AN: Hmm…maybe I should twist something or something…people just don't do reading…
"That's because no one reads!"
"SECURITY!"
…o.O
"Yes folks, I, the awesome reporter, am back!"
Great…now they talk…sigh…well I hope someone will read this.
"THEY WON'T!"
….SECURITY!
Lyle was bored, utterly, beyond bored, bored. He was really tired of sitting up here and eating small portions of the huge food bowls they brought him (really, a cauldron does not count as a bowl). Thus he decided it was time to add a twist. He reached into his pocket and pulled out his handbook: How to twist up boring events for The Fools. He flipped a couple of pages before finding the right spot.
"Let's see… I'm supposed to say…" He squinted… "Got it:
'I'm bored, this is really dull,
Twist it up,
Or I'll explode…
'Blah, blah, blah,
Mythical-Universe-Hopping-Rabbits,'" Lyle looked around. "Huh, that was worth-
There was a sudden 'poof'. Lyle was instantly transformed into the witch form he had taken earlier. He put the handbook back in his pocket, and walked up to the cage door. He took out a skeleton-key, placed it into the lock, and gave a twist. It opened. Lyle smirked, waved at the wide-eyed kid in the next cage over, and jumped down. As any might guess, a witch will always be able to float by some degree- however crazy it seems, and he did.
He floated down to the floor, looked around for the guards- all on break. This being the cause of Rule 56.7- all evil minions had to have a break time. With that, he happily walked off to find where Glass Princess wandered off to. Luckily for him, he didn't have to look far.
She had been sent to the Watching of the Pot- where she happily plotted her escape, as she shoveled ash into the fire. She planned on stealing a knife, hitting the carnivore queen, and knocking that idiot unconscious for dumping her in this mess. She didn't plan to see a girl who looked a lot like Lyle (except in a black dress with a long cape, and boots) walk up to her grinning broadly.
"I didn't have to go looking far for you!"
"Eh?" She blinked in surprise when the girl touched her forward. Instantly she was transformed into…a cat. "EH!"
"Ah, you see, witches don't go in groups, sorry." Lyle picked her up and set her on his shoulder. "But, we could both question the nearest guard."
"What? Who are you?" She hissed.
"It's me of course," Lyle rolled his eyes.
"And who might 'me' be?"
Lyle turned. The Carnivore Queen stared at them with dark red eyes flashing. Lyle smiled.
"I'm Li, I'm from the Witches around the World Tour, and I heard about the Toffee Company. I'm a really big fan, but I don't know how it works, could you show me?" Lyle spoke with fake enthusiasm.
"Right this way then," The carnivore queen grabbed Lyle's arm, "Over here are the 'Gretel Stations' where food is prepared. Up above you may have noticed the cages."
"Uh-huh, what are those?"
"Those are the 'Hansel Cages'- keeping young teen boys inside. Only young ones are able to eat as much. Step up here," She led them onto a step ladder, "this is a special ladder- up, now!"
The ladder swirled up. Glass Princess clawed at Lyle's shoulder to stay on. Lyle watched, feeling like he had seen this before- even the names sounded familiar…he still had no clue. The ladder came to a stop just above the toffee's oven.
"This is the true power of the entire kingdom. Toffee Oven, it kills instantly by a hammer above, and see- it's already about to make a grand display." She crackled. Lyle watched the cage he had been in move forward to the oven.
"Huh…that's all it takes then." Lyle grinned at the Carnivore Queen, before grabbing her arm. "Goodbye."
He threw her into the oven.
"Hmm, yup, defiantly sure I've seen this before." Lyle frowned as a short 'poof' of smoke swirled around him. He transformed back into his original form. "Though I still can't think of the name…"
"What's going to happen now?" Glass Princess asked, sadly stuck as a cat.
"Oh, this place will explode."
"What!"
"Yep, you really do need to learn explanations."
Meanwhile….
Snow-glaze looked green. He had not liked being whirled after spiders by his own shadow. However, seeing this- the bright webs that glowed in the dark- he decided he didn't like this after all.
"Hello?" A hand waved in front of his face. "Huh, he really doesn't like transportation by moving."
"The tarantulas say they will lead us to the murky Web Water." Sienna spoke to Li.
"That's good, what did they say about the arrows?"
"They say there's a shop for it."
"A shop all the way out here for arrows," Li frowned, "I thought there weren't any shops out here."
"The marketers were banished to this land."
"Ah."
"Does he get sick often?"
"Yep, don't worry about it. How were you able to control shadows?"
"Oh…I'm a Shadow Master. Jay controls sword fighting. Mar works with knives."
"That one works with knives?" Snow-gaze looked annoyed. "Yet you can control a sorceress power?"
"It was a gift from the…Fray."
They looked at her. Fray did not give 'gifts'.
"Who exactly are you?" Li looked at her in astonishment.
"Where are you from?" Snow-gaze stared.
"Mar knows." She answered simply before turning away and gliding off to the oddly-colored webs.
"Huh. A gift from Fray- how odd," Li frowned, she looked at Snow-gaze, "you'll have to talk to Mar."
"Why?"
"He's a guy-"Are you sure?-Yes! Now you're going to talk to him, while I hunt for arrows."
"Great, now I have to be nice to a human." Snow-gaze grumbled.
~Meanwhile… 30 minutes before
"NO!" She screamed.
Red Wolf sighed.
"How can you not like the EVIL Tarantulas of DOOM?"
"Because people don't give killers names," Red Wolf looked annoyed.
"Yeah, but the outcome is"
She was interrupted when Giant Tarantulas flew past them, right behind them was- a human girl, a Fray and a cloaked person? Oddly enough they were being carried by shadow. They watched as they passed by for a few seconds before she spoke.
"That was them, wasn't it?"
"…yes…"
"Huh, I thought they were all guys."
"They could be."
"Ah…that's weird, I could have sworn there were two women with that Fray."
"There was."
"So…should we go after them?"
"We are supposed to kill them."
"Ah…even the Fray?"
"Don't get your hopes up."
"Aw."
~Mean-Meanwhile~
"Huh, so they are plot points!" Fairy Woman looked impressed as she ate popcorn.
"Wow." Daffodil grinned. "I'm going to bet that a plot point kills one of them."
"Oh don't do that- we all know main characters don't die unless voted off."
"You've been watching Dwarves got Talent, haven't you?"
"Maybe…"
"Sigh…at least it's a big screen."
