AN: Yes, Fairy Woman agrees with you very much! She hates cliff-hangers…on to the next chapter! Hee, hee, hee!
9- Sienna comes out
"Uncle when you meant transportation I didn't expect this." Li looked at the dragon.
They had been taken into an open-roofed arena, where a special one-headed dragon stood; it looked at them with a slightly annoyed glance. She looked to Uncle Timely.
"Ah, well I wanted my niece to have good transportation- it's not every day a person rides a one-headed dragon anymore." Uncle Timely grinned. It was true- people would rather ride horse back or other flying objects- anything but a dragon, for the sheer terror many had of them.
"Frays do not ride dragons." Snow-gaze spoke darkly. Li didn't look surprised- many Frays refused to ride on dragons, for they decided dragons were short-tempered and disliked them.
"Uncle, I can't ride a dragon, I was not taught." Li sighed. Uncle Timely scratched his head.
"That does put a small dent in things…none of you know how to ride a dragon?"
"I can."
Li looked surprised. She hadn't quite expected Mar to be able to. Mar noticed their looks, and ignored them. Instead Mar walked over to the dragon, and began talking in a low tone. While Li could not hear the words, Snow-gaze could. Frays had quite the hearing- he was shocked, not many knew Dragon's Tongue.
"Great, Li, you have the map," Uncle Timely gave her the map, "go onto the dragon after Mar."
Uncle Timely shooed Li off. Li smiled, she walked over to Mar. Uncle Timely looked at Snow-gaze, his cheerful look now gone.
"Do not harm my niece, Fray," Uncle Timely looked at him coldly, "you will regret it well. Go, now."
Snow-gaze blinked, he turned feeling slightly annoyed but more bewildered.
"What did my Uncle say to you?" Li asked once he came over.
"Nothing of importance," Snow-gaze waved off the question.
Mar expertly hopped onto the dragon, giving Li a hand. She took it gratefully, wondering how Mar had been taught. Snow-gaze accepted no help. He frowned, as Mar softly spoke to the dragon. The dragon turned, ruffling its wings, before it began flapping them rapidly. Only a one-headed dragon could take off without a running start. The dragon rose, Uncle Timely waved, Li waved back, and the dragon took off with Snow-gaze frowning.
He wondered how Uncle Timely knew how to talk Fray Language.
~ Crashing into Candy~
She thought she was dead. The shoe had immediately hit the ground. Thus it was natural to assume one was dead. What a way to die- a glass shoe. Death was very annoying sometimes.
"Hey, open your eyes."
"If I'm dead, I want to appreciate my last few moments."
"…but you're not dead."
"WHAT!" She rose, opening her eyes. She freaked. Again they were up in the air, but nothing surrounded them for safety, she could see very well the candy tree line, soon they would come up to the castle.
"You really don't have to freak out; you did remember I had a broom- right?"
She had forgotten. Lyle sighed. He wondered if princesses liked to freak out- he really hoped his sister didn't. How annoying that would be.
"Why am I in front of you- I can't ride a broom." Glass Princess noticed she was in front, and was about to freak out, when she heard the next sentence.
"Of course you aren't- I wouldn't want anyone to break my broom. Can't you tell I'm holding you?"
She froze. Lyle sighed again. Princesses were simply over-dramatic. Though the castle just ahead looked promising- it completely looked like it was made entirely out of candy! Every piece of candy he could ever imagine seemed to make up the entire kingdom. It looked not only cool, but he suddenly felt very hungry for some reason…
"Oh no, we have to get away!" She looked up at Lyle, "The Candy Kingdom is extremely dangerous!"
"Huh? Why are you afraid of Ginger Bread Men?"
"No, it is not how it seems at all! Once you enter the Kingdom, you will never leave."
"Why? The candy hypnotizes you?"
"The Cannibal Queen eats you."
"You're joking, right?"
"She pretends you are a 'dear friend', and then she plumps you up and eats you."
"You aren't joking…"
"Of course I'm not! The Glass Kingdom has never been fooled by petty tricks!"
"So…we should get out of here?"
"Yes!"
"You really should mention these things earlier…"
"Why?"
"Hello Dearies…"
~ Giant Tarantula?
"-that guy rode off on a dragon! Wow, you actually can ride those things."
Wolf blinked awake. He slowly sat up, and looked at her. She grinned.
"Hey, Red, you're up! Ever heard of Flying Monkeys- I think that's what they were actually ridding."
He looked around. They were in an arena underground, he smelled someone coming. Not who they were searching for- still odd. Not many lived in Dragon Territory. She noticed he had looked around.
"What is it?" She asked. She looked around.
She did not have a sense of smell, but she had well eyes. She searched with her eyes. Looking carefully in the darkened arena, all she saw were only the stands, and a few dragons lying in deep slumber.
"You saw someone ridding a dragon?" Wolf suddenly asked.
"Yeah- miner's Instinct," She answered simply. A miner had well intoned instinct. "Still can't believe it- do you think we should be called Terrorizing Dragons?"
"…no. We are not discussing team names. Do you still have the trail?"
"It ran cold- here; the area is too misted with Dragon's Trace." She shook her head in annoyance. Wolf grimaced. A lost trail was bad; losing the trail in Dragon's Territory could get one lost.
