Back home Crumble told the others what his acquaintance had said. There was a heated discussion and as a first reaction nobody wanted to have anything to do with the Black Raven. Bunny Clemens even squeaked from upset. Unfortunately, they weren’t able to find any other solution either and there was a grim atmosphere in the room.
They couldn’t reach the Library of Magic and while Crumble had been away, Stella had talked to Mira but she didn’t find anything about this person. It seemed that they were the only people to have made the acquaintance of this woman and that felt rather uneasy.
“I know her name”, Crumble suddenly proclaimed. Everyone was curious and the cat continued, “in her bag there were some documents as well and I believe that the addressed person should be her. It’s Amanda Bernars.”
Now this didn’t sound like the name of a super evil person or typical villain. Somehow Stella was disappointed.

“If there actually IS someone who knows about this woman, it’s THEM. There’s this group of people who are all about magic and things. They would never allow anything like this to happen and if someone could help you out, it would definitely be them”, the crystal said. Crumble listened attentively. There might be help on the way! “What’s the group’s name?”, he asked.
“The Black Raven.”
Oh, damn. Of course, the duck couldn’t know what problems they had had with these people, and Crumble didn’t intend to tell him all of his adventures right now. He still had to be careful, even if the crystal would be of help later on it was surely on the side of the dwarves and the cat wasn’t sure which general side THEY were on.
He thanked him for the tip and they continued to talk a bit but couldn’t find any other idea.
On his way back home, Crumble was thinking about what the duck had said. Maybe… just maybe this even WAS a solution? Clemens had told him about these people but there was also a difference between them. Some had been rather aggressive and others didn’t like violence at all. It was a group with many different faces.
So this actually could be the right way…?

Everyone was shocked. “We need to stop someone who might try to repair the portal, with that strange woman around that person might even get killed!”, Stella said. Crumble wrote down his answer: He knew whom to tell, he would go right away. The others didn’t know what he meant because he had only summarized what had happened in the gemstone boutique, but the cat quickly rushed into the city again. Today was a real fitness day, so much running around and about! When he came near, he already saw the duck sitting outside in the sun, pretending to be advertisement for the shop. Noticing Crumble, the crystal started shining even more.
“Nice to see you again so soon”, the duck said. Crumble told him what he had got to know. “Oh, that’s bad”, the crystal sighed, “I will tell my dwarf to wait with telling someone to lay hand on the portal. Just make sure to give me a sign when everything is fine again.”
“Do you have any idea what we could do against that woman? If she already managed to break the portal, who knows what else she could destroy!” The duck thought about this for a while. “I might have an idea.”

Crumble ran faster than ever and arrived home out of breath. Everyone was looking at him expectantly and wanted to know if he had succeeded. Oh, the mission, yes… He had almost forgotten about that, there was something way more important now! Crumble summed up that the package was hidden and would be discovered soon, the mission had been a success.
The cat had to keep the others from partying now (they were so relieved that there was finally a way out of their (mainly Clemens’) miserable / fluffy situation) and quickly told them what had happened on his way home. He talked about the strange woman in the weird new shop, what she had said and what he had found:”There were plans in her bag, sketches and scribbles of something terrible! It’s this woman’s fault that the portal is damaged and now she plans on setting up a different portal… One that will steal the imagination of those who walk through!”