Adi was startled to hear Cutty. His eyes darted to his friend. Obviously he had given the Healer the slip. Good old Cutty. What was that Cassie was saying? She sensed them? Cool! Adi trusted the woman and her senses so if she said they were close, then they were. And ugh! Spider venom. Bleh. Those must be as bad as the webs he hated so much.

"Got it,'' Adi told Dakest. No need to tell him twice about sticking together. If they divided up, the spiders would have an easier time conquering them. Suddenly Adi felt something touching him. AAAH! A SPIDER! He jerked away, colliding with Yoongi but the thing had a good grip on his hand. Looking down and trying not to loose his head, he saw it was only Maisie holding him. Oh. What a relief! And the pretty lady was holding his hand. Waaaah!

No time to dwell on this development though as she was pulling him into the Forest. The Age line wouldn't affect him this time around, right? He hadn't noticed anything changing around him so he was clueless. "They were smart enough to be around Hogsmeade and Hogwarts without anyone noticing them,'' Adi told Maisie. What he meant was that these spiders used their brains, yo!