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Iris, Caleb, Nell, and Trill all peered down at us froet the all clear for Nell to apparate the it weak Anyan clai But not before we set one last weak light by the rope for us to folloe got lost

"Let’s see e have here," Anyan said, pacing forward I followed hi uess ht was better than Anyan’s because after a fewthe little cave offered And when I did, I gasped

"What?" Anyan asked sharply, no doubt afraid I’d hurt erous

"The roo sure that I was really seeing what I thought "It’s beautiful," I said, going ahead and beefing up hts as I lit a few h the cavern, reflecting on the ht bounced, reflected, and refracted, creating a chaotic rainbow that danced along the floors, ceiling, walls, and our own flesh

"Whoa," Anyan breathed, stepping next to ood to see this with hi hand clasping mine just made it that much better

"I think we can tell the others to come do," I said He only nodded, so I went ahead and walked back to our rope, regretting that I’d had to let go of the barghest’s hand to do so

"It’s safe!" I called up, and a few seconds later I heard various poofs as my friends were apparated nearby Then I heard an alasp as each of them took in the beauty of the roo toward a wall to touch one of the crystals Caleb and I followed her As her fingertipsthe both of us to jump toward her

But the note faded, and no harm was done to anyone I heard us all let out the breaths we’d been holding, as one

"Do they all do that?" Iris asked, reaching for another crystal And it sang, as well, at the touch of her fingers, although this note was lower

"How curious," Caleb said, reaching his own hand out As his fingertips brushed against a patch of crystals cropping up fro for him, each a different note

We all stepped toward a wall and began touching The rooether, until Anyan shouted

"Wait!" he said, pointing to the middle of the roo notes "Look"

Sht near where our rope still dangled, it looked like so to come up from the soft dirt of the cave floor

"It’s kind of like the base of a pedestal or so," Trill said, her oil-slick voice nervous as she tiptoed toward the disturbed floor

"It’s gotta be the lock," I said "Or the crystals are the lock So is a lock for sure"

"Where did it co the crystals and it just… started to come out," intoned Caleb

"Like a red rocket?" I conjectured Anyan gave me the stink eye He was obviously sensitive about the red rocket issue, being part dog and all

"Was it the noise thata row of crystals As if to prove her wrong, the s in the floor retreated back to wherever it had sprung froht "Okay, this is totally Goonies, but what if we have to play the right notes?"

"Right notes?" asked Nell "Like a song?"