Chapter 3 Ghost

After the battle at Toad Tower everyone was slowly recovering as those with medical knowledge treated the wounded. Sasha entered the tent where Grime laid in his bed arguing with the Newt who was attempting to treat him.

"You dare tell me to rest!" Grime yelled as he waved his fist at the doctor then pulled back seconds later in pain "Oh, my spline!"

"Glad to see your not dead" Sasha joked with a smug smile.

"Ha! It would take a lot more than an arrow to the gut to take me down" Grime replied, with a cocky grin.

The doctor then turned to Sasha with an exhausted sigh "May I talk to you" he said, then pulled her aside.

"So what's the damage doc?"

"The damage as you put it, is quite serious"

Sasha's good mood faded as she stood there waiting for him to continue, while a small ball of anxiety built up inside her. "The injury Grime suffered isn't fatal, however upon closer inspection it seems the arrow head was coated with a lethal poison"

"What! Is he going to be okay?"

"Hard to say, at the moment the poison doesn't seem to have spread further than his intestine track, the most he'll suffer is a few minor stomach aches and cramps but…"

"But?"

"If Grime remains the way he is now calm and resting he should be fine"

"But if he doesn't?" Sasha asked, edging him on for whatever it is he was dancing around.

"If he over works himself or gets to worked up then the poison may latch onto his blood cells and risk carrying itself further up the body, in extreme cases this particular type of poison has been known to infect the heart and once that happens" The Newt cut himself off, as he rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly. "In any case, keep him rested and he should be fine"

The Newt was about to walk away and turn his attention to the next patient but as he went to move he felt something latching onto his coat. It was Sasha, her shoulders were hung down and her gaze was cast to the floor but she held a tight grip around the doctors coat. "P-Please, you have to help him" her voice weak and came out almost like a whimper. The doctor turned back to her, tears dropping to floor, he realized she was crying and let out a small sigh. "I'm sorry but there is noting I can do to help him, we simply don't have the materials"

Sasha jerked her head up a spark of hope igniting in her heart fighting of the dark mist of despair that was starting to over whelm her just seconds ago. Gathering herself and whipping her nose, she stood up straight as she addressed the doctor with more confidence in her voice "So if I got what you needed it wouldn't be a problem then right? You'd be able to cure him, right?"

"Well, technically yes, but these ingredients are hard to come by and spread out far and wide throughout all of Amphibia, I hardly think"

Sasha firmly griped the Newts shoulders cutting him of short "Just give me a list and I'll get you what you need" The Newt looked up at Sasha's determined gaze, he didn't believe she could actually do it but he didn't want to be pestered by her any longer. "Fine. If you wish to die a fools death far be it from me to stop you. Come back here later tonight and your have your list, but child I'm sure your aware this is a journey you must take alone. Grime can't come with you, it'll be to much for him.

"I know and that's fine, I'm used to being alone anyway"

The Doctor got back to work and Sasha left the tent only to be blocked of by two royal guards with spears aimed at her. "Is there a problem?" Sasha asked, fighting the instinctive urge to reach for her own blade.

"At ease boys" The guards moved there weapons to the side as General Yunnan steped forward wearing freshly prepared armor that shined in the sunlight.

"Oh great, what do you want?" Sasha asked.

"My Lady has asked me to escort you to her quarters"

"You mean her tent"

"Yes… Her tent"

"Pass. I have other things to do" Sasha waved them away then was about to leave but suddenly had a face full of spears tossed at her.

"This isn't a request human, your coming with me even if I have to drag you there myself" Yunnan said, with a devilish smile.

Wanting to avoid a fight She decided to accompany them but wasn't expecting to be tied up, blind folded and be robbed of her weapons. The tent, unlike everyone else's was much larger the small tents it was like four tents combined together. They led her into a large room, red curtains blocking of the outside world. Sasha was forced onto her knees and when she tried to struggle one of the guards smacked her with the blunt side of the spear.

At some point Sasha must have passed out, either that or she was knocked out, when she awoken however, she realized she could see though her movement was still restricted. Scattered around the room were many jars containing glow bugs that dimly lit up the room, a red roll up carpet covered the earth below and infront of her was a large wooden chair. It was then that Sasha noticed Lady Olivia looking down on her from upon the chair and she knew General Yunnan was probably stalking about somewhere nearby. Instinctively, she moved for her sword but with her hands tied it was impossible to reach, not to mention her weapons had already been taken away.

