this is part of it! The path they had been shown to was dusty, and with every step it became harder for them to breathe. Carla had rode silently on the horse that was gladly given to her with Kyle on one side of her and Justin on the other side. She was still reluctant to find these forgotten parents, but when she realized how much her friends had been put through, she couldn’t do anything but agree. Everyone else seemed to be quiet too, except I light chatter between judgments on the way to go, everyone kept to himself or herself. They day seemed to go by quickly, and the trail started to darken. The trees surrounded the path and it seemed that they blocked out any source of the sun. There was no way to tell what time of day it was, and so they kept going until they felt a sign of fatigue. Ashley was the first to admit that she was tired, and quickly found and open area and plopped down to rest her feet. She stood only three feet tall, so when her small voice called, everyone else almost missed it. “Wait where did Ashley go?” Asked Patric. “She’s sitting over there you big loof,” Nathan mumbled as he made his way towards Ashley. Patric sighed at the insignificant insult and leaned against a tree and closed his eyes to rest. “How far have we gone?” Carla asked patiently. “About a good twenty miles.” Grumbled Justin from behind her, startling her off her horse. “Twenty miles?” It seemed like they should’ve gone a hundred miles, but she realized that walking is a lot more difficult than just driving places. “It seemed like it went by so fast,” she said quickly so that no one would get disappointed. Everyone seemed to drift apart and make his or her own separate beddings. Some slept in groups, but most slept by themselves. Ben made his way into the woods and came back with some wood for a fire. Once he got it going, everyone seemed to wander over by it and warm up. No one was saying anything so Sharon started to tell a story. “No too long ago, there lived a loving couple, in these woods. They were newly wed, and just found a spot on their land where they wanted to build a house. They didn’t have a lot of money, but the husband was determined to start the perfect life with his beautiful new wife. They were both young, just in their twenties, which was abnormal for most couples, who are normally ten to twenty years apart. Like most of the village, their families weren’t pleased with the marriage, and refused to help with the building of the house. It took about a year for them to finish making the small boxy building, and another year to make the inside livable. Their marriage was cursed instead of blessed, so they came across many problems, but it didn’t stop the love they had for each other. After a few years, the young wife became a young mother. She had a lovely daughter and named her Rosemary. Their family slowly grew, but they seemed to not be able to bare a son. After their fourth daughter, Peony, was born the husband became very ill. “After a month he died of a fever. This left the young mother and her four daughters helpless. And with no one else to help, the mother unburied her past. She hadn’t practiced for years, but she had enough knowledge to teach her daughters. The women in her family had magical powers, and her grandmother was a known witch, and a very powerful one. Her mother refused to teach her, but her grandmother taught her as much as she could before she passed away. The mother taught her daughters the best of both worlds, and let their powers develop naturally, and they did. The oldest was Rosemary and her powers grew to a nurturing power. She obtained the gift from Mother Nature herself. The next was Begonia, whose power to intellect. She obtained the power from the air. Then there was Tuberose, whose power grew like her great grand mother’s. She obtained power from fire, and became over sexual with her power. The youngest was Peony and her power grew to purification and love. She obtained her power from water. These girls grew more and more powerful every year, and when their mother died, they had to make it on their own; with what little their mother had been able to teach them. Rosemary was twelve then, and didn’t know exactly what to do with three younger siblings, but with her gift she was able to make things work. Now Rosemary should be about 20, and they are more powerful than anyone alive.” “Now you’re telling us that these witches are in these woods, and that we could run into them?” Ashley asked. “Well I’m not sure if this is correct, but people say that their home is on this very trail, and many have passed it, and only a few have come back.” “These witches, are they evil or good?” Justin asked curiously. “I can’t say, but by the sound of their stories, they sound a bit evil.” “This is rubbish. I can’t believe you guys really believe this storyteller. Where are the facts?” Ben shouted to