Chapter 10
'Who is hiding in the tree?' Halt heard a shrill voice start to question Horace. 'Is it this Halt you were calling out to earlier? Or were you telling them to Halt?'
Horace said nothing and answered her with death glares.
'Well then, I guess that I will just have to find your friend and ask him then wont I?' the woman said and turned around to where Halt was hiding.
'I certainly can't see you,' the woman said. 'I have never seen that spell before. Why don't we start off with telling each other's name? Mine is Alanna.'
Halt said nothing and trusted the cloak.
After watching the site he was standing for ten minutes the woman seemed to give up.
'You were just pulling on my leg, weren't you?!' she yelled at Horace. 'I was going to just simply kill you here, but now, for that, I am going to make you my personal slave. Just in time as well. My last one died yesterday.' She grinned and Horace found himself wincing.
Brilliant, he thought.
His captor turned her back away from him and started going through her bags, trying to find something, which Horace guess would put him in her service. As she did this though Horace tried to tell Halt to leave without him and, hopefully, come back later to rescue him from the homicidal megalomaniac who had the plus side of being a witch.
I AM A HUGE BREAK
'What's wrong?!' Pauline cried for the twelfth time that night. In response the child just started crying louder.
'I can't do anything if I don't know what is wrong!'
Will's daughter cried even louder.
Just as the noise rose to an unbearable level a knock was only just heard. Pauline used a phrase that she had learnt from Halt to open the door. It swung open to reveal Alyss.
'Apparently…' Alyss paused thinking. 'Apparently you are my old mentor.'
'I am,' Pauline smiled and welcomed them into her lounge room.
The little girl stopped crying and ran over to Alyss who jumped with shock.
'Mumma,' she sobbed. 'My teeth hurt!'
'What's going on?' Alyss asked Pauline.
'This is your daughter. Your son is in the other room,' she replied gently.
'Was I married?'
'Yes.'
'What happened? Where is he?'
Here Pauline paused for the tiniest amount. 'He is insane. He was tested soon after you were injured.'
'Where is he?' Alyss repeated her earlier question in shock.
'Castle Araluen.'
'He was one of those dark magic, evil rangers anyway,' Alyss doctor who had come with her muttered.
Pauline opened her mouth to reply but Alyss beat her to it.
'One, they do not use dark magic – there is no such thing.' (Pauline winced) 'Two, Will was not evil; he was a true hero and a person more pure of heart you will never meet.'
The three ladies froze.
'Will. His name was Will?' Alyss asked Pauline.
'Yes,' Pauline stated simply and smiled.
'What was he like? When he wasn't insane, I mean.' She continued.
'I don't remember a time when the two of you weren't together. When he used to get bullied, you helped him. When he ended up a hero, you still stayed beside him. It did take ages but the two of you finally admitted your love and got married.' She gestured towards the children.
Alyss just stood there absorbing all of the information before she started talking again. 'Can I see him?'
'He is all the way in Castle. It is safer for you to stay here with us until we know that it will not hurt you to ride that distance.'
'Is it possible for him to come here?' Alyss asked. Pauling smiled, even when she couldn't remember her life, she still held the same natural diplomacy.
'We will see. I have to talk to people about it first,' Pauline said and caved in.
Horace said nothing and answered her with death glares.
'Well then, I guess that I will just have to find your friend and ask him then wont I?' the woman said and turned around to where Halt was hiding.
'I certainly can't see you,' the woman said. 'I have never seen that spell before. Why don't we start off with telling each other's name? Mine is Alanna.'
Halt said nothing and trusted the cloak.
After watching the site he was standing for ten minutes the woman seemed to give up.
'You were just pulling on my leg, weren't you?!' she yelled at Horace. 'I was going to just simply kill you here, but now, for that, I am going to make you my personal slave. Just in time as well. My last one died yesterday.' She grinned and Horace found himself wincing.
Brilliant, he thought.
His captor turned her back away from him and started going through her bags, trying to find something, which Horace guess would put him in her service. As she did this though Horace tried to tell Halt to leave without him and, hopefully, come back later to rescue him from the homicidal megalomaniac who had the plus side of being a witch.
I AM A HUGE BREAK
'What's wrong?!' Pauline cried for the twelfth time that night. In response the child just started crying louder.
'I can't do anything if I don't know what is wrong!'
Will's daughter cried even louder.
Just as the noise rose to an unbearable level a knock was only just heard. Pauline used a phrase that she had learnt from Halt to open the door. It swung open to reveal Alyss.
'Apparently…' Alyss paused thinking. 'Apparently you are my old mentor.'
'I am,' Pauline smiled and welcomed them into her lounge room.
The little girl stopped crying and ran over to Alyss who jumped with shock.
'Mumma,' she sobbed. 'My teeth hurt!'
'What's going on?' Alyss asked Pauline.
'This is your daughter. Your son is in the other room,' she replied gently.
'Was I married?'
'Yes.'
'What happened? Where is he?'
Here Pauline paused for the tiniest amount. 'He is insane. He was tested soon after you were injured.'
'Where is he?' Alyss repeated her earlier question in shock.
'Castle Araluen.'
'He was one of those dark magic, evil rangers anyway,' Alyss doctor who had come with her muttered.
Pauline opened her mouth to reply but Alyss beat her to it.
'One, they do not use dark magic – there is no such thing.' (Pauline winced) 'Two, Will was not evil; he was a true hero and a person more pure of heart you will never meet.'
The three ladies froze.
'Will. His name was Will?' Alyss asked Pauline.
'Yes,' Pauline stated simply and smiled.
'What was he like? When he wasn't insane, I mean.' She continued.
'I don't remember a time when the two of you weren't together. When he used to get bullied, you helped him. When he ended up a hero, you still stayed beside him. It did take ages but the two of you finally admitted your love and got married.' She gestured towards the children.
Alyss just stood there absorbing all of the information before she started talking again. 'Can I see him?'
'He is all the way in Castle. It is safer for you to stay here with us until we know that it will not hurt you to ride that distance.'
'Is it possible for him to come here?' Alyss asked. Pauling smiled, even when she couldn't remember her life, she still held the same natural diplomacy.
'We will see. I have to talk to people about it first,' Pauline said and caved in.