**he he he that last chapter was from my obsession with The Wizard of Oz, lol! Hers the next! ~CJ~**

Sandry, Briar, Tris and Daja were all thrown into a small room, after being flown across most of Haijra. The monkey-like creatures seemed to have a life of their own, but as Niko had taught them before, they were just magic, magic that transformed a monkey and a bird into a flying creature, and magic that could be stopped if the mage that created it were killed.

"What are we going to do?" Asked Sandry, pacing around the room; searching for the door they were thrown through.

"What *can* we do?" countered Tris.

"Well we could sit here and wait for someone to come help us out…. Or we can do something" replied Briar.

"But *what* something? We're in a room, with no exit and even if we could get out, those monkey creatures are everywhere!"

"Thanks for looking on the bright side, Daj'" Briar said, glumly.

Daja winced. "I'm sorry."

"Well, there has to be a way to leave… I mean we got IN here didn't we?" Sandry said reasonably, still searching. The others nodded and began helping her search the walls, tapping and testing all the crevices and corners of the room.

Just as they thought they could find nothing, Tris motioned for them to come to her. "You guys… you can hear talking…"

The mages put their ears to the wall. Muffled voices could be heard from behind it.

"…. And we through them in the room without escape." Said one of the creatures that had brought them there. "Nothing can get out of that room, unless you know how."

"Yes, yes. Then WHERE IS MY MAGIC!!!!" yelled a strong manly voice. "IF YOU CAPTURED THE CULPRITS THAT STOPPED MY MAGIC, THEN WHY ISNT THERE ANY HERE!??!"

"But master…. I, I took them all! The only ones left were a few old mages, with no power! I seen it! They were taking it from them kids!"

"FIND. THOSE. MAGES!!!!! OR I'LL SEND YOU BACK TO WHERE I FOUND YOU!!!! NOW GO!!"

"Y-yes sir."

The creature flew off, leaving the man alone in the room.

***********BACK TO THE ADULTS… AND CYNTHIA…************

"Where could they have gone??" asked a worried Lark. "I mean, where could those creatures taken them… and for Gods sake, Why?"

Cynthia peeked around the corner of the small carriage. **Their gone? Hmm… where could they have left? And who took them away? I have to get to the Thief-King. Before a report of my failure to capture the murderers of my brother gets to him** with that she snuck off, leaving the adults behind, worried about their students.

**Okays… well I wonder how long this will go on for… what's up with Cynthia? Brother's murderers? Isn't briar her brother?? Hmmmm lets see… ill have the next up soon! ~CJ~**