the group. “I don’t have the facts, it’s just a warning. We just have to be careful.” Sharon said patiently to Ben who was still rolling his eyes at her. “Well it’s always nice to know so we can be ready for it.” Ryan stated while grabbing onto Ben’s shoulder and squeezing it hard. “Right Ben?” Ben nodded but shrugged Ryan’s hand off his shoulder and wandered away from the light of the fire. Everyone seemed to loosen up after that, and started to chat amongst themselves. Stories were being swapped back and forth, while tips or training techniques were shared. It was a while before Ben walked back to the fire and sat next to Rachel, who was witling away at a hunk of wood she found next to the fire. He sighed and looked over at his companion. She wore her tattered travel cloak and had her fiery red hair seemed to reach to the fire as if it were one. He reached over to brush her hair away when she quickly wrapped her small arms around him and held her small dagger to his neck. “Rachel what are you doing?” Ben whimpered. She said nothing and slowly moved back to her position. Everyone kept their eyes on her, but she did nothing else, she just went back to witling the piece of wood. The voices started up again, but after awhile everyone drifted to their beddings. Ryan and Justin stayed awake, to keep the area safe. They talked to each other silently when Ryan was startled by a noise. Justin listened carefully but couldn’t hear what Ryan did. Ryan listened to the noise carefully, studying what it could be coming from. He started to walk towards it when it suddenly stopped over Ben and Rachel. They were sleeping soundlessly, but there was something around them. Ryan tried to cast a spell to detect what it was, but was only blinded by a bright light. Ryan stumbled back, and Justin replaced him with his sword drawn. “What is it?” He whispered. Ryan didn’t answer. “Ryan? What was it that you saw?” “Nothing.” Ryan mumbled as he rubbed his face. “It was something unnatural. I’ve never seen such power.” “Where? We could take it.” “It’s one of our own.” Justin turned towards Ryan and saw him bent over rubbing his face. “One of our own? Who is it?” “I don’t know for sure, but it’s either Ben or Rachel.” Justin looked back at the sleeping bodies and sat close to them. “Well I’ll be here just in case.” Ryan laughed quietly and sat next to Justin. They talked for the rest of the night, and once they saw that some light was showing through the cramped branches, they started waking everyone. Ryan avoided Ben and Rachel, so Justin rolled his eyes and kicked Ben lightly in the side. “Ben you and your wench need to wake.” Ben didn’t stir but Rachel raised her body and smiled at Justin. He looked over at Ryan who was watching and looked back at the once ugly girl. Rachel rarely smiled, and to see her smile made Justin panic. He rushed away to wake someone else. Rachel silently looked down at Ben and whispered in his ear. Ben’s eyes shot open and he looked up at her. She smiled at him and stood up to find some food for the both of them. He drowsily sat up and looked around. People were getting ready to leave, and he wasn’t even packed up yet. He scrambled to get things into their bags; Rachel walked up with some food, and gave him an awkward look. “Everyone is getting ready to leave, help me pack.” She looked around at everyone standing around chatting then looked back down at Ben and started to laugh. “What?” Rachel shook her head and walked towards Sharon. Ben took a look around and realized he panic for nothing and joined Rachel in talking to Sharon. “I had the strangest dream last night,” Ben announced. Ryan over heard him so he listened into the conversation. “I was walking through the woods and a great flash of light surrounded me and I put up my arms to cover my eyes and saw this demon like creature facing me. I don’t really remember anything else, but that creature’s face lingers in my head.” “What did it look like?” Sharon asked curiously. “It was a creature of fire, and had long horns and a devious smile.” Ben shuddered at the thought of it, and noticed Rachel’s face. “Are you okay?” She smiled at him and started to walk away when Justin stopped her. “Look I feel that she might be the cause of the bad dream. Ryan walked towards you guys last night because he heard a voice and when he tried to detect what was going on and a light blinded him. And now you had a dream of a blinding light that surrounds a demon creature of fire. There has to be an explanation.” Ben looked over at Rachel and back at Justin. “She couldn’t possess such powers.” “Well I feel uncomfortable with her around, do we need her anyway?” “Yes we do, everyone plays their parts.” Carla answered. “I don’t want anyone to be abandoned.” “Well keep her away from me.” Justin grumbled back to Carla. “Why don’t you just ask me?” Rachel finally said. Everyone was shocked at