The party gets on their horses and rides out of town and onto the trail. They ride for three days until they reach the gate by the cave. They ride down the chasm to the end of the pass to find that the doors that had once stood open is now just a collapsed pile of rubble.
“Well now how are we supposed to get in…?” Tasen blurts out.
Everyone sits on their horses to ponder the thought.
Xander says, “We never did go all the way into that cave the Ettin came from.” “We could try to see if it leads into the cave where we found the princess.”
“Then lets go and stop sitting here before we have someone on our tails…” Bhass says.
Jack, Bhass, Xander, Tasen, Reed, and Wrathale ride back to the small cave they had passed on their way to the cave closer to the wrecked caravan. They jump off their horses and shoo their horses away after unpacking everything off them.
They walk into the cave for a total of five minutes then they reach the end of the cave. They see a small tunnel that looks like they can fit. “Well looks like we found our entrance…” Xander says.
“Aw hell no you ain’t making me try to fit in that small opening…” Bhass says.
“Actually, I think you can fit Bhass, and there should be some room left for you to move.” Reed says.
“Ah fine, but I’m not going first.” Bhass replies.
Tasen crouches into the hole followed by Reed then Jack, Xander and Wrathale and Bhass then slowly waddles in on his hands and knees then slowly crawls behind.
They pop out in a torch lit stone hallway and with caution they round the corner going right. They walk down the hall ready for anything. They round another corner taking a left, and keep following the halls they Find another hall with a Dead end.The dead end has rushing water and the party agrees to allow Tasen to swim into it there with a rope around his waist.
Tasen swims for about two minutes then reaches a pocket of air. He takes a breath and swims father into the water. After four minutes, he starts to feel light headed and swims back to the air pocket. He Makes it and lets out a gasp for breath, breathes for another minute, then tugs on the rope signaling them the pull him back. He makes it back soaked but ok.
Tasen picks up his stuff the dries him self with his blanket.
The group walks down the hall for another half an hour until they reach a spiral staircase heading up. They climb up the stairs to the next floor. They find a dead end and a hallway. The hallway fades into darkness. Tasen looks closer into the hall and says. “That hallway has a slope heading down oh id say about ten feet.”
They look at the dead end and Bhass asks, “Can any of ya tell if that wall is magical I can sense some magic but it might just be my imagination.”
“Yeah… I see a small blue box the same shape as one of the stones on the wall. It looks like a door.”
Says Tasen.
Tasen then walks up to the small blue box and presses it. It slides in and a part of the wall opens and slides up. The party looks outside the door and find themselves across a hall facing the large bedroom doors.
They walk out of the smaller hall and towards the doors. “Hey… Weren’t these doors open last time we where here?” Reed says
“Yeah… they were.” Says Xander.
Jack and Xander walk over to the doors and reopen them. They look inside and see the bed still close to the door and the Rotting remains of the Giant they had killed.
“How did the Giant enter the room again?” Xander asks.
“Through the fire place. Why?” Tasen replies.
“Lets try going through…” says Xander.
“Ok…” Tasen says, “Who goes first?”
Everyone just stops and turns to Jack who wasn’t paying attention. Jack looks at everyone else turns his head side-to-side looking at them…
“Why are you guys staring at me like that?” Jack says Confusingly.
A few moments later of Jack is convinced to run through, They get ready for the first test… Wrathale and Reed at the back of the fireplace Tasen at the Orb getting ready to touch it. Jack sits a little bit in front of the Burning fireplace. Xander and Bhass at the Front ready to watch.
“Test one… Check to see what the Orb does… Touch it and watch the fireplace.” Xander orders.
Tasen looks at him and nods then Puts both hands on the orb. The fireplace roars up in flame but nothing comes out. Tasen then lets go and says “ That’s what it looked like when the Giant came Through”
Xander says “Good”
“Jack are you ready?” Bhass asks.
“Yeah…” replies Jack.
Jack runs up to the fireplace and gets ready to charge.
Tasen puts his hands on the orb and the fires roar. Jack runs straight in for six seconds and stops, he feels the heat creep over his skin with pain. Jack roars with pain and runs out of the fire and finds himself back where he was… Back in the same room he just left. He turns around and instead of a fireplace he sees a mirror that fills that half of the room. He looks around the room and sees the Giants corpse and his friends missing. The doors to the room are wide open but sees nothing but darkness with smoky white fog.
A few moments later Xander, Wrathale, Bhass, Tasen and Reed walk through the large mirror he had emerged from. “So it looks like you made it through Jack… we were worried about you a second there.” Xander says
Jack says, “Yeah… yeah…”
Tasen says “We should probably look around and see if we can find that Gem or Jewel we are looking for.”
Xander says “Agreed”
Xander walks up to a large Desk and climbs on top of it and Tasen follows. Jack and Bhass walk over to the large closet in the room and Wrathale looks out side the doors wondering where they are… Reed walks over to the dresser and opens the bottom drawer and finds a bottle that has the words DO NOT DRINK on it in bold print. He also finds a stone and a familiar orb. Reed picks up the stone looks at it and puts it in his pocket. He picks up the bottle and puts it in his backpack and yells out loud “I found our way back… it’s the same orb from the other room ”
Jack and Bhass open the closet and reveal a black orb floating in the corner of the closet. What do you think this is? Says Bhass. “I… don’t know” Says jack.
