What's Going On?
When Joren regained consciousness, he found himself lying on a street. In fact, he was lying on one of the streets in the Corus marketplace. The sun was up, and there were crowds of people buying things and chatting with each other.
He could remember everything that happened that night, but everything looked normal, except of course for the fact he had no idea how he he'd ended up in the Corus marketplace. He dismissed his wish and Talia with her orb as just a dream.
Now Joren just had to figure out how he had gotten there. Maybe he had sleepwalked. He was still puzzling over this when he saw a man frantically running through the crowds. The man's clothes were torn, and he was covered in dirt. "Spidren attack!" He yelled. "Spidrens!"
Chaos erupted at these words. Pottery was smashed, food was stepped on, and other items were dropped in the stampede. The crowds were scattered as everybody ran for safety.
Joren was in shock. What was going on? What were spidrens doing in Corus? He had a nagging feeling, and a flashback to his dream. But he quickly dismissed it. His stupid dream had nothing to do with what was happening now.
Most of the townspeople had vanished, but there was a group of men left. They had weapons and were obviously going to fight the spidrens. Their backs were to Joren. He edged closer to see if he recognized anybody who could tell him what the hell was going on, but he was too late. They were already leaving in the direction the frantic man had come from. Joren debated running after them, but decided against it. Things were just too weird; he had to go to the palace and figure things out.
He turned around in the direction of the palace, and immediately knocked into someone. The other person had been running, so Joren was knocked backwords. He landed on an overturned orange cart.
He was just lying there dazed, on top of the oranges, when the other person came over and helped him up. Joren mumbled a quick thanks and looked up into a pair of green eyes. He stared in shock at the face of Nealan of Queenscove.
Neal stared back at him; his face was just as shocked as Joren's. Neal wasn't exactly Joren's favorite person, but maybe he would at least be able to explain what was going on.
Neal smiled. "Damn, and I thought we finally got rid of you."
Joren was even more confused. Got rid of him? Joren and his knightmaster, Paxton of Nond, had been staying at the palace for a while. He'd had to see Neal's and the other page's annoying faces every day. What was Neal talking about, and why did he help him up? Neal was best friends with Keladry. He and Joren hated eachother. Joren had another uneasy feeling. Again he remembered his wish. Normally Neal would have just left him lying on those oranges.
"So how did you escape the hurrocks? We thought you were dead." Neal shook his head in amazement.
Joren just stared at him in horror. Dead?
A/n: Don't worry; my next chapter should (hopefully) be a lot better. I'm going to use more TP characters, but they won't all be the same.
Thanx to everybody that reviewed:
*Princess Sanidaylene
*Junipertree
*Mr. Sesame
*HShuler888
*JudgeDP
*Pink Panther
*Lydian Lioness
*Trisia
*Mandi-girl
When Joren regained consciousness, he found himself lying on a street. In fact, he was lying on one of the streets in the Corus marketplace. The sun was up, and there were crowds of people buying things and chatting with each other.
He could remember everything that happened that night, but everything looked normal, except of course for the fact he had no idea how he he'd ended up in the Corus marketplace. He dismissed his wish and Talia with her orb as just a dream.
Now Joren just had to figure out how he had gotten there. Maybe he had sleepwalked. He was still puzzling over this when he saw a man frantically running through the crowds. The man's clothes were torn, and he was covered in dirt. "Spidren attack!" He yelled. "Spidrens!"
Chaos erupted at these words. Pottery was smashed, food was stepped on, and other items were dropped in the stampede. The crowds were scattered as everybody ran for safety.
Joren was in shock. What was going on? What were spidrens doing in Corus? He had a nagging feeling, and a flashback to his dream. But he quickly dismissed it. His stupid dream had nothing to do with what was happening now.
Most of the townspeople had vanished, but there was a group of men left. They had weapons and were obviously going to fight the spidrens. Their backs were to Joren. He edged closer to see if he recognized anybody who could tell him what the hell was going on, but he was too late. They were already leaving in the direction the frantic man had come from. Joren debated running after them, but decided against it. Things were just too weird; he had to go to the palace and figure things out.
He turned around in the direction of the palace, and immediately knocked into someone. The other person had been running, so Joren was knocked backwords. He landed on an overturned orange cart.
He was just lying there dazed, on top of the oranges, when the other person came over and helped him up. Joren mumbled a quick thanks and looked up into a pair of green eyes. He stared in shock at the face of Nealan of Queenscove.
Neal stared back at him; his face was just as shocked as Joren's. Neal wasn't exactly Joren's favorite person, but maybe he would at least be able to explain what was going on.
Neal smiled. "Damn, and I thought we finally got rid of you."
Joren was even more confused. Got rid of him? Joren and his knightmaster, Paxton of Nond, had been staying at the palace for a while. He'd had to see Neal's and the other page's annoying faces every day. What was Neal talking about, and why did he help him up? Neal was best friends with Keladry. He and Joren hated eachother. Joren had another uneasy feeling. Again he remembered his wish. Normally Neal would have just left him lying on those oranges.
"So how did you escape the hurrocks? We thought you were dead." Neal shook his head in amazement.
Joren just stared at him in horror. Dead?
A/n: Don't worry; my next chapter should (hopefully) be a lot better. I'm going to use more TP characters, but they won't all be the same.
Thanx to everybody that reviewed:
*Princess Sanidaylene
*Junipertree
*Mr. Sesame
*HShuler888
*JudgeDP
*Pink Panther
*Lydian Lioness
*Trisia
*Mandi-girl