the fact that she finally spoke, but Ben smiled at her then turned to Justin. “Yeah, why don’t you just ask her?” “She would probably just lie anyway.” Justin said at Ben. “Well I think that she would tell you the truth if you gave her a chance.” Ben said while putting his arm around her. “So tell us, what’s going on with the demon and bright lights?” “I don’t know anything about demons, but I know that there was something in the air last night, and maybe that could’ve triggered the bright light.” “No.” Ryan yelled. “It wasn’t just something in the air. It was directly from either you or Ben.” “Well it can’t be me, I have no magical abilities.” Rachel reasoned. “Well just watch yourselves until we figure this out.” Sharon added. With that Justin gave up and started to get everyone ready to leave. Once they were back on the trail, everyone feel silent except the light humming coming from Ashley. The trail took them into the town of Mordal, but Justin was uneasy about them staying, so he pushed that they kept traveling. Everyone was growing tired and wanted to stay in a real bed for the night, but Justin argued that this town wasn’t a town to stay at. “What’s going to happen if we stay here?” Kyle asked. “Bad things happen in this town. People disappear and there’re witches that will steal your soul.” Justin replied. “Now lets keep walking, we still have a few more hours until night, we can make it far enough away.” “Not more witches,” whined Ben. “We can stay here and not be harmed.” Sharon said with ease. “All we have to do is be careful of who we talk to. This is the town that the four witch sisters were raised near.” Justin looked down at her and sighed heavily. “Okay, but I am not saving anyone if you get in trouble.” He grumbled while starting his way over to the small tavern. Everyone followed him in. The tavern was dimly light with maybe five people in it. The bar keep seemed to be older than usual, and was talking to a pretty woman who seemed to be a waitress. She laughed loud about something he said and gave him a little shove. She looked over and noticed more people were coming in and wandered over to the table where Justin, Ryan, and Nathan sat. “How can I help you Huns?” she asked sweetly. “I would like some whisky.” Justin grunted. “I would like some too.” Nathan laughed. “Water.” Ryan said sympathetically. “Alrighty, I’ll be back soon.” She smiled at them and walked to the next table, but everyone else wasn’t interested in drinking. Sharon looked around to try to find someone to ask about the legendary witches, but there were only travelers in the tavern. Sharon sighed and started to work her way towards the rooms, when Ben was being pushed up against the wall, and Rachel had someone pinned against the floor with her sword. Justin leapt up to join in the action, but things were still, and no one was talking or trying to fix the situation, they just stared at one another. “What’s going on?” Justin demanded with his sword drawn and staring at Rachel who was sitting on a person on the floor. She stood up and held her sword to the lady’s neck. “Put him down or I’ll make sure she’ll never speak again.” The man dropped Ben and moved over to hit Rachel but Justin pushed him against the wall. “Don’t think about it.” Justin demanded. Rachel let the girl up, and she ran out the door, and her partner followed close behind. “Okay, can you guys explain what just happened?” “They tried to steal from us, and we couldn’t just let it happen.” Ben answered. “And how did you wined up against the wall?” Justin laughed. “Okay he was a bit stronger than me.” “A bit?” Ashley laughed then started to mimic Ben’s face when he was against the wall. Everyone laughed, and Ben started to get red in the face. “Look I’m not a fighter.” “No, but Rachel sure could’ve taken him.” Nathan pointed out. “I couldn’t of.” Rachel argued. “Look this is a pointless argument, lets try to be more civilized.” “I agree, now lets get back to drinking,” Ashley stated. Everyone relaxed and went back to what they were doing before hand, when after a few minutes a woman in a cloak came running in the tavern. “I need help, I need help.” She screamed at the bar keeper. “What is it dear?” “The witches are here.” Everyone looked at each other, and Justin rose to his feet. “Where are these witches you speak of?” “They are riding into town as we speak. Please do something last time they were here my sister had a miscarriage and half of our livestock died.” “Couldn’t that just be coincidence?” Patric stated. “These witches are evil, they cast curses on the ones who look at the in a different way.” She frantically stated. “Please could you help us? I couldn’t afford another winter without my livestock.” “I will” Sharon stated, and looked around for others to join. “We will too.” Ben added. “And I’ll come too.” Ryan said and smiled at Sharon. They walked out the