"Look out below!" A booming voice echoed above Tony and all the others that were gathered
by the boarder of the 6th and 2nd Kingdom.
"Hey, I heard that!" Tony said. But he didn't hear himself. "Testing, testing.
1, 2, 3." He said again. Still nothing. What the hell, he thought to himself.
I HEARD IT TOO, TONY. The princess wrote on her slate.
WHO SAID THAT? Tony asked. The princess shrugged.
"Hello! Can you little people hear me?" The voice boomed again. It was definitely coming
from very high up. "Oh, am I still invisible? I always forget. This should help." A huge giant suddenly
came into form right in front of their eyes. The huge oversized man was standing over a mile high practically.
He was bending down slightly squinting down at Tony and the villagers.
"I said Hello! I can hear myself so I know you can hear me!" The giant said, his breath
blowing at the villagers.
ARE GIANTS DANGEROUS? Tony wrote on his slate and asked Princess Wendy.
NOT REALLY. THEY ARE JUST CLUMSY. Wendy wrote back.
Tony began jumping up and down then. He waved his hands in the air to get the giant's attention.
The giant leaned down further and picked Tony up by his shirt and squinted at him. He said something obviously
but nothing was heard. The giant frowned and stood up straighter with Tony still in his grasp.
"Now you should hear me." The giant said to Tony.
"I can hear you." Tony said and was surprised when he heard himself. He clapped his hands in front of
him and he could hear it. "Hello, hello?" He tested again.
"It is the height, Little Man. We are high enough that whatever the spell we are under can't reach us."
The giant explained. Tony looked down at the others to see if they could hear the giant explain.
"Can you hear me?" He yelled down as loud as he could to the others. Most of them wrote
big YESes on their slates and held them up so Tony could see them. "Errr....do you know what is going on,
uh....Mr. Giant, Sir?" Tony finally asked the giant directly.
"Little Man, I am just as lost as you are. Call me Udo anyhow. I just know I can hear myself when I stand
up straight. But when I lie down or sit down I can't hear anything. Not even a squirrel's fart!" The giant
bellowed. "I tried to go back to my home by Bean Town in the 3rd Kingdom but I can't get pass the boarder.
There is an invisible wall there."
"Yes, we know. I thought you were suppose to be invisible too." Tony wondered.
"I am only invisible if I turn my belt buckle on. Being invisible helps a lot because it
keeps me from stepping on things that I shouldn't be stepping on. I go right through it. But when I am visible,
I will make large impressions everywhere." That explained why nothing was destroyed around here when there
were large giants roaming the land, Tony thought.
"Do you suppose you can help us out here, uh Udo?" Tony asked. "Some of us have
urgent matters that need taken care of. We need to really find a way out of this kingdom."
"I don't suppose you know how to find a way out, do you? Cuz I sure as hell don't. I stomped
and I kicked. But that wall is still there." Udo, the giant replied.
All the villagers and Princess Wendy could hear the conversation far above them. Wendy desperately wanted to say
something and also be heard. She started throwing rocks at the the giant to get his attention. Udo looked down
and peered at the Princess.
"What do you want, Little girl?" He boomed. Wendy waved her hands in the air and jumped
up and down. Udo quickly picked her up and put her in his hand next to Tony.
"Hi." She said, testing the sound quality. "Oh, I can hear myself! This is wonderful.
Antony, have you figured out a way for us to get out of here?"
The giant started moving and they had to hold on to the giant's fingers to keep from falling
off. Udo headed off some distance away where there were some very tall trees growing.
"Hey Udo! Where are you taking us?" Tony yelled out. He was quickly losing sight of
the other villagers and the guards on the ground.
"I'm just taking you over there to those trees. I need to go errrr.....relieve myself. I
didn't think you'd want to witness that. So I'm going to set you up in some trees to talk." Udo said and gently
set down Wendy and Tony onto a high tree branch. They quickly held fast to the trunk and sat down.
"Alright, we won't go anywhere. Try not to errr.....take too long." Tony called out
as the giant slowly started walking off into the distance and suddenly disappeared.
"Wait a second, Antony. We're stuck up here in this tree." Princess Wendy said.
"Well, yeah, I kind of noticed that."
"Antony, what if the giant doesn't come back?"
"Of course he will!" Tony said assuringly. But he started looking around just to reassure
himself. "I hope so at least."
"Tony, I think I should tell you something." Wendy whispered hesitantly.
"What, Princess?" Tony said impatiently.
"Giants have the worst memories!"
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"Virginia, Virginia. Oh delicious Virginia. You look so delectable in the moonlight."
Wolf murmured against Virginia's ear. He had crawled up to Virginia from behind and held her tight in his lap.
They were sitting around by a fallen log to get some rest before they moved on into the next village. Melody had
laid down and fallen asleep by a small shrub.
Virginia leaned her head back against Wolf's chest. Sometimes she still can't get over the fact
that she was married to a half-man, half-wolf. And above all, she still can't get over that she had killed her
own mother who was also the evil witch of the Fairy Tale Kingdoms! Her life was definitely not ordinary. And now
her life was once again disrupted. She had a son though, so she had to think about matters in a whole different
light now. She loved Wolf with all her heart but sometimes she knew she didn't let him know it enough. She always
had a hard time showing her feelings.
"Wolf?" Virginia whispered to get his attention.
"Yes, my scrumptious trollop?"