"Human. No Sasha, do you know why you're here?

Sasha didn't answer, instead she just glared up at Lady Olivia waiting for an opportunity to arise.

"You are here to answer for you did"


After her fight with the Golden Guard, Anne walked aimlessly with no clue or direction of where she was going. Eventually she came across what looked like the first sign of intelligent life she had seen in a while. Two bird shaped guards stood either side of a large wooden gate, armed with spears they watched with eagle eyes as people crossed the stone bridge over the moat of steaming water to enter the town. Carefully Anne snuck into the crowd trying her best to blend in, she hid herself behind a large monster of a man.

"Next!"

Slowly the crowd began to disperse as one by one they passed thought the entrance. When she was close enough Anne pushed through the crowd and made a mad dash for it. The guards noticed her right away and moved their spears in front to block the way. Luckily Anne was quite the athlete and slid under before quickly getting up and taking of again.

"Should we go after her?"

"What and tell the boss we let her through, yeah right"

Anne found herself wondering around the middle of a large market, multiple stools set up on both sides selling all sorts of bizarre things she had never seen before, and some she did but never thought would be sold for such a high price. While she wondered around Anne began to get a sense for her surroundings, she hadn't taken a moment to actually look around sense arriving here and now that she had she realized just how crazy this place is.

The sky a beautifully unnatural shade of pink, the trees were stripped bare leaving crispy brown leafs littered all along the floor. A sense of wonder and amazement flowed through Anne as she watched a passing kid jump up into the sky before disappearing altogether. Suddenly she was pushed aside by a large green creature that Anne could only describe as an Ogre, she could only stare in shock to which he seemed to take offense "What are you looking at" he muttered, in grizzly deep voice as he continued to make his way through town.

"Sorry" Anne realized she had been starring and quickly apologized but if he had heard her he didn't respond.

Having just come from one strange world she thought she wouldn't be surprised by anything this world had to offer, but she was wrong. This world was nothing like Amphibia, the monstrous looking people and the ability to use magic, made Anne reconsider her opinion about this place.

She couldn't get distracted though, she still needed to find the Plantars and recover the Music Box, to that end she would need to find… Anne stopped as a large growling sound roared out from her stomach, her face turned red from embarrassment as she realized how long it had been since she'd last eaten. Quickly she moved to one of the food stools and picked up and apple with worms crawling around it. Luckily for Anne her time eating with the Plantars had made her immune to such nasty's, and so when she saw the little critter rather than growing disgusted like any normal human would, she instead found herself unable to control her appetite. Anne must have eaten 3 or 4 apples before a large black set of claws wrapped round her arm forcing her to drop the apple. "Hey! You goanna pay for that!" on the other side of the stool sat a rather fat monster, it had six long dark hairy legs, 8 green eyes and a large set of pincers resembling a spider. "I'm talking to you kid!"

"Oh! Right sorry, I err, don't have any money" Anne admitted with a nervous laugh.

"You think you can just dine and Dash at Spidles stool, oh I don't think so kid" the Spider monster said, growing very agitated, as he tightened his grip.

"Look I promise I'll pay you back"

"Oh, I know you will" Spidle said, as suddenly he yanked Anne forward pulling her body into the stool. "Its lunch time girl and I think I'm goanna treat myself" He released his grip on her and launched himself back landing on the building behind him, then blasted his Web at Anne. The web stuck to her wrist and while she struggled to tear it off, he slowly attempted to pull her of the ground. "Its been a long time since I've eaten anything this big, your goanna be a treat"

Anne planted her feet firmly and kept a tight grip on the webbing before using all her strength to try and pull the spider monster back down. Spidle panicked a little when he felt his large body being dragged to the edge of the roof. "Whoa! Whoa! Stop that! I ain't as strong as I used to be!" Spidle yelled, using all six of his arms to regain control.

Anne let out a surprised yell as Spidle suddenly thrust the Web in the air causing her to fly up with it. She could feel her body being yanked back down as Spidle was waiting down there to catch her, but she was ready. The hungry spider monster reached out his arms to catch her but as he did Anne took of her bag and jammed it into his mouth. During the confusion Spidle let down his guard and Anne bounced of his head before using the webbing to swing back down to the ground.

