Sorry for the delay of this chapter. Got caught up in Runescape for some odd reason. (Getting Ideas)

Chapter 10: Helping the Cook

The floor rumbled. Everyone around me looked confused and tensed. I look right below my feet and there was a crack on the path. The crack grew longer and bigger. A hand reached out of it and grabbed my ankle. The grip was tight and I tried to shake it off. The hand slowly came out of the ground, but there was no arm. The hand continued to grip my ankle. I slashed the hand with my bronze long sword and it came off. I saw my sweet wrapper on the floor. I picked it up and brought it to my eyes. It has a logo of a zombie on it. "Shit..." I knew exactly what is was. "Hey Ballbags32, what logo do you have on your sweet wrapper?" I asked. "What? What does this have to do with anything?" He replied. He passed me the wrapper and I took a good look at it. It has a logo of a skeleton.

"This is a summoning sweet. I heard it while people were trick or treating. People said that it was a rare sweet. If you pop the sweet in your mouth and it finishes, the monster on the wrapper will come to life." Ballbags32 looked at me with disbelief. A skeleton soldier emerged from the crack and it's bones rattled every move he took. He wore a med helmet, a bronze shield and a steel sword. The skeleton's slowly glowed red. Beside the skeleton, a zombie emerged out of the crack. Filthy, dead and disgusting. The zombie held nothing but a steel 2h. The zombie had no strength to carry the 2h so hr just dragged it around.

I got to an attack stance, so did Ballbags32. He took out his bow and shot the skeleton, but the arrow went through the skeleton. "What the hell?" He said. This time, he aimed for the head, but the arrow got stuck in the skeleton's eye socket. The skeleton pulled the arrow out calmly and stared at Ballbags32. "This is bad." I whispered. Everyone around us whispered to each other, watching. Its my turn to try and attack the zombie. The zombie's eyes slowly flickered red, coming to life. I stabbed the gut of the zombie with my bronze long sword but the zombie did not flinch.

I looked up at the zombie and he moved his 2h. I quickly pulled back the sword and retreat back to Ballbags32. The zombie smashed his sword at the ground where I stood before. "You are too slow." I mocked. The zombie was pissed, so he came to me, dragging his sword, leaving a trail behind. "Ugh. Bad idea." The zombie lunge his sword at be but he missed. The tip of the sword was on the ground. I stepped on it to make it go deeper. The zombie looked at me, but I stabbed his head. "That was the last thing you'll ever see!" I yelled. Red blood oozed out of its brain and stained every bit of my bronze blade. I pulled the sword out and pushed the dead zombie down.

I tried to wipe the blood off but it did not work. Everyone muttered and looked at Ballbags32. He kept his bow and took out his pickaxe. "Are you ready for this?" He said. He rushed to the skeleton and the skeleton tried to slash him but Ballbags32 was too quick. Ballbags32 got behind the skeleton and jammed his pickaxe at it's hips. The skeleton gave out a loud screech, which nearly made my ears bleed. Ballbags32 nudge his pickaxe and split the skeleton in half. The bones scattered everywhere, and the head came sliding down to my feet. I picked it up and gazed through its eyes.

"Could she have done this?" I thought to myself. I shook my head and shrugged off the feeling. I tossed the skeleton's head to Ballbags32 and he crushed it, sprinkling dust on the ground. I continued to look at my red sword, thinking, wondering how to remove the stain. Everyone dispersed and continued to do what they were doing. One was left and he stared at me. We walked up to me and stared at the bloody blade. "That you hold there, is a blood weapon." He lifted the blade and ran his finger down it.

"Blood weapon? There is no such thing..." I wish I was so sure, but the guy gave me a weird look. "It has the same stat of your bronze long sword but, it deals more damage." I had no words. I just stared at the blade, I could see my reflection. Fat, long and I could see that my hair was messed up. I lowered the blade down, and looked at the person. He has spiky hair, blue eyes, gray shirt with vest, black trousers and brown shoes. "I better get going. I need to finish some quest." He waved at me and I waved back. I quickly looked at the blade and called the person back. He turned around and he was a few steps away from me. "What is your name?" I asked. He just shook his head. "My name is not important." He turned around and walked straight, a portal appeared in front of him and he stepped through it. The portal slowly closes.

I looked back at Ballbags32 and his bronze pickaxe has a slightly shiny glitter all over the head. He tried to wiped it off, but it didn't work. His weapon must have been enchanted too. I looked back at the candy wrapper and thought about the girl. "Was this her doing? Does she want me dead?" I thought of it no longer when Ballbags32 saw a cow farm nearby.