"You know that I...." Virginia was cut off when Wolf all of a sudden jumped up and
knocked her to the dirt floor. He began sneezing uncontrollably.
"Cripes! Not again!" Wolf growled between sneezes. He then collapsed to the ground
and huddled into a fetal position. "Argh, Virginia, I'm getting horrible cramps! Where's the medicine?"
Wolf groaned and rolled around on the ground.
Virginia fumbled through her knapsack and retrieved a small bottle.
"Can't you hurry up, Virginia? Why do you always have to be so slow?"
Wolf growled. He moaned again and started muttering something about rabbits beneath his breath.
"Virginia!"
"Alright, alright. But you need to take this with some water. And we ran out already. We
need to head to that village up ahead. Come on, get up." Virginia pulled at Wolf. He growled and snapped at
her hand. "Wolf, stop it! Come on!"
Virginia woke Melody up from her nap and explained to her that they needed to head out for Wolf
was terribly sick and needed his medication. She turned back to Wolf and began helping him up to his feet again.
Wolf whimpered and growled all at the same time but he complied and they started towards the village lights ahead.
Melody followed along behind them. She had been fiending sleep and had been listening to Virginia and Wolf correspond
quietly. They love each other very much, don't they? She thought to herself. How can a man love her? A killer!
She deserves to be dead! Melody hated Virginia and was getting so sick of how Wolf doted over her constantly. Maybe
there's a spell in my book that can help me torture her just a little. Just a bit before I kill her. Melody planned
silently in her head.
The trio reached the village. By then it was already pretty late and most of the villagers were
sound asleep except for one man who was walking around the street with a lantern.
"Wee Willie Winkle ran through the night. Upstairs, downstairs, in his night cap!"
The man shouted into the night.
"What in the world is he doing? He's going to wake everyone up!" Virginia hissed.
Wolf ignored the question and sat down on a wheel barrel huddling his arms against him. "I
don't care who he is. If he doesn't shut up I'm going to bite his head off!" Wolf growled. The man got closer
to them and was just about to say something again when Wolf snapped at him and growled underneath his breathe.
The man freaked out and ran away.
"Wolf, stop that! Come on, there's an Inn up ahead, let's go there. You can get something
to eat too, Wolf." Virginia began making her way towards the small Inn. Wolf perked up at the idea of eating
so he quickly followed in her wake.
Melody followed slowly behind looking through her book of spells. She squinted through her fake
glasses but couldn't quite make out all the words. If I'm right, this spell should cast hatefulness onto the victim.
She read silently to herself. All she needed was some tea and some other herbs and potions from her bag. This should
work wonderfully. If I have Wolf drink the tea, and have him see Virginia instantly, he will start despising her!
That will make "sweet" Virginia miserable! Melody snickered beneath her breathe and quickly headed into
the Inn to find the kitchen.
A little while later, Wolf had ordered all the food he could eat. Virginia went to go find some
clean water for she didn't trust the muggy water that the Inn served. Melody went up to Wolf and handed him a small
cup of something warm.
"Here, drink this. It should help you with your tummy aches." She said and handed the
cup to Wolf. He grabbed it out of her hand and quickly put it to his lips. "Wait..." Melody said too
late. She had forgotten to get Virginia.
It was too late, Wolf downed the liquid in the cup. He slammed the cup down onto the table, smashing
it into pieces. He looked up at Melody and gave her a warm smile. Something sparkled in his eyes.
"I think that did the trick. I'm feeling better already. Thank you very much, Melody."
Wolf grinned and studied Melody in the dim light of the Inn. He sniffed at the air but couldn't quite find a specific
scent. His sneezing fits had completely disrupted his sense of smell. Melody sure does look scrumptious though.
He thought to himself and panted.
Melody closed her eyes and expected the worst. Now that Wolf had seen her right after drinking
her potion, he should be wanting to kill her by now. But nothing happened. She opened one eye and peeked out. All
she saw was Wolf with a silly grin staring at her. She smiled back and sighed with relief. It didn't work, damn.
She mumbled beneath her breathe. "What was that, sweet Melody? What didn't work?" Wolf asked pulling
a chair out for her to sit down. "Come, join me at my meal. A wolf should never eat alone. Well, actually,
that's just a rule I made up on my own."
Melody ignored his questioning and sat down to eat. Virginia appeared suddenly and handed Wolf
a cup of the cleanest water she could find and a small pink pill. "Huff puff, I don't need that anymore. Melody
here cured my cramps. Can you believe that? Not even with medicine. I think she might be a genius!" Wolf announced
and began chowing down at his meal vigorously. And he accidentally knocked over the water Virginia had brought
him.
"What?" Virginia looked confused. She gave Melody a questioning look and asked, "How
did you ease his cramps?"
"Well, uh....I told the Innkeeper's wife of the problem and she suggested some tea. She
made me a batch and I had Wolf drink some. That was all. It seemed to have worked pretty well." Melody lied.
"Oh. Well, Wolf. You still need to take the pill. It will keep your moods under control
at least." Virginia handed the tiny pill to Wolf. He groaned and whined a bit but he finally took it and swallowed
it whole.
"You needed to take it with water." Virginia exclaimed.
"It went down fine. Don't worry about me. I'm feeling much much better now." Wolf said
between bites of his food.
Virginia looked around for a seat to sit down but there were none available. She had to walk
across the room to find an empty table and pulled the empty chair back to the table they were sitting at. She finally
sat down and just picked at her food.
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