir Ivon's machines' has a button on its backs..it happens all the time." So Jester come up with a cunning plan. He grab a nearby rock and a strong support-like stick (Which is rather convenient) and used the rubber he had brought from the castle to create a slingshot. (A common strategy) Jester then accurately threw the stones at the button and the machine switches off. Jane was quite surprised that Jester was able to beat that contraption.

"Wow..that's amazing! Since when did you have a rubber like that?" Jane asked.

"Well...I get the feeling that this is one of Sir Ivon and Theodore's works again..I assume that's why they both were here. To work on the test and let us complete the task by getting the letter, then face a monstrous beast like that contraption there..Sir Ivon must've been fiddling with it here and Sir Theodore had come regularly to check up on the machine..I suppose." Jester explained in full.

"Jane? Are you alright? I heard noises." Dragon asked in confusion as to what happened since he manage to hear the fighting that takes place.

"I'm alright Dragon. I've just had a slight issue to deal with. I'll be out now." And with that, their test is over, with Jester taking the credit since the three manage to work together fairly well.

"Let's head back to the castle now, our work here's done." Gunther said.

"Agreed..I've had fun though today..this isn't like the usual stuff we do in the castle eh Jane?" Jester asked Jane.

"I suppose so.." Jane, who looked rather exhausted, can only say those words before the three went back to the castle on Dragon.

"Jane..." Dragon mumbled in worry as they made their way back.

kracrew100 comment: Hey there! This is my first time commenting in my own fictional story. I'm going to say that the story for chapter 3 here is quite interesting with Jester's involvement in the battle and Dragon's annoyance to Sir Theodore is still clearly seen in the story. I think the story's still needs fixing. Mistakes...mistakes...mistakes...Past or Present... Skipping time!

Disclaimer: I didn't own any of Jane and the Dragon's stories or characters.