Families Reunited

The weather has turned as we head higher up the mountain. Tomepicker is positively leaping beside himself now. What is wrong with him?

We found a small group of trees, and beyond that a much larger cave than the one we dug last night. Tomepicker stood outside the cave and crooned like I've never heard before.

What followed was a sight that took my breath away. Two magnificent dragons - one pure white, one pure black - soared above the trees and came to rest by Tomepicker.

Once settled I recognised these Dragons as Snowscale and Firewind; Tomepickers parents. Snowscale looked very well - especially for a Dragon that had died saving me from Elsile's prison! So this was where they had come from when I was entrapped in Malgage all those years ago. This was what Tam had meant about understanding my past.

The rest of the day was spent in and around the cave as Tomepicker  became reunited with  both parents. I rested, wrote in my diary, and looked at my parchment map wondering where to go next.