~Rosemary & Ryan & ??~ The bush started to rustle but there was nothing other than leaves to be seen. Ryan took a step back afraid that they were dealing with something a little bigger than he thought. Then he heard a voice or a grunt like a person or creature mumbling.

Ryan walked backwards slowly then stopped in front of Ceridwin and Rosemary pulled out a dagger, that she never went anywhere without, but stayed on her horse. Then these footprints started appearing in a circle around them. They came faster and faster and the dust started rising from the ground in clouds. Rosemary and Ryan started coughing and couldn't see anything in front of them.

Ryan had had enough. He knelt down on the ground and put his sword an inch above the ground. The noise and dust stopped and there was a thud like the thing had tripped. Ryan pounced on the same spot that he had heard the thud and stayed there until the dust settled.

Once the air had cleared and everyone refrained from hacking and coughing, everyone held their eyes on what Ryan was on top of, including the horses. Ryan pulled out the sword that was next to arm and pointed it at the thing under him. A whimpering sound was heard and then a pop.

"P p pep pl ppleeaase sssssire ddd ddid didon't kkk kk kill mm mmee!!" A little creature who looked like a gnome but wasn't quite one, he was an elf but he wasn't that either. He had wrinkly old skin that was encrusted with dirt. His eyes were two brown mud pies that were a little runny from his fear. He was somewhat lacking in the vertical department but was very fast, as he had just demonstrated. Judging from his clothes he didn't stand out from the woody scenery. His clothes were a combination of mossy green burlap pants and a brown burlap shirt.

"You make quite a bit of trouble for such a small creature." Ryan replied threateningly. He had put two and two together.

"I means no you harm, sire I just follows mes orders, sire." The creature seemed to calm itself but Ryan was unsatisfied. Rosemary saw this as a lucky break in her so unlucky world. Ryan raised his sword to kill the creature.

"Noo!" Rosemary screamed and jumped down off of Ceridwin. "Don't you see he is the answer we have been looking for like why we are here in the first place maybe in exchange for his life we can have some answers." Rosemary knew she was setting herself up for a fight but she knew that she would probably win this one.

"Rosie, dearie. I am already looking after one fugitive I do not need another one that can turn invisible and besides how do we know he can be trusted?

"Oh Is can have trust sire, yup yup, Is has lots of trust. Is has sooo much trust that." He trailed off at the look in Ryan's steely eyes, which dared him to make one move.

"We can at least ask him some questions and see how he answers them." Rosemary tried to reason but she could tell that Ryan was short on patience after the great luck they were having. This made her really angry.

"Fine, be like your barbaric self. I mean I should have expected it right? You Princes kill for pleasure anyway. I have seen you in the forest hunting killing every living thing in sight but never mind the fact that this may the last bit of luck that we are offered! So fine here or better yet I would hate to make you do something so hard. Let me do it for you." She took two strides over to him with her dagger and was starting to swoop down. The creature was whimpering again but Ryan grabbed her hand.

"Ok, you have made your point we will ask him some questions and then we will see what happens." He got up and dragged the creature up by its grubby rags and set it down roughly with its back to a tree. Then he pointed his sword at the creature to commence the interrogation.

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Ryan asked the first question threateningly. "I's sire isa Yahdoo. My'sa mistress has sent I's to a." He hesitated finishing this sentence and looked at Ryan's sword and then at Rosemary who did not show the sympathy he was looking for.

"I's here to .complete my'sa mistress mission. Yes my'sa mistress mission." He seemed satisfied with this answer but unfortunately Ryan and Rosemary were not.

"You are going to have to do a lot better than that. Just tell us everything and maybe we will spare your life. How about who is your mistress?" Ryan demanded.

"No needs to be mmemean sire. I's just follows orders. I's good." The creature responded nervously.

"Ansswer the question." Ryan growled.

"No's need to be hasty. I's thinks we can work through this." Ryan raised his sword about to bring Yahdoo one last blow.

"Nooo nooo" Yahdoo moaned. "She, she isa queen! She isa good queen. She isa going to be queen of everythings sos I's can be happy and sos everyones can. We must stop you because you stop us from having happiness."

"What country is she queen of?" Ryan asked as if he already knew the answer.

"Why she isa good Queen Urina of Hoperria." Yahdoo looked at them like they were from another world.

"Are you sure?"

"Why yes, do you know my'sa good queen?"

"Yes, unfortunately. What mission has she sent you on?" Ryan asked, again already knowing the answer.

"Well, she wishes me to bring you to a stop." Yahdoo answered sheepishly and his wrinkly cheeks reddened.

"So you were the one who has been doing all of this to us?" Rosie looked at him and sighed. She knew that he had been the one who had burned down the cabin, made Ryan see things, and her disappear and he probably had a hand in Hezzel not being here. Anger returned and flowed threw her veins.

"So, you are the one who almost killed me, made Ryan go crazy, burned down the cabin, and your are the reason Hezzel isn't here." She waited impatiently for a response.

"Yes, milady." He mumbled.

"You disgusting worthless creature! How DARE YOU!!!" And in one swoop she would have ended his life if Ryan's hand hadn't grabbed hers.

"Wait!" He looked at Rosie and then at Yahdoo. "Why is she doing this?"

"She wants to be all powerful so that she can rule the world and take her vengeance on him and others of his kind." Ryan looked at Rosie and then back to Yahdoo. "Who is he?" Ryan and Rosemary asked.

"Oh the great fairy, who isa mean to my'sa queen. He isa baad man!"

"Do you know this fairy's name?" Ryan asked because he had never heard of any bad fairies so chances were this man was a good man just on her wrong side.

"No, I just know he isa the one powerful one trying to stop my'sa queen." Yahdoo shrugged and looked at Ryan glad that he didn't look angry. Rosemary looked confused but she was staring silently behind him at nothing in particular.

"Well, I guess you will be hanging out with us now." Ryan sighed excepting his new burden very nicely.

A/N Hey. I actually liked that chapter but it was really hard to write. Ohhh wells. I want to say that if anything is unclear up till now tell me cuz in the next chapter I am going to unconfuse the characters and hopefully if there is anything that you are guys are confused on say now or hold your piece until another opportunity. Plus I am on break so I have a little more time to write but I also have a huge physics paper due when I get back to school and the Scarlet Letter to read and oi don't get me started! What a break! Aduial Elenath- thanks, I can never thank any of you enough. Icepixie- I like your new story that is cool! And thanks for commenting on the names I went through name meaning books to find something suitable so thanks for acknowledging it. Oh and yea I love cliffhangers cuz I watch soaps so that is what makes me want to keep watching soo it will be unusual for me to not leave a cliffhanger. I want to wish everyone Happy Holidays, safe travels, and Happy New Year!!!!