HEY! So this is what chapter two of this story looks like! I just want to thank absolutely one who reviewed! HAHA! I GOT REVIEWS! YES LIFE IS OH SO SWEET! Ok once again I own no characters that have come from the mind of Tamora Pierce - just the ones that I came up with so you cant have them! Well now lets get this started shall we?

And once again I do not own the Wizard of Oz. Or the State of Kansas. Also I am SOOO sorry this took so long – I meant to have this out before I went out of town – but that didn't quite work so well! ENJOY! Oh by the way –HAPPY FREAKIN' EASTER!

IT was about an hours ride to the palace. The inter time I was having question after question thrown at me. Did I have any other brothers or sisters? (Not including the "Great man " who turned out to be my first oldest brother Chris) What was Angel Creek like? You know things like that.

I answered their questions with things I didn't even know that I knew. I had a younger brother named Joel, other than Chris two older brothers named James and Nathaniel. An older sister named Jewel and a twin named Jade. (This leads to the conclusion that my parents from this time period had a strange obsession with "J" names) And Angel Creek was beautiful. Surely only the Realm of the Gods could compare.

It was as if I was reciting lines from a play. Every question, every possible one they could have thought up was in my mind. I mean sure back home those WERE the names of my brothers and sisters. And I did have a twin sister but I had never been close to a creek my whole life – just sewers. (What I lived in a big city.)

"I hate mud." I muttered picking bits and pieces of dried mud from my hair.

"It builds character, riding with mud in your under things." Raoul said with a grin.

"I'd rather be clean just the same." Alan and I said in unison.

"Nonsense, Then the Glorious life of a night is not for you. " The prince said stopping his horse, the others and after a bit of convincing my horse did the same.

"Hard headed animal." I muttered. The others laughed and the prince I noticed had a very wicked gleam in his eyes.

"How about we race back?" he said. The others cheered and yelled, "GO". Before I know it – I've got mud in places I was damn sure mud had never been before. I was really, REALLY starting not to like this place. As soon as I got that mud off I made up my mind to go find those ruby slippers and head back to Kansas.

"It doesn't seem to be your day does it." I heard a voice say.

Whipping the mud from my face I saw Alex with a smile on his face, sitting a few feet away on his horse.

"Really? I didn't notice. And here I thought I was having the best day of my young life." I said whipping away more mud and trying to get my horse to move at least a little.

"You know, I've been to Angel Creek plenty of times. How come I've never seen your there?" He asked, eyeing my strangely. As if I was crazy – or naked.

"May be you just weren't there at the same time as me – I wasn't really at home much." I said simply, hoping he didn't think it was odd.

"How come I never heard about you there? Chris talked about you a lot and from what I understand you were a lot of trouble. Surly your family would have at least TALKED about you if they didn't see you like you say."

Man what is with this guy? Honestly I don't know! So he hasn't seen me around a place I've never been to in my life? Big deal! Chances are I've never seen him in Mr. Ziks algebra class either. Ok I AM supposed live at this place. From what I can tell it sounds HUGE! At my house we could go for three days and never see another person!

"Well they don't – didn't talk about me very much you see. I'm too much like Chris they said. Hurt even to think about me – him who ever. "

"Well I knew him and I can tell you are nothing like him." Alex said hotly, a look of hate and anger on his face.

"You don't even know me." I growled.

"I don't need to I can see right through that fake little act of yours." He said face blank. All of the anger, hate and what ever else was on his face gone.

Big deal! I don't even know him and I can tell he's a stuck up, arrogant, self centered bastard who really needed to get his head at least half way out of his ass. So what if he was good-looking.

Hold up what act – did he know I was a girl? Well I was NOT going to stick around to find out that's for sure.

"Look you don't like me – and you don't trust me – I can figure that much out ok Tirragen? Just give it a rest. And for your information I am not putting on a "Fake little act" but you seem to be doing a very good act of being an Idiot! Although I'm not quite sure it is an act." I said angrily and with that I made the mistake of kicking the monster that served as my horse and went flying down the road to the castle.

Not a minate to soon I got to the palace. Jonathan, Raoul, Gary and Alan were

Waiting for us.

"What took the two of you so long?" Alan asked glancing at me – and I guess the figure of Alex behind me.

Ok there is definitely something strange about this Alan kid. The way he looked and acted was just off. He was hiding something. What I wasn't sure but its something – and something BIG too. Well we'll just have to find out more about that later, right now – I've got bigger problems.

"Just some catching up between old friends – Right Andi?" Alex asked glaring evilly with a smile that looked less like we were old friends and more like he was trying to decide wither to cook me, fry me or just pounce right then and there and eat me raw.

I plastered on the fakest smile you'd ever seen, nodded and started to get down from my horse. "That's right – I remembered that Alex used to come visit Angel Creek all the time – seeing as how Lake Tirragen is so close and all."

It was then and there inspiration struck. My horse REALLY seemed not to like me – but he/she/it seemed to HATE Alex from the way the beast was glaring at him.

"Bite him," I whispered in the horses' ear.

It worked; I was off and on the ground, talking to Raoul when Alex let out a very high-pitched yelp.

"Well let's get you cleaned up before you visit the Duke." Jonathan said casting a bewildered look at Alex who had fallen from his horse and into the mud.

"Timon we got another for 'is grace." A new voice said.

" Aye Stefan, I got the bags, you take 'um to get cleaned up a bit." replied another.

The source of the two voices soon emerged from the barn stable thingy.

The one named Timon grabbed the bags I hadn't noticed were attached to my horses back

and Stefan made a hand motion that I guess meant follow him. The others did so I guessed that was what I should do.

"Watch out for my horse." I called "He's evil"

By then Alex had rejoined us and was evilly glaring at me.

"This'll be your room than – when your clean'd up one a these boy's will take you to 'is grace." Timon said giving me a key and than walking away.

"Well we'll just go clean up and Alex here will show you to father than." Gary said smiling wickedly. They walked off leaving me alone with Alex.

"Well go get cleaned up than." The dark boy said snapping at me.

It was easy to see that he was NOT happy with me and as evil a person I am even I know when to quit. So with a funny face I ducked into the room, noticing my bags were already inside.

Well that's every thing – remember flames will be use to roast marshmallows and burn the witch out of my closet! UNTILL NEXT TIME FOLKS!