Alloy looked up. Goodbye house. Tears came to her eyes. She shook her head. This wasn't the time for tears,

it was time to find a place to stay.

She'd wrote a letter to her parents telling her mom she loved her (AN she doesn't really like her dad), and

explaining that she was NOT going to Tortall. She felt that they at least needed an explanation.

She walked around Carthak trying to find a place to stay. Finally, she found a place that looked good. It was

cheap and full of men, but they'd be too drunk to get a hold on her.

Alloy pushed the door open, and looked for the bartender. "I need a room, a very secluded, locked room,"

she told him.

The man nodded. "Aye, that's a good idea. These men will want to take advantage of a young girl like you," he

turned around to get a key. Alloy grimaced.

Some of the men started noticing her. Oh great, she thought. The bartender came back and gave her her

key.

Alloy turned to go to her room when a man came up to her. He had some gray hairs, and was probably about

fifty. She relaxed a bit.

"Hi I'm Rad," he greeted her," I keep these boys in line." He jerked a thumb at them.

"I'm....uh-." Crap, she needed a name. She couldn't use her real name. What could she use? Her middle

name? Yeah, it was common enough. "My name is Krystal. I appreciate your concern, but I can fend for

myself."

"As every girl should," Rad agreed, " but I just want you to know that if they decide to pull some tricks on

you, I'm here." "Thanks," and she walked off.

Her room was decent enough. It had a window which she made sure was locked. The bed wasn't as soft as

she was used to, but there weren't any bugs or nasty sheets. The wallpaper was nice and nothing was

peeling. All in all it was nice. She didn't put up her clothes because she didn't know how long she'd be there.

A yawn overcame her. It was time to sleep.

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u like? I know it's short, and all of mine r.....so get over it! i have a major state wide test coming up, including

lots of projects. So don't expect a lot from me(i know you're heartbroken) by the way i'd like to leave u with

one last word-

FREE THE TURKEYS

YEAH!