Chapter 18:

My senses came back to me slowly. Every single part of me ached. I felt restricted, and my arms were held at an awkward angle-making them stiff and painful. I felt a weight on my stomach, as if whatever was hugging my middle was pulling on me.

Within the hazy humming in my head I could hear voices. "Boss. We got da girl! We finally got da girl!"

Another deep voice spoke. " Not bad ya idiots! Now hand 'er over, da sorceress will like dis."

I finally managed to open my eyes. I could see the ground moving beneath me, and when I look down at myself I can see that there's a rope around my body. So whoever was carrying me was holding onto the rope like I was some glorified handbag.

Speaking of my kidnapper. I look up in hopes of getting a good glimpse of him.

He was a Gnorc, but he was bigger than the rest. He was hideous; his green face was covered with jagged scars, and a large,sharp tusk like tooth stuck out from his bottom jaw. He wore ornate, gilded gold armor complete with a golden horned helmet. He was muscular from what I could tell. With a broad chest and all too small legs that defined the laws of physic to keep him held up.

I start to squirm in hopes of getting out of his grasp, but all that did was bring attention to me.

He looks down at me, "Well it looks 'ike da lil girly decided to wake up. Did you have a good nap?" He chuckles menacingly. Lifting me up so that I was face to face with him. I could smell his horrendous rotting breath. " And you aint gettin' away dis time."

My heart drops. I thrash around in my binds, " Who are you and what do you want from me?!" I yell kicking my legs violently.

He lets out a thundering laugh. " Struggling gonna get you nowhere, so stop trying." He then continued forward, still staring me in the eye. " Da sorceress is gonna love dis."

"Sorceress?"

Off from a distance I could hear the clicking of dress shoes against the marble floor, followed by a deep, guileful voice.

" Gnasty. There you are you insolent fool. I've been trying to find you for ages now. The sorceress want to.. Talk to.. Us..?"

Standing just below me was a strange little creature. He had orange scaly skin and glowing red and yellow snake like eyes. The beast wore a long, elegant indigo cloak that dragged on the floor, and an amulet encrusted with a red jewel hung around his neck. In his hand he held a gold scepter that had a large round scarlet crystal at the top, trapped in its golden claws.

Despite his small size he still held a menacing feeling to him. He looks at me with widened eyes, and then smiles devilishly.

"Well I'll be. Fayra is finally in our clutches." He chuckled darkly. " Fantastic! Why don't you set her down and I'll bring her to the sorceress for you!" He said slyly.

The large green beast lowered me to the floor, but when my feet were just about to touch the ground I was ripped away. Recovering from the whiplash I heard him say, "Heeyyyy.. Yous were trying to take 'er from me so dat you could say you were da one who caught her!" He accused, pointing a large fat finger into the smaller creatures chest. The smaller creature gasped dramatically and rested his clawed hand on his chest.

"I would never do such a thing! My, I am even appalled that you'd accuse me of such a thing!" He said.

"Oh don't be playin' dumb shorty! Yous want all da credit for yerself!"

"Even if I was playing dumb, which I not saying I am. At least I'd still be twice as smart as you, you babbling brain dead baboon!"

"Excuse me!" I yell. Once they're both looking at me I let out a breath, " Can someone PLEASE tell who you two are, and what is happening right now?!"

"My, my! Fayra you don't recognize us? Why that almost breaks my stone cold heart!" The small organ beast says, sniffing and wiping a fake tear from his eye. " Well to refresh your memory, my name is Ripto, and that empty head moron holding you is Gnasty Gnorc."

"Ya. I'm da one who caught you." Gnasty laughed.

"But it was my idea to capture you in the first place." Ripto butted in.

"Alright… And you two did this because…?" I asked..

"Because we need you for a very important plan." Ripto growled. "You don't need to know anymore then that it'll hurt your little head."

"Gnasty! Ripto!" The voice ripped throughout the room, followed with the sound of doors slamming against the walls. Both of the beast jumped at the sudden noise and turned to it.

Within the doorway stood a large blue reptilian creature. Almost alligator-eques in a way. She had blue scaly skin and dark green eyes the bore into my very soul. She wore a light purple cloak and held a scepter in one hand. A golden crown sat atop her head.

"Sorceress! Look!" Ripto said quickly. "We finally caught the girl!"

"I caught da girl!" Gnasty cut in. "It was my men who caught her!"

"Well it was my idea to kidnap her during the night!" Ripto shouted back, raising his scepter threateningly.

