Where is Arnie???

​As Arnie was heading to the hole by the old oak she had fallen into when she found the Dragon tablet, she was totally unaware that at that moment she was the most popular being in all of the realms.  Everyone (and every thing) was looking for the Borrower with the Dragon tablet.

​High above in the sky was the Gooblin King's mechanical birdseye viewer, Rave, searching the realms in search of any Borrower it could find and hoping it would lead him to the one holding the tablet.  The Troll King's minion, Drat, was also busy trying to talk to a Borrower - any Borrower - but they all seemed to have disappeared.  When normally they were trying to avoid Borrowers, now when they wanted one, there just wasn't any to be found.  

Even C.O.G. (Cooperation of Organized Grunts) had called a special meeting to see if anyone knew where a Borrower could be found.  It was all very frustrating and not just a few tempers were short...

​"Haven't you found any of them yet," grumbled Hunter at Meen.  "Are you telling me that they just up and vanished?  Usually we can't get rid of them as we try to keep them out of the good silverware.  Where did they go?  And you checked with your friends and none of them have seen a Borrower?"  Meen only shook her head from side-to-side and waited to see if the Shadows' King had other instructions for her...

And across the Realm, two more of the searchers were on a mission of their own. 

"Tell me again why you think the Sleeping Sisters will help us?  I mean, they usually don't get involved in any of the events of the realms.  Why this one?" asked the Baron as he and his mother, the Dowager Griselda, were walking to the Sleeping Sisters house.  "Also, I would like to know how you know where they live.  Hewey, Efem, and the others had to be lead there by a bird."

"There is a lot you don't know my son, so don't let it fret you.  Let's just say that the Sisters and I go back a long way and leave it at that," answered Griselda.  The Baron knew he would not get anything further when his mother decided it was none of his business so he decided on a different approach.  ​"I wonder if I can get my fortune told.  I heard they were great at predicting the future," he mumbled, knowing he was loud enough for her to hear.

Stopping in her tracks, the Dowager turned to face her son.  "They don't do that," she growled at him with irritation in her voice.  "The Sleeping Sisters have been guardians of the realms as long as I can remember and they know of many secrets and prophecies which they study and explore to keep all of us safe.  Now, if you would be quiet for a while as I think on how to approach them, it would be appreciated!"  Getting a nod from her son who decided it was best not to say another word for a while, they both started back down the trail.

While on another hillside overlooking the waterfall, something was watching Arnie as she stepped through the water and started exploring around the pool.  "How dare someone come into my garden," it thought.  "Something must be done about this..."

For little did it know or care that at that moment it was the only one who knew where the Borrower was ~ even though it didn't know it was a Borrower.  It just knew someone was in it's garden!