Chapter Two
"Now, you two, if you're going to be good, I'll let you come in and have some nettle tea, made with my bare hands! Oh, well I did use gloves of course!" She paused for breath. "How about it then? Hmm?" Maddy thought about it. "Oh ok then we will, thanks." She said. Presently they arrived at the house. A slim girl with long brown curly hair and blue eyes, wearing a very pink dress, came out the front door to meet them. "Mum!" She shouted. "Hey! Who are these two losers? Oh wait a minute, it's that weird welsh boy and that Maddy girl! Ew, what are they doing here? MUM?!" She wailed
"Darling, they had an accident on the road, and I brought them here for a cuppa." Her mother explained. "Now Lisa, why don't you show them around?" "Oh, ok then." She said grumpily. "Come on losers," she muttered under her breath "Oh why don't we go see the woods?" "Okay then." They trekked up to the woods. They sat upon the fresh spring grass. "Ok Losers, I'm off!" Lisa announced, "See you later!" She got up and ran off. "Great, she's gone!" Said Rhydian "Yay, let's go further into the woods!" Maddy suggested "Alright then." Rhydian agreed.
Meanwhile, back at the house...
"Hey dad! You know our woods?" Lisa asked her father "Yes?" He replied. "Well, I just thought you might like to know that I spotted some rather unpleasant Vermin up there!" She said, with a glint in her eye. "Oh, what sort of vermin?" He asked "Oh, not the usual!" She replied, "Ok then, I'll grab my shotgun!" He said. Lisa gave a wicked grin. "Oh Dad? Hang on, I'll come with you!" She said.
They went up the hill to the woods. "Dad! Listen, that bush! It's rustling! It must be the vermin!" Lisa cried. "Hush Lisa dear, you don't want to scare it off!" Her Dad said, a little crossly, after all, Lisa never usually came out with him, so why now, of all times? "Okay." He said, and took out his gun. Then BANG! There was a scream coming from over the hedge. "Oh My!" Cried Lisa's Father "I think I just have just done something terrible!" He looked over the hedge. Maddy leapt up from behind it.
"What have you done?!" Maddy shrieked. "I – I don't know!" The man cried. "What have I done?!" "You shot Rhydian! THAT'S WHAT You've Done! You – you BEAST!" Maddy cried "Whoa! Calm down! You are on my land! And any way, Lisa told me there was vermin up here!" the man shouted. "Well, quick, have you a phone? Sir? For an ambulance? He's bleeding to death!" Maddy asked, as calmly as she could. "No! I didn't bring a phone up here in case it frightened the Vermin off if it rang!"
'IDIOT!' Thought Maddy.