I woke up, my confused mind still believing I was in the castle, standing beside twisting yellow flames, listening to the monster bark out orders. That the blue walls of my bedroom were just a delusion. I bolted upright and I untangled myself from my sheets. Then I hear a rhythmic creaking against the wooden floor, and a split second later, a goblin appeared sitting with his legs crossed next to me in my grandmother’s rocking chair. “Good morning, Aiden,” he snarled as he drummed his bony fingers on his knee. In the sunlight that filtered through the window, he looked downright repulsive. He was older than the hills, with beady red eyes and long, sharp, shiny fangs. “Do you see those?” He pointed to dark shadows flickering on the wall. I
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Instead, I closed my eyes, hoping he would just disappear. But I could smell the beast. Resigned, I opened my eyes again, and he was still there, rocking slowly back and forth. We stared at each other for a while and everything felt strangely frozen. Finally, I screamed. “Now, Aiden, don’t get excited,” he hissed and ran a greenish-yellow hand over his wart-covered forehead. “I said ‘good morning.’ Aren’t you going to be polite and reply?” “Why are you sitting in my grandmother’s rocker? And how do you know my name?” “I know who you are,” he whispered. Then he stood, walked over to the window and gazed out for a moment. “In fact,” he spat out sourly, “I know everything about you.” His voice sent chills down my spine, because he sounded just like the blurred figure I’d heard in my nightmare. “You know I have great powers.” I really only have one and it wasn’t much. The last time I was in Sirethiel I was able to read the centaur’s of Shadow Mountain minds. Who from the waist up, mostly looked like typical guys, but they have the body of a horse. Anyway my power helped to banish a different goblin from the …show more content…
“Here’s what you need to do. Walk through and grab the golden key to the realm of gloom, then bring it back to me. In other words, return to me what’s rightfully mine!” “The key’s not yours,” I said. “It belongs to the ruling family of Sirethiel.” Then, without warning, he turned on me, enraged. “The key’s mine!” he snarled, balling up his fist and shaking it at me. “I want it, and I want it now! Do you understand me, boy?” “All right, I’ll get it for you. But what are you going to do with it?” “I’m going to free my cousin.” He spat and a huge glob of bright green goo landed on the wood floor. “Huh? Who’s your cousin?” “You didn’t know that Gordok, the goblin you helped banish, was my cousin?” “Nuh-uh,” I said and noticed that he reeked of a repulsive combination of decaying rats and stale breath. “It figures, you little fool,” he roared. “I bet you thought he was banished forever, didn’t you? That was a mistake, wasn’t it?” “Uh, yeah, I guess.” “That’s what I thought. You and that King What’s-His-Name assumed he was gone, just an old pile of dust that had slipped through the cracks. But you were wrong.” “Okay, okay, I was wrong, but what about my parents? Are you going to let them
Instead, I closed my eyes, hoping he would just disappear. But I could smell the beast. Resigned, I opened my eyes again, and he was still there, rocking slowly back and forth. We stared at each other for a while and everything felt strangely frozen. Finally, I screamed. “Now, Aiden, don’t get excited,” he hissed and ran a greenish-yellow hand over his wart-covered forehead. “I said ‘good morning.’ Aren’t you going to be polite and reply?” “Why are you sitting in my grandmother’s rocker? And how do you know my name?” “I know who you are,” he whispered. Then he stood, walked over to the window and gazed out for a moment. “In fact,” he spat out sourly, “I know everything about you.” His voice sent chills down my spine, because he sounded just like the blurred figure I’d heard in my nightmare. “You know I have great powers.” I really only have one and it wasn’t much. The last time I was in Sirethiel I was able to read the centaur’s of Shadow Mountain minds. Who from the waist up, mostly looked like typical guys, but they have the body of a horse. Anyway my power helped to banish a different goblin from the …show more content…
“Here’s what you need to do. Walk through and grab the golden key to the realm of gloom, then bring it back to me. In other words, return to me what’s rightfully mine!” “The key’s not yours,” I said. “It belongs to the ruling family of Sirethiel.” Then, without warning, he turned on me, enraged. “The key’s mine!” he snarled, balling up his fist and shaking it at me. “I want it, and I want it now! Do you understand me, boy?” “All right, I’ll get it for you. But what are you going to do with it?” “I’m going to free my cousin.” He spat and a huge glob of bright green goo landed on the wood floor. “Huh? Who’s your cousin?” “You didn’t know that Gordok, the goblin you helped banish, was my cousin?” “Nuh-uh,” I said and noticed that he reeked of a repulsive combination of decaying rats and stale breath. “It figures, you little fool,” he roared. “I bet you thought he was banished forever, didn’t you? That was a mistake, wasn’t it?” “Uh, yeah, I guess.” “That’s what I thought. You and that King What’s-His-Name assumed he was gone, just an old pile of dust that had slipped through the cracks. But you were wrong.” “Okay, okay, I was wrong, but what about my parents? Are you going to let them