And another joins in the search...

​The signs are all here.  The planets and the stars are in alignment.  The word was coming in both from the Mushroom Line and the Twitter network to be on the watch for it.  Even the Spite has said that she felt a change in the air.  He almost felt he should mark his calendar as it was the first time the Spite had not been contrary since that first day he came to the Realms and the Spite had started following him.  

​Usually the Spite would point out to him why an idea of his would not work.  “I would think she was just trying to get me out of the cave, but since she goes out when she wants, there must be something else going on,” thought Dewin.  “If I could only believe that the Wish Dragons are back!”

​And so, Dewin decided that today was the day to leave the cave and begin the search.  He had taken care of the one problem needing his attention earlier that morning and now he was free to start.  As he was packing he realized he still didn't know exactly where to begin. 

​He knew that by using his Zodiak cards and consulting his charts, the Dragon would be ‘seeking the air’ (see earlier post).  “That could mean he is either near the Cave of Winds or getting ready to jump off of a mountain top,” Dewin muttered to himself.  “That is the problem with deviation… never knowing for sure anything – just estimated guesses.”

​It was then when he realized that maybe he had another option.  It was old (really old) and had a small crack in it, but maybe if the Dragon was within its range it could help him narrow down the places he would need to search.

Reaching into a pocket, he withdrew a round glass ball.  The crystal ball was one of the few things (besides his journal book) that he been able to hang on to when he was transported to the Realms by the wish of a Dragon.  It was temperamental and did not always work, and sometimes when it did he would get strange pictures of a family lost somewhere in outer space that never seemed to find their way back home, but when it did work – it was a most useful tool.  Whispering the incantation that would awaken the crystal, he held it out in his hands and started pointing it in four different directions.  First south, then north, next west, and finally east.  

East it was for when Dewin pointed the ball in that direction a glow started inside of the crystal and the beginnings of an image of a Dragon’s head slowly appeared!

​​“If this keeps working, I should find the Dragon and be back to the cave before dinner,” smiled Dewin.  What Dewin did not know was that he had only asked to see the Dragon.  He might have needed to ask just a little more for he did not know about The CAT…