She glided out of the dungeons and up to castles main hall. She was about to go up one of the grand stair cases when she was hit by a fire ball.
"Where's Caleb?" Taranee said, her hands encased by flames. Will picked herself off the floor.
"That's a bit rude. Just waltzing into my castle without knocking!" she smiled.
"Door was open darl!" Irma smirked.
"Still a bit rude don'tcha think?" she snapped back sending a pink spiral encasing the water guardian, turning her into a water fountain. The girls shrieked as they saw their water feature friends, who now was a mermaid sitting on a rock with fish surrounding her spouting water.
"2 down, 2 to go!" she smirked.
"WHAT DID YOU DO!" the two girls screeched together.
"God do I have to explain myself to everyone. She is a water feature. I have space for her in my guardian, just like there is for you two. Now be good little pixies and keep still!" she sent another spiral of pink magic at the fire guardian, only to be blown of course by Hay-Lin. She shot another beam of energy behind her hitting the air guardian, turning her into the wind chime she longed for. A beautiful pixie standing on aflower platform with 6 chimes of various lengths dangling off each petal.
"HAY-LIN!" Taranee yelled as she saw her friend fall graciously to the floor.
"you BITCH!" she screamed charging at the cackling Will.
"tut-tut" she clicked her fingers and the girl froze on the spot.
"Now what shall you be?" she pondered, circling the pixie.
"O! I know, a lovely garden lantern!" she piped and sent the pink beam at her, transforming her into a statue holding a lantern that had a candle in. She waved her hand and the 3 objects hovered and followed her as she traced her steps back to the dungeons. She steadily lowered the 3 remaining guardians down to join Cornellia. Caleb looked up and saw them.
"Will what have you done to them?" he demanded.
"Caleb I'm starting to get worried about you and your stupidity. I turned them into garden objects, obviously, to serve as a reminder. Mess with me and you become a pretty little trinket!" she smiled and began to hover away again.
"YOU WONT GET AWAY WITH THIS!" he yelled up at the witch, but it was too late the door had been slammed shut.
Back in her room she began to write the spell to release the guardians in he diary, just in case.
Earth, water, air and fire.
Objects that I desire.
Only way to release.
Is hand in order of each.
She shut the book and chucked it lazily on the bed. She sighed and made her way down to the kitchens.
"Man I need some slaves!" she uttered to herself as she reached the kitchens.
Down in the dungeons Caleb sighed as he gave up trying to get out of the shackles. He heard the faint sound of humming coming from the corner of the dungeons.
"Who's there?" he yelled. He heard the sound of metal hitting the ground and a faint gasp. Out of the corner of the dungeons came a small little girl. She looked about 10 years of age and wore second class clothing, she had no shoes and her dirty blonde hair flowed in a loose pony tail to the middle of her back. In one hand she had the head of a pick axe and the other hand was bandaged.
"Hey. I'm Caleb? What are you doing down here?" he asked the timid looking girl. She looked at him with her big watery eyes.
"My father couldn't pay Phobos enough money so he took me as payment. I've been trying to escape for the last week or so." she reply in a soft voice.
"How?"
"Well I found this down here so I started to create a tunnel. I hide when ever some one comes down, you see they've forgotten me so I'm going to escape. You can come too if you want!" she smiled.
"I can't. I'm kind of stuck!" he said smiling back at the girl shaking his wrists so that the chains jangled.
"Oh. I can't undo that. All spells are kept in a book and their reverse is kept in another which is guarded even heavier. I'm sorry about your friends though."
"It's ok. What's your name?" Caleb asked.
"My name is Ayane Miller. My father owns the granary, my mother works in the bakery. I have two older sisters but I'm kinda my dad's favourite. I think that's why Phobos wanted to take me away." she smiled and turned to go back to the tunnel.
"How far are you on your tunnel?" Caleb asked.
"I haven't got that far to go. If I work all through tonight I could be out by the morning." she smiled a toothy grin.
"I could get out and sneak around the castle. I could find that book and get you out of those shackles if you want."
"That would be great! Quick hide!" hewhispered harshlyas he heard the door latch open. The girl went back into the shadows and pulled the stone slab back into place concealing her and her tunnel. As Will began todrifted down the tunnel.
"Talking to yourself is not a good sign." Will said. She had a tray with her that had some water and bread on it.
"Here eat, drink. We don't want you dying now do we?"
"It's poisoned." he said in a know-it-all type of voice.
"It wasn't, but fine. I'll place it here" she placed the tray on the floor. "in case you get hungry."
"But I can't reach."
"Clever Caleb. I see stupidity is starting to wear off now. You'll have to figure it out yourself because no food or drink until tomorrow. Night!" she silkily drifted away leaving Caleb alone in the dark until, Ayane pushed the block away shining a bright light. She placed the candle onto the floor .
She ran to the bread and water and picked the water up. She stood on her tip toes so she was able to reach up to Caleb.
"Here drink!" she said and slowly tipped the glass so that Caleb was able to drink. She done the same with the bread.
"What about you? Don't you eat, and where did you get that candle from?" he asked.
"As I was digging I found a trap door that leads into the castle pantry. I can get food from there and other things." she said.
"Why don't you escape from there then?"
"Hmmm. Never thought of that!" she said, she turned and went back to her tunnel, taking the candle with her.
"Hey! Where you going?" he asked.
"To wander about the castle. She if I can find anything to get you out!" and with that Caleb was in darkness.
That's the end of the chapter. Sorry if it's a bit short!