Melissa's Adventures in Scunderland

Onward To Portadownie

Chapter 5

"WOW HOLY FUCK!" Melissa shouted, "That was amazing you guys, what a rush!", "Yes, the way we slayed that evil ugly looking beast was so epic!" "I know, it would be a shame if you missed it!" Melissa was so happy, she loved her group and how they defeated the ugly beast, they way Jama would use his magic to freeze him, Marina to stab him in vital arteries and how Sofa had dealt the final blow to his skull with her sword, brilliant.

As they ventured onward, it had become darker and it was dangerous to be out on the open road at night, even if you are a group of awesome magical people.

Torn stopped,  "we should take rest in the shipping port nearby, we are all tired an it is getting late , it's just down this road here" "Good Idea Torn" Melissa squealed, the rest of the group agreed so they all headed to a port called Portadownie, it was famous for having some of the best food in all of the land, and plenty of prostitutes for all the sailors, Torn knew this and that  was partially why he wanted to venture there so much for he hadn't had any in ages and by now he was just plain gagging for it.

"Don't you miss Jams?" Marina asked with pity in her voice, "I miss him carrying my stuff but to be honest his interpretive dancing was getting annoying, i tried and tried to help him learn to speak but he just did the robot so i gave up" "aw that's a bit sad and a bit lame" Marina sighed. 

When they arrived they were greeted by the smell of salt in the air, fresh food from the taverns and the smell of shit from all the horses, "Ahhh take it in people" torn breathed with excitement, "We should stay in that tavern over there, It's called the DownShite" he pointed to a dark wooded and slightly run down building, "why there?" Marina questioned "They do nice cheap beer" Torn said "I'M SO FUCKING THERE" Jama excitedly shouted, so they both ran of towards it whilst the rest all wanted to enjoy the beach and see what shops there were.

"I fucking HATE shopping" Sofa shouted "Then why dd you come?" Marina asked, Sofa didn't know why she came, she felt like it had already been decided fro her by an unknown force, "I don't know! Marina laughed "Well look here's a sword shop, go look over there if you like because me and Melissa want to look at these shoes some more" "YAY swords!!!" Sofa ran towards It her heart filled with joy at seeing the shiny blades of death.

Jama and Torn were enjoying the tavern when suddenly a mysterious man with a pirate hat on who clear wasn't a pirate sat down at their table, "My name is Chadsworth Mccanskie, I hear you are travelling to BridgeBann to defeat the evil Empress Adriana"  this man had a raspy voice and a massive scar down his face "WHO TOLD YOU?" Torn shouted "Hush Torn,you don't want to attract the wrong attention" Jama had noticed some dodgy onlookers were taking to themselves.

The rest of the group all entered the dark and smelly tavern and looked around for them, "EW omg it smells of piss and B.O Inhere"Marina said full of repulsion, "There they are" Sofa said, pointing to a corner booth "Who I that dirty stranger they are talking to?" Melissa asked but no one answered her, Sofa motioned them all to sit else where knowing that the man they were talking to was a spy for the evil Empress.

Jama glanced over and noticed the girls sat away over the tavern, he looked at Sofa and Sofa looked at him and he knew something was up, "Why do you want to help us?" Jama asked "Because I want to see BridgeBann freed because it is my home, "What can you do to help us?" Torn asked "I have a map with me that will lead you to an underground tunnel which leads straight to the gates of BridgeBann" Jama took the mans offer, and beckoned the group to come over, they did with hesitation, when they arrived Jama and Chadsworth told them all about the map and the plan to use it.

Later that night when everyone was tucked up in bed Jama and Sofa woke up and with hushed tones came up with a plan, a plan to take the map and kill Chadsworth, they both snuck towards Chadsworth's room at the end of the hall and slowly pushed the door open, the room was bathed in moonlight and the smell of blown out candle was heavy in the air as well as the smell of damp wood and unwashed bedsheets, they slowly crept over towards his bed, and as they did they noticed a silver glisten on his sheets they also noticed how there wasn't the faint sound of breathing , they looked at eachother with puzzlement, Jama pulled the bed sheet down a little bit which revealed that Chadsworth's neck had been slit and he was heavily bleeding, "Oh hi guys" a voice echoed through the dark room, they turned around to see Marina sat in the chair by the corner a bloody dagger was shining in the moonlight on the table beside her "looking for this?" she pulled out the map "what are you doing here?" Jama asked with total confusion Marina laughed "well when I saw the man chatting to you, Sofa said she was suspicious of the man because of the scar on his face, i said you can't go around judging people on their scarred face but anyway i cast a spell that would reveal his true identity and it was revealed he was a spy for the Empress who was planning to kill us, and after we all joined you and learnt of the map and the plan etc me and Sofa knew what was really going to happen, so i killed him and got the map" she jumped and clapped her hands with glee, Jama was shocked and looked at Sofa who was not, "Yea I knew too, sorry i didn't tell you" "WHAT? WHY?" Jama asked, a little hurt he wan't in on the plan "Well I didn't tell you cuz I wanted there to be a bit of suspense in this story like moment" Sofa looked at Jama and began to feel bad for him because she knows how much he loves plans and killing bad guys, the Jama did something she didn't expect him to do, Jama laughed, hard "Fair enough, i guess we eneded up with the map so it's win win" "oh" Sofa said suprised "Let's go wake up the others and look at this map and plan our next move" Marina whispered, they agreed and all reconvened in Melissa's room.

They look at the map and Melissa has a strange feeling, "I know the layout to this map, I've seen this before only from where I come from" the others looked confused "What do you mean?" Torn asked, "I don't know, It's just something about the shape of that island that seems familiar" Melissa didn't like that feeling but quickly shook it of and continued to study the map.