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Skull landed by the tied up Sam "Should I untie you? Or do you want to be up there? "

"I'm fine...Actually this is more fun than it looks like!"

"Alyssa, we should go back. I think Taro`s half-dead, maybe fully dead, and Twilight seems kind of sad," Kathryn said.
"Wait," Alyssa said. She put a hand on Trinian`s shoulder. "Thinking much?"
"Hello," Trinian said politely. "How is everyone?"
"Not so great. Think you could join us?" Kathryn asked.
"That sounds nice," Trinian said with a smile.

Skull smiled and perched bat like upside down. "You're right.....it is fun..."

The three went into the woods, looking out cautiously for Alyssa`s captor.
"Why should we be out here?" Alyssa asked.
"I want to know why, after 3 years, they didn`t kill you. I`m pretty sure they had a more sophisticated plan than to just kill you off if they didn`t get the kingdom," Kathryn replied.
"I think they were about to," Alyssa replied. "They were holding a knife right above me on the second day I was there, when they started talking and decided to let me live. Don`t you think that I just appealed to their better nature?"
"They beat you and made you sleep in a cage every night. I don`t think that was it. After the second day, they probably came up with a different plan."
"I don`t think right now`s a good time to find out," Trinian said, pointing to where the men were. They were in the same cabin as before.
"Actually, this is a perfect time. We can defend ourselves, right? Alyssa and Trinian, you go while I distract them."

Taurus landed in front of Skull and Sam........

Twilight stood up and shouted "YOU GUYS!! LET"S GO!!!" twilight untied Sam and telamapoted Sam over to her side.. "wait.. Sam is standing on water?!?!?!"

Skull shook her head..."Nope, not comein' down.."

Twilight was furious. she threw a ninja star at Skull. and just barely missed Skull's... err.. skull....

Skull shrugged "It's fun under here...."

Twilight refrained from throwing another.

Tauros shifted around............

"someone please be agreeable? oh.. by the way... i found the Way again" Twilight said holding up a leash. she whisled. the dog-thing came again. the Way sat down

Taurus shrugged "Depends where you want us to go?"

"la la la..."

Meanwhile, after Kathryn had beaten up all of the men pretty badly, Trinian tied them up and Kathryn interrogated them.
"Why did you kidnap Princess Alyssa? You threatened to kill her if you didn`t get the kingdom, but in the end, you didn`t," Kathryn said. "And I`d also like to know your name. It`d feel weird just calling you 'man' all the time."
"My name is Orbus, and the kingdom will be mine," Orbus said.
"Alright, I see that you want to kingdom...what was your plan?"
"Why should I tell you?"
"Because Trinian and I have swords. We could both slit your throat any time. And Princess Alyssa has a bow and some arrows, so if your men try to do anything to us, they`ll just get shot. Your only choices are to tell us the truth or die. And we`re not afraid to leave evidence," Kathryn said. Trinian and Alyssa were surprised at how politely she stated this threat.
"You couldn`t harm me, I`m the only man who can give you answers," Orbus said.
"I`m only curious. But I`m not at all hesitant to kill you."
"Fine. I let the Princess live so I could pretend to find her and rescue her, then the king would allw me to marry her," Orbus said. Alyssa shuddered.
"Marry you? Never," Alyssa hissed.
"And besides, wouldn`t the king have recognized you?" Kathryn asked.
"No, because my face was covered at the time," Orbus said. "But you all ruined my plan!"
"Sorry, but you`re the bad guy, you should expect that," Kathryn said. "Come on," she said to Alyssa and Trinian. They were about to head out the door, when Orbus told them to wait.
"I`d like to add something," he said.
"What?" Kathryn asked.
"The boy doesn`t make very strong knots." He leaped out of his chair and went at them, but Kathryn stabbed him in the chest. He and his men fell to the ground and sunk into it.
"People sink into the ground when they`re killed?" Kathryn asked. Alyssa and Trinian nodded. "Well, saves up on funeral expenses." Kathryn put her sword back into its scabbard, for there was no need to clean off the blood because, well, there was no blood.
At that moment, a large key appeared in front of them, and then flew into Kathryn`s hand as it shrunk.
"You have the key," Trinian said.
"Huh?" Kathryn asked.
"The key out of here, and to back where you`re from," Alyssa said. "Now you just need to find the door."
"Do you know where the door is?"
"A thousand miles from here. Hardly anyone has made it out alive."
"We will. Come on, we`re going back to the others. We need to get home."
"It`s dangerous!"
"Coming here was dangerous, too. Come!" They all left and returned to the others.

Tarus stretched and shifted around. "Do we have to jump in the puddle? Because I don't jump in puddles....."

*from far far away* "PUDDLE JUMPING!"

time stood still, waiting for something to happen.........

"Guys! I have it!" Kathryn yelled, running. Trinian and Alyssa just walked behind her. "I have the key out! We can go home!"

Bones sighed "But what if we don't want to go home?"

Kathryn let out a breath of air a little too quickly. "So, I walk really deep into the woods, almost get my butt kicked, find out that our so-called knotsman can`t tie tight knots- "
"Sorry!" Trinian said. "Again."
"We forgive you, but we`re trying to make a point. Anyway, yeah, he can`t tie tight knots, we almost get killed, and then finally, FINALLY we get a key, and you`re telling me that, after all our hard work, you want to stay?" Kathryn gave her a long, cold stare.

Bones nodded "Yeah. You may not want an adventure.....Besides, do you know where the key goes?"

"The key is our way out. We have parents, friends, people on Earth who could be worrying about us right now! We`re going home, and I don`t really care what you guys say. I`ll hog-tie all of you and drag you there myself if I have to!" She looked over at Trinian and Alyssa, then looked back at everyone else. "Besides, we have to find the door, which is quite a distance from here, so we`ll have plenty of time for an adventure."

Bones shook her head. My parents don't really care about me or Skull. we don't exactly come from the best household. I want to stay......"