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Chapter 2

Meeting Old Friends

I was paralysed unable to move, yet the alligators did not attack! Which was a great relief, I lay in the water beginning to submerge underneath the water, slowly I began to go into the darkness of the swamp and may vision and mind went...

I woke to find myself striped of most of my clothes I lay in a tent alone. I stumbled out to find Evanna cooking a stew of vegetables which she found. She turned to greet my solemn face and comforted me.

"You have been out for almost the good part of two days!" she said. I looked round the camp any to find the lifeless body of Harkat Mulds with an arm severed and deep cuts from where he had been bitten. "I had to cast a spell to stop the alligators seeing you" she told me as a stared at my friend.

"Did you save me?" I asked, I began to tuck into the stew as Evanna told me what happened. It didn't take long she explained everything why she saved me and that Mr Tiny was coming to meet us at a later time.

I lay awake for a few days apathy took over and I just didn't care about any thing, I cried myself to sleep that night as I thought about what had happened. Then the image of Steve Leopard appeared in my head, I loathed him, Mr Crepsley said not to seek revenge but I didn't care any more I was going to hunt him down and kill him the way Mr Crepsley died.

"Darren? We will be leaving soon," Evanna called to me "It is a long journey to see my father". I got changed into my new clothes Evanna had made me and tucked into a quick breakfast and packed quickly and set off to met the monstrous Mr Tiny.

It didn't really take that long as we travelled at a steady pace. He was staying in a deep dark wood where it had been abandoned by all animals. He held out his small hand to greet me but I ignored it.

"You knew what was going to happen didn't you!" I screamed at the small man "DIDN'T YOU!"

"Yes I had a vague idea of what might have happened but it could have lent the other way and Harkat Mulds would still be alive," He said calmly "but I am not here to bicker about that I am here to offer you the chance to return back with your other friends" I stared at him blankly as he said this to me "I am offering the chance to return you so that you can guide Debbie Hemlock and Alice Burgess to Vampire Mountain". I considered this but not for long because there was nothing for me here.

"Ok, I would like to return but I want Harkat to have a proper burial before we leave!" I said hopeful they would consider it.

"Of course you can!" Evanna said politely. We begun to bury him and then it was time to leave this appalling world behind.

"Ok time to go" Mr Tiny said as he placed his heart shaped watch back in his pocket. Mr Tiny began to glow as he did when Harkat and I had entered this world, his hair, skin, boots and all glowed a crimson red and the world I knew appeared in a doorway and I felt a hand push me through. The air rushed through my hair and I suddenly plopped on the ground to find Debbie and Alice looking at me.

"I thought you were going with Harkat" Debbie sniffed and turned away.

"But I did I have been away for almost three months!" I retorted

"No you just left us!" Alice said as she turned to me after making sure Debbie was ok.

"WHAT!" I roared at her "Harkat died and I almost died and..."

"Well you must have hit your head or something!" Debbie interrupted and pushed her way past me.

"That means that Mr Tiny brought me back just before I left," I said pondering this thought unable to make sense of it "well are we going to Vampire Mountain or not?" I asked.

We set out to meet with the Vampire Generals and Princes to discuss if it was allowed to make a human army the equivalent of the Vampets (people helping the Vampeze in the War of Scars and are not bound by the rules of the Vampeze).

Sorry if this is a bit confusing! Oh well I didn't say it would be fine and dandy! Hehe! I really mean sorry if you were confused! And please no flames

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