They were outside Seedric's house, and Seedric led her to the mines that led to Arnie's house.

"We should probably get a weapon or something if we wanna beat a hamster strong enough to be the final boss of a quest. Good thing I know just the place."

They walked through the mines, Seedric in front, as he navigated it effortlessly.

"I'd been hoping to use this for a while now."

And then, all of a sudden, a voice coming from the walls called out to them.

"The acorn hamster is travelling with the quest-girl, huh? They'd never defeat him."

Sunny felt a shudder down her spine: she knew she had heard this voice before. And then she had a realisation. It was the dark-glowing angel. What is it doing in the cave? Is it in all my head? Seedric was visibly annoyed at the taunt. So it is real then. After a moment of hesitation, they kept going through the cave.

"I think we're almost there," Seedric said, and then after a few more turns, he spoke again. "Ok, we're here."

They were standing before a door, with a sign saying 'Seedric's Stash'; it was marked with scratches of a badly-drawn hamster, which Sunny supposed was Seedric. When Seedric was just a metre away from the door, there was a shake, and the roof of the cave crumbled down next to the door. The voice from before said something else this time.

"Good luck getting it now, acorn boy! ~pfpth!"

Seedric was angrier than Sunny had ever seen from him, and with a mighty shout, he called back, "I'm not an acorn! Now leave us alone!" He had begun to shovel rocks out of the way using his acorn cap while the angel laughed.

Feeling like she had to say something, she shouted, "You aren't any angel! You're more like a demon!"

The 'angel' giggled. "Bingo! Harmony isn't watching though! ~pfpth!"

Seedric mumbled to himself, and then turned to Sunny. "Harmony… I swear I've heard that name before… and something about some Spat guy…"

"You know who they are?"

"Yeah, I think so… I remember now, they were the talk of the town… well, multiple towns just a little over a year ago. Harmony was less talked about though. Also, are you just gonna stand there?"

Sunny felt guilty from this remark from Seedric and started to throw rocks away from the door. After a couple of minutes, the both of them managed to get rid of the rocks blocking the door and Seedric pushed the door open. Inside was a giant collection of hats, acorns, and… a spoon. The spoon was in the corner while a giant tower of acorns was in the centre of the room.

"So… what is this place exactly?" Sunny asked.

"It's my super special secret stash," he replied, "It has everything I need."

Sunny paused for a moment before saying, "All you need is a bunch of acorns and hats? And what is that spoon thing?"

"It's a weapon. Also, my collections are none of your business." Seedric grabbed the spoon and walked out.

Then, they started navigating the cave again. Halfway through, they ran into Arnie. Seedric looked shy upon meeting this hamster.

Seedric decided to say something, "Uhm… Hi?"

"Hello, I see that Sunny has made a friend," answered Arnie.

"Oh… You know her?"

"Of course! Has she told you about the quest?"

"Uhm… yeah. That's why we have the spoon."

"I'll be on my way then."

Seedric sighed, before saying, "It's always scary meeting people… especially after what Spat did…"

They carried on walking through the cave.

"You seem shy," Sunny said, "You weren't shy when you met me."

"It's not like I'm gonna get shy when I see a girl like you."

Sunny looked at him, confused… What was that thing Cappy said… Sunny tilted her head and quietly said a little 'Heke?'

"I see you're getting used to how we talk. And what I mean, is that you looked so… scared."

"Really?"

"Well, you certainly looked like you didn't know where you were."

Sunny blushed in embarrassment, realising how stupid she must have looked. By the time they had finished their conversation, they were out of the cave.

"Well, now that we're out, now what?" Seedric asked.

Sunny pulled out the map from the envelope and studied the red line. "There are barely any names on here… though, it does seem like the next named place we have to go to is Wildwoods."

"Looks like our destination is set, then. It's quite a long way though, we have to get through a forest first."

"I thought Wildwoods would have been the forest…"

"No… it's the glass building."

"You mean the greenhouse?"

"Is that what that's called?"

"I'm pretty sure."

Sunny looked at him expectantly.

Seedric decided to ask why she was staring, "What?"

"How do we get out?"

"Oh… right… well, the tunnels are closed for maintenance, but Sunny Peak is special."

"How?"

"Well, the good thing about hills, is this," Seedric proceeded to run down the hill and began to slide effortlessly. Sunny followed him. After a few minutes, they were finally on the ground. In front of them was a forest, but one of the trees seemed to have hamsters around it.

A yellow hamster in a blue headscarf looked at them, "So, which room would you like?"

–End of Chapter–