Crack! The door was breaking. The Gorm were winning.Heather (the children’s mother/queen) suddenly appeared next to the kids terrare carved into her face. She tried to usher the young rabbits away. Taz holding Took while Todkin tried to slip away to help their father. Todkin glimpsed a nervous look on Taz’s face. “Why are we here? We need to go help” questions Todkin. They had arrived in the bedroom. Heather didn’t reply but instead started ransacking the room. While Took wailed, drowning out the cries of other rabbits down stairs.Finally, Heather found what she was looking for, it was an item wrapped in parchment paper. She gave it to Todkin. “I was told by your father if anything ever went wrong to bring you here and fear somethings gone wrong,” Heather whispered. She pulled a perfume bottle off the shelf and the sound of stone dragging began. A small holl next to the bed had appeared. Heather pushed the three children in.”AHH,” wailed Taz.It’s for your own good I’m sor…” Heather was cut off as she shut the door behind them.

It all went dark; that’s the last they heard of their mother.

They tumbled down the ancient tunnel. Finally, they reached flat ground and Took started crying her eyes out being very attached to her mother. Taz sat up after falling on the small parcel and then banged her head on the roof. “What should we do?” asked Todkin. “ don’t know but you open your present,” answered Taz. Todkin nodded and slowly opened it and as curiosity got the better of him he ripped out the object. It was a small knife and a note.”Give me the note!”she shouted as she snatched it out his hand. It read.

If you are reading this my children then my worst nightmare has happened. The knife is magic and you must protect it from the Gorm. It can cut anything but iron and you must remember whatever happens I love you all very much. Never forget that.

Silence filled the room. Then Taz spoke up “We should keep moving the Gorm will still be hunting. Also for the first time Took stopped crying and just held his head in sorrow. They crawled through the tunnel for hours in silence. Taz was leading as she had studied the tunnels many moons ago.”We should have stayed to help!” Todkin blurted out.”They would have slaughtered us all.” Taz replied.” I could have fought them,” mumbled Todkin. They kept on going.

Finally, they found a way out but it was a steep drop into a bed of snow. Suddenly, an ear splitting scratch of metal.”I think we’d be better of in here than out there,”Taz squeaked. They all nodded in unison . They all managed to fall asleep to restless night listening to the lullaby of screeching iron on iron