Well, I'm still in that mood so, yeah. Anyway here's the chapter. You might learn something from it if you pay attention. Oh yes, and thankyou to Akiko142 for reviewing. My new character will not kill you. (don't ask, new story called Jack O'Lantern Village) Yes, I know you're wondering what will happen if Von comes back. There will be hell. Something will happen, I can tell you at least that much for now. Enjoy.

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Elektra walked to the side of the castle where her room was. She could manage climbing up the wall and over into the balcony, except, the herbs. She couldn't carry them all. Idea struck. She put the plants down on the ground and climbed up without them. Once she reached the top she went into her closet and pulled out a woven basket and some decorative rope for the edging of pillows she made. The rope should hold the light basket and plants as she pulled it up. She tied the rope onto the handle of the basket and walked back over to the balcony. She lowered the basket to the ground and tied the end of the rope to the railing. Elektra then carefully climbed over the edge and went back down to the ground, placing the herbs into the basket. Once they were put in, she climbed back up the vine covered stone wall and climbed back over the blacony, into the room. She untied the rope and wrapped it once around the railing, and started pulling the rope as the basket raised into the air, up to the balcony. It was almost to the top when Elektra noticed the guards encircling the castle. "Oh no, they must have noticed I wasn't in the castle!" She quickly continued pulling the basket and pulled the rope off. She looked over the edge and shouted down to the guards.

"If it's me you're looking for, I'm right here! Don't worry! I'm alright!"

The guards looked up and noticed her, instantly going into the castle. Elektra quickly put the rope and basket under her bed, hiding it. She made it just in time. The door opened and a guard came in. He looked at her.

"Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine." She said, smiling.

The bat guard grunted and exited her room.

"Those guards are the weirdest things." Elektra said, sighing in relief. "Thank goodness I made it here in time." She took the basket of herbs and opened her door, searching for the guards. They weren't there. She carefully and quietly went into the library and placed the basket on the table, searching for that book. She took some more notes on how to use the herbs as medicine.

The root of Angelica, can be grounded into dry powder and once that substance is obtained, it can be used as a tea with water to reduce fever and prevent bacterial growth.

As for Cinquefoil, there were three ways it was useful. The stem of the herb could be eaten which would make it an antiseptic. The leaves and flowers of the plant could be boiled down into a concoction which could be poured over and infection and sooth the skin. The roots of it, could be either powdered or crushed and stop bleeding.

The Dandelion root, could be dried out and then eaten. This plant would help heart weakness as well as making wounds heal more quickly.

Passionflower, could be easily eaten. (Besides the fruit) The herb would depress the motor nerves of the spinal cord, thus, making it a valuable treatment for back pain. The fruit was pretty good too. It is very sweet and aromatic, also good to add flavor in punch. (Swwweeeeet)

After taking the notes, Elektra quietly slipped back into her room and began creating the substances.

She took the Angelica flower and pulled the leaves and flowers of it, leaving only the stem. She walked over to her dresser with the stem and placed a piece of cloth down, before placing the root on it. She took a small flat silver box out of a drawr which held a pair of earrings. Eh, she never really like them anyways. She smashed the box onto the dried root, crushing it into a powdery, grainy substance. Job one, done. She put the crushed Angelica root aside and grabbed the Cinquefoil.

The first thing she did was strip it of its flowers and leaves, leaving the stem like she did the Angelica. She put that aside and grouped the flowers and leaves together in a pile. She took another piece of cloth and placed the roots down and began grounding it into powder with the box. She put that aside too.

On to the Dandelion. She simply pulled the flower off of the plant, leaving only the roots and set that on the side to dry out.

Now, was the passionflower. That would be easy. She picked the ripe fruit off of the plant and set it aside.

Elektra carefully reread the notes and grabbed the Angelica root as well as the leaves and flowers of the cinquefoil and, yet again, quietly snuck out of her room and went down into the kitchen, getting a pot, putting water in it, and starting a fire in the fire place. Once the water had boiled, she took some out of the pot and put it in a cup, then she put the flowers and leaves of the cinqueoil into the pot and boiled it down. While waiting for the plant to boil she returned to her room and retrieved the rest of the herbs, bringing them to the kitchen.

Elektra took the crushed Angelica and took a spoon to put some of it into the cup of water, making it like tea. She also added in the powdered cinquefoil to the tea. Elektra then took the roots and stem of the cinquefoil, the roots of the dandelion, and the passion flower, putting it on a small tray alongside the tea. Finally, she took out a bowl and carefully poured the boiled concoction of flowers and leaves from the cinquefoil.

Now, everything was ready. She carefully picked up the tray and headed to the dungeons. Little did she know of the mistake that would await her.

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Well, there you go. Just so those of you who are actually reading these boring chapters, the information I'm giving you on these plants are true. Man, I'm learning when I'm not suppose to be learning. The worst part is the fact that they're stuck in my head! Anyway, think carefully about that 'mistake.' Cause trust me, a mistake will be made in the next chapter. Also, I might be updating ROAOF soon. Finally, for any interested. There's supposedly a meteor shower either tonight or tomorrow night after midnight. Look Northeast. So, R&R. Bye.