"Enough!" The sorceress shouts again. The two of them snap back into attention. She then turns her attention to me. Straightening her cloak as she stares at me. "Gnasty. Sent the child down."

He does as he is ordered, and as my feet touch the cold marble floor I stumble a bit- but I am thankful to be on solid ground again. "Child." She says, much more calmly this time. She gestures to herself. "Come here so I can look at you."

I reluctantly respond. I make shaky, uneven steps towards her. Once standing before her I notice how.. menacing she really is. She may not be the tallest creature I've met, but she sure is terrifying.

She cups my face in one of her blue paws. I can feel her sharp talons digging into my skin. She tilts my head left, then right, then up, and then down. The she looks out at the two behind me and says. "So she's the one?"

"Yes she is." Ripto responds.

She looks back at me and squints. "Alright. Follow me. You two!" She shouts looking at the two before her, "Make yourselves useful somewhere else!" and with that we disappear into the corridors. Going deeper into the castle.

Finally we make it to what appears to be a throne room. With a painting of the sorceress herself hanging above the large throne. She then turns to me and smiles. " You poor foolish child. Your probably confused and scared aren't you?"

I didn't respond.

" Please excuse those two idiots for being so rude. Guards!" She yelled at the two guards men standing beside throne. "Cut this poor girl loose."

One of them walks up behind me, and I feel the cold metal of a sword pressed against my back, with one swift movement the ropes around my body loosen and I was free. I move my arms and crack my wrist. It's good to be free.

"There. Now that's better, isn't it?" She asks.

"Yes, I will admit it feels quite nice. Thank you." I say rubbing my sore wrist. "Now what is going on right now? Apparently I'm needed for something 'important'?"

"Why yes you are, my poor minion." She says patting me on the head. "You see. I don't know if you know this, but you hold a very powerful magic. A type of magic that hasn't been seen in nearly ten thousand years."

My eyes widen. "Your joking right?"

She shakes her head. " Not in the slightest. Which is why you're here. Now it's no surprise that were not the.. nicest magical beings around. In fact let's not chase around the subject. My companions and I want to take over the world." She laughed menacingly before clearing her throat and continuing. "Unfortunately even with those two idiots helping me, we were still at a disadvantage with that stupid dragon. Which is where you come in!"

"Ripto offered a plan. He said that he knew of a young girl with magical powers that it'd give us the upper hand. In fact we were even trying to find a way to kidnap you, but then that stupid nice Gnorc just cut out an entire step for us!" She had this crazy look in her eye when she talked.

"Well I am sorry to disappoint you." I spoke softly, " but my powers don't work like they use to. So if you don't mind I would like to go home now." I said turning and walking towards the throne room doors, only to have my way blocked by two guards. The sorceress rested a hand on my shoulder and turned me so that I was facing her.

"So I've heard." She said darkly. " But that's nothing to worry about. I use to have a young apprentice not too long ago. Bianca I believe her name was."

"Bianca?" I echoed.

"Oh so you've met her. How wonderful. Anyways." She rested her paw on my back and encouraged me to follow her. Her guardsmen followed close behind. " With a little bit of work, and I as your mentor, I'm sure your powers will develop quite quickly." We stopped before a large blue door.

"And if I were to refuse your offer?" I asked. Her green eyes were glowing in the darkness. She smiles, showing a set of sharp fangs, and then she pushed the blue doors open.

Within the room was an assortment of items placed on pedestals. Each seemed to have some sort of important value. WIthin the center of the room was a cauldron filled with a boiling hot bubbling substance that gave off an awful scent, and around it were three pedestals, each holding a book on them with the words volume 2, 5, and 1.

Each held the books I need to get home.

"I had a feeling you were going to refuse my offer, so I thought I'd raise the stakes." She gestured to the three books that lay resting upon silk cushions. "I heard about your little portal mishap, and your desire to get home. So I've made you a deal. You help me take over this stupid world, and I'll give you the books and let you go home. If you refuse my offer, then I'm afraid those books will just become another ingredient to my potions." She gestured to the cauldron with an evil smiled, and stared back down at me."

"So what will it be child?"

-Authors note-

OK! SO!

Hi everyone how are you doing?

I'm sorry I haven't uploaded sooner. I actually was going to upload this yesterday but then I got a major headache (Because I ate something I was allergic to because I am stupid)

But I also wanted this chapter to be longer because as someone pointed out to me, they are quite short. I will be working to improve that

Thank you guys for sticking with me here this had been so much fun!