Moonflower's Arc

Chapter 5 of 5

Brooke wiped her glasses on a handkerchief and prepared for her descent. "I can't run a hotel with a hole full of trouble making goblins," she said. Her voice was tired, but her hands shook. "If your dust works on your new plant and on at least one Goblin", Brooke hooked her thumb at the male Goblin, "I should be safe if something goes wrong." Moonflower knelt by the pit. She set her potted plant aside and took out the tin. She took one pinch of the rainbow dust and wrapped it in a leaf then placed it in Brooke’s hand. “Just in case Brooke” Moonflower said, “you should be ready to go, be careful and remember, Tia is standing by if you need her.” The three of them were ready, Brooke sat on the edge of the hole as Tia prepared to lower her in with the rope, Moonflower kept an eye on the two goblins. “I’m ready Tia” Brooke said as Tia began to lower her into the hole. The braided goblin leaned over the hole beside Moonflower. She blew cigar smoke into the drifting cloud and grinned. "That's my cousins down there, plant lady. You just can’t imagine the wild stuff that goes on in there." She sounded proud of her people. Moonflower looked at the girl Goblin with a curious expression. After what seemed like an eternity but was no more than ten minutes, something happened below the ground, the music stopped. The goblin kingdom fell quiet. She had done it, Brooke had done something to quell the noise of the Goblin hole. Brooke breathed out and sagged against the wall of the basement. "It's quiet," she whispered. "It's actually quiet, I did it.” “Finally!” She exclaimed triumphantly as she dusted herself off with a handkerchief and stood. “So what did you see down there?” Tia asked, “What exactly did you do to stop the Goblins?” Moonflower added. Brooke chuckled and said “it’s late and I’m tired, that’s a story that will have to wait until tomorrow, I need a bath and some sleep.” She smiled and went upstairs satisfied with herself. “Now about our deal plant lady”, the girl Goblin said to Moonflower “We have things to discuss you and me” “You’re right we do, care to join me in the Hotel Garden?” Moonflower gestured towards the door with her hand then glanced at the male Goblin asleep in her lap, “He’ll be fine, we’ll lay him on a couch in the lobby while we have our chat” Moonflower smiled reassuringly as She helped carry the sleeping Goblin away to sleep comfortably.