The sun was in the middle of the sky when they returned to the familiar forest of Roanoke Ridge. The whole group got chills down their spines and when they reached Beaver Hollow, Arthur's world shattered.
He was back were it all began. The draw between everyone, the pinkertons showing up, everything ruined... Even John was uneasy about being back.
For a minute, Arthur thought he saw Micah standing there in the same spot by the cave entrance, with his revolver pointed at him, the same smug grin on his face.
The stag was so mad that he readied himself to charge and ran smack dab into the cave wall!
Arthur felt his brain clash into his skull and wabbled a little before collapsing to the ground.
"Arthur!" everyone shouted. An opossum and a crane rushed to the unconscious deer.
Arthur, you okay? the crane asked. Everyone froze. Was that... Molly?
Mr Morgan, what in God's name...? What are you doing?
Sean slithered over. Molly? Miss Grimshaw?
At the sound of her name, the opossum turned her head.
What!? You've never seen a talking opossum before?At the sound of the others, Arthur regained consciousness. He moaned softly as he rolled his head a little.
What... happened? Grimshaw..? Molly..?The golden buck staggered to his hooves with the help of Davey and John.
Hosea and Jenny stayed where they were.
Okay, someone better have a GOOD explanation for this! the crane squawked. She flapped her white wings until some feathers fell out and slowly drifted to the ground.
Lenny landed on the ground in front of them. It's a long story...