Away from Bolvangar - Pitch #8

After being rescued by Mrs. Coulter, Lyra has a 'nice little chat' with her, pretending to be innocent and sweet. When Mrs. Coulter tries to take the alethiometer, which was actually a spy-fly disguised for this purpose, the spy-fly attacks her.

Seeing the golden chance, Lyra sprints out of the room, and pulls all the fire alarms on her way to the kitchen. In the kitchen, Lyra creates a humongous fire that will destroy Bolvangar for good. She leads all the other children outside, where the Tartar guards are waiting for them. Lyra and the other children indulge in a big snowball fight in which they aim to put snow in the eye slits of the armours of the guards, blocking their view. With the Tartar guards staggering behind, the children reach to safety where the gyptians are all waiting.

Before Lyra can go with the other children, however, Mrs. Coulter grabs Lyra, and Roger tries to peel Lyra off from Mrs. Coulter, but Mrs. Coulter is too strong for a little boy like him. At that very moment, Lee Scoresby arrives in his air balloon, and takes Lyra, Roger, and Iorek away. Safe inside the air balloon, Lyra meets Serafina Pekkala, the witch friend of Farder Coram. They talk about many things, including the Dust, the Church, the Gobblers, and the history of Iorek. In her talk with the witch, Lyra discovers that had Iorek not murdered another bear, he would have become the king of the bears.

Just then, the air balloon gets attacked by an army of cliff-ghasts. Lyra is thrown off the balloon and gets lost. She is unable to find her friends. What will she do?