A/N Thanks for the reviews! And yes Kai, I really want to call her Kayla, because I like that name, anyway she is being a brat because she doesn't know any better! But she will get better. Oh and I've had a good idea about the goblin queen!

We carried on riding and I tried to ponder some thoughts, like how we could save my sister from this evil queen. No-one had talked in a while, and we had already passed from the dust road to the forest, so it seemed to be much darker already.

"Fin?" I asked, mainly to break up the silence,

"Yes?" he seemed a little reluctant to talk to me, and I saw him glance at Ty first, who I may add was still sulking, and riding a little ahead of us.

"Well, what exactly is the curse?" he turned and stared at me, "I mean, I know you aren't free, but well any ruler could do that, is there like a proper curse?"

He shook his head muttering, "A proper curse? A proper curse?" He laughed, "I can't believe you sometimes, but yes, there is a proper curse. Nothing grows, well nothing that's meant to anyway. All these forests, they grow fine, but as soon as you mark out a field for crops, the curse takes over, it turns to dust, and that's all. That's why everyone here is so poor, except her. But I'm pretty certain you wouldn't understand,"

"I do, I mean everyone needs crops for food," I paused and mused to myself, "So there is a curse then,"

"Either way there is a curse," He exclaimed, "Whether its a magical one or not, it is a curse to be in slavery."

"I... I know," I said quietly, because it was clear, even to me, that I didn't.

After a few more hours of riding and silence it was certain that it was in fact dark. I thought we would keep riding, I may only be a princess, but I would do anything to save Shaylee. So when they began to dismount in a clearing I exclaimed,

"What are you doing? We must ride through the night!"

"No, we mustn't, we must plan what we shall do to save your sister,and make sure we get to the city in good health, so we will be able to save her," Fin said, as Ty was walking off, after muttering something about fire wood.

"Fine, but it had better be a good plan!"

In a much quicker time than I had expected we were sitting around a blazing fire and tucking into some of our supplies. Not as much as I was used to, but surprisingly it was good, I was guessing it was because I was so hungry after a day of riding.

"Look, both of you, but mainly you Kayla, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be acting so childish, we have more important things to worry about than squabbling." Ty said, as he picked at some bread,

"And so you ought to be!" Fin said, laughing

"Don't worry, I think we've all been on edge, but we can get along, I'm sure." I smiled at him.

"So how about a plan!" Fin said, "I brought a map of the goblin city, so we can just have a look at this... are you ok Kayla?" he had been getting the map but he noticed that I had tears running down my face,

"I'm sorry, I don't mean to be stupid, but I just know it would have been better if Shaylee was here, she would have saved me already, and you would have gotten on better with her, she's so much nicer than me and..." all this had been said through sniffles and at this point I couldn't keep talking.

"Hey, its ok, we've all been jerks, and trust me we are saving your sister as fast as is humanly... or fairy-ly possible!" Ty said, sitting next to me and giving me a bear hug,

"Ok, tears... erm I get a little uncomfortable, so I'm gonna just crack some jokes or something, ok, so plan yes we need a plan, ah, yes" Fin began to ramble, and I laughed, "See I did that on purpose!" he said smiling at me,

"Ok," I said, wiping my eyes, "lets make a plan!"

A/N ok a bit short, but I'm trying to think of a plan, but I'll update soon as its the holidays! yey