door, and noticed everyone was in their houses, except four ladies on horses. There they are, hat are we going to do?” “We’ll ask them to come over and talk.” “What? Are you crazy?” Ben asked. “No these girls aren’t evil, they are just trying to survive.” Sharon walked over to the horses and the other three followed right behind. Once she got up to them the eldest looked down at her and gave a questioning stare. “Are you girls the witches everyone is talking about?” “Yes, now why don’t you go hide like everyone else?” The red haired one bluntly stated. “We are interested in learning the truth about you. Can we come with you and maybe talk?” Sharon stood sturdy at the evil glares from the three youngest. “Why that would be wonderful. We haven’t had guests in a long time.” The eldest said politely. “We are heading home anyway. Are you okay walking?” “Yes we are.” Sharon answered.

The same laughter came around them, but the light never turned dark, and the screams never came. It just slipped quickly into them, and they became silent. The older man smiled victoriously at them, and ordered the other men to place them in the building. They did as told and wandered back to the crooked house. Once they entered the house, they walked straight into the portal. This time the portal lead them into to the same house where they left Carla. A smile came to the older man's face, and they walked up to the door. When they knocked, Carla's mother answered the door. She was shocked by the mere size of the two other men, but when she looked at the smaller one, she said, "Carla?" He nodded. Her face sank from her usual pleasant smile to a frown. “Hold on, I’ll get her.” She drug her feet through the house to Carla’s room. “Hun, some men are here to see you.” “Who?” Carla questioned, but there was no answer form her mother. “Mom, what’s wrong?” “Nothing dear, don’t keep your guests waiting.” She smiled at Carla, and gave her a hug. Carla smiled at her, and walked through the house to the front door. She gasped at the sight of the two larger men, and they could see the fear in her eyes. “Can I help you?” She whimpered to the men. “Yes Carla, we need you to come with us” “What, who are you?” Carla became to panic and reached to shut the door, but one of the larger men grabbed it and kept it open. “Don’t worry Carla, we aren’t here to hurt you, but to merely take you back home.” “What?” Carla’s eyes had started to water, and she could barely see their faces. “Mom?” Her mother had been standing near by, and when she heard Carla’s helpless cry to her she became furious. “Look, I have raised her to be my own. How about you guys just go back to where ever you came from and leave us alone.” “What do you mean to be your own?” “Carla we found you on our doorstep.” “What?” Carla became furious and tried to walk away, but the other bigger man grabbed her. “Let her go,” her mother screamed, but she was pushed back by the man holding the door, and the door rushed shut. She ran to open the door, but by the time she could swing the heavy wooden burden out of the way, Carla and the men were gone. She wept at the same doorstep where Carla was left eighteen years ago. Carla had passed out by the sheer strength and anger from the man holding her, and when she awoke, she saw a group of familiar faces, and smiled at them. They seemed different though. They didn’t have the same look in their eyes, but more like the look that the other men gave her when they saw her, but then her eyes locked onto the same loving eyes that she has gazed in lovingly. “Kyle, what’s going on?” She asked, but instead of answering her, he just gathered her into his arms and held her, lightly kissing her on the head. She looked up at the other faces, and noticed that some have changed in appearance. “Can someone please tell me what’s going on?” “Yes but I would need to talk to you in the other room.” She looked at the same man that took her away from her home, and then looked up at Kyle. He looked at the elderly man and nodded his head at her. As she walked away she looked back at him, and he smiled at her lovingly. The room she was taken into was a little more comfortable looking. He showed her to a chair and sat down next to her. “I know everything seems to be a little confusing, but please don’t mention your old life to any of your friends.” “What why?” “I had to replace their memories.” “For what?” “Look, you are a princess in this world, and they are here to protect you on your way back home. It’s going to be a long trip, and very dangerous. I talked to your parents and they wanted you to feel safe and comfortable, and this was the only way we could think of to make things easier on you.” “Easier? You tell me that I have been living a lie all of my life, and that I have to just go and see these ‘parents’ that I have never met before, and travel many dangerous miles just to see them. Don’t