CHAPTER 2

Lily and Moof waited at Jason's house until eight o'clock in the evening,"guess its time to go"Lily said as a portal opened up in the room,"Jason is sure this portal is safe,right?"Moof asked nervously as they approached it.
"No,not really"Lily said dragging the lion cub into the portal,they arrived in a small village surrounded by woods,a distant pinging noise sounded as a dark cloud approached.
"Moof,whats that?"Lily asked pointing at the cloud,"its only a group of..vulture bees!"Moof cried hiding in Lily's bag,"oh OK"
Lily said walking over to a villager.
"Excuse me but could you tell me where the.."Lily began "quick child get inside before they arrive"the woman shouted dragging Lily inside the little house.
"Thank you but I'm in a hurry to get to the castle,could you tell me the quickest way?"Lily asked,"Lily the women is trying to help us the vulture bees are dangerous,don't you understand?"Moof cried urgently.
"Whats that?"the woman asked looking at Moof in the bag,she slowly backed away,"It's ok he's my guardian,he wont hurt you"Lily said to her.
The woman continued backing back until she was up against the wooden wall,suddenly a vulture bee smashed through the wall and grabbed her.
It looked like a bee the size of a human it was spotted instead of stripped,it was green and a dark purple its beak was long and sharp,and its gigantic wings made a deafening sound.
"Oh no"Lily said"Fromac!"She cried as the women was being carried away,"Lily no!"Moof shouted,but the ice ball had hit the vulture bee and it fell to the ground, the women too.
"Are you ok?"she asked "Get out of my house!"the women shouted at Lily,"leave us alone"she cried.
Lily ran from the house,back onto the street there were holes in the houses and the vulture bees were flying off with the villagers,"why are all those people being taken?
and what was wrong with that women?"Lily asked Moof.
"The vulture bees are taking them somewhere and....some people think that magic is a curse and do not want to have anything to do with people that can use it"Moof said sadly.
"Oh...well thats lies magic isnt a curse.."Lily said walking slowly towards the woods "..maybe we can find a sign somewhere"she said.
Max sat hidden in the shadows of a pillar as he watched the courtyard,Mina sat perched onto of the pillar,both of them quietly watched to see if anyone entered or left the courtyard.
Suddenly a deafening sound of beating wings approached the courtyard,looking up Max saw some weird human size bees carrying some people towards the castle,Mina flew down to him"we should follow them"she said.
Mina flew ahead of him and entered the castle through a hole in the roof,Max gazed up at the hole she had gone in and thought of a way to get in.
"Ammm...Mar!"he shouted,crows flew from the top of the castle and he could here guards approaching"oops.."he said then the vines broke from the ground beneath him and launched themselves at the castle,he waited for the roots then grabbed on .
The vines wrapped around the spire on top of the castle and Max followed them,there was a loud thud as he smashed off the spire and started to fall back down towards the ground.
Suddenly Mina flew from the castle and changed into her Harpy form,she grabbed Max in her talons and flew back onto the roof,"useless fool"she laughed her long red hair fell down her back,
she picked him up and placed him behind a barrel in the castle,"I'll be back soon"she whispered"just need to get some clothes.
Tira,Coal,Jason and Parip sat hidden in the castles cellar "Lily should have been here by now I hope the portal didn't go wrong.."Jason said worried,"Don't worry she can look after herself.
I hope"Tira replied.
Parip sat on a barrel with his eyes closed "the young one is in the woods south of here,she doesn't have any injury's but she is crying"he said opening his eyes,"that's not going to cheer them up.."Coal said,
Parip closed his eyes again,but this time started snoring.
"OK she will be ok she has Moof with her after all"Tira said getting up "come on lets get going we need to find out whats wrong with the stas",suddenly the door opened and a man was thrown into the cellar,
"Are you ok?" Jason asked him "the v..vulture be...bees"the man stuttered "what about them?"Jason asked, but then the man started to change.
He grew wings and became spotted,his skin became purple and green,then he started to grow a beak "whats happening to him!?"Tira cried,the man screamed then went quite collapsing on the ground,
then he started moving again,his wings beating,"Vulture bee.."Parip said jumping at the man.