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Chapter 17 : Animizards

Gale had been kidnapped.
By the Dark Lord.
Jake gulped, and then they all started moving.
As they reached the start of the fields, a strange sensation crept up Tilda's neck.
Jake saw she was getting uneasy by the minute, and asked her what the problem was.
'I can feel that animals are close somewhere in this very field, but none are visible.'
Jake felt a strange urge to pursue these animals, so he told Tilda to go ahead and find them.
Tilda with her blonde hair blowing in the wind was pacing forward and back from her position. She suddenly stopped at a point, and then started to walk towards the very end of the field.
Jake and the others, namely- Daisy, Ian, Aman, Tulip, Emma, Raven and her aliens, Strivilius and an army of animals and elves.
Suddenly Emma went rigid, and then took a step forward. Her eyes went white, and she pointed to a spot not far from where Tilda was standing.
'There.' she said loudly, snapped out of the trance and pulled back here hand.
'Yes, you are right' Tilda answered, and shouted 'Informatimus!'.
At this a small cocoon came out of a minute hole in the earth, and a voice spoke from inside it.
It was an intimidating voice and it said -
'Hello, are you a friend or foe. Wait, is that you, Jake?' the voice asked.
'Yes, but how do you know me'Jake asked back.
'Well, Headmaster Roman informed me of you're arrival in this world, and we've been waiting for you ever since. Unfortunately, the ,uh, non magical and ordinary animals , strange creatures ( aliens) and elves are not to be brought inside.'
Jake looked at Raven and Tilda, who reluctantly nodded.
'Very well then, step back' said the voice, and the cocoon expanded in size till it reached the height of an elevator.
The cocoon split in half, and out stepped a rabbit, wearing human clothes!!
'Hello' he exclaimed with a look of delight on his face.
'I'm Sir Cathogen the 5th, the classbearer and watch keeper of the North Tower.' and introduced himself.

'Well obviously I can speak. Come on in now, they others are dying to meet you.' he said, and hopped back into the open cocoon.
They all jumped into the cocoon, it sealed itself shut and fell down.
Jake could hear the ground sealing itself shut after them, and the cocoon suddenly came to a halt.
They stepped outside and found themselves in a large cubical hall, filled with shelfs of books and wooden desks.
'This, is the library' announced Sir Cathogen, and he lead them through the door of the deserted library.
Here Jake saw the strangest sight he had ever seen in his life. There were animals everywhere, and all of them were dressed. They were talking to each other and studying and having fights and doing all sorts of things normal kids( humans) do.
A deer and a dog passed them on their way.
'Hello, Madame Gazelle and Madame Pooch.' he wished, they smiled back , stared at the kids and then slowly walked away in the opposite direction.