Chapter 6
Jess awoke to find herself in a small log cabin, laying on a wooden bed and covered in quilts. Sean was sleeping beside the bed in an uncomfortable looking wooden chair. Lucy and Trevor sat on the floor talking quietly to each other. She went to tap Sean when she found she lacked the strength. Jess and groaned instead, and he jumped awake. "Oh, good, you're up," he said.
Looking around, she asked in confusion, "Where are we? And where's Sydney?"
Sean took a deep breath before he spoke, "Sydney..She..We..She was left behind. She never returned to us so we were forced to forget her. In regards to your other question, we are in a small shack that was probably used as storage space for the castle years ago, but it was obviously abandoned. We decided to bed down here for the night. Once we got out of the castle, Trevor, Lucy and I decided to go North and just try to find a way out of here." Jess looked down at her leg, which was still covered by Sean's hoodie.
"What's wrong with me?" She asked silently gazing at Sean's face, searching for an answer.
"You fell and the ice stabbed your leg, causing it to break. You stopped breathing and I found what I assume was a potion that made you continue breathing. Oh, and another thing, we found a bunch of old papers in a dresser, and Trevor and Lucy are analyzing them. Must be hard working together, considering they broke up," He mused, saying his last line in a whisper.
Trevor and Lucy walked over as if on cue, carrying the papers in hand, Trevor asked, "Did you fill her in on everything? Yes? Good. We discovered there are a bunch of old letters from the second Queen of Evel, Queen Evelyn. She gives clues as to how we get out of here. Take a look at this one,"
The fire burns bright,
In the center of the river rush,
Jump in at your own peril,
Unless Evel has no hold on you.
"The fire?" mused Sean, picking up the fragile parchment, "What do you think this means?" No one had a clue.