The Castle of Dreams

- 15 - Answers and Portals

"We've been going in circles for the past hour, are you sure you know where you're going?" Baylee asked. Tessa ignored her and kept flying ahead. "I don't understand. This is the way we got to the Castle." August said plopping down on a tree stump. All seven of them were trying to find the Lake of Tears with absolutely no luck. "Are you sure this is the way? Maybe you came the other way and you got confused." Baylee said. August shook his and then buried it in his hands. Sarah sat down right where she was standing and laid her baby across her legs. "Jeeze you are heavy." She said to it. Everyone else sat down as well. "We're not lost are we?" Wiley asked. August looked up and then around at the trees. "No, we're not lost I know where we are, I just don't understand why we haven't found the lake yet." August said. Tessa fluttered back over to them and then the next thing they all knew, she had fallen on he face. "Ugh, I'm never gonna get used to all this flying." She said. Peyton laughed and held out his hand to help her up. "I don't think I ever will either." He said pulling Tessa to her feet. She mumbled a thanks and then turned away from him facing August almost hitting Peyton in the face with one of her wings. Peyton ducked away just in time. "Dude, why can't we find it? This is ridiculous." She exclaimed. August shrugged his shoulders. "I don't kn-"

"Wait, did you guys here that?" Wiley asked jumping to his feet and looking around the wooded area they were in. The others looked at Wiley. "Uh..no? What did you hear?" Casey asked. Wiley sniffed at the air and twitched his ear a bit to the right, then all of a sudden without saying anything to the others he ran back through the trees. "Wiley! Wait!" Baylee called running after him. The others quickly behind her. Wiley knew he heard something and he smelled it now. He could smell the bread. That was one of the perks about being a wolf you could easily find food but Wiley didn't care about the food, even though he was a bit hungry. No, He cared about who had the bread. Wiley burst through a clump off trees and tackled her the ground. The girl screamed and tried to get away from him until she realized who it was. "WILEY!" She exclaimed throwing her arms around his neck. Wiley hugged her back.

"Huh, that's something you wouldn't see everyday. Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf hugging and not trying to kill each other." Tessa said putting her hands on her hips. Wiley stood up and then helped Rebecca to her feet as well. "We've been looking everywhere for you guys." Rebecca said hugging Casey. Casey hugged her back. "Well, you found us." Casey said. Rebecca laughed. "Haha, I guess I did." She said.

"Rebecca, where did you go?!" Grace called from somewhere in the trees.

"I'm over here, I found them!" Rebecca called back. Two seconds later Hector, Grace and Beckett stepped into the small clearing. Hector, Grace, August and Tessa ran to each other and hugged while Beckett, Rebecca, Wiley, Casey, Baylee and Peyton had their normal group hug. "So what do we do now?" Hector asked.

"We do what Holly told us to do. We go back to the lake and she'll tell us everything." Beckett said. Peyton, Wiley, Casey and Baylee exchanged glances. "Holly as in-"

"Yes, as in my Grandmother. She told us to find you guys and go back to her and then she would tell us everything." Rebecca said cutting Baylee off before she could finish.

"There's only one problem with that." August said. Rebecca, Beckett, Hector and Grace looked at him confused. "We can't find the lake, we're on the right path but it's taking us in circles." He explained. Grace put her arm around August's shoulder and hit the air with her other hand. "Forget the path, Beckett and Rebecca discovered these tunnels that lead from right under the castle straight to the lake." Grace said. Baylee looked over at Beckett and Rebecca. "We read about that in the books, but are you sure we're going to be able to find them again?" She asked. Beckett and Rebecca nodded. "Yes." They said at the same time. Baylee raised her eyebrows. "How?" she asked. Rebecca held up her basket. "Bread crumbs." She said.