The followed the river upstream and to the waterfalls as they came cascading through the mountains. Zora ran up forgotten pathways overgrown with vegetation with Aimee and Tarrant on her back as Aeryck soared overhead with Jareth on his back as Priscilla flew next to them. Without them it might have taken days to get up the mountain.
The entrance to the cave was not hard to miss. It was flanked by two large columns carved from the earth. The entrance also had flowered vines hanging in front of it that blew in and out of the entrance by the force of an unknown source.
"So should we knock or just let ourselves in?" Aimee asked.
"I've always preferred the direct approach." Tarrant said and went charging into the cave followed closely by Aimee, but when Jareth and Priscilla tried to enter the vines that hung in front of the cave became hard and barred them from entering.
"Aimee, Tarrant we can't get in." Priscilla yelled.
"What happened?" Aimee asked as she ran back.
"The bloody vines happened, that's what." Jareth raged as he tried to break the vines with a powerful blow, but it didn't work. Nothing they did worked. Not even Aimee's control over earth.
"What now?" asked Priscilla.
"We will continue on and retrieve the crystal, and then maybe the vine will lose their power." Tarrant said as he took hold of Aimee's hand.
"That's all we can do for now." Jareth conceded. "I suppose we will wait here for you to return. Good luck."
"And be safe." Priscilla added.
"We will." Aimee said. "And don't worry. Tarrant will protect me."
"That's right." Tarrant said as he and Aimee ran down the tunnel of the cave.