I looked at Kiya and gingerly took my abused pants from her outstretched hand. "It's a good thing I have ziplocs in my backpack," I grumbled, trying not to inhale too deeply of the odor emanating from those pants. "Wait a minute," I thought to myself. "What in the world is a ziploc?"

I started looking through my pack and found not only the chest we had found up in the cave, but this clear bag that seemed to seal on one end. "This must be it! Maybe it'll keep the odor in until I can wash those pants." I muttered, "At least I hope so." This pack was wonderful though, it had all kinds of pockets , even one on the outside that had little holes that air could go through to whatever was inside. That's where I put those pants!

"Kiya, let's open this chest. Okay?" She came over to stand by me as I slowly opened it. Inside I could see two, wait no it had three things in it. First, a big rusty, ancient looking key which I handed to Kiya. A signet ring, which I slipped onto my finger. Last was a folded piece of paper that appeared to be part of a map.


~DragonQueen~