Chapter 4
Chapter 4: The Creature’s Cave
Ruby comes face to face with the creature in the woods, a shadowy being with glowing eyes that has taken the silver bell. Through careful communication with Yapper and Jump, she learns the creature is lonely and stole the bell to call friends, but it doesn't know how to use it properly. Ruby offers to help the creature find friends in exchange for the bell, but the creature challenges her to prove she can be trusted. The chapter ends with the creature giving Ruby a task to retrieve a glowing moss from a dangerous part of the woods.
Ruby’s heart hammered against her ribs. The creature stood in the middle of the clearing, tall and thin, wrapped in shadows that seemed to move on their own. Its eyes were two bright orbs of pale yellow light, like lanterns floating in the dark. It didn’t move. It just stared at her.
Yapper growled low in his throat, his hackles rising. Jump dug his claws into Ruby’s shoulder, his tail puffed up like a bottlebrush.
Ruby wanted to run. Her legs felt like they were made of jelly. But she remembered what the wombat had said: You have courage. That is worth more than any magic.
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