The small girl looked thoughtful at the question. "I don't know why I want it, I just... do" she said quietly as the crow inched ever closer to the shiny bauble around her neck, she could see the bright spark in the eyes of the little bird, such an intelligent little creature.

Her hand flexed and she snatched away her necklace causing the bird to caw and drop the letter before flapping away from the little trio of young girls. Alys reached down and picked up the envelope. She wiped the dirt off of it and turned it around in her hands. The name and address meant nothing to her, somewhere called Wellingtonshire? "If fate had wished you to be a secret, would they have sent you to me?" she asked the letter as she ran her fingers along the seal, made of hardened red wax. She looked at the other two with a sparkle in her eye. "Anyone else want to see?"