A/N thanks to both of my reviewers, I'm glad you like the story. I totally agree that the prophecy was a little rushed, I mean the rhyme was ok I thought, but I wasn't sure how I could explain it all, just by Tyler saying, if you know what I mean? Anyway I shall try to make it more clearer, as I go on.
I stepped into the mirror and as I felt the mist close around me I clung to Tyler's hand. We walked through, and it was like pushing through something that was almost solid, I struggled to keep up with Tyler's long strides. I couldn't see anything, except the swirling mist. But suddenly, we stepped out into the fresh air, and my eyes were blinded for a second at the brightness We were in a clearing, in a wood or forest, and the sunlight was dappled through the branches overhead.
"are you ok?" I nodded, still looking around in wonderment, I couldn't believe it, we were in another world, another dimension. This was only the stuff of legends, I felt I must be dreaming.
"maybe we should sit down for a bit, and I'll tell you everything you'll need to know about this place."
we sat down, leaning against a tree and I asked a question that had been plaguing me for the whole journey through the mists, "how do you know so much about this place?"
he blushed, "i told you, my nanny told me,"
"one, if that was true you wouldn't be blushing and two, servants don't have nanny's"
"i, well I..." he paused, "look does this matter? I thought you wanted to find your sister?"
he looked angry, but two could play at that, "of course I do, so why are we sitting here!" I shouted, getting up
"because you can not just come here without knowing about it, or you'll be in the same situation as your sister, look let me tell you, please" he had calmed down, almost instantly, which was less than I could, but still I sat down.
"the reason I know about this place is my mother, she was a sorceress, and she used to visit this place, until the goblin queen got involved anyway. When she heard of her friends marriage to a spelled goblin woman, she tried to find out all she could, and she found the prophecy. That one day a curse would be placed on this land and..."
"what is this place called?" I interrupted,
"oh sorry," he smiled meekly, "It's called Hadanim, look you don't, do you... do you mind about my mother?"
"what?" I was puzzled, "that she's a sorceress, not at all, I think its amazing, I have to say I didn't really believe they existed, but" I laughed, "I'll believe anything after today,"
"shewas a sorceress, she's dead now,"
"I'm sorry, but I thought sorceresses couldn't die,"
"they are, immortal, but they can be killed, do you see what I mean?" I nodded, "well, the rest of the prophecy was that once the curse was in place it would last for 7 centuries, until a young maiden entered the land to reverse the curse, by killing the goblin queen and appointing a new ruler."
"7 centuries, well why is the goblin queen worried?"
"it's been 7 centuries, my mother was quite old when she had me,"he smiled,
"i also heard that sorceresses couldn't have children,"
"they can't, but I guess I'm the exception to the rule," he smiled, but turned to face the other way, I wanted to ask more, but even I could see that the subject pained him and I decided not to ask him any more.
"so, now she will kill any young maiden to enter her lands?"
"pretty much" he said, "I'm sorry, but I can't tell you any other way, except just to come straight out with it, if we don't find your sister, she'll be killed, and if we do then..."
"when we do," I interrupted,
"well, I suppose.lets cross that bridge when we come to it. Are you ready? I don't know what the time difference is here, so we should set off now, I want to find you something more comfortable to wear, so I'll try and find a village."
a/n ok I know this was short, but it was mainly an explaining chapter, I hope you understand more about the prophecy etc., I'll update soon, if I get some reviews!