I gradually woke up and felt shivers run down my spine. Opening my eyes I saw I was in a cement room with a broken wire attached to a dim light. I couldn't see any windows and it smelt of mold and torture.

"Gordon?" I panicked "Aubrey?"

I saw the metal door creak open and in walked a shadowy figure.

"Hi, had a nice nap?" It was Nazar, of course, smiling with a grin no one wants to see.

"Where are my friends?" I demanded.

Nazar laughed "Where are my friends?" he mocked. "You're so pathetic."

"What do you want with me?" I blurted out. "I'm just some human, go find someone else. There is nothing I can do for you or would do for that matter."

"Nothing?" Nazar asked "don't trick me True, I know more than you and I have a feeling you know more than you're letting on. I'm going to offer you a deal of a lifetime, something that will give you the authority you deserve. Side with me as my Queen."

"Why would I want to do that?" I snapped "You mean and rule in fear,"

"Oh True, don't make me force you." Nazar replied as if it killed him.

I squinted my eyes threatening to kill him.

"Fine." Nazar said slyly "because you'll want to spare you friends."

Suddenly a loud noise like I a garage door opening came out and I saw Gordon and Aubrey tied up hanging from the ceiling like a bug wrapped in a spiders web. They were lowered so I could get a better look.

"Leave them alone!" I yelled "You have no business with them."

"Actually," Nazar said "I do," He walked over to Gordon. "Gordon is a Mauic so all I have to do is play with his brain a little here and there and he will be in my control." He tapped on his blade head and Gordon tried to bit him. Nazar clicked his tongue "We shouldn't bit the boss." He said as if he was teaching a toddler. He turned over to Aubrey a stroked her face, Aubrey struggled against the ropes and tried to turn her face away. "And let's not forget Aubrey, sweet, sweet Aubrey will be a slave for me the rest of her life!"

"No!" I yelled.

"You can't do that!" Aubrey blurted out at the same time, covering my objection. "King Phillip and Queen Charity will come with an Army and destroy you once and for all!"

Nazar smiled looking deep into Aubrey's eyes. Aubrey's face went white and she almost started to cry "Oh I know they will," Nazar explained "I plan on it entirely, in fact I look forward to it. The look on there faces my Army will fight." then he looked at me, "and when King Phillips army is on the very last straw begging for hope, our secret weapon will finish off my good old brother and his impertinence wife!"

My eyes went wide "No," I barely spoke "I will not turn against my King and Queen!"

He scoffed "Your king and Queen? True, you've never even seen them; your parents were sent to you in order to trap you from the world."

"Liar!" I spat "I won't kill the King and Queen at any costs!"

Nazar smiled mischievously and walked towards the door "Well if you don't then I guess Gordon and Aubrey will be mine forever" He turned around and Aubrey and Gordon began to be lifted up "Speechless?"

"Never." I stared. I tried to get up but I was trapped by magnetism.

"I'll give you some time to think about it." He paused "Alone!"

And just like that he left and the doors closed, my friends were gone and Nazar was gone. The place seemed to grow darker as well, leaving me to my own thoughts.

I was in a tough situation; a 'toughie' is what my parents would say. What he said about them trapping me was a fake, but I couldn't help thinking if it was true. I quickly put it out of my head then thought about the King and Queen; I never saw them, were they afraid of me?

I heard a bracelet hit against the cement "Who's there?" I asked.

I saw a flashlight and started to panic "Go away!"

"Shhh..." I remembered that voice too, Shelby. "He'll hear you."

"How did you find me?" I whispered.

"I explain later but we got to get you out of here, where's Aubrey and Gordon?" Shelby asked.

"Behind the door on the ceiling," I told her. Shelby opened a door and an alarm went off.

She looked at me with fear and confusion.

"Grab my friends and go!" I said

"But what about-"

"I said go!"

Shelby did just that, she was tall enough to reach them and began to cut the ropes off Aubrey. Aubrey looked at her and fainted as Shelby caught her in her arms. She went to cut Gordon's rope and he smiled and jumped on her back. As soon as she left back where she came from with my friends, Nazar came in.

"What was that?" Nazar roared he looked at the opened doors and cut ropes " Where are they?!" He looked at me. "What did you do?"

I tried not to but I couldn't help smiling. I felt it creep on my face like a child who just tricked an adult, "I'm just as surprised as you are."

"I guess this means you're on my side," Nazar said coming closer with angry eyes.

"No way, long live King Phillip and Queen Charity!" I yelled. I echoed against the walls and it gave me strength.

