The Ball of Balls

Chapter 42

The group, now consisting of: Muzzy Miles, the brave Rey, Taytay the fashionista, Dean the Supreme Fairy, ex-smurf Yannick, Barbara Bushtroll, prince Robert, stalker-princess Charlotte and Samantha, the sexy princess of BBC, ran towards the stairwell.

''Ew! I stepped on a caterpillar!'' Samantha said.

''We don't have time for this,'' Robert said. ''We have to stop my father before he talks to the Oracle!'' He led the group through the castle.

While the group climbed up rotating stairs in a tower Rey asked: ''How is that possible? The Oracle is in the Forest of Trees? I have seen the Oracle myself!''

''Black magic,'' Robert answered. ''My father has been using it for years. All his stuff is in the attic. My mother doesn't know anything about this.''

''Does he accidentally know a witch named Rachel?'' Taytay asked. ''She practices, uhm practiced, dark magic too!''

''Does she have a really high pitched voice?'' Robert responded. ''I think I've heard them call once through the glass orb.''

''A glass orb? Cool!'' Charlotte said.

A group of guards came down the stairs. The group startled, but Dean turned their group in little flies quickly.

''Ugh... and now we have to find a troll...'' one of the guards said exhaustedly.

''Stop whining, man. Once we've captured that second golden ring, we'll get the wealth and power that Wade promised us,'' another guard said and they kept walking down the stairs. Dean turned everyone back into humans and a troll.

''A second golden ring? That's bad!'' Robert said.

''They were talking about a troll! That's me, lol!'' Barbara Bushtroll said.

Rey thought back to the golden ring that dropped facts just like Barbara. ''Barbara... have you maybe ever seen a golden ring? Another one than the one Miles and I found in the cave?'' Rey asked Barbara, while they stood apart from the rest of the group that was running upwards.

''That's a big family secret, that thing, I hide it with my rhyming. The truth sometimes comes above, I can promise that, sort of. The golden ring is part of me, in my side it will be. Don't ask me more or I will hurt you all so badly, that you won't be able to restore.''

''Okay, fine. As long as Wade doesn't get the ring,'' Rey said. She ran upstairs with the forest troll to the rest of the group and shouted: ''Everyone, protect Barbara if more guards come our way!''

''Why are we still here in the castle then?'' Dean asked, skeptical.

''We have to stop Wade!'' Miles answered. ''We can't leave like this!''

''And I don't know how to defeat my father, so we have to ask advice from the Oracle, but only someone with magical powers can call upon the Oracle,'' Robert said. ''So come with me now!''

''Well, we have two fairies here! Let's go!'' Miles said, while climbing more stairs. Arriving at the attic door, Samantha grabbed the keys from her bra. Samantha opened the door and everyone walked into the room with full confidence.