SICKNESS

"Valary! Where are you! Riks, wait!"

Siana grabbed Riks' dress, trying not to get separated. People growled as they stepped around them. Siana and Riks glanced around them, fruitlessly trying to find Valary's blood red hair.

"Too many people!" Riks shout in Siana's ear.

"Okay don't yell!" Massaging her ears, they pulled over to the side near some stalls.

Frustratingly pushing through the bustle of people, they finally came to a small clearing just outside the tent. Cauldrons were bubbling with two tiny witches stirring, the stench making their stomachs tighten.

"Where'd she go?" groaned the blonde-haired girl. But Riks turned to the witches.

"Er, excuse me," she asked. Stopping, they looked at the girls with faces as appealing as a dead cane toads.

"Whad'd'ya want?" screeched the short witch with black frizzy hair.

"You wouldn't happen to know where Sally is, do you?"

"Not 'ere," grumbled the other witch, going back to her stirring.

"Ya see? Not here!" And both ignoring the tall girls, turned their backs to show their dry masses of frizz.

"Scragmoles!" Siana said as they left the tent. "Bloody scragmoles! And we have to find Valary first, not Sally."

After scanning the area for the slightest hint to where Jack's girl was, Riks sighed and sat on a low wall. Siana crouched beside her, fiddling with the fur on her ears. No one took any notice of the strangers resting.

Groaning, Riks rubbed her temples. This is all wrong…

"Are you alright?" asked Siana, concerned.

"No," she said truthfully. "Just got a headache. Oh," she groaned, again. Her temples burned, and her throat was suddenly as rough as sandpaper.

"Jeez Riks, did you have anything to eat?"

"No…" Another moan.

Looking around helplessly, Siana saw the fountain. Its water was disgusting, but…

"Come on." She made Riks get up, and dragged her through the crowd to the well. Splashing water on Riks' face didn't help, and she wouldn't let her drink the water. Now her whole body was burning, and sweat trickled down her face into her panting mouth. Her eyes were glazed as she tried to focus on Siana, but she was so dizzy, couldn't she just lie down and rest…

"Help! Somebody help!"

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I am baack! Thankyou to those reviewers who have suddenly reviewed, you kept me going! I am going to finish this fanfic, which will probably the first fic that I finish! Thankyou again to NinjaoftheDarkness and Strange Fuzz.