Several rather dreary days passed while they wandered through the strange world in which the three children and the gentleman found themselves. The group was tired and yearning for the sight of another person; they were beginning to wonder if this world was completely uninhabited. They had so far survived on the various wild foods that they had been able to find along their way through a rather remote feeling place with many rocky outcroppings and grassy areas. The children were having trouble keeping up a good pace as both their legs and feet had grown increasingly sore since the beginning of this trek across an apparent wasteland. Although they were more able and willing to put up with the soreness than they were with the constant headache that was Mr. James T. Barrington the third. He still managed to have a lot of energy and was very adept at one thing, complaining. It seemed that the gentleman was dissatisfied with the amount of walking they had had to do and he would continuously go on about how he would improve this land with roads, proper shops and carriages so that proper folk wouldn't have to do this infernal walking business. Besides being tired, the children were quite enjoying this place though they did wonder why they hadn't encountered anyone and perhaps no one lived here at all. Klaus was a bit confused as to why Mr. Barrington would want carriages rather than motorcars, but then perhaps if that portal took them from their world into this; it was not illogical to think that the same portal was capable of pulling someone here from a different time as he and his siblings were as well. Although he had no way of actually proving that this had been the case, Klaus believed that Mr. Barrington was some sort of nobleman from an entirely different time than the one he and his sisters had originated.
The children were in awe of the mountains they could see in the distance, the tops of which seemed to touch the clouds. Truthfully the three siblings were amazed by the wild and untamed nature of this land, never before had they been somewhere that was not only so beautiful but also so rugged. Just ahead of them they could see a strange formation of jutting rocks that were clustered together, a natural formation in this place. There were huge boulders pushing up through the earth everywhere they turned, yet this particular outcropping seemed a bit different, as though it could actually be used as a shelter for an entire group of people. With this in mind the four travelers decided to make camp beneath the shelter of the rocks for the night. Mr. Barrington decided he would keep a lookout while the children gathered rocks, sticks and whatever food could be found. After all someone needed to make sure no one sneaked up on them while they were busy, at least that's what he told them. There was quite a bit of evidence that some people had in fact been there before them, foot prints in the dirt and a few dropped items which seemed to be evidence of a hasty departure. Sunny carried the two apples she had managed to find while Violet gathered sticks and brush for the fires and Klaus picked up some rocks with which to make a fire pit so their flame did not get out of control.
That night after a meager meal of roasted apples and the few edible roots that they had scavenged, the children talked quietly amongst themselves. Speculating about whomever had used these rocks for shelter before them and what could have happened to make them leave in a hurry. Mr. Barrington told them they should get some sleep as they had more walking to do in the morning and then he followed his own advice in getting to sleep quickly. Violet, Klaus and Sunny stayed awake a little longer, gazing upwards at the stars that filled the sky. Constellations that none of them had seen before littered the sky, lighting up the world down below while the sliver of the moon kept silent vigil.
