I don’t know what time we finally fell asleep, but looking around, I could see that it was daytime now. I jostled Sharaya awake.
“Hey, Hun, we need to continue on to the castle!”
She jumped up before a look of realization came across her face, “Sorry, Nina, I thought that we were back at Victor’s.”
Placing my hand on her shoulder, “It is OK, you’re safe now. Right now we have to get going.”
She nodded her head, grabbed her sleeping bag, and rolled it up. I tossed her the crystal that the witch gave us to store everything in for our travels. Looking at me, I could see a look of worry pass through her eyes, “Um, Nina, I don’t remember the word to open it up or the one to close it!”
Laughing, I spoke, “Travel.” The crystal grew large, and Sharaya began loading the bag with our belong
