CHAPTER 3

Max awoke to find he was behind a few barrels somewhere in the castle,alone "Mina?"he called out in a quite voice "anyone?"he called again.
He sat up and peeked over the barrels,"I heard it over there, lets go check"a man said from down the hall on the left.
Max looked around and saw that he was on a platform up above the was a ladder leading down to the floor ,peeking over the edge he noticed two guards walk under him.
"It sounded like it came from up there"one of the guards said pointing up towards the platform,Max quickly moved back and moved towards the hole in the roof.
He heard the guards slowly climb up the ladder towards the platform,Max snuck out onto the small thin ledge which ran along the edge of the castle,and sidled along the side of the castles roof.
Max found a small hole in another part of the roof and crawled into it,"There!"one of the guards shouted spotting his foot as it disappeared into the gap.
The guards quickly climbed out onto the ledge and sidled along the roof,suddenly a strong gust of wind brushed against them making them lose their balance.
Then Mina in her harpy form now fully dressed in a blue velvet outfit,grabbed one of the guards in her talons and threw him off the roof,
the other quickly tried to regain his balance and get inside the castle,only to be dragged out of the hole and be flung down after the other guard.
Mina went over to where Max had gone in through the gap,and saw him just inside "hey,you ok?"she asked in a friendly voice which was strange for her.
"Yes I'm ok,thanks Mina"Max said his dark blue jacket and camo pants were ripped in parts from when he hit off the spire,"my head is sour and I cant remember what we are supposed to be doing here,where are the others?"Max asked.
"I don't know,I haven't sensed them anywhere,and the stas arent anywhere either"Mina said to him,"you did good Max", "can you not use some sorcerrous spell or something?"Max asked,"Not here there is something wrong here...."she answered in a nervous voice.
They went back to the platform and looked to see if anymore guards where around"shouldn't it be guarded better then this?"Max asked,"It should but as I said awhile ago something is wrong here"Mina replied jumping down from the platform.
She landed softly on the ground and scanned around to see if anyone had heard her,she beckoned Max down and both of them walked quietly through the halls.
The halls were a crimson colour and had a chandelier hanging from the ceiling every few feet,there was one or two doors every now and then but it was mostly just walls,the floor was covered in a thick wood and there was no tables or chairs not even a window.
"There should be at least one guard here"Max said nervously,suddenly a ceiling tile fell from the ceiling and five people fell out of it"What!"Max cried,the people lay on the ground and quickly grew wings and started to change like the man in the cellar.
"Vulture bees!,Max you idiot run!"Mina shouted at him,as one of the newly formed vulture bees stood up,Max ran quickly down the hall then looked back to see Mina fighting the vulture bees by herself.
One of them grabbed her and started to fly back up through the hole in the ceiling"MINA!"Max cried,he heard Mina's voice echoed through the hall"Run,
turning again he ran,a door appeared in the distance,running quicker he reached it as the sound of the vulture bees beating wings approached ,turning the handle he pushed it open.