"Too many years ago to even remember how many, in a time of great peace," Miss Unfortune started. "There was a babe born into the royal family of Blonoria. A prince, heir to the throne of Blonoria. In the strong king's twenty years of rule, it was his first son. The son was healthy, but the mother's body was old and worn and died during the birth. The king was devistated. Not only had he lost his wife, but he was going to lose his son as there was no breast for him to suckle to survive. A maid had told him of another maid who had recently given birth to a still born child and was still producing the mother's milk. Out of desperation, the king sent for the maid so the child would nurse. The babe took it without question.

"As the child grew, the more the king saw his late wife in him and began to dispise him. It was this child's fault that he no longer had a beautiful queen to rule the lands with him. His fault he no longer had a wife to lay in his bed. His fault he could no longer love. And so he said he could no longer be the heir to the throne since his blood was tainted with the milk of a lowly maid. The child, not really understanding this at the time, just cried.

"More years passed and the king had died of old age in his bed. With no king to rule thier lands, the kingdom plunged into chaos. Wars broke out between lords and lands battles to have their lands grow. The Tainted Prince, unsure of how to handle such things as he was never taught, just let it happen. One day, a witch came to him and told him of a mighty beast that could bring peace once more to the lands of Blonoria. A beast whose roar could crumble moutains, a glare that could cause tsunamis, and a voice that could make statues bow. If there was anything that could bring peace to the lands, it was this creature.

"The Tainted Prince went on a quest to find this creature taking his bravest knights with him knowing if he would bring peace to the lands, they would bow to him and call him king. The throne was his, and he knew this and it would be his. This quest took years as they didn't know where this beast's lair was, but when they found it, the creature refused its aide. It told him it would only answer to the king and this man that stood before him was not the true king of Blonoria.

"Enraged, the Tainted Prince imprisioned the beast and is holding it captive in his castle. He took the throne by force and peace had finally ran through the lands." Miss Unfortune paused for a moment grabbing a cup that had been sat in front of her at some point during the story.

"I don't understand," Amanda said. "If peace ran through the lands, why are we at war?"

"The story is not over, dear one. My throat was parched." Everyone waited patiently as she rehydrated and continued with the story. "A year had passed and everyone had accepted him as the true king, but when a seer came forth and told of a great war to fall upon the lands by the hand of the Tainted Prince, he became enraged once more and sentenced the seer to death. When the seer's blood was spilled, something had changed within the Tainted Prince. After all that time, he had become drunk with power. Forcing more taxes on the lands, and when there was nothing left, he began taking things by force. If anyone opposed him, they were killed on sight. Many of his people fled to these lands to escape his Tyrannt reach. Once he had taken all he could from his lands, he sought to expand his lands to here where these peaceful peoples had no choice but to bend to his will." She took another drink of water and swollowed it slowly letting it wetten her dry throat.

"He had become so immensly powerful over the years, that he had control over other creatures. Dark creatures. Creatures that we had long thought gone from this world. None know how he came by these creatures though there are stories that had been told of dark magic. Necromancy. Some say he opened up portals to different dimensions to pull them through." Everyone exchanged looks.

"And what would these portals look like exactly?" Bruce asked rubbing his hands together. It was a question everyone was wanting to ask. Maybe this was why they were pulled through. Maybe this could explain why places like the Bermuda Triangle exsisted. Maybe this could explain all anomolies that occur on the planet. Maybe, just maybe, this is could be the one and only clue that could set them on the right track of getting back home.

"These dark magics have been forbidden for over a millinea. There is no one alive today that would know that except for the Tainted Prince. If you truly wish to know, you must ask him." Everyone let out a frustrated sigh.

"Do you honestly think that he would just answer our questions? We're the enemy in his eyes. And if what you say is true, we're Public Enemy Number 1. What can we do, walk up to the front door of his castle and be like? Hello? We need to ask you a couple questions," Tony's rambling became mute as everyone ran through the facts in their heads.

"Miss Unfortune can you please give us a few moments alone?" Amanda asked steering her towards the door. Once she was out, Amanda closed the door on her and turned to everyone. Everyone just stared at each other. No one said anything. And from the looks of everything, they thought of nothing too. Bruce was the first one to speak up after about five minutes of everyone just trying to get something out.

"What creatures are thought to be extinct here?"

"A number of them. Unicorns, dragons, werewolves, vampires, cerberus... there's a number of creatures that aren't even in their folklore that is in ours."

"At least there's no vampires and werewolves. I'm sick of hearing about those damned things back home." Amanda shot a look at her brother.

"Are their vampires and werewolves now?" she asked stunned.

"No thank god! I'm talking about this book... never mind it's not important right now." Amanda just shrugged it off.

"What kind of creatures will we be up against if we go and see this guy?" Steve asked coming forward.

"Like I said, I don't know for sure. I'm not sure what's real here and what's not. It's hard to say."

"What kind of creatures have you seen since you've been here?" he asked.

"A giant, satyrs, centaurs, and I've seen pheonix feathers. At least, that's what the merchant said they were." She ran her hands through her hair. "I mean, it's just like back home. You don't walk out of your front door and expect to see a tiger on your front door step. Chances are you'll never see one in the wild. You have to go to a zoo to see one. It's the same here. You don't walk outside in the morning and see everything around you as what we call fantasy back home. The trees are trees, the wind is wind. There is no gods no higher powers that cause these things like in Greek mythology." She paused for a moment. "As far as I know."

"So, there is an infinite list of creatures that could be here and we could encounter on our way to the castle." Tony shot up.

"What are you planning there "Patriot"?" he asked putting air quotes around the word. "We're not going. This isn't any of our business. We're not getting involved!"

"I'm afraid Steve is right," Thor stepped in. "This Tainted Prince is our only lead to get back home. I cannot contact my family so it's not like they can save us. Your technology failed as soon as we crossed over so it can't help. The portal is gone so it can't help. This may be our only chance."

"I hate it when you guys make sense." As if his mood had changed in that exact instant, he smiled clapping his hands together. "When do we leave?"