Aurora squeezed her eyes shut as the hot air blew back in her face, indicating to her two things - one, her brother was still freezing. Two, the cage had some sort of spell around it preventing her from getting to him. She shouldn't have been surprised...
Wiping away some of the tears on her face, she took a deep breath and studied the lock again. At least, she assumed it was a lock - those dots didn't exactly make the shape of a keyhole, but there was no other way to get the cage open. Or so it seemed.
She looked back up at Chad and noticed with dismay that he seemed to be trying to talk to her - but she couldn't hear him. She wasn't sure if it was the spell keeping his voice from reaching her ears, or if he was just so cold he could no longer talk. Her bottom lip continued to tremble as she stood up and crawled closer to the cage, peering at what he was holding. She couldn't quite make out what it was, but it was obvious that it was important, and he wanted her to have it.
Was it...a key?
It was the only thing she could think of right now - and hopefully, she was right. But how did she GET it? She knew the cage was protected by some sort of barrier...and she couldn't get to HIM. But could things in the cage get to HER?
She pointed at his outstretched hands. "Accio!" she cried, desperately hoping that the item was able to penetrate the magical boundary keeping her brother inside.
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