Resumo de The Magical Quest (part 2)

Finding Imoen wouldn''t be as easy as finding Neriak, Halas knew this. And though she was determined to defeat Rallos, she kept thinking that this was only the beginning of her journey and began to wonder if she would ever make it. "You? You wouldn''t last..." Neriak''s words echoed in her ears. ''What if I don''t make it?'' she thought. ''What if Tunaria falls beneath Rallos? What if...'' Halas decided not to drown herself in these optimistic thoughts. And before long, she realized that she stood in an open clearing, the one Neriak had spoke about. Halas whipped around looking for the centaur, but had no luck. ''Where is it?'' wondered Halas, getting quite upset. She plopped down on the grass, weeping. "Now I''ll never make it," she said to herself through tears. "Do not weep, Do not cry, The magic centaur is near by." sang a cheery little voice. "Who said that?" said Halas, whiping away the tears. "Who spoke? It was I When I heard your somber cry." again the little voice sang out his reply. By now Halas was getting to her feet. "Tell me then," she said, "Has Rallos been this way?" "Yes, my child, He has come, Taken all of them, Everyone." the little voice chirped. Then Halas saw it. It was a lovely finch, perched high up in a tree. "Hurry, girl, Be quick do not stay, For Rallos and his men, are coming this way!" Sang out the little bird. Before Halas could hide, Rallos and his men came towards the clearing. "So, you plan to overthrow me?" said Rallos in a cold voice, so cold and horrid that Halas was frozen in place. Her largest fears seemed to stand right in front of her, all of them, here, now. After taking long, terrifying glances at Rallos, Halas let her eyes wonder to one of his awful looking creatures, half man half octopus. Then her eyes fell upon the struggling buddle and it''s feet: it was Neriak. They had captured him! Halas curled up her fists, this was too much. "You will never rule over Tunaria." said Halas bravely. Any one would have to be to hang around Rallos longer than wanted. "What?" he said, fire rising in his eyes. "I WILL be leader!" He cried, which shook the forrest. Then he leaned in close to Halas and whispered, "And you, tyrant, will be the first to go..." Halas tried to look brave, but even a fool could she that she shook form fear. "Bag her!" Rallos ordered, and try as she might, Halas could not escape the octopus-man''s grasp as he wrapped her up and her had Neriak. For that instant Halas wanted to be anything but a hero, because she knew that all she was headed for was trouble. Finally, after a lonf bumpy ride, they took Halas out of the bag and loaded her onto a boat. Observing carefully, Halas quickly noticed that Rallos wasn''t in sight, but Neriak was sitting opposite her, on the other side of the boat. The octopus-man tied her hands beind her back and sat her down on the boat and ordered the other creatures to row off the shore. They started moving. "Where are you taking us?" asked Halas, yet again bravely. The laughed loudly, and then the octopus-man spoke, "To the Black Isle." ''To the Black Isle.'' Halas had heard of this place. It was where Rallos used to, well now does rule. It was said to lie out north of Tunaria, in the Sea of Darkness. Halas knew that it was on that isle that Rallos''s dark castle stood. What else was there, she did not know. But by the looks of these creatures, Halas didn''t want to book any trips there. After much rowing and shouting, a large island could be seen in the distance. "The Black Isle," Halas mumbled to herself. It was rather large. Feeling quite uncomfortable, Halas tried to shift her hands in a different position, but all that did was tighten the rope and scape it against her soft, delicate wrists. She looked over her shoulder to see how they were tied, but it was not use. She knew nothing about how to untie ropes, let alone unting them when they''re beind your back. Then the boat stopped with a jerk. And the straand Neriak behind them. They each let out cries of pain, as their backs and sides hit the hard earth, and no doubt left many scarrs and brusies. Although the cries were very loud, they were ignored. When they had walked about twenty feet, the men stopped and pulled Halas and Neriak to their feet and beofre them stood the largest, most dark building Halas had ever seen. She could only stare at it for a momen, however, because the men quickly pulled them inside. Unsurprisingly, the inside was just as big, the ceiling reaching up for several feet. There wasn''t much in the first room, just a black carpet leading to a massive throne and one or two long tables on the sides, but the creatures took them off to the west of that and threw them down into a dark, slimy room, which Halas immediatly thought was the dungeon. They then untied the rope, the shut the large door behind them. There was only one lit toarch, the others must have gone out, due to how cold it was. Halas hugged Neriak and thanked God that they were both alive, and together. They didn''t see any other life, but as they looked behind them, a long hallway extended, so long that the end looked like only a little black spot. And sounds seemed to come from there, so Neriak and Halas thought it wise to sleep in the first room for tonight, and explore the rest tommorrow. After all, they would probably be staying for a while.

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