A/N; okay so, my chapters are really short so I thought it would me only fair if I posted two. Oh just to let you know I kinda have the whole story line in my head so I'm gonna try and finish it soon.


Chapter 7: the familiar strangers

Sarah left the gate of the Goblin City; She was led past neat hedges and stone walkways, to a wild forest with no path at all. She had a feeling in the back of her head that she had seen this place before. All of a sudden the heard a musical screeching behind her. She turned and saw a group of orange… well she didn't know what they were, but her instinct told her to run.

She turned, preparing to follow that instinct, but one of the… things grabbed her wrist.

"Hey lady! We know you! you're the chica that couldn't take off her head!"

"What?! Who are you?"

"That doesn't matter, were gonna fix that head of yours."

"No! let me go!" she tried twisting her arm out of the strange creatures grip, but stopped short when she heard a violent, yet familiar, roar from her left. A large monster came rushing out of the trees. The orange things screamed and ran in the opposite direction. Sarah fell to the forest floor, cowering.

"Sawah?" The monster said.

She stared at him. He was about eight feet tall with matted, shaggy brown fur, two curved horns, and sharp fangs the protruded from his lower lip. In spite of all this, his small black eyes were warm and kind.

Another creature, goblin size, but with more human features ran up beside him, followed by a fox in clothes, riding a large, fluffy dog.

"Damn fireys, that'll show th—" he paused when he saw Sarah.

"that was very good my brother, you'll be a knight in no ti—"

the other thing interrupted " Didymus, do me a favor and shut up. Can't you see that we have company."

The fox turned to and his eyes widened "Why Lady Sarah! What ever are you doing here?"

"who are you? how do you know my name?"

"why, its us, Ludo, Didymus and me, Hoggle. Don't you remember us at all?