Chapter Eight: The Stupid Fiery Thingy

Bubbles and his companions woke up later on the next day. Bubbles and the rest of the group were tired, but know one complained. After they finished eating their breakfast, the companions set out to the nearest town, Policulti. Policulti is a small town that no one had ever heard of. It is named after a one loser who supposedly won a war because he sent a stupid message to allies. The group did not do much but talk and rest.

"How far are we from Policulti?" Bubbles asked Gandork.

"We are about four days worth of adventure, if we do not get waylaid." Gandork replied. Bubbles was very tired and wished that he could sleep in a real bed for on night. Pretty soon the companions found a small and deserted looking shack. They decided to go in together. When they got in, they found out it was most definitely not deserted. It was filled with a weird looking something. Bubbles asked Thorninyuras "What is that?"

"A weird looking something." Thorninyuras said.

"I know that! What kind of weird looking somethings?" Bubbles said.

"A Bagrock; A demon of the ancient world. This foe is beyond any of you. Run!" Gandork answered. They ran away at full speed, hoping the Bagrock, which was evidently a fire creature, didn't catch them. Bubbles looked back and saw that the Bagrock was gaining at them at great speed. Bubbles then looked ahead. He saw that the group had to run over a long and narrow bridge that led over a seemingly bottomless pit. First all of the Dworcs, then Bubbles, then Gandork. However, when Gandork was half of the way across the bridge, he turned around.

"You cannot pass! I wielder of a secret fire, flame of. oh, what the heck! You cannot pass!" Gandork cried. Gandork took up his staff and slammed it down on the bridge. The Bagrock seemed to not care, so Gandork spoke again.

"YOU CANNOT PASS YOU STUPID FIERY THINGY!" Then Gandork slammed his staff and sword against the bridge. The ground started to shake, then tremble. Pretty soon, the thin little bridge started to fall apart. The Bagrock soon fell into the hole. Gandork, not expecting anything, turned around and looked at the group.

"Am I the best or what?!" He yelled. However, Gandork did not notice the Bagrocks last attack. Before Bubbles could do anything, the Bagrock hit Gandork's legs and pushed him into the hole.

"Gandork!" Bubbles yelled. There was no hope left in the hearts of the companions. Thorninyuras commanded the group to go to Policulti, where they spent the night.

The next morning, after the group was up, they ate breakfast on were on their way out of Policulti. Bubbles asked Thorninyuras, "Where are we going now?" Thorninyuras said, "To the house of a friend of Gandork's."

"And who is this friend?" Bubbles asked.

"None of your freakin business." Thorninyuras replied. Pretty soon, when the entire group was up and ready to go, they set out to Gandork's friend house.

"How long do you think it will be until we see Gandork again?" Bubbles asked Thorninyuras.

"My guess is the he will be here sometime in the future." Thorninyuras said. Bubbles sighed, but did not want to start an argument. The group bought a set of ponies (and a map) to make the trip a little less painful. The group was almost to Gandork's friend's house when they got waylaid. They came to a gate!

"Who might thou be?" Said an unknown voice.

"Who might thou be?" Thorninyuras said.

"I asked thou first." The voice said.

"We are companions looking for a friend of a friend of ours." Thorninyuras said.

"And who is thou's friend's friend?" asked the voice.

"I don't know, he said it was none of our freakin business." Thorninyuras said.

"Then you may pass." Said the voice. The gate opened and the group walked through. Bubbles looked for the source of the voice, but could find nothing.

"It must be magic." Bubbles said to himself. He then looked ahead and saw something that filled him with joy.

"And here is your missing companion, Gandork the Green!" Said Gandork.

"Gandork, it is you!" yelled Bubbles.

"Yes, it is I." Said Gandork. The group most of the way to Gandork's friend's house when Gandork said, "Every once in a while, I will give a shrill whistle. When you here it, come in two at a time. Bubbles, you come with me."
Bubbles and Gandork walked up to Gandork's friend's house (Who's name turned out to be Bearsteak) and knocked.

"Whose that?" asked a voice.

"It is your old friend, Gandork." Gandork said. The door opened and an old man came out.

"Gandork! Why are you wearing green?" Asked the old man.

"It is not my choice, the author made me." Gandork said.

"Yeah, whatever you say." Said Bearsteak.

"Anyway, I have a story to tell you about. Let us go inside!" Gandork said. They walked inside and sat down. Gandork then started his story.

"Well, I was testing my motorcycle when I accidentally braked it too suddenly and it started to fall. I then met this fine little chap, whose name is Bubbles, and he told me to come over for a drink. I brought a few friends with me." and Gandork whistled. Drawling and Bawling came inside Bearsteak's house. "Why, here they are now. Anyway, one of them said a speech when the cave's roof started to fall! We ran out and went to a near inn."

"Interesting story. Go on." said Bearsteak.

"Well, the next day I had to leave early, so I went to do an errand. When I came back, I found that Mada had captured the group! I turned out they were very hungry." Gandork said.

"Well, these three fellows would hardly feed them." Bearsteak said. Gandork whistled, and Blubber came in (I guess he counted as two people.)

"Well, I guess he could have fed the whole group of Mada! Now back to the story."

"Well, I interfered at the last moment and saved my friends."

"Ha! Serves those Mada right. Now go on." Said Bearsteak.

"Well, we went to a near town and spent the night. We set out to the Itchy Mountains, where the whole group fell into a hole. I myself didn't fall, but I thought it would be a waste of several friends."

"You're the first person I know to call four several!" said Bearsteak. Gandork whistled, and Filler and Killer came in.

"These fellows were also with me." Gandork said. By now, I'm sure that you are pretty bored, so let's just say that they Gandork repeated the whole book in this fashion. When all of the Dworcs were in, they ate some food and sang one or two songs. I'll be nice and make you read two.

We are at our friend's nice shack,
We have hung our coats on the rack,
This is our first stop since Riverhell,
And through the crack Gandork had fell.

And

We have now made our way to Bearsteak,
We are happy, no mistake.
We stuff our faces and have a beer,
We do not have anything to fear.