She kept them against the walls as she stumbled forward a few steps. ‘This is silly,’ she said, her voice sounding very loud in the still darkness. She concentrated hard and then very, very gently clicked her fingers. To her relief one cold, little flame sparked into life and danced on the tip of her forefinger. She held it up like a candle and used it to illuminate the tunnel. It went down steeply, winding round and round, for a very long way. Gradually it levelled off and opened into a gigantic cavern. Tia gazed in awe as crystal sparkled from the walls and roof. She carefully willed her little flame to grow brighter, and as it did, crystal lit up all over the cavern. It glittered from everywhere. There were even pieces scattered over the cavern floor like fallen stars, so lovely that she picked some up and put them in her pocket. She gazed around, sure Yordis’s collar must be kept somewhere in the cavern. But it’s so big, she thought. It might take me for ever to find the right place!
