A/N: Well, I see a few ppl like this so I may as well keep goin on with it. Thanks for the reviews, and BTW, thnx for telling me about the sword.....and I guess it's alright to have an argument in MY reviews folder......two-handed btw . . Ne1 who wants a character in my fic, lemme know, I'll add you eventually, just tell me, also, plz tell me name, preferred class, and yeah, if your picky then history and eye colour and such. On with the story .

Chapter 2: A wee bit of help.

I woke up the next morning, and headed to Iciris' room, I figured I'd talk to him about what had happened the day before. I stopped at his door and knocked softly, after a few minutes without answer I knocked harder, still no answer. I opened the door a tiny crack and peered inside and got a huge surprise. Iciris was gone! I walked into his room and looked around, surely I would have seen him leave, I walked to his window and looked outside and searched for any clues of his leaving via the window. I didn't see any footsteps, and besides, at his size a fall from this high would have killed him, and there was no ladders or ropes. I searched the room for any other means of escape. I pulled candle sticks, moved books, did my best to lift weights, but nothing happened. I gave up and just flopped down on the bed, looking around the room. I laid back and looked up at the roof of the canopy bed, and right there, in the centre of the roof there was a rip, I stood on the bed and peered through the rip.....there was a hole! A hole in the roof! He must have been digging it forever!

I crawled up into the hole, careful to be sure I would fit, then climbing further down the tunnel I crept, looking through the darkness for any signs of Iciris.

"I should have brought a torch," I mumbled to myself, then, almost in answer, I saw a dim light further down the tunnel, I crawled deeper and saw a dark figure holding a torch and in the other hand, a dagger, digging away at the brick wall before him.

"Iciris!" I hissed, listening for a reply.

"Who the CENSORED is that?!?" He looked back and waved the torch in my face, nearly scorching my hair.

"Yo, calm down, it's me, William!" He peered past the torch and looked at my face.

"What are you doing here? Come to tell me you've warned the guards of my attempted escape? Or just watch as they drag me off?" He spat, each word painfully hitting my ears.

"Actually..." I thought it over, why shouldn't I? He needs to train....I thought over the events of the passed few days, Iciris did seem quite desperate to escape, but he was the Child of Prophecy, he was destined to destroy the Dark Lord, how could he not train? I thought back on the prophecy, he was to train and take up allies, and how could he do that in a castle? "Actually, I'm here to help you escape, but I know an easier way, follow me!" I turned around and crawled through the tunnel, landing on the bed, to be met by the Imperial Guards, Marcus and Denerion. I listened as Iciris landed behind me, I turned to him.

"Iciris, you take Denerion, I'll take Marcus," I turned back around and lunged at Marcus, he stepped aside and knocked me down, I grabbed a rope off a table and whipped him with it, it wrapped around his neck and I pulled him down, tying him up just as Iciris knocked Denerion out cold.

"Let's go" I called over to Iciris, we headed off to the grand doors. I looked back, I couldn't believe what I was doing.

"Iciris, go to the front gate, when you see my signal, run," he nodded slowly.

"What's your signal gonna be?"

"You'll know," I opened the door and he ran to the gate, as soon as he got there he looked back and gave me the thumbs up, I nodded back to him and turned to the nearest tapestry, I grabbed a torch and set it on fire.

Smoke billowed through the windows.

"Fire!" I hollered through the halls, "Fire!" Guards came running through the halls, even the gateman, nearly knocking Iciris over as he ran out the gates. I smiled and laughed, heading for my room, tomorrow would be an interesting day...

A/N: Ok, there you go, sorry it took so long, R&R plz, it's about to get a whole hell of a lot more interesting.