Lanaya shook her head. It had been a week since Seela, a Messenger of Destiny, had said her dream about a cloaked figure was true, and she needed to look for him. Taleo, another kid who dreamt true dreams, joined her to look for the cloaked figure. Lanaya's younger sister, Lilana, and their younger twin brothers, Linko and Lisho, came too. Lanaya had another dream that the cloaked figure was in a tower, but they still had not found him..
"Hey, what's that?" Lilana asked, pointing her finger at a very large tower.
"I think it's the tower!" Taleo exclaimed.
They rushed through the woods until they finally reached the tower. It was made of stone and had windows every few feet. The top of it was blue. Lanaya reached for the handle of the wooden door, but before she could open it, someone else did.
"Oh... it's you," the cloaked figure said.
"YAY WE FOUND HIM!" exclaimed Linko.
"How do you know who we are!?" demanded Taleo.
The cloaked figure motioned for the five kids to go in the tower, and they did.
"Who are you?" asked Lilana.
"I'm Gert, and I know you because," Gert stopped himself and pointed to the middle of the tower. "Stand here."
Lanaya, Taleo, Linko, Lisho, and Lilana walked to the middle of the room.
"I know who you are because I have an orb that shows me anyone who might come to my tower. When I learned about you..." Gert started, "When I learned about you, I knew you would mess with my plans."
"Pretty typical," Taleo whispered to Lanaya. "People with cloaks are always evil."
Lanaya giggled and Gert glared at her.
"My plans are to make it so no one dreams. First of all, I hate hearing people talk about their dreams. And second, people like YOU, Lanaya and Taleo, are able to know about things no one should know!" Gert snarled.
Lanaya was shocked. How could someone not want anyone to have dreams? And how should she respond to him? Thankfully, she didn't have to worry, since Taleo spoke up.
"So you don't want me and Lanaya and other people like us to dream of something that's going to happen to you and warn you?" Taleo asked.
"Why would someone like you warn me?" Gert grumbled.
He opened the door of his tower and went out.
"How will we escape!?" cried Linko.
"That's easy, we lift up the cage. Gert didn't exactly think about how smart we are," Taleo chuckled.
Lanaya smiled. The five kids reached under the cage and lifted it. They could only lift it up so high, but Linko and Lisho could fit through. They scrambled out of the cage.
"Linko and Lisho, I'm pretty sure Gert pushed a button to bring the cage down, can you find a button to put it back up?" Lilana asked.
Linko and Lisho nodded. They searched and searched until finally Lisho found a button.
"This button might work. It's next to the one that says 'cage,'" Lisho said.
He pushed the button and the cage went back up to the ceiling. Lanaya, Taleo, and Lilana went out from under the cage.
"Let's go," said Taleo, quickly snatching a stack of paper off of a table that was labeled PLANS.
The five of them opened the door just a little bit, in case Gert was still by the door.
They prowled along the edge of the tower until they got to the back. Then they dashed back in the forest.
"Now we just have to wait for Seela to come here," stated Lilana.
"MORE WAITING!? NO!" whined Linko.
"How will Seela even know where we are?" asked Lisho.
"Maybe she has an orb like Gert," suggested Lanaya.
"C'mon, let's go find a place to stay for the night," Taleo said.
They walked through the forest until they found a cave on the side of a hill.
"This should work," said Lanaya.
Everyone nodded in agreement. They went into the cave and sat down and talked.
After a while they went the rest of the way down to the ground and fell asleep. Lanaya dreamt of Seela.
"I'm giving this dream to you," Seela said. "I just want you to know that it will be a while before I come there. I have some... stuff to deal with.
To be continued...
(again)
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