Brian was lying on the ground, with his eyes closed and a terrible headache. For a moment he had no idea where he was, he could only listen to the birds that were singing their lovely songs. When he remembered again, he slowly opened his eyes. The first thing he saw was a beautiful clear sky. When he looked around he noticed that he was lying on the ground on an open spot in a forest. Mical and Laughly where lying a couple of metres away of him, both looking asleep. Moy was looking with to big eyes at Brian, with a waggling tail.
"Moy," Brian said with a smile. Slowly was Brian getting on his feet again, his headache ignoring. Moy was jumping up and down beside him, totally excited that his master was awake again.
"Moy, I'm gonna take a look if Laugh and Mical are alright."
"I guess I'm still alive, but I'm�not sure," says the soft voice of Laughly.
"Sounds alive to me," says Brian with a big grin and he walks towards Mical. He bends over him and looks him right in the face.
"Mical? Are you awake?"
"O, please Littrell� this is not really the greatest way to wake up, seeing your face."
Brian looks in the two twinkling eyes of Mical.
"Well, your aren't either miss world at the moment." Laughly starts to giggle and soon they are all lying on the ground laughing, with Moy jumping between them.
"OMG I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard in my live," says Mical after a couple of minutes.
"Where are we anyway?" asks Brian.
"I know this place," answers Mical, "I always takes this spot when I'm going to get some illegal things, like food or anything."
Brian gives him a strange look. "Illegal things?"
"Yes, our world has got a lot of rules. Sometimes we simply don't have enough money to buy food or clothes or anything like this� then we need to get it the illegal way. This is a road to a little hidden cage in which an old woman has got clothes and food. When you need something you can go to that place and she always has got it� the Eru's don't know about her� they think that she is just a fairytale�. Sometimes it feels like she can use magic�. When you need a weapon or anything she has got it� she gives it to you even before you ask of it�"
"Weapons???"
"Yeah, nice-guy�. It is not REALLY going to help for your imago that you are stuck with us two� We are not really happy with what's going on in Lythari and we are kind of� fighting against it� We don't kill humans and killing an Eru is impossible� but weapons can still be very useful."
Brian looks from Mical to Laughly. He shakes his head "And you both look so innocently!"
"Maybe that's our strength," says Laughly with a smile.
"You two are able to surprise me every time."
"Okay, but I think we better decide what we are going to do now� I mean, we just escaped from those Eru's and I don't want to be caught again if you two don't mind," Mical looks at Laughly and Brian, "How did you know that anyways, Brian?"
"I don't know by myself� it was that weird guy Herbert who spoke in my head."
"HERBERT?!?! You talked with Herbert?"
"Yes, and what's with that Herbert guy anyway? Who is that? And why are you always so surprised when I mention him?"
Mical and Laughly gave each other a look.
"Brian?" Laughly grasps his arm, "We are gonna explain that later too you� we first need to go away from here� before the Eru's are back."
Suddenly Laughly realises something.
"Brian! You were stabbed!! By the leader!"
Brian immediately looks down at his stomach. He remembers it again. The leader of the Eru's had played with him and stabbed him with his sword. He lifted up his shirt, which was totally intact. Not the slightest clue that he was stabbed was seen on his skin.
"I� I can't believe it!"
On that moment Moy starts to 'talk' again. "Hufrrrrr rrry�.FROT"
"Your right Moy� Mical. When those Eru's don't know about that woman in the cave, why don't we go to her then? Maybe she even knows where the door is or can gives us a clue?" orders Laughly.
"Your right Laugh. Brian we are going to wonder about your belly later� maybe She even knows how that is possible� we need to hurry."
Brian is still shocked, but he totally realises the urge of their leaving. He had already learned to listen too what Moy had to tell, because that had saved him already a couple of times before.
"I will follow you two� sorry three," he says with a gaze at Moy.
"Follow me then� I know the way. Just be quiet!"
Laughly, Brian and Moy follow Mical right into the forest to the woman in the cave.
Chapter 17 - Sam
It was somewhere in the middle of the night. They had walked until it became dark and then they had rested for an hour. Right now they were walking again, silently after each other.
"Were now almost there," whispers Mical.
"It's about time," whispers Laughly under her breath.