I get to choose what life I want to live?” “I’m sorry, but I am only in charge of getting you back to your parents.” He smiled at her, and grabbed her hand. “They miss you so much. It was hard for them to leave you, but they had no choice. The castle was too dangerous to keep a smile princess in.” Carla looked at him and then at the door. “How is it that they know me still?” “They are fake memories. I made them to fit what they would have to do on this journey.” “Will anyone die?” Carla looked seriously into his eyes, and knew that the answer was yes, but hoped to hear different. “Yes some might die, but for the best. All they know is that if they die, they are dieing protecting you.” Carla’s eyes grew at the thought. “I can’t do this.” She started to panic and ran towards the door. “What do you mean? You have to do this.” “I can’t risk my friend’s lives selfishly. I can’t do this. Tell my parents that if they want to see me, they can come here and see me.” “This place is the last place you want to be. The safest you and your friends can be is on the road, going to see your parents.” Carla looked down and took a deep breath. “I’ll do this, but if anyone of my friends die, I’ll have your head.” He smirked at her comment, “you sound like your mother.” Carla smiled at him and opened the door to see her friends patiently waiting for her to join them. Her eyes were still a little watery, but no one could really notice that she was nervous. All of her closest friends from school were here: Kyle, Justin, Ben, Rachel, Patric, Sharon, Nathan, Ashley, and Ryan.

okay kyle just needs to get me my disk back, then i'll get you the rest of chapter one! :D

Carla- Age: 18 Height: 5’6” Eyes: green Hair: red Background: Carla was a baby when her parents dropped her off at the doorstep of strangers in a different plain. She was raised by the family, and treated no different, but one day her family would be back for her. This young lady was born into a royal family, and after a large clan of raging giants attacked their village, her family decided that it wasn’t safe to keep a young princess around, even with the magical abilities in their heritage. Kyle- Age: 18 Height: 5’11” Eyes: blue Hair: brown Background: this young man is very well in love with Carla, and would do anything to protect her. After he travels through the portal, he notices that he has a gift with a sword, and keeps one close to him at all times. Rachel- Age: 15 Height: 5’4” Eyes: hazel Hair: red Background: she is mistaken as Carla, and when they brought her to their time, she had memories rush to her, of death and insanity. She killed off her family when she was ten, and shortly after learning the skills of a ranger she met her friend Ben, who slowly falls in love with her. This love can’t happen though, as he slowly starts to find out her past. Ben- Age: 19 Height: 5’9” Eyes: brown Hair: brown Background: He is a sorcerer with a special hidden ability. He tries to keep his mind off of battle, but since he met his friend Rachel, he hasn’t been able to hide from it. He falls in love for Rachel, but can’t show it by her lack of speech and also her false background. Nathan-Age: 27 Height: 5’9” Eyes: blue Hair: blonde Background: A warrior for Carla. He wasn’t sent to keep a watch over Carla, but to keep her precious cargo safe from harm, including her ability of bearing children. Ashley-Age: 180 Height: 5’ Eyes: green Hair: black Background: A thief and also town clown. She doesn’t have much to offer during a battle, but she has a high respect for Carla, since Carla saved her life, and so she keeps close to her just incase she is in need of something. Ryan- Age: 31 Height: 5’8” Eyes: blue Hair: blonde Background: Studies magic, especially the reading of thoughts, but when he comes across Ben and Rachel in the woods, he senses Ben’s hidden power during a battle, and feels it his duty to rid the land of such a creature. And would die to do so. Sharon-Age: 140 Height: 4’8” Eyes: hazel Hair: blonde Background: An Elvin druid, who keeps to her self most of the time. She is very likable when she interacts, but one time she doesn’t just get to ‘know the face. She falls in love with another, and everything seems to be turning around for her. Patric- Age: 230 Height: 5’ Eyes: brown Hair: brown Background: a sacred man who keeps to anything moral, but never completely studies one god or goddess. He isn’t much for battles, but can keep him from being harmed if he was to be endangered. Justin- Age: 22 Height: 6’1” Eyes: blue Hair: black Background: A born killer. Ever since he walked through the portal, all he wanted to do is kill things. Like Kyle, he found himself good with a sword, and almost every known weapon. But his bloodthirstiness, doesn’t blind him from who he knows he should be. At any sign a distress from Carla, he is there by her side, like he was trained to do.

