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Ellie woke up with a start! Where was she? What had happened? Why was her leg so sore? Then it came back to her, she had been dragged out of her own time, and world, right into another! Just as she finished the thought the kind lady she had seen the day earlier walked over to her,
"Nice to see you up again, you had us
worried, oh how rude of me! Please call me Pauline."
"What happened?" Ellie said groggily
"Your asking me, you just suddenly appeared all bruised and scratched up on Will and Alyss's front porch! We were scared stiff." Pauline said in a kindly voice
"Oh, who are all these people and where am i?"
she asked that question because a curious bunch of people had gathered to watch the conversation. To Ellie's surprise they answered her,
"I'm Crowly and this grumpy gills next to me is the famous Halt!"
the sandy haired one said in an almost joking voice.
"Stop it Crowley or halt will chase you up a famous tree just outside, hello I'm Gillan!"
The first brown hair mumbled the first bit in an aside then said the last part quite cheerfully.
"Hi I'm Will and I think Dear halt over here is grumpy because he hasn't had his morning coffee yet. Excuse him."
At that the one called halt nodded his head moodily.
"I'm Alyss, you gave us quite a shock yesterday didnt she Cassie?"
The next one in line nodded
"Yes i nearly fainted, Good Morning, I'm Cassandra"
Then she looked over to the similar looking man beside her and niged him, he started in surprise and said,
"Hello, 'm Horace, what's your name?"
Ellie met his eyes and then walked them across the line of faces, all kind, even though one might be grumpy . All cheerful and trustworthy faces, she finally stammered out the words,
"Hi, 'm Ellie, pleased to meet you all."
They all nodded their understanding, but Ellie wasn't finished,
"And one question, where am I? Why does my leg hurt so much, and what will I do now?"
They looked at each other then surprisingly, the one called halt answered all three question in a short concise monotone voice,
"Firstly, you're in my ex apprentices cabin in redmont fief. Secondly your leg hurts because of how many scratches, cuts and bruises you have, and thirdly that's for the women to decide."
Ellie looked down at her leg, wondering how bad a condition she'd been in before they had bandaged her up. She used her arms to support herself getting up and stood stretching her tired and aching muscles.
"I'll make coffee if you'll tell us what the heck you did to get into this condition"
the man named Horace spoke in a reasonable tone. The others grumbled their agreement and Ellie thought that she might have to sit down to tell the tale, or she might collapse. So she promptly sat herself right back down on the couch, cassandra and Alyss followed suite, sitting on either side of Ellie
Hiya peeps! Pls remember to review, the more reviews the faster i write, i am hoping for this to be quite the narrative! See you in the next chapter…
