Melissa's Adventures in Scunderland

The Techno Wizard

Chapter 4

Melissa felt nervous, she was packing her weapons in her bag and any that would fit on to her body, she had  no idea what she was about to face, well she had some idea I mean she was there during orientation, she missed her friends back home, "I wonder how much time has passed there, if any and i wonder if the floor disappearing woke any one up, well I guess I will no sooner or later" she walked out of her chamber and down the stone spiral steps and she knew she might never come back here again so she made sure to pack all the toiletries and anything that wasn't nailed down.

They were all gathered by the front gates when she arrived, "why are you always late?" Sofa asked "I take my time" Melissa replied, Queen Tiana appeared seemingly out of nowhere "well my warriors, this is where you go on your quest, you have trained her for several weeks now, even though to the reader it was just one session, there has been plenty of time to train" 

"we are excited and ready to go" Jama and Sofa said in unison, "good, but remember this journey will not only test your mental and physical strength but your friendship and mental strength, oh...wait i said that, doesn't matter you must go anyway, bingo starts soon, good luck and remember to always win" Melissa was a bit thrown by Queen Tiana's new laid back attitude, but maybe she was just tired of being all proper and got bored of being like that and decided to be a bit more chill, that happens loads so It's all good"

All four of them had begun their journey, the didn't really speak to each other, only when necessary but Melissa and Marina were getting quite chatty and Melissa liked it "so your father is the king of all oceans, and your mother is queen of the night sky?" "Yes, that's correct, I come from an odd family, i have o split my time with my parents because my mother can't leave the sky and my father can't leave the ocean, but wen the lunar eclipse happens ever month then they are able to leave, it's some magic rule i don't really know" Melissa who had stopped paying attention because she  found that story pretty boring changed the subject and moved on.

"STOP" cried Jama, the were approaching a bench with two men sat upon it, Jama went up to them and requested to know who they were, Melissa didn't know why he did that, maybe it was some custom here or maybe some sort of plot device, she didn't know.

One of the men stood up, she had dark skin, with a pathetic attempt at facial hair, he looked at all of the group and then in the most unusual accent said "My name Is Torn, I am from the land of Shimna and I am a techno wizard, i practice the art of technology and magic, this here is my assistant, Jams he is slow minded yet capable, he doesn't speak much he likes to communicate through interpretive dance, it gets quite annoying at times but whatever.

Melissa liked these two, they were an odd pair, "Hey we are going to fight some old bitch, you wanna come?" Melisa wasn't sure why he said that, she felt as if someone else was controlling what she said, "YES we would be delighted to join you, we have nothing else to do and I am out of tobacco" "YAY" Melissa shouted Jama took to Torn straightaway, they became instant friends and chatted alot about games the would play back in Shimna, Melissa, Marina and Sofa all talked about battles they had taken part in, Melissa had never really done that but she made it up, and Jams carried all their stuff, because It was his job.

They all approached an old rickety bridge that had the worst smell anyone could have ever imagined, they were about to cross when a loud strange roar came from below, a green crooked hand appeared from beneath and clutched at the bank and pulled whatever it was up, a large green troll like monster stood before them, it had a long black bush of hair above its eyes, its teeth were crooked and gross and it was so odd and weird that Melissa didn't even find it threatening until Jams tried to walk past it and the creature picked him up and screeched "I AM COUSINS I GUARD THIS BRIDGE BECAUSE OF REASONS" the monster pulled Jams to his mouth and bit him in half, Jams did not scream but moved his arms in a way that would have been interpreted as pain, then he died.

he monster now looked at the group and took a step towards them.