Back at the fortress, I had just finished making breakfast for everyone and called them over to the dining room through thr PA. This is the first time I had made a meal for my guards since that day I was knocked out by the nightmare, where Thrift Time was first introduced. At the breakfast table, I decided to actually tell all a part of the dream that I had last night. Although dreams are usually sacred, I thought that this one was of great importance and that I could actually maybe take someone with me to find the White Isle in real life. Most were amazed, all except Mr. Rude who made the comment, "Hah! Some pathetic island from a dream... And now you think there iz one here? Get a life". Loretta wasn't pleased with Mr. Rude. "Mr. Rude!", she exclaimed while grabbing her napkin and tying it around his mouth.

Since Mr. Rude wasn't able to say anything more, I could continue with my recap. "Err, based on the sound of that place, I think Scarlett should be the one to go with ya", suggested Sindo. Scarlett agreed but said that we should give two more people the opportunity to join us on this adventure. "How about the juniors?", thought Ollie, "I think they need to get out a bit". Everyone gave Ollie a strange look as no one knew what he meant by the juniors. Ollie then explained that it was "the boy in white" and the "blonde girl", so he was refering to Jasmine and Taylor. Although Ollie did appear to make a backhanded comment at Jasmine and Taylor, I accepted his contribution as Jasmine and Taylor were good friends and so they would work well together, as well as working well with me because I was close friends with Jasmine. The rest of the crew said they would stay at the fortress and prepare for Ruth's coming... Even it would be ages away. "I will cook the best cake", said Ollie. "I will make the most delicious parmagiana in town", added Ruth. "I will fix the plumbing to suit her needs", commented Joseph, "Yes we shall", added Harry. "Lex and I will make sure the whole place is clean", said Sandy. "And I will eat it all up!", exclaimed Horace.

I really wanted to get started today on the journey to The White Isle, so I asked Loretta if she could be in charge for the time that I was gone, alongside Sindo. Me, Scarlett, Jasmine and Taylor had left breakfast early and I took us all over to the library to see if I had any books or other resources on the White Isle. I suggested that we each take a section of the library and call out if there were any interesting resources. Soon enough, Taylor was heard and he said that there was some kind of rustic map under the glass table on the second floor, inside the light room. I always thought that map was just a decoration and that's why I placed it there, but when I had a closer look at it, it was actually the location of the White Isle! So we were actually getting somewhere... But how was I going to get access to the map. "Is the glass removable?", asked Jasmine. Scarlett stated that it was. So Scarlett and Taylor carefully lifted the glass off the table while Jasmine and I gently manouvred the old map out. "To reach the White Isle, we need to go to the boat at the back of the fortress", I said. So I folded the map and then got Scarlett, Jasmine and Taylor, to follow me to the boat yard at the back of the fortress, where there was the bank of a secluded river to start at.

It was not much of a boat, but still, it would carry the four of us to our needed location. It was a small wooden boat with two wooden paddles and a rope folded at the back of it in case someone had to be rescued. For the journey, Taylor and I would be doing the paddling at the front and Scarlett and Jasmine would be at the back of the boat, doing the navigating. "So, where do we have to go first?", I asked. "It shows that the river diverges around a small island and then becomes really narrow", said Jasmine. "That's the hidden grove!", exclaimed Scarlett. Before we left, I suggested we mark on the map where we started and where we want to end up, in case we get lost along the way. Taylor said that he had a sharpie in his pocket for all his autographs we could use. He lent me the sharpie and I put a star at the fortess and a cross at the White Isle, or at least where I thought it was. I then asked for one more thing to be done. I was curious about the hideen grove and so I asked Taylor to help me turn the map over in case there was any information on the hidden grove. It was worth the read. That tree I saw in my dream was the prominent feature of the hidden grove! So maybe, I thought, the tree would be an indicator that we are close to the White Isle.

We then started our journey and made our way down the river, where the secluded, closed in, bushy scenery behind the fortress became more open and spectacular with the side cliffs and numerous water plants. "I've never been down this way before", I told the rest. "I always go down the other way to get to town. Going this way leads away from the town and into the unknown wilderness". Then Taylor spoke, "Hey Karla, talking about the wilderness, is that the hidden grove?". I had to look a bit harder but then there it was, the tree that was in my second dream. "Oh my, it is! We must be getting very close!". Indeed we were but as we were getting closer, the boat was becoming shakier and shakier. "What's going on?", asked Scarlett. "Uh oh, are we going to drown?", asked Jasmine. "Oh no! I can't control the boat anymore!", I cried, "And neither can Taylor!". I was getting more and more nervous by the minute, why is it that I couldn't control the boat? I was now yelling at the top of my lungs due to disaster. "I think we're about to go down! I need you all to abide to this so I can use my powers if I have to. Scarlett, hold Jasmine and keep her breathing as long possible. Taylor, hold me tightly, remember your energy last time? You can activate my Thrift Time which could freeze this boat in the moving waters!".

The boat had then knocked over by the unknown heavy force. Jasmine took a huge breath and then held it while leaning into Scarlett's chest. Meanwhile, I demanded Taylor to suffocate me... The harder he hugged me, the longer I would be able to use Thrift Time for. He said he was holding me as tight as he could and so I closed me eyes, heavily squinted and then shot them open again. But Thrift Time did not freeze the boat... Rather it froze our motion, so we were stuck in our current position and were now definitely left to drown. The only thing that could move on anyone were our eyes and that was it, everything else was paralysed. I was terrified that we were all going to die, but then strangely at the time, I felt that same sense of hope of when I would think about the Chronicler... Why was my heart telling me that he was becoming nearer and nearer every second? To see us off into our death? I did say that our eyes were the only things active but then I thought, if I opened them, water would get into them and hurt them.

I took the chance anayway and opened my eyes... Not what I expected at all. My eyes didn't hurt at all and as we were sinking, the sight of water was becoming less and less. Rather, there were all these subtle rays of light in a blank blue, shadowy background and the ground was of a pearly green sand. As soon as Taylor and Scarlett's feet had touched the ground, my Thift Time had stopped and we were able to move again, I was able to feel myself slightly wriggling in Taylor's arms. "We're alive?", I thought while looking up from Taylor. "So we didn't drown after all", said Jasmine looking up from Scarlett. There was then some writing in the sky that said, "continue to hold them until you reach the celestial caves"... So Scarlett and Taylor started walking towards the largest ray of light they could see, which suggested to Scarlett that this was the exact location of the celestial caves. And indeed, there it was. The sand was slightly a different colour and the land was lifting up. When Scarlett and Taylor had set foot onto the different sand, they carefully placed Jasmine and I in an upright position to stand on our own.