Kade retrieved the item Astrid needed. Though subjectively they would be gone at most a week, it was a good idea for Astrid to have it anyway, just in case. The others gathered what items they deemed necessary and gathered in the entryway with Alexander. Elenore met them there. "Be careful everyone." She had a nervous smile on as she hugged Sumi and Hannah (an anyone else who wanted one), but there was a sparkle in her eye. The one that anyone who had been at the school for very long recognized as nonsense. 

Kade led the group out of the house and into the storm that was raging across the property. The wind whipped at them threatening to knock them over and sweep them away. Rain poured down from almost every angle as if it had no respect for physics. And the lighting and thunder flashed and crashed around them threatening trees and the house and them as they crossed the open field. Kade moved with a lith and quick pace. Leading the group into the woods. The storm seemed to lessen, was it the trees protecting them from the elements or had it realized it could not reach them? Through a couple heavy breaths, Kade spoke, "We are looking for a pair of trees, interwoven, but their trunks are just wide enough to climb [url=https://i.pinimg.com/236x/85/27/a4/8527a4ca441eb9db09a6ffb4ef6d9f06--tree-sculpture-tree-art.jpg?b=t]through[/url]."