A/ N * Sorry for the delay! If any of you are still with me here is the
next chap. Hopefully soon to be followed by another and another and another
until we find an end to this.(:
Brandon whistled in to the wind and a little elf came running up the tree that was peeking over the cliff. He was small and had pale blonde hair creeping from his squirrel hat. His outfit was very similar to Brandon's, with the exception of his eyes that were a grayish blue and his hair he looked like a miniature Brandon.
"Thes wee-laddie 'ere is me younger brother, Alex." Brandon told the Ryan and me. "Alex, thes is .What tis yer name?"
"rr James and this is." Ryan paused and looked to Rosemary about to make up a another name for her but then realized that he had already said her name. "And that of course is Rosemary but there is one other and I do not seem to see where." He paused yet again to look around for Yahdoo.
"Who are yew looking fer?" Brandon looked at "James" questioningly.
"We used to have one more companion but it seems that he has taken a detour of some kind. I must caution you though. He is a trickers with some mental problems so you might want to send some to keep a watch."
"Ahlrigh. Alex, I need you to escort these two kind people to the establement and make sure you introduce them properly. Then I want yew to send out scouts for their friend, whose name would be?"
"Yahdoo, he is short and mix of elf and gnome sort."
"Elf and gnome say yew?"
"Why do you know the fellow?"
"I am afraid I know both of them in the one. If you catch my meaning."
"Ryan, I knew he was telling the truth!"
"Yahyuh! Of course, nefer tol' a lie in his miserable liif! If you don't mind my asking, how did you come to know him?"
"He was trying to stop us from going to where we are going and then we caught him. How do you know him?" Ryan really wasn't about to trust this guy one bit. Rosemary really couldn't blame him because one question was haunting her brain. Why did he bring her here in the first place? As far she knew he was just another smarter version of Yahdoo.
"Eh, we go whay back. He used to live with us. But I wont bore ya with the story. For now I must have Alex 'ere introduce you to my people sos they don't keel ya as soon as they look at ya and then we'll have a dinner. If that isn't ta much ta ask." Brandon poured out his words like honey.
He could just smile and make a girl weak at the knees but Rosemary was very conscious of this and was not ready to let some smooth talking really cute elf get in between her good sense.
Her curiosity was growing about these, insecure people for the moment. If what Yahdoo or Yahyuh or whoever said was right, they might be able to help her or they might be the servants of Urina.
All she could see off the cliff were the huge leafy green branches of a tree that was bigger than she could have ever imagined. Alex told her and Ryan to stay here. Brandon said he was going to go find Yahdoo before "he git's himself in a world of 'urt" which he was sure wouldn't take much doing.
Rosemary looked over at Ryan who was leaning against the tree she had woke- up in. It proved to look just as gigantic as the one peeking out from the cliff. Rosemary, always being very impatient decided to pass the time having a chat with Ryan. She was surprised that he hadn't said anything since she had runaway and that he was taking all of this very calmly.
"Ryan." Rosemary called out him. Almost scared to talk too loudly as if to disturb tranquil waters.
He looked up from his solitude with a expression of surprise but silently waited for her to continue.
She wasn't quite sure what to say. "uh what are you thinking?"
"What do you mean?" He seemed confused at her childishness. She was normally so out-spoken and impatient and after the last episode he didn't know what to think or do around her.
"I mean do you think that we should trust them? We are just waiting here for them to come and greet us to their people who would kill us at first sight before a second thought and we are just waiting here. Waiting to be introduced. And what about Yahdoo's story? What if they work for her? What if they what to get what information from us they can before killing or having us for dinner? What if." She trailed off because there were so many different scenarios running through her head all at once becoming worse as they went on.
Ryan saw that she was scare and beginning to crumble. Life had thrown her some hard punches and she had stayed standing for pretty long.
"Rosie, there are a lot of what if's that come along in life but we have hit a wall. If we don't trust them what do we do then? Wonder around in the woods until this is all over? That may have worked for you up till now but for me I can't live like that. You ran off before but you would still need to hide because as you saw these people brought you back into the game. Rosemary this is your destiny whether you are willing to except it or not."
Rosemary just stared at him not really thinking anything and before she could even think of a response Alex came from out of the tree over the cliff and waved us both over. Ryan walked over and Rosemary waited a couple seconds before following. Ryan's words now replaced the overflow of what ifs. But they were soon put aside for the tree was not just a tree but a sort of living tree.
Alex told Ryan to just jump. Ryan took a run only to jump into a sea of leaves and disappeared into its abyss. Alex told Rosemary to do the same but Rosemary still felt slightly distrustful but she remembered Ryan's words and with a sigh she was also enveloped into a green darkness.
She screamed for she could see nothing and she felt someone grab her. She soon realized that it wasn't someone but something. Her first thought was thank Ryan for getting them both killed but then she felt herself slowly being lowered to the ground.
