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Chapter Seven

Rowena was still shaken by the squid incident by the next day. There was one thing that the others didn't know about. She wondered if she should tell them...

Having landed on a sunny beach for the night, the group unpacked their necessary items. While Helga and Godric set up the tent,
Rowena ran in circles around everyone else and all their belongings, casting protective spells. When finally Helga, Rowena, and Godric were finished, they all crowded inside the tent.

Godric looked over at Helga. Her saving Rowena had instilled a kind of confidence in her. Helga looked back at him.

"Oh yeah...Godric here's your sword back," she said. She fished around in her bag for a moment; she came up with the sword and handed it back. Godric sheathed it.

Rowena shuddered at the memory of what the sword had done. "Again Helga, I thank you for sav..." She trailed off as a truly disgusting smell reached their nostrils. Rowena jumped up and ran out of the tent.

Salazar looked up. "What?" he asked. He was cooking the pieces of the squid over the fire. A smell of half-rotted seafood emantated from it.

Helga, coming outside too, nearly gagged. "Salazar! We aren't still going to....eat that...are we?" she asked, turning green.

Godric snatched the squid from the fire and buried it in the sand. "Nope!" he said firmly, and led a stuttering Salazar into the tent. The two women followed.

Rowena took a deep breath. "You guys there's something I need you to know." She knelt and took something out of her bag. "When the squid let go of me, I found this in my hands. I think it was goblin-made." She held the object out to the other three.

They leaned in to look. In Rowena's hands sat a sparkling tiara of some kind.

End of Chapter Seven