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this ones a bit shorter than the others but yea I promise it gets more exciting in the next chapter, it's heaps long too. Anyway on with the story…

Chapter 10

Ceirwan burst out laughing madly, and I soon followed suit.

"I don't believe it." I yelled up at the sky, the heavy rain drowning my words.

We danced in the rain for what seemed like forever, blissfully happy and over exhausted.

Eventually, we fell asleep and when we woke we were more dazed and confused about where we were than before the rain had begun.

The rain had however given us hope, revived our worn out souls, and we continued the journey to find Matthew, Dragon and Jik.

"I remember when Matthew told me he hated the Days of Rain," I began, breaking the silence that had come about after we had walked for hours and hours.

"He said they drown a man's spirit, drag at his soul." I frowned, a strong feeling of melancholy sweeping over me.

"We'll find him… hey what's that?" Ceirwan said, his eyes squinting through the rain.

My eyes followed where Ceirwan's arm was pointing and I too could just make it something in the distance.

"Looks like a cave or somethin'."

We walked for an hour or so more before we reached what was most defiantly a cave.

Ceirwan dismounted gracefully off his horse and began to wake towards it. When he saw I wasn't following he stopped and asked why.

"This doesn't feel right." I whispered.

I shivered as I felt unexpected feelings of apprehension and foreboding rise in my stomach.

Ceirwan looked utterly confused.

"What is it?"

"I don't know, it's just… well don't you find it a little strange to find a cave in the middle of a desert."

Ceirwan laughed.

"Lud Elspeth, we don't even know where we are. Out of nowhere it magically starts raining, does anythin' really surprise you now? Look, do you want me to go in th' cave first and farsend ye when I see there's nothing to worry about?"

I hesitated again before nodding.

I watched as Ceirwan disappeared inside the cave and followed wearily.

It was almost immediate, the sudden change of daylight to the near complete darkness of the cave.

I gasped as I made the transition from light to dark, and I backed into a dewy, moss covered wall in panic.

I began to breathe heavily as I tried to strain my eyes to adjust to the dark.

"Ceirwan." I called aloud.

No reply.

Feeling my way up the moist wall blindly, I began to follow the wall with measured steps, careful not to trip.

I stopped dead as I felt someone prodding in my mind.

"Elspeth, are ye ok?" Ceirwan farsent.

I sighed relief and answered, "I can't see a thing, where are you?"

There was a long pause then,

"I… I'm in some kind of opening. I followed to passage ways." His mental voice was shaky.

"Ceirwan? What's wrong? How did you follow the passageways? It's pitch black in here!"

There was another long pause.

I began to wonder what was going on, my mind reeling. I couldn't get rid of that terrible foreboding feeling.

Then, all of a sudden the passageway filled with light. I blinked, shocked to find little lanterns and torches had magically lit up.

"Ceirwan! What's going on?" I sent frantically.

"Follow the lights."