man.
“Why does everyone enjoy the privilege of hitting me?” Connor asked himself under his breath. Amelia tittered, glancing between him and Sir Jedalf.
“Here is what you do: first, you must travel to the shore of Gastro Bay. There, open the box with this key.” Sir Jedalf pulled out a key from his vest pocket and held it up for them to see. “Open the box, look inside and you will be transported back to your world.”
Sir Jedalf rocked back on his heels with a cunning smile and handed both the box and key to Amelia with the utmost care. The box was not particularly heavy, but she let it hang in front of her, both hands clutching its handle after she securely placed the key in her pocket and lodged the water bottle under her arm.
“Is that it? Are you sure that will send her back? Just by looking inside that stupid box?” Connor asked, gesturing with cynicism towards the object.
Sir Jedalf lifted his cane in a threatening fashion and Connor immediately took the hint and backed away out of range from the weapon.
“What Connor means is: are you positive that if we do this, that Amelia will be sent back home?” Esmeralda said clearly, with a witty grin.
“Of course I’m positive! I’m always right and I know everything.” Sir Jedalf hooked his thumbs around the shoulder straps of his vest and beamed with absolute confidence, the wooden cane still held in one hand.
“Yeah, sure you do,” Connor muttered. Sir Jedalf squinted sadistically at Connor and raised the cane above his head once more.
“Boy, you’re asking for it!” he reprimanded. Connor walked a few more steps away and waved his hand indifferently. “I know all. I even know that your coming here, Miss Amelia, was not by accident. You were meant to come here and you two were meant to meet.” Sir Jedalf waved his cane between Amelia and Connor, and then planted its tip firmly on the floorboards with pride.
“What? Now I know you’re nuts. How could that possibly be true?” Connor said, becoming even more irritated and confused by the moment.
Amelia innocently held the box and shifted her weight from one foot to the other, ready to get going. She looked between Connor and Sir Jedalf, waiting for another caning moment.
“You both were supposed to meet and your destinies are intertwined, whether you like it or not… A word of warning, though, about this box.” He tapped the cane’s tip against the object. “Anyone who is in this world and is transported into the human world will become as human as this girl is. So, for example, if little miss vampire here looked in the box by accident, then she would become human in the other world.”
Connor’s eyebrows popped up with interest and he stared at the box with sudden intrigue. “Is that a fact?” he mumbled, thinking of the possibilities.
Amelia’s eyes darted between Connor, Sir Jedalf and Esmeralda, feeling like she had just been dropped into this plot a little too late to understand what was really going on.
Chapter 4
Amelia, Esmeralda, Connor and Sir Jedalf walked back into the great hall with the staircase. Amelia was dazed by the daunting task ahead. The Gastro Bay was miles away and it could take what she knew as days to get there. How would she get there all by herself in such a foreign world? If she knew it would work, she would simply imagine herself there and she would be. But that would only work if this were truly a nightmare. She was still convinced that this all was a nightmare, but it hadn’t behaved like one as of yet.
Connor was deep in thought, his brows pinched over the bridge of his nose. Esmeralda
“Why does everyone enjoy the privilege of hitting me?” Connor asked himself under his breath. Amelia tittered, glancing between him and Sir Jedalf.
“Here is what you do: first, you must travel to the shore of Gastro Bay. There, open the box with this key.” Sir Jedalf pulled out a key from his vest pocket and held it up for them to see. “Open the box, look inside and you will be transported back to your world.”
Sir Jedalf rocked back on his heels with a cunning smile and handed both the box and key to Amelia with the utmost care. The box was not particularly heavy, but she let it hang in front of her, both hands clutching its handle after she securely placed the key in her pocket and lodged the water bottle under her arm.
“Is that it? Are you sure that will send her back? Just by looking inside that stupid box?” Connor asked, gesturing with cynicism towards the object.
Sir Jedalf lifted his cane in a threatening fashion and Connor immediately took the hint and backed away out of range from the weapon.
“What Connor means is: are you positive that if we do this, that Amelia will be sent back home?” Esmeralda said clearly, with a witty grin.
“Of course I’m positive! I’m always right and I know everything.” Sir Jedalf hooked his thumbs around the shoulder straps of his vest and beamed with absolute confidence, the wooden cane still held in one hand.
“Yeah, sure you do,” Connor muttered. Sir Jedalf squinted sadistically at Connor and raised the cane above his head once more.
“Boy, you’re asking for it!” he reprimanded. Connor walked a few more steps away and waved his hand indifferently. “I know all. I even know that your coming here, Miss Amelia, was not by accident. You were meant to come here and you two were meant to meet.” Sir Jedalf waved his cane between Amelia and Connor, and then planted its tip firmly on the floorboards with pride.
“What? Now I know you’re nuts. How could that possibly be true?” Connor said, becoming even more irritated and confused by the moment.
Amelia innocently held the box and shifted her weight from one foot to the other, ready to get going. She looked between Connor and Sir Jedalf, waiting for another caning moment.
“You both were supposed to meet and your destinies are intertwined, whether you like it or not… A word of warning, though, about this box.” He tapped the cane’s tip against the object. “Anyone who is in this world and is transported into the human world will become as human as this girl is. So, for example, if little miss vampire here looked in the box by accident, then she would become human in the other world.”
Connor’s eyebrows popped up with interest and he stared at the box with sudden intrigue. “Is that a fact?” he mumbled, thinking of the possibilities.
Amelia’s eyes darted between Connor, Sir Jedalf and Esmeralda, feeling like she had just been dropped into this plot a little too late to understand what was really going on.
Chapter 4
Amelia, Esmeralda, Connor and Sir Jedalf walked back into the great hall with the staircase. Amelia was dazed by the daunting task ahead. The Gastro Bay was miles away and it could take what she knew as days to get there. How would she get there all by herself in such a foreign world? If she knew it would work, she would simply imagine herself there and she would be. But that would only work if this were truly a nightmare. She was still convinced that this all was a nightmare, but it hadn’t behaved like one as of yet.
Connor was deep in thought, his brows pinched over the bridge of his nose. Esmeralda
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