"Fine," Nazar huffed "I don't mind a challenge; my victory will only be sweeter." He paced a second then smiled at me malignantly, I stared right back at him daring him to fight "My wolves will come and claw and bite you until you agree to be on my side."

"I'll die before I go to your side." I told him.

"Hmm," Nazar replied looking at me like a science project "Will you?" He walked away and started to laugh "Mwahahahagroaha!"

He still needs to work on his laugh, I thought as he left. Of course I would die before I was with that man, and even if it would hurt to get bitten, he didn't want me to die right? So this was easy peaveys.

I heard growling and fear crept up my throat, I tried to scream for help but I was paralyzed with terror, the wolfs came, they were gray and rough with beady eyes and sharp razor teeth that seemed to multiply every step closer to me, I looked at their pack leader and tried to plead with him with my eyes.

"No!" I panicked with fear "Good boy, good boy." I tried to coax starting to cry "I'm your friend, please don't kill me."

One of the dogs spoke in a low, solemn voice, which startled me at first. "We don't want to hurt you but we have no choice."

"You always have a choice" I pleaded.

"It's not the same for us dogs, we are loyal to our masters" The dog spoke "We used to obey the powerful wizard but now," he paused looking at the other dogs with sadness, "We obey the new powerful wizard." He turned back on me and erased his face back into business. "I'm really am sorry."

The dog attacked before I could say anything. After he attacked the others did as well.

It was painful the dogs were everywhere on my body, my legs, my arms, my face and my stomach. There was searing pain at every bite as I felt teeth sink into my flesh. I screamed loudly and for a while, then gradually I stopped and closed my eyes and I knew I was dead.

I felt sweaty, clammy hands on my head as I woke up

"True, True!" I heard, I opened my eyes, it was Shelby.

I stared at her with confusion for a second. Then I looked around, it was a forest. Trees went up for miles and I heard little birds tweeting to each other. This didn't look like heaven; it didn't look like hell either. However I've never been to either so I wouldn't know. I looked back at Shelby and was just glad I was with someone I knew and was my friend

"Shelby!" I gave her a hug but had to lie down again. "What happened? Are you okay? What about the others? "Where did you-" I asked.

"Whoa, Whoa," Shelby said trying to calm me down "Your friends are fine. They are at a safe place, you'll see them soon."

"Am I…am I dead?" I whispered.

"No, just weak and badly hurt." Shelby assured touching my legs and looking for any more cuts and bruises.

"I'm supposed to be dead," I said with confusion. How could I have gotten out of that?

"No, you're not." Shelby explained "Guppy and I put sleeping powder in the wolf food so that when they started to claw and bite you, everyone would fall asleep."

"How did you know that was Nazar's plan?"

"Stop asking so many questions, they will be answered later." She scolded.

"Oh," I said "Well thanks for saving my life."I looked around "Is Guppy with the others now.

Shelby looked at the ground."Uh, yea he uh, is."

"Shelby," I asked again "where's Guppy?"

Her eyes began to well up and her bottom lip began to quiver "I couldn't do anything." She blubbered. "Guppy tried to rescue you before wolfs came but Nazar found him and paralyzed him." Shelby started to cry. "Now King Nazar has him." She began to wail and he tears stung my bites.

"Can't your giants rebel?" I asked.

"We aren't those types of giants." Shelby explained sniffing up her tears "We are too kind nature to hurt anyone, including King Nazar."

I knew how that felt, these giants just sounded like a bigger Goodvalnia., that was me too, I stood up and started to walk "Let's go save him!" I ordered.

Shelby's tears were gone and just the stains were left, she put her leg in front of me to stop me "No, not until Tomorrow." she said.

"Tomorrow might be too late." I said.

"But look at you," Shelby pointed out "Your bloody raw."

I looked at my red arms and legs; it was even hard to smile. I didn't care, Guppy was Shelby's friend and that made him mine. He risked his life to save me so I'll risk mine.

"Shelby, I'd go save him if my head was on fire."

Shelby opened her mouth to plead for me to not go but she saw that I wasn't going to change my mind so she gave in. "Alright," she said with an encouraging smile "Let's go."

"Great!" I exclaimed walking further, I stopped and turned around. "Where is Guppy?"

Shelby smiled and shrugged "Beats me, let's go ask King Phillip and Queen Charity."

"We can do that?" I asked.

"Of course," Said Shelby "It's an emergency, didn't you know that?"

I shook my head.

"I thought the protector knew everything." Shelby insisted.

"If I was the protector would I ask this many questions?"

Shelby frowned, so I asked a different question.

"How will the King know where Guppy is?"

Shelby sighed "With his magic door, if you believe that exists."

"Alright," I said ignoring that last bit "Let's go."