The place was filled with people killing cows, and collecting cowhides. I saw a girl, brown hair, tied up into a pony tail, beautiful eyes, she wore a white apron and a brown skirt. She has two bucket of milk, hanging from the side of the pole, she was carrying. "Hello, do you mind if I have a bucket, or a bucket of milk?" I asked. She looks up at me and smile. "Well, if you would like a bucket of milk, it will cost you five gold coins. If you want a bucket, you can take it over there, by the cow.." I place my hands in my right pocket and feel the smooth coins. "I would like to buy a bucket of milk please." I pay her the coins and she pass me one of her freshest bucket of milk. I said my thanks and gingerly placed the bucket of milk in my bag.

"Now, where are the chicken coops?" I ask Ballbags32. He placed his hands under his chin, looking around for the nearest chicken coop. "There."-he points to the chicken coop, just beyond the fog- "That's the nearest chicken I could spot." He said. We opened the gate of the cow field and made our way to the chicken coop. "I have not seen Crystal the whole day. Is she still sleeping?" I asked. "I don't know. Maybe she is off, doing her stuff." I hope Ballbags32 was right.

We reached the chicken coop, and the chickens all scattered everywhere when we tried to open the gate. "Those must be the eggs right there." I pointed to a little shack, where most of the chickens lay their eggs. "Lets take two in case." Ballbags32 stuffed an egg in his bag. "Two eggs? What for? The cook only needed one." I said. "For this..." He pointed to a guy, wearing full bronze armor. "Watch this." He threw the egg at the noob and pretended it wasn't him.

"Hey! Who the hell did that! You! You are going to pay for this!" The noob screamed at me with a slight girly voice. He hopped over the fence and slashed at me with his bronze sword. I quickly blocked it with my buckler. I took out my bloody bronze longsword and prepared for his attack. He took a small axe from his belt and threw it at me. I rolled to the side, picked up a rock near my foot, and threw it at him. The rock landed on his helmet, and he swayed around, slightly confused. I dashed up to him and stabbed him with my blood long sword. The noob's helmet flew off and I could see his eyes was white.

"Poor kid..." That was all I had to say. I pulled the sword back, and picked up the loot. A bronze full helmet, leather belt, 32 gold coins, bronze plate legs. The Bronze plate body had a hole in it, so I won't pick it up. The body slowly turned into a pile of bones. I picked it up and buried some. I passed the remaining to Ballbags32. "So, next is the pot of flour." Ballbags32 reminded me. "The cook says something about north of Farmer Fred. That could be anywhere! We won't find it..." Ballbags32 gave me a gentle tap on the shoulders. "What? I am not done yet." Ballbags32 pointed to a street sign. I squinted my eyes and it says.

Farmer Fred's house (East)

"Oh, east...I knew that! I was just testing you, that's all!" We both crossed a wooden bridge, and it creaked as though as it was about to break. We then walked down the path and saw some sheep's in a fence. Not to far ahead, there was a two way split road. We walked north and saw a giant windmill. I opened the large oak doors and saw a lady inside, working on some grains. She saw us, got off her knees and welcomed us.

"Hello! My name is Millie Mill, I guess you want to learn how to make flour?" She asked. We both nodded. "Well, take some grains from that crate over there and bring it to the third floor. Place the grains in the hopper and operate the hopper controls, and let the windmill do the work. I will let you take the grains from that box, but, in the future, try to collect the grains from the wheat field outside." She pointed to us a large wooden box, containing grains. Ballbags32 and I each picked up some grains and dropped them in our pockets.

We climbed up the ladder, until we reached the third floor. There was gears everywhere. We each dropped the grains in the hopper and pulled the lever so that the grain may fall down and be grinded into flour. We both got back down again, to the first floor, and picked up a pot on the table. We scooped up the floor and said our thanks to Millie Mill.

We had to walk all the way back to the Lumbridge castle, and we avoided two goblins on the way there. We dropped the ingredients on the counter. The cook jumped for joy and quickly got to work, creating the best cake for the Duke.

"Thank you lads for the ingredients. Maybe someday, when you are strong or well known enough, you could sit with the Duke. He passed us two small piece of paper. It was the quest note. We slipped the piece of paper in it says.

Cook's Assistance

300 Cooking
Ability to use Lumbridge Castle range
1 QP

I have made another story in Runescape called 'The Sender' Read that if you guys want. =)