Lost

Chapter 3

        A young girl who had shoulder length black hair tied with a red ribbon and  a red haori over her black kimono held onto a brown horse’s neck as it raced through the forest. She leaned forwards and muttered, shivering, “I really really hate the dark!”

        It was silent for a moment when all of a sudden a panicked shriek cut through the air. “No! My rat!”

        The girl stopped her horse and sat up erect in fear. “Um...that was nothing right…?” She assured herself. Suddenly there was another shriek.

        “My rat! My rat!”

        The girl held back the urge to scream and cautiously got off her horse. She removed a dagger out of her saddlebag and pointed it into the unknown black of the forest ahead. She then heard muffled voices and frantically tried to locate the source from which they came.

        As she approached closer to the source of the voices she heard another shrill shriek “Stupid, evil, green, tiny goblin-sheep-minion, plebeian number 1-- My rat!”

        That was it! The girl threw her dagger into air in fear, ran towards her horse, and climbed on. She rode away as quickly as her horse could.

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        “Okay… One, we are not green, goblin-ish, sheep-ish, or evil… Nor are we plebeians-- in fact we’re still not in Rome… Or Ancient Rome… OR EVEN EUROPE. We are in a forest in Japan which is in Asia, NOT ROME. ” Jackson said, annoyance very present in his voice.

        “And...We are not that short.” Ryan protested. Andrew noded in agreement. Wilson furrowed his eyebrows in confusion.

        “I can’t believe we’re stuck with this idiot until we get out of here.” Andrew muttered loud enough for only Ryan to hear.

        “Well all of the above do actually exist in this forest!” Wilson informed.

        That statement made Ryan pale and fix his posture. He cringed at the thought of the monsters that may be lurking in the darkness, viewing them as their prey

        Suddenly Ryan heard galloping in the bushes behind Wilson and someone shouting “I’m so SORRY~!!!”

        Ryan shrieked which caused Andrew to shriek and grab onto Ryan.

        “Sheep-goblin-plebian-minions! Sheep-goblin-plebian-minions! There’s no need to panic for I, Wilson the Magnificent, am here,” Wilson exclaimed reassuringly.

        “Master? What happened to your… Um… Rat,” Jackson asked, suddenly realizing that the last rat was gone.

        Wilson walked around the area; two of the boys were screaming and holding onto each other; the other was standing there giving the two boys a funny look.

        “You, plebian number 1! Where’d you put my rat!?”

        “I gave it back to you, o'Wilson the Magnificent,” Jackson mocked. “Honestly, I don’t know… Maybe it didn’t want to take over the world with  you and ran away or maybe--”

        Jackson was cut off by Wilson who abruptly stopped and gasped. “How dare you mock Cornelia like that! You are in no position to say that about her. You nasty littletroll!”

        Jackson opened his mouth in protest when a dagger fell from the sky and landed next to Wilson, nicking his left ear. “Is the universe against me or something? That nearly killed me…” Wilson commented calmly, looking down at the dagger at his feet. “Well… Um… Now is a good time to panic, my little plebeians,” Wilson started to uncontrollably shriek .