(A/N: I'm really sorry I haven't updated in forever. The thing is, I think I almost forgot about this one! Lol, I was in my inbox yesterday, and I was reading the last review I got for this. I sat there and looked at it, and was like, "What the heck is this for!" …Then I remembered. Wow, I haven't updated in SO long! Anyway, here's chapter four. ((looks sheepish))

Chapter Four: A Wizard Incognito

"There. Looks just like a commoner." The head wizard announced, taking a step back to look at me. "Don't you think?"

Another wizard nodded. "Looks pretty common to me."

I glared at him.

"Good! Now, do you remember what you're supposed to do?"

I hesitated, trying to remember which plan I was supposed to be reciting. "Erm…yeah…I go into the castle, and say I'm a … a…"

"Distant relation of Shiara."

"Oh, yes, that's it. I'm a distant relation of Shiara. Unfortunately, I didn't get any of the fire witch blood. Then I make friends with the son of the king, Nightsun, or whatever—"

"Daystar."

"Yeah, him. Then I…" the two stories were starting to merge. "I, um…Report back to the dragons…No! I meant, I report back to you, of course! Haha, dragons…" I smiled weakly. The head wizard gave me a suspicious look, but motioned for me to continue.

"I report back to you on how things are going. As soon as I'm good enough friends with Daystar, I ask him if I can see his father's sword." I paused, "You know, that sounds kind of silly now that I think—"

"Continue."

"Yeah…sorry…Anyway, then I tell Shiara that everything is going well, and we don't have to worry about the wi…wi—" Oh, shoot…wrong story again. I hurried on, "About any wizards, because I'm best friends with Daystar, and, um, can protect him…"

The head wizard gave me an odd look.

"I was improvising." I muttered.

"Right… Now back to the plan."

"Right, I steal the sword, or whatever, and give it to you. Then I go back to the castle, because they don't know it's me that stole it, and make up a story about how I saw someone trying to steal it, and I attempted to stop them but they got away. I tell the king that they ran outside and gave it to a dragon."

"Perfect. Well, close enough, for you." The head wizard rummaged around in a bag of some sort. "Now, hold still while I put this on you, so we can make sure you're doing everything right—"

I stumbled back a few feet and tripped over a rock. "But that means you both will be watching- I mean, all of the wizards will be watching me!"

"You have nothing to worry about as long as you do nothing wrong, and follow the plan."

Oh, great. Sure, nothing to worry about there! Oh, only, which plan was I supposed to follow?

The head wizard placed a little round, glassy black circle on the back of my hand. It lingered there for a moment, and then vanished.

I gulped.

"Now, on your way! Remember, don't mess anything up—The wizards are watching you!"

I wanted to cry.

xxxxx

I was inside of the enchanted forest, and completely lost. The wizards had transported me here and one had drawn a map for me to look at. They said that they couldn't transport me any closer to the castle than this, or else the king would sense wizard magic. One of them had drawn me a map to look at.

If Therinive couldn't write, then this one definitely couldn't draw maps.

Well, either that, or I just couldn't read it.

I turned the map around, wondering if it would look better upside down. No luck. It still looked like a bunch of little scribbles on a piece of paper.

I stood there for a while, trying to understand the map. It took me a while to realize I was being watched. (Well, not the normal being watched. I was always being watched, by either the dragons or the wizards!)

"W-who's there?" I stuttered. Suddenly the image of a huge, terrible monster rose up into my mind.

"How did you get here?" The voice, which came from seemingly nowhere, sounded irritated.

"I…ran…"

There was a pause, and then, "That is a lie."

Uh oh.

"Well…yes…"
"You weren't here one moment, and now here you are! How did you get here?"

I decided to tell the truth—twisted to make me sound okay. "Actually, well, a bunch of evil wizards transported me here, and now I'm lost."

There was another pause, then, "You're telling the truth!" The voice sounded amazed.

"Ye-es… Where are you?"

"Down here."

I looked down to see a little gold lizard about twice the size of my finger. I stared.

"It's not polite to stare, you know."

"Oh, I-I'm sorry…"

"You are?" the lizard stared up at me. "Why, yes, you are! How exciting!"

I didn't have much experience with the Enchanted Forest, but this thing was already scaring me.

After a moment, I knelt so that I was closer to the little demented lizard. "Uh, do you happen to know the way to the castle?"

"Why, yes I do!" the tiny creature balanced on its tail (which was half the size of it,) in order to get a better look at me. "What do you need to go to the castle for!"

Beads of sweat formed on my forehead. I couldn't say I was a distant relation of Shiara's, because it would know I was lying.

"I…I need to talk to the king, on behalf of…of the dragons…" Well, it was close enough. Hopefully, the wizards weren't watching too closely. Or else they figured that I had changed talking about the dragons to talking for the dragons. Who knew? They'd twist it to work for them somehow…Something told me that they didn't believe that they could be tricked.

"You do?" The little lizard squinted up at me, "Why yes, you do! How amazing!"

I knew I couldn't step on it, but it was so tempting…

"Yes, it's important. Can you help me?"

"I'm very busy…but it's not far…of course I can help you!"
"Great, thanks. Lead on…what's your name?"

"Why, it's Suz!"

"Lead on, Suz."

xxxxx

The demented lizard was as good as its word (not that I thought it would lie). It led me straight to the castle, and straight to the king. Then it left, because apparently it was too busy to hang around. (This didn't bother me too much, though.)

King Mendenbar looked me over. "So, you're here on behalf of the dragons?"

I swallowed hard. What was I to say? If I told him about the dragon's plan, the wizards would kill me, and if I didn't follow the dragon's plan, then the dragons would kill me!

I cleared my throat.

"Well…"

(A/N: Yay! I updated! Lol, I hope the next update comes soon. I've been wrapped up with my Phantom of the Opera fanfiction, and forgot about the other ones. Hopefully the next update for this one will be within a week or two!)

…Hilary…