The girls made their way past four more pits full of dark coals giving off heat. Later that day this room would be full of soldiers wanting repairs or modifications to their swords…
The white haired girl was the first to find something and she started tugging on a boot. Her sister saw how much trouble she was having pulling on it and also grabbed hold to help get it out of the pile.
Suddenly the boot gave and the girls tumbled back as the pile came down almost covering them. This made a lot of noise and the girls were certain that someone would be coming soon. They worked quickly to free themselves and then they saw it.
There laying in what was left of the pile was dead skeleton wearing black armor and in its hands was very tarnished box. Curiosity got to the girls and the climbed up on either side. There were two faded marks on what was left of the front piece. The girls had never seen that mark before and the same mark was on the top of the box.
They opened the box and looked inside. There were several little bottles along one side set in slots. Two slots were empty. On the other side was an odd curved metal thing with what looked like a leaf carved on the side that was showing. On the top and the bottom were corks stuck in it.
The white haired girl reached for the odd piece of metal and before she could touch it a woman’s hand grabbed hers, “Don’t touch.” She looked up to see two Red Ladies and Ohlfgon.
Ohlfgon’s eyes were wide with fear as he looked down at the mark on the chest of the skeleton. The girls heard him mumble, “Black dragon.”
The Red Ladies then put on gloves, closed and wrapped up the box. When done one of them took the box away. The other took the girls by their hands and spoke to Ohlfgon, “Let no one touch this body or anything in this pile. Other ladies will come today and safely take it all away.”
Her tone told the girls that they found something terrible and they also could tell they would not be told what was going on. The Red Lady then took the girls and had them bathed before taking them home.
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