Getting Started...

It wasn't long after Ellie had her third piece of cake that the three of them left Granny's cottage and were now standing in the Baron's parlor.  "Nice little place," thought Meerher as she noticed Ellie wide eyed and looking like a tourist on her first trip.  Smiling, Meerher thought back to when she had been that young and everything was new and exciting. 

"Now it's more work that adventure," thought the House Mother.  For she knew that now with the greetings over that they had to get back to work.

"Ahem... I would like to thank all of you for your courtesy and friendly greetings, but there is little time and we must be starting on our mission.  Granny Flare has told us about a Moon Dragon.  Is he close by?" Meerher asked.  It was at that time Dree stepped through the doorway and into the room followed by a white rat.  "How young he looks," thought Meerher.

After Dree introduced himself and Drat, he asked the visitors why the were looking for him.  It was Ellie who spoke first.  "We need you to save some others on a realm that magically appeared and is throwing everything topsy-turvy," she told him speaking very fast.  It took Dree a couple of seconds to make out what Ellie had said and before he could answer it was Meerher who continued.

​"Dree, we of the Luminary Council monitor the realms to help keep the balance in our universe.  Recently a new realm appeared out of nowhere and is causing disruptions throughout the cosmos.  It seems to be Fate that we have come to find you as a Moon Dragon will be needed to heal the rift and ours is not available."

Immediately Dree's head jerked up at the mention of their Moon Dragon was not available.  "Your Moon Dragon... is his name Tun'Gul?" he asked.  Meerher paused to think before answering.  "We call him 'The Monacle' of the Tree as he has accepted the duty to guard the Tree."  Everyone in the room was stunned at these words!  There were two Moon Dragons!

Tun'Gul

Dree's greatest desire was to ask how he could meet the other Moon Dragon, but knew that he had another problem that had to be solved first.  "We are having a small 'Dragon' problem here of our own.  What is it that you are wanting from me?" Dree asked.

"Why nothing yet.  We are here to help you.  According to Granny Flare, your problem also involves this new realm that she called the World of Whispers," Meerher replied.  "We brought some tools that might help you in making contact to it.   It needs to be grounded to this realm as size doesn't matter but numbers do matter in the balance.  By connecting the new realm to this one, then we are back to an even number of realms and the balance is maintained," Meerher finished as she looked at those standing around her.            

The Dowager by MisPlace Dolls

Several of the others in the meeting thought that seemed a little one sided if only the number of realms counted but they were not going to argue now as everyone wanted to connect to the new realm and help the stranded ones return.  "How do you figure we do this," asked Dree when he realized that everyone else in the room was letting him make the decisions.  He saw the Dowager nod her head for him to continue.

"Granny told us about the Roses' in the other realm and that you were trying to make a portal link to it," Meerher replied.  "We hope these tools will help you make the link and connect the two realms together.  It will take a lot of your magic to make it happen as a job of this magnitude could not be done by any other magical creature.  Granny did mention something to us about your 'Dragon' problem and we may have an answer for that as well if you are interested," continued Meerher.

Dree was very much interested as well as everyone else in the meeting and soon a new plan was decided with everyone receiving an assigned task.  The old plan of getting the Dragons to belch no longer seemed necessary.  The SPIs of SPICE now had different instructions which quickly had Nutmegg and Allspice leaving the Baron's mansion.  They needed to make sure all of the Dragons that had returned with Siate' would be outside of their cave when Dree would appear. 

Allspice and Nutmegg by MisPlace Dolls

​It was Drat's mission to make sure that Aralt was also there.  Meanwhile the others were to start the planning for the hopeful return of all of the ones that were stuck in the World of Whispers as they would be disorientated.  For once they arrived, they would realize that they were hungry since they had not eaten nor drank anything for a while in that strange white realm.

Dree, Granny Flare, and the two Illuminarys had some practicing to do with Granny's portal stone and the gifts that Meerher and Ellie had brought with them from the Bag of Possibilities.