But Artha's little brother had planned to go too and knew that I was going, so he had made me take him along.
We went down to the same place as before and I went over the first few directions in my head. I said them out loud, mostly to myself, and followed them.
They led to a spot along the wall. I looked up and saw a large crack at the top of the wall. I jumped up and grabbed the edge, then lifted myself up and looked in.
I asked, "Will you hand me the light?" He handed it up to me and I lifted it to see what was in the crack, but it opened up and I could only see darkness. The directions indicated a passage that was here, so I figured this was just the top of the door.
I put my arms through the opening and gripped the edge on the other side. I then braced my feet against the wall beside me and pulled at the rock. One side moved after a moment of pulling, so I shifted to that side and pulled again.
I managed to open the stone door an inch this way, and then I dropped down to the ground again and pulled, using the unmoving wall as a brace. It came open a few more inches, then a few more, then a few more, until it was wide enough to pass through. To make the opening wide enough to allow for the passage of our dragons, I stuck myself between the wall and edge of the door and pushed it open with my feet.
When I felt it wide enough, I slid down to the ground. "That was hard," I panted. "Shall we tell your brother about this?"
"Let's look inside first!" I was curious, so I walked in and beckoned for him to come to. But we came to a ledge and could see nothing beyond it.
"Now there is no where to go. The passage continues, but I would need to see to tell where it begins again. Let's go tell your brother now."
We left, only to find Artha asleep when we got to him. I went back to bed with my dragon and decided to catch a bit more sleep while I could.
A thinking noise woke me up and I went to see what it was. Artha was hanging from the ceiling by one foot.
"How'd you get up there?" I asked. Then Lance, Artha's little brother, showed himself. He was laughing that Artha fell into his trap. Young mischief. I laughed too.
"Good one, Lance!" Then I proceeded to get Artha down. I stood on his bed and untied his ankle, then lowered him slowly to the floor. "Now that you have him awake," I said to Lance as I jumped down off Artha's bed, "do you want to tell him, or should I?"
Artha looked questioning at me. "What did you do?" he asked, suspicious.
"Remember the directions. . ." I began.
"We went there and Invalta found a door and opened it and it led into a big room with a ledge and we want to know where it leads. Will you come with us?
Wow. Another short chapter. I need to stop doing that.