Wolf noticed something then- the arena seemed familiar, far too familiar. This was a place he had heard of before. Odd, he never expected this place.
"So…where do you think we are in? Like an old arena or something, think they used dragons here?"
"This is Dragon's Keep." Wolf could smell something coming closer.
She looked surprised. Dragon's Keep was where the one of myth was- the only one to use Dragon's Magic.
"Impossible…" She muttered.
"Yes it quite is," A cheerful voice spoke.
They turned…
"You wouldn't happen to know a thing about Giant Tarantulas would you?"
~Meeting Sienna~
Ahead darkness swirled- night was passing in Swamp's Creep. Mar grimaced slightly, feeling pain. Li knew Swamp's Creep well enough. The Swamp was very troublesome, the creatures ruled the water, and the trees would move messing with one's where-about, but more importantly a dragon often refused to go into- near, or anything of that definition- Swamp's Creep. The Dragon was already dropping from the sky.
The Dragon was careful, landing directly outside the land of it. The Dragon sat, refusing to move in. They rather hated Swamps- mostly because swamps were where most dragons had no ability. Snow-gaze got off first. He looked annoyed. Li wondered if Frays hated swamps as much as they hated fast moving moles. He gave her a hand, quite odd, but she accepted. Li looked at Mar. Mar grimaced.
"Is something wrong with Swamp's Creep?" Li asked.
"She is going to come." Mar spoke softly. Mar slowly got off, moving as one would do if in pain. Mar softly spoke to the Dragon, before turning to them.
The dragon took off.
"We'll have to track on foot- we can't waste time here," Li sighed she looked to Mar, "you act injured?"
"She is coming." Mar simply answered.
Li sighed. She didn't quite know what to expect. However, they had to move quickly. They walked side-by-side, and stepped into the Swamp-
A puff of smoke came from nowhere. Li closed her eyes, and opened them. She turned her head to see-
Pitch black cloak, hood drawn, cloak wrapped about securely- she could not see what the person looked like what-so-ever. Snow-gaze looked at this in slight amusement- he had found a new game to play.
"Are you Sienna?" Li asked. The cloak said not a word. "Do you talk?"
The cloak did nothing. Li walked forward, watched the cloak. The cloak had not moved. Li tsked.
"Troublesome, indeed, Snow-gaze," Li looked at him. Snow-gaze looked at her.
"Yes?"
"Carry that one, would you?"
He starred at her, "you expect me to carry some 'it'?"
"Did you not say you would show talent? Carry that one, and I shall see your skill in being able to help someone who cannot help themselves."
Snow-gaze sighed, knowing he had lost the word challenge he walked calmly over to the cloak. He easily lifted the cloak up and carried it. He then ripped off the cloak.
Gray hair covered the one's face, clothed in a simple tunic, a belt wrapped around the middle, leggings, and long boots. This one peered at him through- it? He? She? –hair. Then it/she/he screamed. High pitched, wail-like, shrill that had poor Snow-gaze's eyes water. Shrill noises were such a deadly weapon to Frays.
"Stop that," Li slapped it/she/he across the face, "he is kindly carrying you- though he refused at first- you should show respect. Never wail near Swamp's Creep, things could answer back, ye will not like the things that could answer."
"~~~" A mumbled reply.
"Speak up, we cannot hear you."
"…s…sorry…" A soft voice spoke.
"A girl," Snow-gaze looked at Sienna, "you're a girl."
"…y…yes…"
"Do you fight?" Li asked ignoring Snow-gaze's surprised look.
"…y…yes…"
"How do you fight?"
"…s…shadows…"
"Will you stop that stutter?"
"…c…can…n…not."
"Why?"
"…c…curse…"
"Ah, well, if you can talk then can you walk?" Li asked. Sienna shook her head.
"Why?"
"…l…legs…b…broken…"
"You're legs are broken…how?"
"…t…tarantula…"
"A tarantula broke your leg?" Li looked surprised.
She shook her head, rising up in Snow-gaze's arms, she pointed.
"…t…tarantula…"
In front of them was the Red Eye Tarantula. Li frowned; she didn't like Swamp's Creep.
~ Blue Giant Tarantula~
The Fairy Woman did not like this one bit. The tarantula had… a key character in its web!
"No! You can't eat that one! I want that one in the next season!"
"Hey! What about me?"
"Griffin-Eyed-Hawk, you play a horrible role! You are not a very good actor. Besides," She sighed, "you are a griffin, and you really don't need my help."
"But I don't want to get my wings dirty!"
"That's why I dislike whining griffins." The Fairy Woman rolled her eyes. Birds popped out of midair. "Go, attack the Spider!"
The Birds flew, Tarantula screeched, her favorite actor looked grateful, and there just had to be a monkey.
Just great…
~Orb TV~
The Witch of Evening watched all of this. She looked at this in annoyance. She was certain this should have ended five minutes ago. This was quite certainly getting on her nerves! She sighed. She'd have to give a call to the Step-mother of Snow Princess. No doubt the woman still carried that mirror she had given her. The stupid thing just would not shut-up; it ruined her crackling in the morning routine. She rather hated the thing. However, she was getting bored.
She utterly refused having boredom, however, the Cannibal Witch in Candy Kingdom was a nice touch. That was all she would ever admit to.
She grabbed an orb….
