Where to Find a Book...

As Meen was gathering her traveling things, the thought of who would replace her as the Chief Minion for Queen Ffion was still going through her mind.  "It's got to be someone who is trustworthy, can think quickly, and who will be totally honest with the Queen," thought Meen as she stuffed some more clothes into her travel bag.  It was as she was putting a couple more of her purple pixie hats in and maybe some more of her favorite window rocks that it struck her on who to send to the queen .  

​"I've got to send a message," she decided as she finished her packing and started to put her traveling bag over her shoulders.  "Perfect for the job," she mutters as she adjusts the straps to her pack but then begins to lean backward a little too much.  "Maybe I should take a few things out," she realizes as she finds out that the pack is so heavy that she cannot stand up straight...

Meanwhile, Drat and Dree are sitting at a table outside of the Sugar Plum Bakery waiting for Arnie to arrive.  "I heard a new one the other day," began Drat.  "It goes like this... How may leprechauns does it take to empty a pot of gold?" 

Shaking his head from side to side, Dree answers, "I don't know.  How many does it take?"

"Only one.  Leprechauns are so stingy that they never empty the pot anyhow," laughs Drat.  For a minute Dree just looks at his friend with a puzzled face.  As Drat was about to explain the joke, Dree spoke up.  "Doesn't seem like a good use for gold to me."  Drat could only smile... "Good jokes just don't work on some people apparently," he thought.

It was then that Arnie arrived with her friend Squirrel.  Squirrel didn't stay long after Arnie ordered their snacks and everyone was told about the trip to the Outie world and the squirrel there.  "If you only could see the look of frustration on that Outie's face when the other squirrel dived from the top of the tree and landed on the feeder... it was priceless!" laughed Arnie.  "I could not have done better myself."

When Squirrel left, Drat decided it was time to get back to business.  "Arnie, we need your help.  The Gooblin King has a scroll that we need to read.  He doesn't know he has it and it can hide itself from anyone who wants to harm Dragons.  We also know that it will take a Dragon to help find it otherwise it hides from anyone seeking its power."

As Drat continued, Arnie's eyes began to light up.  Here was someone asking her to use her natural talents instead of trying to keep her away from their silverware!  "You mean that it is okay for me to do this?" she asked.  Before Drat could answer, Dree stepped into the conversation.

​"Arnie, this is important to all in the Realms.  We must know what the other Dragons, and most especially Siate', are going to do now that they have returned.  We are only going to read the scroll - we are not going to take it.  The hard part here will be just to find it..."

"Finding stuff is my specialty," Arnie mused to herself.  It sounded like fun to her and in the back of Arnie's thoughts, it also may be a way to get others to accept her as she was beginning to enjoy being included by others and not always having to be a loner.  "Everyone looses things," she thought.  "Maybe I need to become a finder of lost things instead of a 'Borrower' of others things."

"When do we start?" was her answer to her new adventure companions.