Disclaimer: WARNING, the following fanfiction does not claim to make sense, fit within the book, or to be anything other than the creation of a quirky mind. All characters belong to Tamora Pierce's Protector of the Small series.
Author's Note from Erkith: Hello again! On time! Lol This is where it starts get weirder... so enjoy: D!
Erkith
True Love Never Ran So Cold
Chapter Two: Banana Peel
Dom yelped as he tried to brush aside a thorn bush. He'd thought his fingers had numbed with the cold, but apparently not quite that much. He rubbed his hands together, and he blew on them. He was so cold.
Slipping, Dom hit the ground hard. Mithros! He looked at the object that had thrown him in the mud... was that a banana?
What kind of kidnapping was this? The bloody thief had stolen most of his clothes and his horse... and Kel.
That got him moving again. They'd taken his Lady! He was going to rip them to shreds.
TORTURE DO BE HER PLIGHT. Dom's gut wrenched. He had to move faster – had to!
New Hope appeared in the darkness ahead. Tall and powerful, with great stone walls, the fort stood out against the sky quite magestically. But there was something wrong. Dom squinted as he ran towards it. There were no guards.
He pounded on the gate, which opened soundlessly. A note fell at his feet.
THE CASTLE SLEEPS. THE LADY WEEPS. YOU. SERGEANT STAND AT THE GATE. THE KNIGHT GROWS COLD. THE WALLS GROW MOLD. RUN. FOR FAR WE WOULD NOT TAKE.
Kel! He glanced ahead and saw a trail. A trail of clothes. He tore down the halls, tripping over Kel's boots, sword, shirt, etc. Growing increasingly angry. This was not a bloody game!
Guards, servants, and villagers lay asleep on the ground. He stopped to check a couple times for their pulses. Some of them looked almost dead, but they were just unconscious. A mage. It had to be a mage, he thought sourly.
He slipped, bruising his butt when it hit the ground. He looked at the object on the ground with furious disgust. Another bloody banana peel! He jumped up and started running; he didn't have time to curse the kidnapper's lousy sense of humour.
Then heard a scream. A scream of rage and maybe pain echoed from somewhere in the fort. Kel! "Kel!" he shouted. "Kel! Where are you?"
There was silence. All he could hear was the cold slap of his numbed feet against the stone floor. He paused for a moment. Gods! He was cold. His bloody teeth were chattering.
Another scream.
They were torturing her!
What was the bloody clue? He uncrumpled the note.
THE CASTLE SLEEPS.
Yes well that was obvious.
THE LADY WEEPS.
Dom's fists clenched. That wasn't going to help him find her.
YOU. SERGEANT STAND AT THE GATE.
Yes, well he had been hadn't he?
THE KNIGHT GROWS COLD.
They'd stolen her clothes, so in all likelihood that was true... and if it was another play on "night" then it simply meant that time was running out.
THE WALLS GROW MOLD. RUN. FOR FAR WE WOULD NOT TAKE.
That was it! The walls grow mold! She was somewhere in New Hope where the walls grew mold... but where was that?
Not the infirmary because Neal kept that clean. Not the great hall or the kitchens because their cooks would have fit if there was mold, and Dom would already have heard about it. None of the quarters would be that dirty unless the person desired to be assigned two weeks of latrine duty...
So where...?
He kicked another banana peel aside. It slapped wetly against the wall.
Water, running down the walls. Oh! Of course.
TORTURE DO BE HER PLIGHT.
The dungeons.
A/N: MORE NEXT WEEK! Look forward to more notes and a random factor heeheeheeh!
I repeat. Strange fic. Complete, not fully posted yet, and very,very strange. Lol I can't believe I wrote this...
Please Review and mock me!
THANK YOU TO MY REVIEWERS!
Syl Rose: lol I've no idea where the banana came from! Strange enough for you?
The Hobbit Lass: Roger WAS a moron! Lol and so is the kidnapper :D I too enjoy his song... very inane. Destined to become stranger!
FanFictionFantom: lol predictions?
Zerrin of the Wind: lol thanks for the review!
Tortall Princess: Glad you're enjoying this! The kidnapper is very lame.
Mistywabbit: lol giggling and weirdness! Thanks for reviewing!
Dancer4eva: lol oh the torture scene is coming :D Funny you should use the words weird and spontaneous... those were the moods that created this story : P
Lutefa: lutefa's an unusual name! And don't get too worried about your knowledge of the books... :D
Sparkley-tangerine: lol yes very lameCallie: Thanks! You wrote a TP? Hmm... I'll have to go see that!
Feifiefofum: You should have seen my face when I read your review! The purest of pure horrors! I'm completely apalled! Thanks for catching that... winces! I'll try to get down to DKOM.
Runner NDA: An interesting hypothesis! Lol but I have NOOOO comment : P
Atlanta Enchanted: lol unfortunately I can't answer your Q. Still, always nice to hear from you... thanks for the review! Hope you enjoy the chap!
Wildlace Keladry2005: Thank you!
Bambolieblue: He's supposed to be annoying, so I'll accept the compliment. :D! lol glad you're enjoying it!
Padfoot's Sidekick: lol here you go. More. More. More.
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