Deltora Quest Jasmine and I

Chapter 5 Nij And Doj's Trap And The Ralad's

We all continued to run but the Grey Guard were keeping pace with us and if anything they were gaining ground "They're gaining on us and soon they start firing those poisonous blisters one Grey Guard took aim but was strake in the head but a nut they all were then hit in the head by a nut they looked up and saw Jasmine and me throw nuts at them "You" growl on the the guards "Let's get out of here you two" I said Filli jumped onto Jasmine's shoulder as we jumped away we regrouped with Lief Barda and the Ralad "Where did you learn that?" asked Lief "Huh that was nothing" said Jasmine we continued onward "This is bad the path is straight and there aren't many trees it'll give them a clear shot" said Leif "Though here it's I'll only chance" said Barda running into the tree line we push are way though some bushes we then saw some wild berries "Wild sweet plumbs" said Jasmine "They smell really delicious" said Lief "Now is not the time to be thinking about food" said Barda I picked a few of the Plumbs and pocket them as we pushed on deeper we started to pant we were getting really tried Jasmine took a quick glance behind here "Look there not chasing us anymore "Why would they stop?" I asked "Who care it's safe for now what a relief" Lief said with a sigh

The moon shine bright on us Jasmine had a bottle of a paste and was applying it to some cuts the the Ralad had "I made this myself it's my mother's recipe it heals skin quickly" said Jasmine the Ralad opened his eyes it looked like he tried to said thank you but no words came out "Oh you don't need to thank me" said Jasmine he nodded "We're still not completely out of danger we need to scout the area" I said the Ralad grabbed my cloak "You should rest and wait for us here" I said to him He gave me a pleading look "Don't worry "we'll be right back" I said we let go of my cloak we walked a short distance and came to a clearing "It's weird there are not Grey Guard's" said Lief "True" replied Barda "Guy's look I said a small house sat in the middle of the clearing and small light lit up the window "I don't believe it" said Lief "People live out here?" questioned Jasmine "Well it's no forest of silence but I can see myself making a home here" I said Filli started cowing "What's wrong Filli?" I asked we walked forward and saw a sign it said ring and enter on it a small bell hang from the sign "I guess were supposed to ring this hanging bell" said Leif he gave it a small ring the door of the house creaked open and the faces of an old couple peeked out "it's okay they look to me like there just a nice old couple" said Leif "Let's go and asked them for directions" said Barda walking forward "Hey wait for us" said Jasmine as Jasmine and I followed him as we got closer the ground was no longer hard we and wandered into quicksand "Oh my gosh it's quicksand help me" said Jasmine "Keep your hands up and don't struggle" I said "were stinking" said Barda Leif then saw a piece of wood this read Waring! Of Quicks Do Not Lief grabbed it "Hold on to this" he said "You have got to be joking holding on to that isn't going to help" I said a rope then landed in front of us we looked up and saw that the old couple had tied a rope to a wooden pole and thrown it to us we grabbed the rope and pull ourselves free "Were saved" said Barda "Took them long enough" said Jasmine "Meth thguac ew" said the women "Tseaf a gnivah erew" said the man "There saying something but I can't understand what it is" said Leif "I've near heard that language before" said Barda "I wonder if they if they understand what were saying" I said "Thank you very much" said Leif they nodded back Filli was puffed up and was very scared of them "Filli what are you so scared about?" I asked Filli "They seem to be all right to me" said Leif "Yeah but let's not forget that we rang the bell like the sign told us too" said Barda "And ended up in danger because of it" I added "yeah but that's because the sign was broken in two oh I grabbed the other half" said Lief we put the two parts of the sign together "Waring! Ring Of Quicksand Do Not Enter" he said "That's what's written" said Lief "Yeah but they know the sign is broken and why leave a bell?" i asked "There surround by a ring of quicksand they probably don't know what's out there" said Lief "I don't know something feels off and I don't like the way Filli's acting" I said the couple spoke something we couldn't understand again "I'm Lief this is Barda, Jasmine, Xavier and the little guy is Filli" said Leif introduction us this two introduction themselves as Nij and Doj and invited us inside "What do you think?" asked Barda Let's a least go in and dry off" said Leif "Wait I don't get it Filli wouldn't be this scared for no reason" said Jasmine "I agree I have a bad feeling about this" I said "I had my doubt to but the fact is these two saved our lives" add Barda "What about the ralad man he'll wake up and find us gone" I said "We'll leave as soon as we've eaten and our clothes are dry" commented Lief "I don't like this" I said to Jasmine "Not kidding" she replied