At first, everyone brushed it off as a bad dream that was most likely induced by the trauma I had experienced in the last month and a half. However, I didn't think it was "just a dream." I thought it was a sign of some sort, but there was nothing I could do about it anyway. We arrived at the old lady's (Sage) shop and found quite discouraging news. As fate would have it, Merlin last visited the town decades before I was even born.
George and the others turned to leave, but I asked Sage about any young girls who had gone missing, and she confirmed that one went missing only two days prior. I asked for a description of the girl, and it matched the girl in my dream perfectly. She asked me if I had known anything about her disappearance, but Joan got me out of the conversation before I could expose myself.
At camp, I told George that we should stay one more day, so that I could find and save the girl, but he was hellbent on getting us back to Ceres as soon as possible. He said that the map led us to a dead end, but Nathaniel jumped in and mentioned that finding the world's most powerful sorcerer was never meant to be easy, and that's when we struck a bargain.
If I could find the girl in one day, then we'd help her and then leave quickly for Ceres and never have to worry about her anymore. I accepted his challenge and did the only thing I could do: sleep. I fell back into my dream world and followed the little pup to a large house instead of a shed. We passed guards and made our way to a basement, and instead of one girl, there was a whole room of them.
I wanted to tell them that help was on the way, but I couldn't even talk to them and left. I sat down and tried to figure out what I could do to convince them that help was on the way. As I was thinking, the corgi gave me a rock and instead of falling through, it stayed in my hand. I managed to write the girls a message telling them I was going to help them as well as a message outside to show to George.
I took them to the large house from my dream and showed them my message, and none of them were pleased. We knew how hard it would be to help the girls escape, but we all love a good challenge.