hi I'm Lea and my name is Jackman we're
on a quest to find the seven gems of the
belt of Deltora that were stolen by the
evil Shadow Lord we've already found the
Topaz the Ruby the opal and the lapis
lazuli and we've been fighting all kinds
of weird creatures but nothing we
couldn't handle just don't forget there
are still three more gems to find it who
knows what kind of monsters will be
guarding them hmm come on Barda stop
being such a wet blanket now we're on
our way to a place called dread Mountain
where the fifth gem is hidden
who exactly am i all is darkness around
me but I will never despair there are
only three things of which I'm sure I
know I am a man I know where I've been
and lastly I know what it is that I must
do for now that has to be enough that's
spooky why did somebody want to write
something like that I don't like it
alone in a pitch dark cave with no one
to talk to anybody would start losing
their mind maybe he knew and was trying
to fight it
he wrote this as a way to try and keep
his sanity I wonder what happened or
where he went
look carefully at the writing it's
turned darker now but I think that's
blood I bet he was injured it takes a
lot to write all of that he had to
wonder how he even got out of the cave
alive it's all that he would say I know
where I've been
it must have been somewhere important
like maybe the shadow lands that's not
possible
anyone who goes to the shadow lands does
not return that's just the way it is
yeah but then why write that mm-hmm
forget about it leave let's just get
some sleep
after our fight with that brawl which me
need is plenty of rest
we'll need strength for tomorrow
otherwise we might end up in the same
boat as the guy who wrote this I don't
know about you but I'm not gonna let
that happen
but anyway hmm good night
Brown
hmmm looks like your wrist is
practically all better Holley isn't it
great how well the green moss works
it's like magic or something hmm but it
kind of worries me cuz if our wounds
have healed this quickly wouldn't it
also mean that the brawls have as well
if we stay in this cave much longer I'm
scared he's gonna find us I don't think
we need to worry about that the grey
guard told us that the monster was
specifically bred for fighting and from
what we saw I think that's all it's
interested in I doubt it's smart enough
to figure out that green moss can heal
it for sure there's no way he'd know
about it I know because mommy told me
back in the old days when we used to
live on the mountain the only ones who
knew about the moss for us and those
mean old gnomes
that's what mommy told me I'm sure your
mom and the other kin miss you and are
worried about you prin you probably
missed them too huh
yeah but they know I'm okay so that
makes it better I didn't feel anything
but I'm sure they came and visited us
last night alright cuz they probably
drank water from the Dreaming spring
yeah
absolute it's nighttime mommy might even
be here listening to us if you are here
I want to say that I'm sorry I didn't
mean to make you feel bad and I'm sorry
if I made you worry about me I miss you
so much and I promise I'm gonna come
home soon
I'd like to say that no matter what
happens we're always gonna protect prin
that's right and I promise we'll make
sure she gets back home safely
Oh interesting that's for all blood our
prey must have escaped the Beast shall
we go after him sir
no there'll be no need for that at the
center of dread Mountain awaits a beast
more fearsome than any frog this is
where they'll meet their end she may be
helping us but I'm getting tired just
looking at her you still think she's not
a baby anymore well she is cutting us a
path true and if we continue at this
rate we'll reach the summit by the end
of the day mm-hmm I'm hoping that's
where we're gonna find the fifth gem I
found a place not too far away where
there are laws and balanc owns the savor
yummy well you look like you're enjoying
yourself yeah of course I am I've always
wanted to know what our real home look
like and now I'm friendly Here I am
wait you didn't grow up with boolong
trees don't their thorns hurt you no of
course not huh
come on prin why don't you give it a
rest okay
what exactly have you found what is that
who would have made a hut way out here I
think the adults call it uh no rest and
those two arrows that means no strangers
allowed it looks like it hasn't been
used for a while hmm
definitely gnome sized
I feel like a giant in here you guys
actually in a gnome read it's so weird
it feels like the entire world is
suddenly shrunk my mommy told me that
the gnomes used these had to shelter
from the big storm they can last for
weeks she said that in the old days
there were no rest all over the place
and they were connected by paths and I
guess cuz the boolong forests grew when
the kin left they couldn't use them
anymore that explains why it looks like
nobody's been here for a while yeah but
do you think that's the only reason it's
been abandoned what you think there's
something else think about it why would
they go through all the trouble to build
these shelters and then just abandon
them cuz of a few thorns there's got to
be another reason why they'd do
something like that you know I think
he's right something really big must
have happened here some sort of event
that completely changed the way the
gnomes live on the mountain what kind of
event sounds like marching it could be
gnomes on patrol this isn't good if they
decide to come in here we have no way of
escaping don't stop just keep moving
that many gnomes carrying stuff could
mean that the road close by let's check
it out we should be careful
Oh No there might be more of them coming
you are right it's a road hmm there
can't be many cuz of the trees but it
stands to reason that keep one open
otherwise they'd be cut off
I'm guessing this goes from the bottom
of the mountain straight to the top or
wherever the gnomes live I really wish
we had found this earlier it looks kind
of like a bill Hong Kong it's a blister
that's weird
I wonder what it's doing here we should
hold on to it I'm sure it'll come in
handy I wonder if those gnomes we saw
had something to do with it you might be
right about that which would mean the
gnome tribe is up to no good
there was a road at the foot of the
mountain heading for the shadow lands my
guess is they're doing business with the
grey guards now with the grey guards
they hate them I know cuz my mommy told
