Chapter 5

Lord Sinister gave the keys to his soldier. "Take food to the prisoners." he said. "I want them to be QUIET." His head was throbbing with their shouts and screams. The guard saluted and marched off. As he strolled down the corridor, he gave an involuntary jump. What was that? Oh, just a rat. He turned away.The rat leaped, slashing with her claws...


Zira grinned. It had been easy to get the keys. She ran to the cage where Gatry and Paul were being held and threw the small key ring. Gatry caught it and unlocked the cage. "All right," he said. "Now, we need to find my axe."  Zira stared at him. "Are you crazy? We need to get out of here!" she yelped. A sudden noise made them all turn around. 50 goblin guards were charging down the passage.

Chapter 3

Gatry smiled at Paul nonchalantly. "You got captured?!" the boy gasped, "I thought no one could arrest citizens without proof? Well, I know they're already lawbreakers, but won't this cause suspicion?" "Oh, I'm not a citizen of Thyrania anymore." Gatry remarked."I got banished for not showing patriotism. And," the hero glowered,"those cowardly worms stole my battle-axe!!!" A goblin guard walked up, carrying a pail. "Breakfast!" he cackled, sloshing foul smelling porridge all over the two friends."What's this, Wergoid puke?!" said Paul, wrinkling his nose."Better eat up, matey," advised Gatry, scraping porridge off his arms and face and using his hands as a bowl to eat the disgusting slop."I'm not planning to stay in this cage for long, and if you're coming with me, you have to keep your strength up." The boy's thin face suddenly shone with hope. "Oh, you do have a plan. I was getting worried there." And with those words, he fell asleep.

A tale of Adventure, Chapter 1

Heroica Stoica Axeica Gatreng IX, the worlds bravest hero, was sitting, a dejected lump, on the side of the road. A ragged knapsack hung from a tree behind him. He had been banished for daring to speak out against Lord Sinister, King of the known world. Gatry was the only person who knew that Sinister was secretly planning to place his son on the throne instead of Paul, the real heir to the throne. The general public believed that the archmage was an upstart who had murdered his brother to claim the title. But who could face such a cruel sorcerer? Who, that is, except Gatry. The hero sighed again. But as he sat, in the pit of despair, nine figures suddenly leaped out in front of him. Trolls! Gatry, startled, pulled out his battle-axe and jumped, doing a flip over the nearest troll. He then proceeded to thoroughly trounce the clumsy monsters, knocking them all out, then tying them together. Gatry was so pleased with his success, he didn't notice three more trolls, who hit him on the head and stuffed him in a sack. "Take him to the master." groaned one, and the others grunted an agreement and began dragging him off.
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