Its raining over the small beach where Burt’s cart is stationed

Just under the seat, a round hole is held open with a honey made stick.

Inside, Who cries as she rummages through Burt’s collection of items she had organized. A sparkly crystal similar to Ello’s glows dimly, helping illuminate the inside of the ball.

She folded and knotted a long thin petal like the ones over the roof at the bamboo cave. She made a satchel and wore it across her chest. Several loops along the handle as if to hang things.

She unrolls the map, a straight line showing their travels with a couple key places marked. She had four question marks as to reference the places where Burt was pointing. The one on the left, just after the misty cliff, she erased and drew a big dark hand, the monster they had ran from. Around the question mark at the top she drew 3 dots with many legs, the spiders flew towards that direction. Beneath it, between the bamboo nest and the misty cliff. she added a big ball and the half circle of the pond.

She rolls and tucks the map on her waist, just beside the dagger the Queen gave her. She grabs the sparkly crystal and put it on the loops of her satchel, just by her chest. She puts on a pair of honey boots she made after she got the idea from the platform tennis she made for the Queen; the boots reminded her of all the times Burt gently carried her because the floor was either slippery or spiky.

Outside the cart, the heavy rain still fills the night, Who gets out holding her baseball bat and the big mace, she removes the stick that kept the entry open and watches it close. She slides the bat behind her back for easy access and carries the mace on her left hand. She pulls out the Queen’s dagger and scratches a drawing on the ball. Its a small doodle that looks like Burt.

“This is my friend’s home” she says, as she wipes tears from her face hidden by the rain.

She heads into the bamboo forest, still flooded and muddy in some places, the rain barely passing through the giant bamboo coverings. Is not as cold as during the attack, and the mist covering the floor has faded. She is heading north and starts to recognize the area as she uses the hidden pathways, conveniently marked to pass unseen.

To the west, a deep humming sound can be heard

“Ellos!” Who says, and quickly gets out her map to make a scribble just under the misty cliff and the pond. With no time to waste she continues heading north as fast as she can.

Up ahead she starts to find several trail paths covered with a small spiky vine.

“I found you” She says as she remembers this is how the spiders lined their traps. Suddenly she looses her foot. Something shook the ground. She hides in the secret pathway as she grips her mace firmly. She can’t distinguish the noise as the rain hides it, but it seems to be the numming sound of bees and something rumbling. Its just up north, in her path, so she can’t go around it for now. she slowly continues getting closer and the earth shakes again and again. She remember the first day she arrived, something big shook the land when the fuzzy reds hid her.

CROAAAAAAKKKK! - Who paralyzes in fear, the roaring croak seemed to come from a place close-by.

She approaches and looks through the bamboo, inside one of the spider traps theres a group of bees flying and climbing by the wall, the giant toad is rolling around like a judo roll as it tries to catch them with its sticky tongue.

The bees burst into a hot ball every time the toad catches one, and they run free, the wall fires ablaze as the spider silk burst into a flame when a hot bee lands on it. But the rain is managing to seep through the small openings up above, and all the flames are quickly stopped.

“I need to get to Burt fast” Says Who, but she can’t stop thinking of the Bees as if they were Ello.

The toad’s big eyes look clouded, a fog fills them just like the spiders they found by the traps. It rolls its big body around to stop and aim its open mouth at the bees.

“Through here!!” Yells Who, she stands opposite the toad just where the entrance to the trap is, she waves her bat in the air to get everyone’s attention but the only thing that happens is that the big round toad notices her and turns towards her.

“Say Cheese!!” She yells as she hits the sparkly stone on her chest with the bat, the bright flash blinds the toad and makes the bees fly quickly towards her, she turns and starts running trough the spiky trail that leads to the trap, being aware that spiders might be there. She hits the crystal again sending another big flash that illuminates the dark trail in front of her, she can hear the deep buzzing of the bees following her, and far behind, something heavy is heard struggling to move through the stretch bamboo path.

“You are stuck now you big toad” she says as she pauses to see the bees fly above her and away. Who keeps her guard up and silently tries to go back to use the hidden safe path. She doesn’t go long and she sees the big toad stuck, its tiny legs are just waving everywhere as it can’t roll because of the thick bamboo. Its foggy eyes staring at Who.

“Ill find another path” Says Who, and as she turns, the toad lets out a thunderous croak. Who knows this will call the spiders attention anytime soon. But she is not afraid, shes wondering, thinking about the noise, thinking about what woke the toad up? Was this the toad sleeping at the pond or there are more?

“Do you want to make noise?” She says as she cups her hands by her mouth, there is another thing she can’t stop thinking about. Who breathes deeply and as she stares at the toad she blows through her hands, fiddling her fingers. The whistling sound like an ocarina reminds of a bird singing. Who stares at the toad to see its reaction, but is just there, motionless, its eyes blinking fast.

The sound of the rain changes, as if all of a sudden it grew harder, the air feels colder than a minute ago.

“Don’t wait for me” She says to the toad and then goes back to the trail looking for a safe hidden passage to continue her way.

“Im coming Burty please hold on a little bit more”