she reaches for her needle, the small silver thin rod shined in the candle light. as it entered the warm light, the silver turned a light red. her sweat rolled down her face, and as it came close to her skin she closed her eyes. the needle touched her flesh, and instead of flinching, she leaned into the pain. a smile came to her face, and as she felt the needle cool, she was eager for more, but instead of putting the needle back into the flame, she durg it into the burn. the pain was satisfying, and she couldn't think of a time when she felt better...people say drugs and alchohol are bad, but they are completely ignorant to the true drug of life. pain is what we crave, no matter if it's physical or mental. the rush comes to us and we are hooked. i know this not by what i read but of my own experiences. i want to warn the world that this is indeed out there, and to the people who know what i am saying...try hard to find other pains like athletics or love or somehting better for you. i never want to have to feel the releif of a needle going through me. and i hope you never will too. stay strong.

i am sorry but i have needed to make a fresh start, so i am here to start with a new beginning.

okay this isn't all of it! The Delivery Chapter 1: The Beginning A war between man and giant has been spreading quickly over the land of Weraf. In particular would be the Castle of Piol, where a king and queen just gave birth to a lovely daughter. Frightened that she would be caught up in the war, they frantically tried to find her a place to safely grow up, but there was nowhere to be found. One day they drifted into a small town, and asked to speak with the mayor. The Mayor said no and that he was sorry but he couldn’t risk having her found in his town. The king and queen started grieving at his feet, begging him to take her somewhere safe. The mayor thought for a while, and accepted the burden of their child, but warned them that the place where he knew would be the safest wouldn’t be anywhere near here. They agreed and were pleased to find a stranger willingly enough to take her somewhere safe. The child watched as her parents drifted slowly down the path. Now the mayor had this fragile child to care for. He knew what he had to do, but it would be hard to find her again. He slowly walked, cradling the child in his arms, to a crooked house. When he lifted his hand to knock on the door, the door swung open, and an elderly man walked swiftly toward the mayor. He noticed the child, and knew what needed to be done. He made some adjustments in his home, and said a quick rhyme. As the words finished, a portal opened. The mayor looked at the man curiously, and handed him the child. He walked through the portal, and in seconds was back, but without the child. The mayor didn’t ask where she was, but asked him to never tell a soul, and that he will be back in eighteen years to recover the child. ~ Carla stood next to the large oak tree, thinking of what she needed to do before she moved to Mount Pleasant. She was going to college soon, and she couldn’t help but think of all the things she wanted to do before the summer ended. She slumped down on the cold ground and squeezed her knees tightly against here body. She thought carefully about everyone in her life. Faces flashed before her eyes, and they started to water. She didn’t want to leave her friends behind, but she felt the need to get out of this small town. Carla had lived in Roscommon all of her life, and felt the urge to travel and be somewhere new. As she sat and pondered, her mother’s voice traveled to her ear. At first she wasn’t going to answer, but once she heard that it was Kyle, she sprung to life and quickly made her way to the sliding door, at the back of her house. Kyle’s voice was troubled. Carla hoped that he called to tell her that he’s going to miss her, and became happy to the troubled sound, but it wasn’t what she thought. “Car, Rachel has been missing for a couple days.” He sounded frightened. “What do you mean missing?” “Like her parents haven’t seen her for a couple days, and Ben doesn’t know where she is.” “What?” “No one has seen her, or heard that she was leaving.” “Where was she last?” “Work, but no one there has seen her either. Actually, that’s how this started. She didn’t show up at work, so they called her at home, and when she wasn’t there, they called her at her dad’s house, but she wasn’t there either.” “Could she just be somewhere else?” “Where else would she be? Ben hasn’t even heard from her in a while.” “Are they fighting?” “No just the other day she was