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Pegasus started to neigh, they looked forward.
    ‘We are going down,’ Paelen called.
    ‘We must be near your father!’ Joel suggested.
    ‘Here?’ Emily said. ‘But there’s nothing around here but mountains, forest and the Red Apple?’
    ‘And a great place to hide the CRU,’ Joel said.
    Emily saw bright flashing lights shining in the distance. But they were descending in the opposite direction and further over a dark forest. As they came down to the level of the treeline, Pegasus whinnied and sharply veered away.
    ‘What is it, Pegs?’ Emily called nervously. She looked down and still couldn’t see anything hidden in the dark trees beneath them. ‘Have they seen us?’
    Cupid glided closer to the stallion’s side. ‘He doesn’t want to approach as you and Joel are too chilled to confront them. He says we must find you warmer clothes first.’
    Emily was conflicted. If they were close to finally finding her father she hated to leave the area. But she was freezing. Pegasus was right. She and Joel needed to warm up soon or they’d both be in big trouble.
    ‘I’ve got an idea!’ Joel called from behind her. ‘Pegasus, get us to those flashing lights. I know exactly where we are.’
    Pegasus neighed once and changed direction in the sky again. He took the lead as Paelen and Cupid flew at his side.
    Emily turned back to Joel. ‘Where are we going?’
    ‘Down there,’ Joel pointed at the bright lights. ‘Pegasus, you’ll have to land before we get there. We don’t want to be seen yet.’
    As they approached, loud pounding music and terrible screams filled the air. Emily saw the flashing lights were from amusement rides. The screaming was from people on the rides.
    ‘Land right there!’ Joel called and pointed towards an opening in the forest near the fence surrounding the amusements.
    Once on the ground, Joel stiffly slid off the stallion’s back. He called Paelen and Cupid closer. ‘This is perfect. A few years ago, my dad brought me up here for Halloween. It’s the Haunted Forest Festival. There’s a big haunted house, and all kinds of things to see and do.’
    ‘Joel, we don’t have time to go to the festival,’ Emily said irritably. She was reaching the point where her teeth no longer chattered. She was chilled and worried about hypothermia. ‘We need clothing and then we’ve got to go find my dad!’
    ‘I know,’ Joel shot back. ‘But look at us. We can’t go anywhere in daylight dressed like this. And look at them?’ Joel pointed at Cupid and Pegasus. ‘Look at those wings. We’ve got to find a way to hide them.’
    ‘So?’ Emily challenged.
    ‘Emily, it’s the Haunted Forest! Don’t you get it?’ Joel continued. ‘They have performers dressed in scary costumes. We could walk right in there and everyone would think we were part of the show. I bet we could get into the actors’ trailers and find some clothing.’
    ‘ Oh ,’ Emily said, finally understanding. ‘I get it. But wait. We don’t look scary. We still don’t fit in. We’re dressed like Olympians, not vampires, ghouls or ghosts—’
    ‘I do not understand,’ Paelen interrupted. ‘In this place, people are dressed as the dead? Why would they do that?’
    ‘To scare the people who come to visit,’ Joel explained.
    ‘And these people wish to be scared?’
    Joel nodded.
    ‘I still do not understand,’ Paelen said.
    ‘Neither do I,’ Cupid added.
    ‘Nor me,’ Emily agreed. ‘I always hated the haunted house.’
    ‘Maybe,’ Joel said. ‘But right now, with all of us looking like this, it is the only place for us.’
    They started to walk towards the festival. In the chilled night air rose the sweet aroma of candyfloss, toffee apples and all the other funfair delights.
    ‘They have food here?’ Paelen asked eagerly.
    ‘Oh yeah,’ Joel said.
    Pegasus also lifted his head and sniffed in the strong fragrance of festival food.
    Before long they crept up to a chain link fence. On the other side they