me so she said they'd play all kinds of
evil tricks on the grey guards all the
time many years have passed since your
mother lived here and it looks like
things have changed either way we better
get moving and see where this road goes
mmm-hmm
it looks like a dead end
the gnomes couldn't have just
disappeared they must have gone
somewhere get ready this could be a trap
let's go hey great I wonder where this
leads
we're prin you've got to understand that
we need to go in there we're looking for
something and I think they're the ones
who have it which means that no matter
what we're gonna have to face them at
some point you said it it's no use
it won't budge wait a minute it's a
pattern I think they're words but the
rocks so dark I can't read what it says
not everything is a puzzle you know we
wait I've got an idea
there we go that did the job the white
sand makes it easier to read find an
arrow straight and narrow this will be
your front door key find its mate upon
the gate turn it once and then once more
push don't pull the door you figured it
out Leif nice she kind of sounds like
the rhymes my father used to tell me
it's unlocked that was a bit too easy if
any arrow can be the key it's not such a
good idea to just leave them lying
around like that I get the feeling that
these gnomes aren't as clever as we
thought I think you're wrong they're
actually real smart and tricky mommy
told me that they love pranks and
setting up traps so we should be more
careful cuz this is one of their doors
we know that you don't have to worry
about us prin this must be it the dread
gnomes stronghold looks like it goes on
forever did you hear that it sounded
like someone was laughing at us
oh don't worry it was probably a bird or
something it was not a bird it was
someone laughing and it was at us I bet
it was one of the nose it wants us work
right into their trap and thought it was
really funny I don't care who it was
mark my words anyone who thinks this is
funny is gonna regret it let's go
right really sorry Lee are you okay I'm
fine but why'd you pull me back get back
it really is a trap
just don't look down you should get out
of here right now
so what gave it away beef how did you
figure out that it was a trap it was the
lines on the door at first they just
look like lines right that's what I
thought too but if you scrunch them
they're actually words to find your end
well apparently doing what we did
doesn't work so well I nearly found in
my end so do you think if we do the
opposite thing it might work out better
yeah let's try and pull the door this
time instead
well it looks okay so far wait first
this
I'd say it's safe to go please be
careful there are gonna be more
dangerous traps absurd it she's right we
should be careful
does it feel like it's getting smaller
and smaller to you if the ceiling gets
any lower than this I'm gonna have to
start crawling which way should we go
let's take the middle one hmm well it's
the tallest of the three is that the
only reason you chose it I think it's a
perfectly good reason because no matter
which tunnel we choose we know that it's
going to be dangerous which makes the
middle tunnel as reasonable a suggestion
as any dread gnomes we come in peace
please listen we didn't come here to
fight you you drop your weapons and
we'll do the same don't show them any
fear leaf why won't you answer us we're
telling you we don't want to fight but
we will if we have to don't lie to us do
you think we'd ever believe a band of
intruders like you we only trust a great
gimmick so you might as well save your
breath
wait we really have no reason to fight
each other this is for the great gallic
yeah we're not going to give up let's
make a run for it then
another trap
it's solid stone thanks for the info I
don't like it here it smells funny
that's cuz I don't think there's any way
for fresh air to get in managed to
completely seal us off from the outside
world you don't know that do you
we'll get you out of here I bet that the
gnomes are gonna come back so they can
laugh at us that'll be our chance cuz if
there's a way for them to get in here
that means there has to be a way for us
to get out that's a good point I think
you're right lief clearly they shut us
in here unharmed for their own
entertainment if they wanted to they
could have easily finished us off with
their poison arrows then we should have
a plan we could attack them as they come
through the door problem is we don't
know when they'll come I'm really really
thirsty
don't worry print I still have some
water left over from the Dreaming spring
that's it we should all drink the spring
water it's so simple I can't believe we
haven't thought of it we can go and spy
on the gnomes in our dreams if we think
of them before we drink this right I'm
positive we'll be able to find a way to
get out of here
relax leave there's nothing for us to be
afraid of
remember this is only a dream they can't
hear or see us so there's no need to be
cautious mm-hmm it's hard to get used to
come on
you
what's wrong with you
don't you know that if you get even one
drop on you you're done for huh sorry is
it some sort of poison right of course
this has got to be the stuff they use on
their arrows
I think I'm gonna skip lunch well just
be there
we're sorry forgive us great gelik you
have completely finished the last of
where we could collect today who's
responsible for this
there's a limit to how many insects we
can collect from the breeding caves each
day
what did do to deserve that that big
ugly toad attacked him just because he
was hungry once we were a proud people
we own this treasure in the mountain was
beautiful and fruitful now we are slaves
on a nest of thorns farming flies for a
toad that doesn't even care about us
did you speak drop on me is there a
problem what are you muttering about now
oh no no great Ganic eating Glasson
didn't speak is that so what did you
learn
do you have a complaint it well there's
nothing to complain about great Gaelic
never what could anyone possibly have to
complain about with you as our leader
and protector
this isn't leaf this is the change you
were talking about dread Mountain has
been taken over by this evil monster now
if you don't all want to return to stand
there bring behalf now if there was
enough enough reading tastes hard and
fight a bunch of fools I have to deal
there it is the Emerald the symbol of
Honor the fifth gem of the belt of
Deltora now we know we've got to do
Oh