Coming Up With The Plan...

​"Ha!  I can't wait for the Appleshot competition at the next Guild meeting.  I wonder how many of the others can shoot an apple inside of another apple," grinned Nemmer.  As he started to notch another arrow, he heard someone coming up from behind him.  Turning he was a little startled to see Cornelia.  She normally did not come down to the archery range.  "Something must be up," he thought.

​"There you are.  I have been looking all over for you," said Cornelia.  "Do you see this?" holding out the Petal Post and waving it in front her.

​"You know I can't read those Petal Posts without sneezing my head off," Nemmer growled.  "Plus you know The Sleeping Ladies would get me banned from the Golden Guild if they thought a male knew how to read those flowery posts."

​“Oh that... well, it doesn’t matter.  What matters is this. We need you to go hunting," she told him.

​"Yes Ma'am.  I am your best choice!  What do you want me to bring home for dinner?" Nemmer replied.  Cornelia was shaking her head NO as she stomped her foot.  "You aren't listening to me."   By now Efem finally caught up with her as Cornelia said, "I don't want you to kill something but to find..."

​Efem, figuring Cornelia has already told Nemmer about the Petal Post, jumped into the conversation "We need you to hunt a Dragon".  The look on their faces and the serious way Efem had said it,  Nemmer decided they weren't kidding.

​"You want me to kill a Dragon!  Are you both NUTS?" he yelled.  "I may be a great hunter, but A DRAGON?  And now that I think about it, what I am to do?  Send you a Petal Post to let you know that I have been eaten?"

​After he had finished, Efem smiled and continued as if he had just agreed to go.  "I understand he is a very friendly Dragon.  The Shadows' King sent him to a teacher here in the forest, but you need to find him first and you must be very careful.  He is a young Wish Dragon and you know the trouble they can cause if not properly trained."

​​Now Nemmer understood.  An untrained Wish Dragon could be a serious situation if left on it's own.  "What is it you want me to do once I have found it?" he asked them.

​​"Why, bring him to the cottage of course," Cornelia and Efem both replied.  "We need to talk to him before he creates any situations."

​​"And what about The CAT?" Nemmer asked.  "Can I use him for bait?"  The "glare" he got from his wife and her sister was definitely a loud and resounding "NO".  They did not even have to say it and he got the picture.

​"You may need The CAT though to talk to the Dragon," Efem replied.

​Now Cornelia was surprised and turned to look at Efem as did Nemmer.  "You mean The CAT can talk?  Oh, he and I are going to have a conversation when this Dragon business is all over," she growled.