Brian says nothing. In the hours of their walk they didn't spoke with each other and Brian's thoughts had driven away to his own world, to his family and friends. How strange it maybe looked like, but he was starting to like it were he was right now. Although the entire running away and alleys he really started to like it� mostly because of his three new friends Laughly, Moy and Mical. But his thoughts had now drifted away towards his own home. He didn't even know how long he was here yet� he simply couldn't remember. Brian was thinking about what would happen when his family and friends would be here too�
<Wait a sec� don't I wanna go back then? Why am I not thinking what would happen if Laughly, Moy and Mical would go to my world� With Moy it would be impossible�. Am I really want to go back?>
Brian was shocked after this confessing to himself. DID he want to go back� or did he want to stay here? It was impossible for him to stay here, but he knew deep inside that he would miss Laughly, Mical and Moy very much�
<If I would ever get back to my own world I would never be the same again� I would miss them too much� I miss my friends and family also very much�>
Brian was so deep in thoughts that he didn't notice that they had exactly arrived at the cave. "Waky, waky nice-guy," whispers Mical teasingly. Laughly gives him only a worried look. "We are there."
"So Mical, you finally found your way back to my cave," says a nice woman voice suddenly. Out of the darkness steps an old lady, with a green skirt and shirt. She has got white hair in a little knot.
"And I see you've brought your friends with you," the old lady steps in front of Laughly and gives her a hand, "Hello, sweetheart. You are doing a great job, only look out for your feelings." Laughly starts to blush.
"And you are that lake man. Don't worry� B-Rok, You don't have to fear me� I will help you. First get in you three."
Brian looks with big eyes at the old lady in front of him. "How did you know that name?"
"I saw it," is the simple reply. "Ow sorry cutie, I didn't see you!" She bents towards Moy, "You are invited too of course."
They follow here inside the cave. The further they walked, the more Brian is surprised. It doesn't really look like he imagined it. He thought it would look, like a cave should, dirty, cold and wet, but it's more like a normal house to him. They are walking to a very long corridor, with pink wallpaper and little pictures and paintings on the wall. He on the pictures he recognises Dol Guldur and Mical, surrounded by a lot of other people. He also sees the old lady on some of the pictures. Finally they arrive in the 'living room' as you can call it that way. It is a room that almost looks endlessly big, like it has got no walls at all. It has got very colourful furniture and it looks very pleasant.
"Welcome," the old lady says with a smile, "sit down somewhere then I shall get you all a drink, 'cause I think you can need then and after that you are all going to sleep."
"But�"
"No, but Mical. You all need a good rest, 'cause you all have been through enough I believe." And the old lady leaves.
"What a remarkable lady is that," says Laughly, "how did you meet her?"
"Well, I first thought, as everybody, that she was just a legend or like the Eru's say a fairytale."
"A fairytale?"
Mical looks at Brian. "You know that I already start to forget that you are not from here? Sorry, Bri� I shall tell you the story first. There was once a little girl called Samantha, she lived a long, long time ago in Lythari. Even before the Eru's came. She lived together with her mother in a little house near Dol Guldur. Samantha had beautiful dreams and she could create dreams on her own. One day she found out that she could do that but she told it too nobody, afraid that they might say that she was crazy. Then the Eru's came and when the first came they weren't like they are now, they now have only one goal and that is getting the people from the lake or the people who don't listen to the rules. At that time they simply wanted to play their own sick games on humans and they didn't care on whom. The Eru's cased Samantha's mother and killed her in a terrible way, they left Samantha for death in the little house. But Samantha had her dreams. In her dreams she had found a way to survive the attack. She created her own little world in which her wounds disappeared. After hundreds of years her dreams came back, she was still living in that world. She dreamed about her mother and the Eru's and she wanted to go back to Lythari. So she came and she started to live in a cave, where she helped everybody who was trying to fight the Eru's. She is the only one who once survived the attack�"
"So this old lady is that girl Samantha?"
"Indeed, lakeman, my name is Samantha, but simply call me Sam."
Brian could only stare at her.
She gave him a smile. "To answer your question Laughly� I met your Mical in this same forest when he was trying to get some food. That's how I met him and since that day he come to me with news and I help him with your little plans to undermine the rules. I've made a drink for you that will give you some strength and will give you a peaceful sleep. Don't be afraid, we will talk tomorrow."
Without fear drank Mical the drink. Laughly and Brian hesitated, but, after a look at each other, they drunk it too. A pleasant feeling came over them and when Sam led them too some beds the fell down on it and slept immediately.
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