Chapter 12

Evil laughter was what woke up Sally, Sam and Sarah. They had struggled all night to escape but whoever had kidnapped them knocked them out cold and they woke up the next day to the sound of evil laughter.

Sam struggled first to wake up opening his eyes to see where he was. Looking around he saw he was tided to a chair with strong ropes both his hands and feet were tided. His mouth was covered with something but he could see everything. He saw Sarah and Sally were barely awake themselves. They both had bumps on their heads and looked horrible from the time of struggle. Sam sighed and looked for the source of the laughter.

Sarah looked at Sam the first thing when she woke up. She realized she was tided to a chair and the ropes seemed stronger then the usual ones. Her feet were bound as were her legs and her mouth was covered so she could not scream nor talk or do anything at all. In horror she looked at Sam who finally looked at her mirroring the same facial expression she had on.

Sally was the last to wake up. She looked first at Sarah and then at Sam they were all in the same bad way. Spread out a few feet apart each on a chair. Ropes bounding their feet, hands, and something covering their mouths. All three now awake finally located the source of the evil laughter that had awoken them from being knocked out the night before. It had been one day since this whole kidnapping had began.

With no ability to talk to them Sam began to think. ‘We got here when? Oh no. We got here two days ago. If we do not out of here in five days the time will start ticking by. And a month there will be no point. At least we have our mom if that happens and each other.’ Sam sighed under his mouth piece and closed his eyes.

Sarah was crying. She looked at Sam desperate to talk to the one she could always talk to. Her mom was struggling and starting to cry too she could see it. She looked at the Evil Wizard finally and made eye contact. He was as evil as she could ever have imagined him. Standing there staring at the three of them. He was tall with long stringy gray and white hair. He had bags under his eyes like he never slept and lots of wrinkles. There were yellow eyes like a dog or cats. He was growling at them now as if he was the wolf he turned into. And laughing that horrible laugh again.

Sally had very few things to think about. Except she was with her kids, they were all safe for now. But things could get bad. No one survived when the wizard took them in. She had heard and even witnessed the people being killed by him. They told visitors it was a plague or something else. But really the wizard hated humans since he himself was not one anymore not really. So he had been for years killing them off keeping their number to as close to 100 as possible. And that is what she could never have told the kids till now. She heard stories and witnessed it first hand. This was not just any wizard he was the most evil of all of them so he alone could finish them off and no one would notice. Everyone thought they went home they were so close just inches from the door when he swooped in. Now her kids dear Sam and Sarah would be stuck here for good and no memories of it at all if they survived the next few weeks that is. But who knew?

“Well hello there Sarah and Sam we meet at last. My name is well let me just call myself Evil Wizard. I had a name too once. When I was a kid before I discovered my magic abilities before a werewolf bit me. I was human too. People called me Frank. Yes Frank was my name. Then over the years and I am very old as old as there can be. I began to lose my ability to want to even speak to humans. It is what happens when you lose your ability to stay human. I began to get more and more powerful. Soon no one was able to stop me. I killed off the humans one by one leaving as few as possible alive. I called it a plague if anyone noticed but it was me. I would kidnap them, torture them and kill them right where you are now. So you ask why did I take you from leaving here for good? I knew you would not come back for sometime if ever. You had your mom you were happy. So I did what I could and got all three of you before anyone noticed. Now you will stay here for good. I will kill you, yes I will. I will torture you, yes like you would not believe. But before I do all that I will go to YOUR world. I will get rid of all humans one by one. I am the most powerful wizard in my world and I am sure in yours too. Once I have gotten rid of the chances of one more person finding a stupid secret door I will come back here and will kill you then. But for now sit tight it is going to be a bumpy ride for a while.” Evil Wizard paused for a minute thinking before speaking again.

“It is too bad that stupid rule of you have to be here no more than a week or time moves on or a month and you are stuck here. I do not think a month is long enough to take over your world it could take years. So I guess you will be tortured here long after your memories will be wiped away. I have covered your mouths so you do not speak while I am telling you my evil plans. And you do not yell for anyone can hear you speak even here. Like that stupid Sir P. That silly thing that calls itself a Pegasus. Pegasus should rule the world. They are magical, flying, talking creatures. Yet they seem to like being guides for the stupid humans who invade our lands from earth just to see it all and maybe stay. Ugh you humans! Humans who have been my enemy for centuries, for years. I should do away with every creature on this planet. There should not be any humans but no I have mercy to let all the humans live by keep it low. I feed them to my evil friends from time to time. My dragons are so evil they are almost as bad as me. I have used magic to turn them and keep them this way and they have grown to respect and love me but hate all I hate. Yes my dragons oh yes they are hungry. But I will not give in and give you them this soon not yet. Haha. I must be off…” Evil Wizard turned to walk away but before doing so he turned around one more time.