over, but she had to leave for work.” “I can’t believe that this is happening.” Carla didn’t know what to do or think. She started to cry. “Don’t cry Car, they are trying everything they can to find her.” “I know, but I am still really worried about her. I hope she is safe.” Rachel lay lifeless on a cold damp floor. The room was dark, and the smell was unbearable, but it still seemed familiar. To her shock it came to her, it was the smell of burning flesh. In a panic Rachel rushed to the nearest corner of the small room. No light could be seen, and she could notice if there was anyone else in the room with her. After a few minutes went by, she started to drift off to sleep, but a noise woke her up. It was the sound of male voices, and they were coming near. A light came from around a corner, and two large men and a smaller man came into the room. They carried torches, and the light blinded Rachel temporarily. Once her vision came back, she could clearly see the three men staring at her. They were whispering something to each other, but Rachel couldn’t understand the words. The two larger men were about in their twenties, and were about six foot. There large bodies were covered in clothing that Rachel would see in one of Ben’s medieval magazines, but the smaller man was dressed different. He was a lot older than the other two, but Rachel couldn’t point out an age range, but he was dressed in cloth that looked similar to velvet. The younger men started to argue, but the language that they were speaking wasn’t English. Rachel couldn’t recognize it, but once the men started to yell, the older man held out his hand and said something quietly to them, but didn’t keep his eyes off of her. Rachel wanted to say something, but was afraid to make her situation worse, so she just kept to her corner, and stared back gentle at the men. The smaller man said something in the other language, and one of the men walked towards me and bent down to grab my arm. She relaxed under his powerful touch but once she saw the glistening of his sword she froze. Tears started to run down her cheeks, and she started to fear what was going to happen. In fear she screamed, “What do you want from me?” The large man froze under the shock of her voice. He did suspect her to say anything, but the older man smiled sweetly, and walked slowly towards her. As he approached, he waved his arm, and the man holding her let go carefully. “So in your culture you speak the common language.” He stood in front of her, and studied her. His eyes wandered over her body, and she became uncomfortable and sat back down in her corner. The man smiled at her, and said, “What is your name?” “My name?” Rachel looked puzzled. “It’s Rachel, um, Rachel Adams.” Once she finished her sentence she noticed the faces on all of the men in the room. They looked shocked at the sound of her name. “Why, what’s wrong?” “Your name isn’t Carla?” “No, but she is my friend, why do you want Carla? What’s going on here?” The older man didn’t answer, but he turned to the other men and nodded at them and left the room. The men came towards her, and one struck her on the back of her head. The older man walked quickly out of the building. He walked nervously to a larger building close to the dungeon where Rachel laid unconscious. When he entered, another slightly younger man stood up and said, “is it her, did you get their daughter?” “No Sir, but she is one of her friends.” “What, the King is expecting his daughter to be home soon, and you got the wrong girl? What are we to do with this girl?” “Well I have a spell that can deceive her into thinking she is from this dimension, and she could be in that party to bring Princess Carla home.” “While you’re back in that dimension, find more people Princess Carla would trust in her party,” “What? Isn’t that going to be harder to get them to stay?” “If you are as powerful as you tell me, than you can succeed in changing all of them.” “How many more would you like me to steal away?” “I think that we’ll need a large party, so eight more people.” “As you wish sir.” He rushed out of the building and made his way back to Rachel. Once he got to her, she was still unconscious on the floor, but the men hadn’t left her side. He spoke to them in the different language, and they walled out the door. Once they were gone he said a rhyme, and a small light surround her. It danced around her, and memories flowed through the faint light. There was laughter that came through it first, but then suddenly the light turned dark. Screaming surround her, and death clearly showed through