Here you go! A new chapter! (Tumble weed goes roll'en by) And there was much rejoicing I noticed.
-TiskTask
Allie kept walking until her feet hurt. She had started the labyrinth at least half and hour ago, but was still getting no where. She stopped walking suddenly and slammed her fists into the wall. "This isn't…" She stopped in the middle of her sentence, remembering what the Goblin king had said…Her mom had said it too. But I'm not my mom…I'm not even sure if Sarah is my mom.
She sat down, leaning her back against the wall. What am I doing? If I win I get info about a woman who a banded me and if I lose…Well it's not going to be pleasant. Allie started crying into her knees; suddenly glad that no one was around to look at her. No wonder he accepted the deal. He wins either way…I didn't even make him promise to take me home! Darn Goblin King!
She sighed and took a deep breath. When she lifted her head you couldn't even tell she had been crying. If you're going to cry be quick about it and make sure you're alone. Crying shows weakness. That's what the old lady used to say…And there's no way I'm going to cry in front of him! She finally stood up. Well the labyrinth's not going to solve itself…
As she looked around she could see that the walls had grown moss with eyes on them. They seemed to wave to her from their stalks. "Hello…" She said to them; out of politeness and a lack of anything better to say." Their efforts to wave increased. One was trying so hard to get her attention that it fell out of the moss and landed on the ground. "Poor thing" She said. She picked it up and tried to reattach it but it was hopeless.
She looked at it and it seemed to be thrilled to be away from the others. "You don't like them do you?" It looked angry and glared in other eye stalks' direction. "I'll take that as a no. Well do you want to come with me until I can find a new place to plant you? It looked…well like an eye, but it stopped glaring.
"Okay so…Do you know how to get to the labyrinth?" She asked it. The eye seemed terrified and started squirming. "Hey hold it!" She yelled; trying her best not to drop it. It stopped but it kept looking around, as if for a way out. "I know that was a yes. So please show me…If you don't I'll be turned into a goblin and I think goblins could eat guys like you for breakfast. Please help me?" It finally calmed down and seemed to nod.
Smiling to reassure it she said, "Okay, so which way is it to the castle?" She turned in all four directions, but it looked calm until she faced the wall opposite for which it had come. "I hate to break this to you buddy, but that's a wall." It glared at her until she felt guilty. "Okay I'll try to walk through it but if I can't you have to find me a way around." Allie put the eye moss into her book bag hoping that if it did "go to the bath room" it wouldn't do in on top of her clean cloths.
The wall seemed solid enough, but she had asked and if she didn't like her answer all well, because knowledge once known can't be taken back. She took a step forward an closed her eyes.
She didn't hit a wall face first; this was the first good sign. The second one was she heard voices. "What are we doing?" Said a loud voice. The voice then yelped as the sound of flesh hitting flesh was heard. Then a small whispering voice said, "Durk keep your voice down! We're watching for a girl!" Allie's eyes flew open at this statement. She was standing behind what seemed to be a platoon of Goblins. A particularly ugly goblin form the front of the platoon was whispering franticly to the goblin with horns on its head and it was staring right at her.
Being able to guess what was next; Allie took off running barely noticing that there were no more brick walls, just hedges. "There she goes! Get her!" A voice shouted from behind her. A hand grabbed her book bag, but she slipped it off and kept running.
No one noticed as they ran by a moss eye stalk slip out of the dropped back as it put it's roots into the ground. It had decided that adventure was the last thing it wanted. That crazy girl was on her own! Imagine! Wanting to go to the castle!
A y was coming up and Allie ran left. She ran strait into the dead end. She could hear the pounding of feet behind her. "She went to the right boys!" She shouted desperately. "We've almost got her!" As she watched, the Goblins ran past her and to the right. Thank you! She thought, relived. Then she heard one more set of foot steps. "Wait for me guys!" Said the slow goblin. Instead of turning right on the course she had called out, it stopped and looked in the dead end she was hiding in. He's a bit smarter then the others…Of course flattery will get you every where. And hopefully to the castle too!
She smiled at the goblin and he smiled back. "Oh darn you got me…I guess I'm your prisoner now." He looked surprised at first and then he puffed out his chest in self importance. "Yes I caught you! You are my prisoner!" He seemed happy at this thought and walked into the dead end with her.
Only he wasn't walking. Allie realized as he got closer. He was ridding! It was a beast, shaped like a cross between a man and a lizard. It had a pony tail on its head and the Goblin used it to control the beast. "I'm Allie, who are you?" He stopped the mount and said "I am Durk, your capturer! You will come with me back to the beginning of the labyrinth!"
Her heart leapt into her throat but she managed to talk around it. "Oh no, Durk! You're a goblin knight and I am your prisoner! You must take me to the dungeon in the castle!" He thought about that for a minuet and then looked confused. "But I was told to take you back to the beginning of the labyrinth…" Allie shook her head. "That was by the lead goblin wasn't it?" Durk nodded and she continued. "What does he know? You caught me. And you know that prisoners go to the dungeon. So you have to take me to the dungeon."
He looked proud and confident and said let's go to the castle. Follow me little prisoner!" He walked off and Allie followed after him.