Okay, it feels like only yesterday I posted the first two chapters of Mulgarath's Revenge…Oh, wait…it was! XD. Sorry, had to get that out of my system. I'm a bit retarded, I know. No wonder I have very few friends XDD. Wow, six hits, more than I expected! Thank you to my (so far) sole reviewer.
Anywho, here's Chap.3!
Disclaimer: I don't own it. If I did, I wouldn't have to write this blasted thing!
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Chap. 3: Hidden Village
Aunt Lucinda and their mother entered the study just as they had finished cleaning up the last of the mess. Their faces paled as they saw Kit and Talon.
"Uh…hi mom, Aunt Lucinda…" The three siblings exchange nervous glances.
"Who are these two?" Lucinda pointed her cane at the cat creatures. A/N: Gods I've got to comes up with a better name for their race!
"I'm Talon, and this is Kit," Talon began.
"And we're friends of Jared, Simon, and Mallory's," Kit finished.
"I see."
"We were just about to go outside, no point in spending a beautiful day outdoors, right, guys?" Mallory asked, elbowing her brothers in the ribs.
"Oh! Yeah, right. C'mon Simon, we should show Talon and Kit around," Jared grabbed his twin's sleeve.
"I shall come too!" Thimbletack called out as they headed for the door.
"Wait for me, Candy butt!" Hogsqueal dashed after them through the doorway, leaving the two women standing there.
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"Let us show you where we live!" Kari suggested.
"That would be awesome!" Simon replied.
Talon's eyes widened. "Are you out of you friggin' mind! We can't let them into our village!"
"C'mon, Granny won't mind."
"She blind and half deaf! Of course she won't mind!" Talon exploded as they reached the gates. "She won't be able to report humans being in the village!"
Kit stuck out her lower lip. "You're such a meanie!"
Talon sighed. Her cute face, why did he always fall for her cute face? "Fine. But only a quick visit, we have no clue what the chief will do if he finds out."
"On the contrary, yours is a friendly race. Unless… is there a quandary?" Thimbletack asked.
"Yes, the chief of our village has been rather out of sorts lately. No one knows why."
"You worry too much!" Kit began to lead the siblings, brownie, and hobgoblin along the trail to the forest.
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"Wow!" Jared stared up at the vast fort. "You're village is in there?"
"What better place than an abandoned human settlement?" Talon pulled open the gates and looked inside. "The coast is clear, everyone must be out hunting." He opened it wider and they crept inside.
"Amazing," Mallory breathed. "It looks like no one's lived here for years."
"That's the spell they put on our village in case some human should stumble upon it while we're all out hinting," Talon ran his hand along the moss covered wall of a nearby building.
"But what if a human comes across it while you're not out hunting?" Simon asked.
Talon grinned, baring sharp white fangs. "Have you ever wondered what happens to those people who enter the forest, but don't come back out?"
Simon gulped.
" That wasn't how it had been a few months ago. Come on, guys, Granny's house isn't very far away!" Kit called, running up ahead of the others.
Jared now knew how Kit had felt when she had followed him inside his house. He was amazed with what he saw.
"This is it." Kit stood in what looked like a shack. A shack in serious need of more than just a little TLC.
"Are you sure its safe to go in there, Fur face? What if the roof falls down on our heads?" Hogsqueal demanded.
"That's a risk you're just going to have to take." Talon grinned.
"Stop trying to scare them!" Kit hissed as she opened the rickety door. Poking her head inside, she shouted, "Granny? Are you in here?"
They stepped inside and looked around, besides a bed, table and two chairs, the 'house' was pretty much empty.
"Looks like she's not here, oh well. They got to see our village, now let's get them out of here!" Talon urged, opening the door.
"Not so fast! Who are you and what are you doing in my cabin?" An old voice demanded.
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Whoa, major cliff hanger. I would've made the chapter longer but its Sunday and I've got school. Not that there's ever anything interesting happening there.
Ghost in the Mirror: I have too much time on my hands so I can guarantee a minimum of one new chapter a week (If I'm not working on my other fic or something else). I hope you get to read the last two books in the series. In my opinion, the last book's the best out of all five. Then again…I just spoiled the ending for you in the last Chap. Sorry TT. Thanks for reviewing!