Chapter Sixteen: Roast Mada

When Bubbles woke up, the field had the smell of.

"Roast Mada?" Bubbles said. He lifted his head up. The fighting was still going on! There was one major difference, however. One of the Bagrocks had fallen down and set the Mada on fire. Gandork and Thorninyuras ran over as soon as they saw Bubbles.

"Oh no." Gandork said. "I think he's dead!"

"I'm OK." Bubbles said.

"How did you survive! Did you learn how to come back like me?" Gandork said.

"I think there is more to this Habit then meets the eye." Thorninyuras said wisely. Bubbles took off the shirt that was covering his dragon hide.

"What the heck! Does that mean you're a dragon?" Gandork inquired.

"Yeah, I'm a dragon." Bubbles confirmed sarcastically.

"Ohhhhh, that's Habit hide." Gandork said.

"No genius, this is my armor." Bubbles said. "But hurry, for I am needed." So Bubbles called the nearest Vulture, who readily picked him up.

"Bring me to the nearest group of enemies." Bubbles said.

"Sure. That would be three gold pieces." So Bubbles took gold out of his pocket and paid the taxi Vulture. Anyways, the Battle of A Whole Ton of Armies was soon finished. Then Bubbles collected all of the arrows (about three hundred) when he noticed something. There were only twelve Dworcs! And they were all skinny.

"Where's Blubber?" Bubbles asked, worried. All of the Dworcs immediately got a sad look onto their faces.

"You didn't see?" Thorninyuras asked.

"No, remember, I got knocked out?" Bubbles said.

"Well, um, he got hit by an arrow, and, well, you know Blubber, he is fat, and, well, he blew up. Didn't you wonder what could knock down a Bagrock?" Thorninyuras said.

"Well, may all of his pieces rest in peace." Bubbles said. Pretty soon, after all of the nice things were said about Blubber (not that there were many) they found a nice patch of trees to rest, where they spent the night.

When Bubbles woke up, his head was full of questions. Where would they go next? How would they get back? Why had all of the armies teamed up against the group? Who was responsible for the massacre? Who owned the things? It was soon too much for Bubbles.

"Where will we go next? How will we get back? Why had all of the armies teamed up against us? Who was responsible for this massacre? Who owns the things?" Bubbles asked.

"I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know." Thorninyuras replied. He's real smart, isn't he?

"We will probably go back by the same way as we got here, except a few shortcuts I know. The armies teamed up against us because they were told to, and the last two are none of your freakin' business." Gandork said.

"Why didn't we ask the Vultures to bring us?" Beefy asked.

"They were. busy." Gandork said.

"Well, I say that we start walking now." Bubbles said, and the rest of the group agreed. So Gandork led them to a path that went nearly the same as the path that they got here by, save that there is one less patch of trees. They walked for a long time, and they sang a song! Here it is:
We have slayed the dragon Claug,
Though Gandork didn't see through the fog.
He accidentally burnt the stock,
And all of us wanted him to mock,
He got us in a bog.

We are on our way back,
We do not want to slack,
We do not delay,
Although I say,
We have a heavy sack.

"We really need to learn how to sing." Bubbles said. Anyway, after the poem they just walked, until they finally got off the path.

"Where to we go from here?" Bubbles wondered.

"We will go to the Forest of Driew Sgniht." Gandork said.

"Are there any enemies?" Bubbles asked.

"Of course, what kind of book would this be without the Bad Guys" Gandork answered.

"Oh yes, how could I have forgotten." Bubbles said. "So, who are the Bad Guys?" Bubbles asked.

"How should I know?" Gandork said. After a very boring walk, they got to the forest of Sgniht Driew, where there was a nice patch of trees, where they spent the night.