Part 32: Behold ! The Castle Of The King Of Ghosts.

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We followed Martz through a forest.
A “safer” forest, i suppose. We passed a very big oak tree with a little red door at the bottom.
“This is so cute ! Miniature house!” Caele said excitedly. She’s obsessed with tiny things lately.

“Elves place.” She said. “Evil ones, don’t dare to disturb them.”

We kept on walking, in the front, there’s a little wooden sign hanging on top of a tree branch saying : Welcome to Pixie Hollow. Red mushrooms grew all over the place, little wooden houses were built next to a mini stream, the place was quiet and peaceful. The four of us stared without blinking.

“What is this place ?” I asked.

“Pixie Hollow, obviously. The home for kind fairies.” Martz replied.

“Wow...now you are talking about Disney! Is Tinker Bell living in here or something ?” Taron asked.

“No, but her cousins are.” She smiled.

“Wait....what ? So Tinker Bell is real ?” Taron asked with his eyes wide open.

“Of course ! ” Martz exclaimed.

“I thought...all creatures living in here are evil.” Caele said.

“Oh, no. Most of them are evil, but some of them are kind. Like these little fairies. ” She explained.

“I see.”

“Keep walking. ” She said.

We kept walking deeper and deeper into the woods, we passed more and more lava pools. Our shadows became longer under the dim light, the place became hotter and stiffer.
I felt that we are getting close.
Comparing this place to Pixie Hollow, it’s a nightmare here. This is a place where the devil would live, and that’s definitely Milu.
We walked until we came to a stop.

“Here it is.” Martz shivered.
The four of us looked up and saw a thirty nine foot tall castle with mossy stone walls. Lava was spilling from the turret filling up the lava moat at the bottom. Bats shrieked and landed on bare trees, this is just...horrible.

“Wow...” I took a deep breath.
“It’s worse than i thought. ”

“Same...” The others replied.

“But we still have to go there.” I said.

“Now i’ve brought all of you here, its time for me to go. Goodbye darlings. ” Martz waved.
“Thanks for saving me.”

“Thank You. ” I smiled.

“And you, little gnome. Thanks for offering me food.” She then kissed Frodo on his chubby freckled cheeks.
And yet, he almost fainted.

We waved goodbye to the lady elf. I turned around and face the castle.
“Time to go in and grab the book.” I said.

“There are guards at the front gate !” Caele pointed at two big monsters dressed in armour.

“Step aside, folks. Let papa do the trick. ” Frdo said.
After the kiss, he seemed to regain his energy. A true love’s kiss is the most powerful thing on earth. they say, at least this worked for the gnome.





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