the darkening light. Once the rhyme was finished, the light flooded into her body, and with a gasp she was rose to her feet. He smiled at his creation, and quickly made his way out the door, making sure it was locked as he left. Once the men saw him rush and lock the door, they looked at him puzzled at what was about to happen. They walked together to the older man’s crooked house, and he explained while they walked. They walked through the crooked door, and peered childishly at the portal that lied in the middle of the small room. They nodded slowly at each other, and walked into it one at a time. They reached where they found Rachel, and it was full of people. The building was large, and it seemed to be full of children. The two larger men were puzzled, but the older man was more knowledgeable of this dimension. He quickly explained that the building that they were in was called a school, and that it was a place where they educate their children, from young to adult. They still looked puzzled, but wandered slowly behind him. As they came closer to the office, he told them to stay outside of the office and watch for Carla. When he entered the small air-conditioned room, he noticed a sign that said PRINCIPAL, and went to enter the room, but was stopped by one of the women at a desk. “How may I help you sir?” “I am looking for a some students, they have a trip to go on, but I am not quite sure if they are ready for it.” “Oh, do you have a slip saying it is okay to leave the school?” He shook his head, and noticed the children were leaving the building. “What’s going on?” “The day is over sir, maybe you mixed up your times?” He looked at the door. “Maybe,” and he left the room. When he entered the busy hall, he noticed that the two men were holding a couple of kids, and they were nervously standing still. “What are your names?” They looked at each other, and said together “Kyle and Ben.” The smaller man looked at the crinkled list, and noticed that their names were on it. He looked at the bigger men and smiled at them. “Where are these people?” He handed him the list and Kyle looked it over quickly and handed to Ben, who looked it over too. “They are most likely going home, why do you want all of us?” The man smiled at him, “we have your friend Rachel.” Panic rushed through their bodies. “Where is she, what have you done to her?” Ben screamed at the man. He smiled again, but didn’t respond. “Take them to the building with her, and I’ll be there soon.” They were dragged through the wall where they had entered before, and the man wandered the other direction. When they entered the other dimension, they looked carefully around at their surroundings. It was night, and everything was shapeless. Ben looked over at Kyle and noticed his wardrobe. He wore armor with a cloak that floated gently behind him. He looked majestic. Ben glanced down at himself, and noticed that he was wearing common clothes: a traveling cloak and some leather armor. Ben couldn’t help but smile slightly at the fact that he was wearing the clothing that he usually dreamed of wearing. They arrived at the place where Rachel was being kept, but the men didn’t open the door. Ben and Kyle were pushed tightly against the wall, and the men held them to it. After a few minutes, the older man walked up to them. He shook his head at the treatment Ben and Kyle were shown, but didn’t say anything about it. He smiled at them and started to say a rhyme when a knock at the door interrupted him. He quickly looked over at the large men standing a bit back and they entered the building. After a few minutes everything was quiet, and the men returned and nodded at him. He started his rhyme again, and the same light that surrounded Rachel, started to weave around Ben and Kyle. The same laughter came around them, but the light never turned dark, and the screams never came. It just slipped quickly into them, and they became silent. The older man smiled victoriously at them, and ordered the other men to place them in the building. They did as told and wandered back to the crooked house. Once they entered the house, they walked straight into the portal. This time the portal lead them into to the same house where they left Carla. A smile came to the older man’s face, and they walked up to the door. When they knocked, Carla’s mother answered the door. She was shocked by the mere size of the two other men, but when she looked at the smaller one, she said, “Carla?” He nodded.

so i haven't had much time to write so it'll be some time before i get the story on here! hope you guys are patient!