The Goblin Wood

Back to Tobin in the goblin village. His fever was getting worse. Natter gave him something to drink that was terribly nasty. He fell asleep hoping he would feel better when he woke up. He woke up and heard someone at the door. It was Onny and the others. They said they could take him out and show him the village as seen in the picture to the right. Tobin got up and he saw most of the village. When they got to Daroo's house Tobin got tired and had to sit down. Natter gave him something to drink and he felt better. He went to bed for the night and started to dream. The dream was more of a nightmare. There was horses with no riders stampeding the village and there was screaming and crying. He suddenly woke up and wanted to scream. Then he remembered the Otherworld stone. He had to go retrieve it. He couldn't walk and Natter took his crutches. He started crawling and left the door open so if any one woke up and noticed, they could help him. He crawled all the way to the stone and put it in his pocket. Now the priests could not find it. The goblins found him and brought him back to the hut. He woke up with all of his muscles aching. He realized that Makenna was back and she was using some runes for a spell.

The Goblin Wood

23 pages

Makenna made it back to the village and Cogswhallop told her that Tobin had nearly escaped. Makenna went to talk to Tobin. She told him she met Master Lazur and Jeriah. This made Tobin mad. He asked what she was planning to do with the settlement. She decided to tell him the truth. She was going to distract the guards and the spoiler goblins were going to rot the seed and the tools so the settlers would leave. She left and slammed the door. Her and goblins made plans to attack in the daytime. Makenna was seen and the guards followed her. When she got to her hiding spot there was already soldiers at the top of the cliff. She had to improvise and jumped in the river. She let the current take her a ways until she was out of site. She wondered how they knew her plan and where she was going to go. Cogswhallop came out of the bushes and Makenna saw that he had bruises on his face. She new something went wrong with the attack.

The Goblin Wood

48 pages
Tobin worked on the spike that held the chain to the ceiling. After four days of working it he got it loose. He was free. He had to get to the settlement, so he headed south. He ran up a hill and remember his mission to place the overworld stone. So he placed it under a fallen pine tree. He continued south and fell. He fell right into a pit and hurt his left ankle. He couldn't walked let alone climb to safety. He looked up and saw two hazel eyes looking at him. He realized it was the little goblin that visited him in the mud hut. There was four other goblins with her. One went back to the village to get helped. The others saved Tobin's life by building a fire and snuggling with him. In the morning Tobin opened his eyes and saw eyes peering at him all around the ring of the pit. He had found out what the buttons were for that Makenna wore and that goblins are nice and caring.

The Goblin Wood

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Makenna woke up in the morning determine to find out more information. She found where the weapons were stored and what magic charms the guards had. She continued to work with the Garron family. One night during dinner one of the kids started to choked and the parents couldn't do anything. They sent for a healing priest but it would be to late by the time they would arrive. Before Makenna knew it she was knealing next to the boy and made a spell to stop his choking. She hid the runes under her skirt and hoped no one saw her. That night she had to leave in fear of being compromised by the Garron kids. She slipped by the guards and headed back to the goblins.

The Goblin Wood

34 pages

Tobin woke up in a small mud hut with a copper chain attached to his ankle so he couldn't escape. Makenna came in with Cogswhallop holding some silver chains. This was for a lie spell. She went on to ask Tobin about the new settlement and who Master Lazur was. Makenna then went to the settlement posing as a peasant girl looking for work. She went inside a tent and met Master Lazur and figured out he was a powerful priest. He said he would have to do a truth spell on her for her to get work. It was procedure. Makenna agreed and lied truthfully. He was satisfied and gave her work. At the end of the day Makenna's muscles were sore and she could finally relax a little.

The Goblin Wood

37 pages

Makenna was thrown up on the horse and Tobin got on behind her. Tobin wanted to get to the road so he could take Makenna to Master Lazur. The goblins give up and threw stones at Tobin  never hitting Makenna. Tobin fell off the horse and Makenna almost got free. Tobin regained control and but the horse ran off into the darkness. So they continued on foot and followed the trails to a stream. Tobin figured that he was being pixie-led by the goblins. The tracks ended in a clearing that was surrounded by brushes. Fire was all around him and he got hit with a stone in the head. Makenna and the goblins tied him up and were trying to trade his horse. Makenna ended up not trading the horse and Tobin was so thankful. He told her the horse's real name and thanked her.He shut his and fell asleep.

The Goblin Wood

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Erebus goes to get more information from Tobin. He sits up on a rock where he usually does and is caught in the trap of the knight. Erebus almost got away but Tobin was faster. He knew that there was others watching and told them to send the sorceress with all his stuff unarmed. Mekenna was busy watching a new settlement of people. She observed them closely and figured out that seven of them were powerful priests. The rest were soldiers and servants. Cogswhallop goes to Mekenna with the news of Erebus getting caught. They hurried back to get the stuff and Mekenna went to the knight's camp. When she got there the knight figured out that she didn't have the charm with her because she was too close to the goblin and it wasn't affected. Mekenna went and got it from the brush where she hid it. Now she had to go to her second plan. The knight told her to put it on a rock and go by the firepit. The knight went for the charm and Mekenna snatched Erebus and let him run free. Mekenna expected a sword coming at her but instead there was a net over her. The net was draining her magic and powers. She couldn't get untangled and the knight was holding her. She was caught!