Thank you very much for all the nice reviews I got for the last chapter - I'm now going to reply to them personally to keep the new rules. I hope you like this new chapter and that you don't think it's too short (I've got a BIG science test coming up so I need to concentrate on that, but I'll try to update soon) Please review and tell me what you think, have a nice day!

"Oh Gods Holly, what have I done to you?" Trouble yelled desperately.

"I hate to say this –I never saw you for long together, but judging on what I did see you must have loved her very much- she has gone forever; there's nothing we can do." The turtle obviously hated to be the bearer of bad news.

Trouble's head dropped down onto his chest –he had never felt this much grief since…well, since his dad had died –but he didn't want to think of that now -It felt as if his heart was swelling up and breaking into pieces, and in his mind he searched for someone to blame. The obvious person would be himself, and then Root maybe. Oh gosh, what was it Holly had said? 'Cheer up Trouble, at least we're going together', but when the push came to the shove Holly had gone –his best ever friend had drowned!- and left him to face the big bad world all by himself.

A flash of black sparks woke him out of his daydream, Dientenegro was shooting curses at them left and right; apparently one corpse wasn't enough, he wanted more. The turtle was having a hard time of it; the sparks were bouncing off his shell around Trouble causing black cracks all over the place. A magnificent gold ring glinted on Dientenegro's finger in the flickering light and this gave Trouble and idea. He pulled the earpiece which he had long since discarded out of his pocket and began to pull it apart. Desperate times call for desperate measures.

Holly could feel herself slipping out of consciousness as her head bashed off the bed of the lake. It was almost like going to sleep after a really long day –except when you wake up from slumber you find all of your friends around you, and where Holly was going noone was going to greet her. It was an adventure, and Holly didn't mind adventures –although maybe this was taking it a little too far.

Back on the lakes surface Trouble had managed to take the earpiece apart. As the turtle dodged the spells he concentrated on keeping hold of the different pieces. Trouble had been thinking about the time that Holly had been electrocuted by Opal Koboi; he carefully picked up the nuclear uranium battery which was coated with a layer of lead (thank goodness!) Now, he wouldn't normally try to follow in an evil fairy's footsteps, but right now the only way to defeat a nasty person was to take another nasty person's example.

"Swim closer to the right hand side of the boat." He whispered to the turtle, casting his sadness to the back of his mind for the moment.

"I must be mad," replied the turtle. "And by the way, my name is Devante." Devante, newly named, steered closer to the boat; right in the line of fire. As the wizard raised his arm for the killer hex Trouble jumped up. At the last moment he reached to his pointy ear and his metal earring from it (it hurt him do it, physically as well as mentally- he'd only got it last week and now his earlobe was all torn). He got the uranium battery and the earring and caught Dientenegro's arm; battery and earring were pressed to the shiny gold ring, the battery was switched on, and the job was well done. Trouble watched as Dientenegro realised what was happening, the pain on the man's face made Trouble almost reconsider. As the electricity reached Dientenegro's brain it was as if there was a couple of lightbulbs behind his eyes that just went out. His body crumpled as the age-old cells just gave in; Trouble gulped as Dientenegro hit the bottom of the boat. Hell was calling.

"You know, he wasn't really that bad…" Trouble said.

"Are you kidding? He was mental! He lured innocent people to these caves to compete for treasure that isn't really here-"

"Wait!" Intersected Trouble, horrified. "You mean there isn't actually any treasure at all?"

"Sorry."

"And Holly died for no reason!"

"Well yes, there was a reason. She couldn't swim very well." Trouble slapped his head defeatedly. What was the world coming to? No wizard anymore, but there wasn't any treasure in the first place either, and most important of all; Holly was dead, and nothing could bring her back. Could it?

Holly opened her eyes. Ouch.

"Hmmm, this is weird." She thought. "This doesn't look like hospital…where am I? There was Trouble –I'm sure of that, he was going fast ON A GIANT TURTLE! Oh yes, there was three creatures!" Holly's heart sank. "I was on a mission…but now I'm dead." She sighed with annoyance. "My head really hurts, surely you can't hurt this much if you're dead!" Holly stood up shakily and pinched herself sharply, there was no denying it- she was most definitely alive!