Kidnapped!

The halfling was one of a dozen sent running to gather the Scouts. She ran as quick as she could to reach the house in the woods north of the gate. She turned along the path, feet pounding the dirt of the trail. She didn’t know why Therrus Ironshod had sent her to this cabin in the woods, but she saw the boy she was sent to get.
Ivan spent every morning just before dawn splitting wood, then a half hour practicing with a bow. In the evenings, he split more wood and practiced with his sword while his dad taught him. The little halfling girl came running up the path behind him as he fired his third quiver. She could barely get the words out, but Ivan heard enough and began his own run towards town.
He arrived twenty minutes later at the Barracks. Rick, Bobo and Serifina were arriving as he came running up. Therrus was waiting outside, looking haggard and wearing his full armor.
“Last night a sizable group of kobolds entered the city. They grabbed two of your friends, the couple who got elected May princess and prince. We don’t know why they were taken, but they were targets. The kobolds thence stole a boat and headed up the river. Most of the guard is out dealing with some goblin attacks out by the farms, so we need you to find the kobolds. Once you know where they have taken you friends use this wand to send up a signal, and some of our rangers will come running.”
The scouts laid into arguing as they went to the docks, where a boat with some ponies was waiting. Ivan didn’t want to ride the pony, Serafina didn’t want to cross the river, Bobo just wanted to go back to bed. It took the better part of an hour to get them across the river and the horses off the boat. Once they got in the saddle, the young adventurers settled into a solid rhythm as they rode along the river. Ivan and Serafina searched the shoreline for signs of the boat while Rick and Bobo kept an eye on the woods.
After nearly five miles, they found where a boat had come ashore. The paw prints of kobolds readily apparent along the shore and some took off down a game trail. They stood arguing. Rick wanted to summon help thence, Ivan wanted to keep riding, but in the end they decided to follow the kobolds into the old forest. Ivan took lead and they followed the kobolds for hours.
As the afternoon settled in, the youths spent some time discovering they had lost the trail. They spent some time going back until they found the kobolds prints again. It was nearly four hours later when they found a hole with the tracks heading down into it. Serafina fired the magic flare into the darkening sky, hoping she had not led the rangers on a wild goose chase.
Bobo and Serafina used their arcane energy to make their staves glow, and the party went into the hole. It opened into a cavern, and they slowly made their way. Ivan and Rick explored with the magic users following behind. For hundreds of yards they found nothing but dead ends, or mud pits. After they had found a flat long corridor, Rick turned a corridor and faced a flurry of thrown spears.
Letting his chain take the brunt of the damage, Rick charged in into a small group of the dog like creatures, his sword glowing with the power of his faith. After a couple of wild swings, he dropped behind his shield. Serafina threw a cloud of daggers into the knotted group. Blades of mystic energy sprung to life, slicing a pair. Bobo threw a bolt of dimensional energy, striking a kobold towards the back. Ivan took a moment, summoned his concentration and fired an arrow into the heart of the kobold in front of Rick. Rick stepped to the side and struck a blow to one of the kobolds not in the fog of daggers. As she continued concentrating on the first spell, Serafina summoned a bolt of arcane energy and shot one of the kobolds caught in her spell. It fell to the ground lifeless. Bobo called on the energy from beyond this plane again and struck the kobold to the back.
That kobold issued a fierce growl, then mumbling. A bolt of red energy launched from it claw, narrowly missing Bobo. The other living kobold struck Rick, narrowly missing a hit from Ivan’s longbow. Serafina summoned the energy for another bolt, but it failed as it reached the pair. Rick shouts out to Bahamut, and swings through one of the kobolds, as Bobo opens a small hole between the dimensions in the other, biting a chunck out.
As the adrenaline starts to fade, they examine the room. They found a rope leading up into a hole, Serafina searched the dead kobolds and found dragon scales on them. Deep red scales from a young wyrm by the size.
As the party made it outside, they found themselves near an old road that ran towards the mining camp. Two riders came up the road, wearing the colors of the town’s rangers. The party relaxed as they prepared to make their report.