“Well lets keep moving…” Bhass replies
Jack then takes out a gold piece and flicks it at the orb. The gold coin is instantly sucked straight into the Orbs center.
Jack then looks at it puzzled and walks away.
Xander and Tasen hop atop a small desk and find nothing but some rather large glasses. Tasen picks them up and tries to look through but nothing happens. He then hands them to Xander unimpressed. Xander grabs them and looks through and they shrink to his size and he puts them on.
He looks around the room and sees the Mirror and the space out side of the door glowing red. He takes them off and puts them in a pouch.
Wrathale looks outside of the door and walks forward but not out of the room. He bends down and takes his hand and puts his hand on the ground outside of the door. He feels a strange gooey feeling but doesn’t stick. He then takes out a gold piece and sets it on the ground and lets go. He then takes his hand and reaches for where he put the coin and he grabs the coin unharmed.
Tasen jumps off the desk and runs over to the bed and hops up on top of it. Instead of a body or a jewel or gem he sees a small plushy doll with soulless black eyes and a knitted mouth.
“Hey guys… You might want to come see this…” Tasen shouts.
Reed the runs and jumps on top of the bed and looks at the doll laying in the center of the bed. Xander shortly arrives after and Tasen looks into the dolls eyes but not directly in them.
“Do you think it’s the Princess’s soul?” Tasen asks
“I don’t know. It could be...” Xander replies
Reed then Asks aloud “Princess can you hear us?” at first no response but shortly after they hear a girls voice come from the other side of the room by the black orb in the closet and it says “Yes help me please I’m trapped somewhere… its dark so I don’t know exactly where.”
“Are we sure that’s the princess?” Xander says.
Jack says, “Wait… I think it’s a trick to somehow kill us… that thing sucks things in and they disappear.”
They then hear a loud sinister laughter coming from the doll. Everyone then looks at the doll with swords ready.
A monstrous Demon creature that looks like it has scythes for hands pops ups from the doll and slashes at them. They all get sent flying back to the edge of the bed. Xander gets up and pulls out his spear and melds his Spear to his hands. Reed gets up and takes the first swing at the creature. He hits but the monster swipes back. Tasen jumps to his feet and charges the monster with two scimitars. One attack misses but the other one hits.
Jack runs towards the fight pulling out his two handed long sword. Bhass follows jack but standing behind ready to heal those in need. Wrathale pulls out his battleaxe and swings at the creature. The creature roars in agony then swipes back sending Wrathale back to the ground. Mee starts flying around the room waiting. Xander charges the monstrous demon creature and stabs it with his spear. The creature roars and they plug there ears for five seconds.
Reed then slashes at the demon and it falls… As it falls they hear the creature yell the word “CAME ” and the creature falls dead.
They stand happy until they realize the doll had reappeared on the bed. Xander then unmelds his spear to his hands and picks the doll up. He quickly runs over to the closet and attempts to throw the doll in the black sphere. He Throws the doll and he hears the doll cry “NO ” and the Demon pops out of the doll and grabs Xander. The demon being sucked in by the sphere slashes at Xander attempting to kill him. Jack and Tasen run to his aid and start to hack and slash at the Demon’s arms. Tasen misses the Demon’s arms and hits Jack but keeps trying to chop the arms off.
Xander looks at the Demon creature and he kicks the Demon and it bites his foot. Jack slices through one of the Demon’s arms and goes to the next. Tasen makes another swing and misses but hits Jack instead. Jack roars and slices a second arm off. Xander then smiles at the Demon and turns him self into plasmatic goo. The rest of the Demon’s hands attempt to keep a hold on Xander but they slip and he slowly slides into the black orb.
The Demon yells once again “CAME ”
Reed then yells “The doll is back.”
Xander then resolidifies and runs over to the bed. He says “Enough of this…”
“Reed, I need you to pick up the doll and run as fast as you can over to the Orb when I say go, alright?” says Xander
“Kay” Reed replies.
Xander looks at the doll and attempts to take control of the creature. He succeeds in taking over and says “Now.”
Reed Picks up the doll, hops off the bed, and runs over to the closet. At mid distance the Doll yells “NO ” and the Demon pops out of the doll. It stops and reed avoids running into it. The Demon stands there not moving then Xander laughs… “I have control…” “Alright lets go for a walk shall we?” says Xander.
The Demon walks over to the orb and jumps head first into the orb. It struggles at first but then goes limp.
Jack then walks up to Tasen and taps him on the shoulder. “Yeah.” Tasen says Jack then Takes his fist and punches him across the room and Tasen lays unconscious.
“Now where do we go?” Asks Reed
“Out there” Xander says as he points to the door.
Reed then runs over to Tasen and wakes him up “We have to get moving Tasen”
Xander then puts his new glasses on and says “Lets move out.”
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