The Spider monster destroyed the bag in its mouth, growing even more annoyed it quickly took chase, until it tasted something sweet, something new. "Hey kid, what is that taste, it reminds of home"

Anne kicked the ground in mild frustration "aw nuts, did I leave some of Mrs Croaker's apples pie in there"

"You know kid after tasting something so sweet I suddenly don't feel like killing you and devouring your insides anymore" Spidle said, then retracted the webbing around Anne's wrist. "Next time I see you I hope you think twice before trying to get a free meal out of me" he said, as he crawled down the back of the building and into the shadows.

"Wow Mrs C, what do you put in those things?" Anne laughed it of but was still a little annoyed over the lost of her bag. "Oh crap! My tennis racket was in there and now its probably in that things gut. Well at least now know ones trying to kill me anymore"

"Hey you! We would like a word with you" The guards at the entrance were quickly approaching her and they didn't sound happy. "Me and my big mouth" Anne didn't even have to think about it before she took of running, the guards not to far behind.


Amity had decided to visit the market for one reason and one reason only to buy her awesome girlfriend an anniversary present. Its been one month since they started dating and Amity wanted to do something to celebrate it, that plus she was hoping this might cheer her up. Luz had told her about her brief visit to the human world and how she got to speak to her mum, but Amity could tell there was more to it than that. Something happened that day that upset Luz, that's still upsetting her but if luck was on her side this awesome girlfriend would find an amazing present to cheer her up.

Amity was looking at a stool Eda had recommended, apparently, they specialized in rare and expensive Jewellery but honestly all this looked like tacky crap to her. The stool owner was an old lady with yellow saggy skin and grey messy hair tied into a bun, her small black eyes looked at Amity as a small smile crept across her toothless mouth. "Buying for a lover?"

Amity felt her face heat up at the word lover, she had never once called Luz lover, after all they were both far to young for those sort of things but then again pet names were common in relationships. While her mind raced the old lady rolled her eyes and brought out a tray of nicer looking Jewellery "then perhaps this will be to your liking" the old lady held up a pair of silver beaded bracelets with a heart in the center of each one.

"It's a bit simple, don't you have anything more flashy"

"Sometimes looks can be deceiving, this bracelet has the power to bond two souls together, it's a common gift among lovers"

"Bonding souls? I've never heard of that before, how dose it work?"

"When two souls are wearing these bracelets, they become one, able to feel what the other is feeling at all times no matter the distance"

"Even if one of you was in another world?" Amity asked as casually as possible.

"As long as your feelings remain true, then your love to each other will remain eternal, no matter how far apart you are"

"So how dose it work, I mean is there spell or?"

"Its simple, just install the bracelets with magic and place them on each others wrist, once that's done your souls will be tied together and your feel the effects off the charm"

Amity knew that the old lady was just telling her what she wanted to hear but the idea of being able to have a connection to Luz even when she returns to her world was something to good to give up.

"Get her! Lord Belo's commands it"

Amity turned round where a young girl was running away from a flock of coven goons. Amity bit her lip, normally she wouldn't involve herself in other peoples affairs but lately she'd been trying to improve herself. "Ghost" The flap of her brown bag flipped open as a white cat jumped out and onto the ground. "Go after her, keep her safe" with that the cat took of.

"Should I be concerned?" the old lady asked.

"That depends, do you want your payment in cash or gold?" Amity said, then placed down a bag of golden coins on the table. The old lady's eyes lit up with greed as she flashed a wicked grin "Pleasure doing business with you miss Blight and don't worry my lips are sealed"

"I thought they would be" she said, then pocketed the bracelet and took of after Ghost.


Anne ran down the market, she knocked down a passing cabbage stool in her rush and yelled back an apology, this however did very little to slow the guards. She kept up her speed and when she looked back at least 10 of them were chasing her now. Why were they being so persistent all of a sudden? Not looking where she was going, Anne was knocked to the floor when she bumped into the back of a large Ogre.

"You again" he snarled at her as she could just about muster a awkward smile.

"I'm sorry about before, I really am, but right now I need to get going or I'm goanna be in a lot of trouble" Anne pleaded, then took of running.

The Ogre watched her and as the Coven guards passed by he struck a solid blow to one of there heads knocking him clean out. The other guards paused unsure what to do, but in the end the Ogre passed on by without another blow struck.

Anne was starting to run out of steam and felt like she was running in circles, she noticed a narrow alley way and was about to cut through it when suddenly a white cut stood in the way hissing at her. With no time to wait for it to move, Anne changed directions and ran back in the direction of the market but again the cat stood there hissing. "What is your problem?"

