Sixteen

We all stood ready to face another enemy, but were surprised and relieved when a small corgi popped out of the bushes. Everyone else was a bit apprehensive, since the corgi's master could've been close by, but I recognised it. It was the corgi from my dreams. George asked me to prove it. I picked it up to see if it had any distinct features that would set it apart, and we heard someone yell out to us.

     I put the corgi down and turned to face the threat, but we didn't know in which direction the voice originated from. We then heard the voice say, "down here." and it came from the corgi. We turned to it, and Joan said that it couldn't have been the dog, because "dogs don't talk." To everyone's surprise, the corgi replied, "this one does." Donatello exclaimed at the talking dog, and he corrected our pronouns and told us his name was Arthur.

     Donatello and Nathaniel took quite the interest in Arthur and as they were talking to him, I asked George if there was anything I could do to help with fighting. He told me that I was the most important person in the group, since I would become the queen of Pasiphae if anything happened to me. I kept badgering him until he yelled at me to drop the conversation, which I did.

     I went to my tent to sleep and asked Arthur all sorts of questions as I was dozing off. I expected to see him in my dream, but he wasn't, so I went to find my parents. A little while after I found them, I heard a voice behind me calling to my father.