Okay I have made sure this one is ok beforee posting so yea...
Anyways uh the in a pickle..
Have fun Iggyfeathers!
Chapter 29 A Crystal and Broken Trust
The basement was quite cold and dark. They couldn't see a thing, “there has to be a torch or something somewhere.” Janner said.
They were all feeling around the wall to see if they could find a torch when Kalmar said, “I found it!” Janner stumbled over to where he was and found a piece of flint lying on the floor and lit the torch. The moment that they did, the basement lit up, they could see everything inside. There were books, armor, gold coins, picture frames and artwork, but the thing that caught all of their attention was right in the middle of the room. It was a little brown circle table, and on the table was a little platform with a red shiny diamond shaped crystal floating right on the platform.
They all looked in awe at the crystal as it glimmered and shown in the torch light.
“That's one of the crystals that Opal's looking for?” Kalmar asked, a little disappointed with how small the crystal was.
“Yes, that's the crystal, it fits Gracie’s description perfectly.” Janner said, as he walked over to the little table.
“Wait! Gracie said that the crystal was heavily guarded, which means there's probably a ton of traps surrounding it!” Sara exclaimed, as she put her hand on Janner's arm stopping him from walking farther.
“I've heard of a type of gimmick where you put the object that you're trying to protect on the little platform and if someone tries to take it off the platform, it will sink causing all the traps to go off.” she explained, as she looked nervously around the room.
“So what do you think would weigh that much?” he asked.
“um….” Sara said, trying to think of something that would weigh as much as a red shiny diamond shaped crystal.Then she spotted in the corner a little satin pouch full of gold coins. She walked over to the pouch, picked it up, and then showed it to Janner.
“This might work," she said as she put the little pouch of gold coins in his hands.
“Okay we're really doing this….” he said as he walked closer to the red shiny diamond shaped crystal. Once he got up to the platform, he tossed the bag of gold coins in his hand a few times to estimate the weight. It seemed about right. Then he made the move, he quickly snatched the crystal off the platform and swapped it with the bag of gold coins.
They all held their breath as they waited for the platform to sink in. it didn't,
“Yes! we got the crystal” he said, after he thought he was sure that the platform wasn't going to move. They were trying to decide where they should put it when they heard a sound. It sounded like gears turning and something moving. They all turned around to see that the little platform had sunken into the table.
“RUN!! NOW!!!” Janner screamed as they started to hear gears turning in the walls and mechanisms moving.
They rushed up the stairs and thrust open the door. They ran through the kitchen (which they discovered had a back door) to outside of the castle and bolted through.
“What do you mean “friends?” Gracie asked after Opal said that the Wingfeathers were her friends.
“Oh didn't they tell you? They're working for me in exchange for me not to burn their home. You know, none of this would have ever happened if that king of theirs wouldn't have hurt my family.” Opal said as she saw the betrayal painted on Gracie's face.
“they’re....they're working for you?” Gracie managed to say, tears filling her eyes.
“Oh yes, you see I needed Ember Island’s crystal. so when the Wingfeathers escaped my boat, sailing to the first place they saw, I thought well why not do two things at once.” she explained, as she saw the betrayal on Gracie's face turn to blind rage.
“I.. I.. I trusted them!” Gracie said as her hands burst into flames. She ran outside Castle Flame to see the Wingfeathers running for their lives away from the castle.
Gracie ran after them saying “I trusted you and you betrayed me so now you shall pay!” As her hands burst into flames she shot flames of fire across where they were running causing rows of fire to burn across the fresh green grass.
“We have to find somewhere to hide!” Nia said, as the smoke from the flames burned her eyes. They were running towards the Twisted Tree Forest, yet they didn't plan on going in.
“We have to go to the Twisted Tree Forest, it's the only place that will be safe!” Kalmar said, coughing from the fire.
“No absolutely not, you heard Gracie if we're in there it'll tear us apart!” Janner said.
“It's our only option! Leeli said, as she started coughing from the flames.
“But…” Janner started.
“We're going to the Twisted Tree Forest, there's no other option and we can't stay out here any longer, And hopefully we'll lose Opal and her goons in there.” Nia said strongly, and they ran into the Twisted Tree Forest with Opal and Gracie chasing after them.
Why do I feel like Sara is the brains and Janner is the kind-of brains and brawn in this😂