The cat took of running past Anne, then turned back and cocked its head to the side. "Do you want me to follow you?" Then as if in confirmation the cat let out a small meow, with no other choice Anne followed the cats lead. Her pace was beginning to dwindle as she started to reach her limit "I need to take a break"

"I have you now" one of the guards pulled her back but before she could react the guard recoiled in pain as the cat pounced up on him clawing at his face. "Come on lets go" Anne grabbed the cat and took of running again but her legs were burning and that small break only made it all the much harder. It was then that Anne realized where she was "You brought me back to the entrance, but there are guards all around here"

"Get her!" suddenly Anne found herself surrounded as Coven guards came from all sides, with no where to run Anne readied herself for a fight. Then just as the guards neared closer a wall of purple sludge erupted between her and them. "What the" Anne curiously poked a finger through the sludge, the sticky texture reminded her of the swamps back in Amphibia. She was broken out of her trance when someone grabbed her wrist, a girl with purple hair looked at her with a stern expression. "This won't hold forever, we need to go now!"

Before Anne even had a chance to question her she found herself being dragged towards the boarder of the town. "What are you doing? Can't you see the massive wall in the way, we can't climb that" Anne yelled, as she started to panic.

"Who said anything about climbing" The girl jumped into the moat of boiling water, Anne still being forced along with her. Anne could only scream as they neared the scolding river below but then suddenly a giant purple hand caught them and carried them over the wall. "This is crazy" Anne said watching the guards struggle to chase them from below. Anne looked back at the girl, she now wielded a white staff in the shape of a cat, strange purple lights seemed to emit from the staff flowing into the hand.

When they got to the ground Anne slowly climbed down of the hand and watched the mysterious girl as she waved her staff into the air seemingly destroying the sludge hand. "We can't stay here. We should keep going until we're somewhere safe"

"That was amazing! You were like sludge wall! And then with the giant hand! Holy cow that was hella cool!" Anne realized she was getting carried away and quickly let out a nervous laugh under the stranger's glare. "Sorry, but seriously who are you?"

"My name is Amity Blight and what you just witnessed was magic, I'm a witch" she explained, trying to sound as serious as possible. "You on the other hand are a human, yes?"

"Yep, Anne Boonchuy fully grown human, pleased to meet you" Anne said, giving out her hand.

Amity took it and shook with a small smile "Well Anne welcome to the Boiling Isles, what do you think so far?"

"Well lets see, I've been mugged, attacked, almost eaten and chased and its not even been a day yet. So yeah, nothing to different from home"

"I… See, well from here on I will try my best to make your stay more pleasant but first there's just one very important question I need you to answer for me"

"What's that?"

"Why are you here?"


Authors Note: Hello everyone I know its been a long, long time since I last posted but please don't start thinking I've abandoned this story, because I haven't. the truth is I have much planned for this story but not enough time to write it all. Now I could sit here and write up a bunch of reasons why it took me so long to update this but other than Christmas and a case of writers block the honest truth is I just didn't have the time. I only get one day a week to do some writing, every other day is spent working, so in order to counter that and make sure something like this never happens again I've decided to shorten the length of chapters. I know this may not be ideal for most of you but, with shorter chapters I should be able to update more often. Which hopefully means I'll be able to post a chapter once a week if not once every two weeks.

However, I made you guys wait a really LONG time so to make up for that I've posted a little tease of future events yet to come in the story. Of course, these are in no particular order and know names will be mentioned as I don't want to spoil my own story.


When a visitor emerges from another world.

They will bring with them a portal to hell.

They will earn your love, your trust and friend

But when the time comes your learn they were playing pretend

"Please we're friends aren't we?"

"I'm sorry but I have to do this"

Bounds will be tested

Villians will be bested

But in the end

Your still be betrayed by a friend

"I did this for you!"

"I never asked you to! I don't know who you are anymore"

"Get back here! Get back here!"

As a darkness long thought defeated threatens to arise

A fated lover will be forced to make the ultimate sacrifice

"I'm begging you don't do this!"

A tale of multiple worlds

And how they all brought about

The End.


Authors note again: Hello again, did that make you curious, I hope so, I know it was very vague but again I don't want to spoil anything. From here on I promise to update more regularly but until then, in case I don't update again this year, I wish all of you a merry Christmas and if you don't celebrate it I hope you have a wonderful holiday and I'll see you all in 2022.