She was sitting on a mossy surface only to look up into the greenish brown wrinkly smile of a tree as it raised its fingery hand back from the ground.
Brandon whistled in to the wind and a little elf came running up the tree that was peeking over the cliff. He was small and had pale blonde hair creeping from his squirrel hat. His outfit was very similar to Brandon's, with the exception of his eyes that were a grayish blue and his hair he looked like a miniature Brandon.
"Thes wee-laddie 'ere is me younger brother, Alex." Brandon told the Ryan and me. "Alex, thes is .What tis yer name?"
"rr James and this is." Ryan paused and looked to Rosemary about to make up a another name for her but then realized that he had already said her name. "And that of course is Rosemary but there is one other and I do not seem to see where." He paused yet again to look around for Yahdoo.
"Who are yew looking fer?" Brandon looked at "James" questioningly.
"We used to have one more companion but it seems that he has taken a detour of some kind. I must caution you though. He is a trickers with some mental problems so you might want to send some to keep a watch."
"Ahlrigh. Alex, I need you to escort these two kind people to the establement and make sure you introduce them properly. Then I want yew to send out scouts for their friend, whose name would be?"
"Yahdoo, he is short and mix of elf and gnome sort."
"Elf and gnome say yew?"
"Why do you know the fellow?"
"I am afraid I know both of them in the one. If you catch my meaning."
"Ryan, I knew he was telling the truth!"
"Yahyuh! Of course, nefer tol' a lie in his miserable liif! If you don't mind my asking, how did you come to know him?"
"He was trying to stop us from going to where we are going and then we caught him. How do you know him?" Ryan really wasn't about to trust this guy one bit. Rosemary really couldn't blame him because one question was haunting her brain. Why did he bring her here in the first place? As far she knew he was just another smarter version of Yahdoo.
"Eh, we go whay back. He used to live with us. But I wont bore ya with the story. For now I must have Alex 'ere introduce you to my people sos they don't keel ya as soon as they look at ya and then we'll have a dinner. If that isn't ta much ta ask." Brandon poured out his words like honey.
He could just smile and make a girl weak at the knees but Rosemary was very conscious of this and was not ready to let some smooth talking really cute elf get in between her good sense.
Her curiosity was growing about these, insecure people for the moment. If what Yahdoo or Yahyuh or whoever said was right, they might be able to help her or they might be the servants of Urina.
All she could see off the cliff were the huge leafy green branches of a tree that was bigger than she could have ever imagined. Alex told her and Ryan to stay here. Brandon said he was going to go find Yahdoo before "he git's himself in a world of 'urt" which he was sure wouldn't take much doing.
Rosemary looked over at Ryan who was leaning against the tree she had woke- up in. It proved to look just as gigantic as the one peeking out from the cliff. Rosemary, always being very impatient decided to pass the time having a chat with Ryan. She was surprised that he hadn't said anything since she had runaway and that he was taking all of this very calmly.
"Ryan." Rosemary called out him. Almost scared to talk too loudly as if to disturb tranquil waters.
He looked up from his solitude with a expression of surprise but silently waited for her to continue.
She wasn't quite sure what to say. "uh what are you thinking?"
"What do you mean?" He seemed confused at her childishness. She was normally so out-spoken and impatient and after the last episode he didn't know what to think or do around her.
"I mean do you think that we should trust them? We are just waiting here for them to come and greet us to their people who would kill us at first sight before a second thought and we are just waiting here. Waiting to be introduced. And what about Yahdoo's story? What if they work for her? What if they what to get what information from us they can before killing or having us for dinner? What if." She trailed off because there were so many different scenarios running through her head all at once becoming worse as they went on.
Ryan saw that she was scare and beginning to crumble. Life had thrown her some hard punches and she had stayed standing for pretty long.
"Rosie, there are a lot of what if's that come along in life but we have hit a wall. If we don't trust them what do we do then? Wonder around in the woods until this is all over? That may have worked for you up till now but for me I can't live like that. You ran off before but you would still need to hide because as you saw these people brought you back into the game. Rosemary this is your destiny whether you are willing to except it or not."
Rosemary just stared at him not really thinking anything and before she could even think of a response Alex came from out of the tree over the cliff and waved us both over. Ryan walked over and Rosemary waited a couple seconds before following. Ryan's words now replaced the overflow of what ifs. But they were soon put aside for the tree was not just a tree but a sort of living tree.
Alex told Ryan to just jump. Ryan took a run only to jump into a sea of leaves and disappeared into its abyss. Alex told Rosemary to do the same but Rosemary still felt slightly distrustful but she remembered Ryan's words and with a sigh she was also enveloped into a green darkness.
She screamed for she could see nothing and she felt someone grab her. She soon realized that it wasn't someone but something. Her first thought was thank Ryan for getting them both killed but then she felt herself slowly being lowered to the ground.
She was sitting on a mossy surface only to look up into the greenish brown wrinkly smile of a tree as it raised its fingery hand back from the ground.