“Since you are human I am sure you need food, water and all that. Whatever. I am torturing you so just enjoy not having such things. The mouth things will not come off. Unless you find a way to read each others minds then you will not be able to talk to each other in any way. In fact I am tempted to blind fold you but how would I not show you all the things I have done. I am going to sneak now into your world and kill everyone. Starting with your stupid grandparents and blow that house up so you can not get home. Oh I will find another door myself then and only then will I do so or I could not get back here. I have heard stories I truly have of people who went from here to there. It is just like here one month to forget it all unless you are from there like stupid Sally here. Oh yes oh yes I do not want to forget it all. I will see you all in a months time if that. Haha. Good bye my unfortunate human enemies!”

Grandpa noticed the twins not coming back when it had been a week and a minute had passed. He recalled this rule all too well because he had once stayed more than a week and that minute had got him in trouble as his wife had noticed him being gone. Even his son had gone past the minute rule but that was when he was trying to recover Sally so it was forgiven in the end. What is five minutes to find the love of your life? When it had been one minute he got himself ready to go into Blue Planet and find out what was going on. He did not know what he would find but he had to make sure his two grandkids and if she was with them, their mother was alright.

He packed a bag and some waters and dragged it all with him with his food coloring. He would need a guide right? Oh he could get one he was sure one of the Pegasus would be nice enough to help him out. It would be nice to see the King, Queen and all the humans too. He had made so many friends when he was last there and time never seem to age them they did not seem to grow older once they were adults that is. The kids did grow up he knew that one well too as his son used to tell him stories.

Once he entered the world he noticed something different. It seemed darker then he had recalled. The three suns still shown in the sky but they were covered by clouds. The dark area of the planet seemed to have grown. He noticed all this before shutting the door and putting down the coloring. Climbing the mountain was not easy he only got so far and then called for a guide like he recalled to do.

Sir P flew to his side and gasped upon arrival. “Oh my gosh. It is YOU sir. I have not seen you in so long. I am so happy. I was only a baby when we met. Do you recall me? My name now is Sir P but back then it was Little P.” He smiled big up at Grandpa. Grandpa was frowning and thinking before replying. “Oh yes. You was just a baby. I recall you was just a weeks old when I last saw you. How have you been? Are you the main guide here now? You must know my grand kids Sam and Sarah?” Grandpa smiled at him but Sir P frowned.

“You do not know what has happened do you not? I am sure since you are here that you must know something is wrong. Sally went with Sam and Sarah to go through to their world. We see all things but the one thing we can not see is when evil things happen it blinds us. We saw the three of them about to enter your world a week ago. Then when the Evil Wizard came in front of them they disappeared we feared the worst. But none of us have been able to get up there yet to the castle. That is where we fear they are. I do not know what his plan is but all humans he has stolen from us never come back alive. He has it in for us for a while even worse then when you used to come. He seems to hate all creatures especially humans and more and more have been going missing over the years. He keeps us down to 100. When you came here they had 300 in the village I was told most of this when I got a bit older how every year so many died mysteriously but none would tell me the truth the tortures, the screaming the kidnapping, the deaths by the wizard. He has not bothered anyone in sometime especially not any visitors but he took a liking to the twins from day one and so this was a surprise but not as much a shock as any.” Sir P frowned again looking towards the evil castle.

“We fear the worse for them because whenever Evil Wizard has taken someone our world grows darker and the skies grow grayer. We get more rain. His part of the planet has grown again and now you are here so I hope we can rescue them before it is too late. That is if it not too late already. Do you want to talk to the King and Queen. I am sure they will talk to you if you like.” Sir P. waited for Grandpa to speak.

Grandpa looked worried towards the castle and then back at Sir P thinking to himself. Finally he spoke. “Yes that is the best thing take me to the castle we must figure things out. We must rescue them and this wizard must be stopped for good there has to be a way.”

Flying as quick as possible Sir P dropped Grandpa off at the gate. Once announced he walked into the courts where the King and Queen welcomed him but not with smiles like they always did. The kids were standing on the side looking sad and afraid.

“Hello again. Welcome back. I am sorry to say you have come at such a horrible time. I am sure Sir P has caught you up on your grandkids, and on dear Sally. We wanted you to come here so we could speak to you about all this and figure out what you want to do next. We have been working on gathering our best fighting men together. Our army that protects us here at the castle is small we only have about twenty soldiers but they are willing to come. We have been speaking with all the creatures of the land having them gather their best fighters so we can fight the wizard but I fear we must move quickly I do not know how much longer those three will be alive. A week is a long time in our world so much could have happened by now.” The King stopped and looked at the Queen and his kids worried still.

Grandpa looked at them all and simply replied “We must fight. They are good people. We must win. That evil wizard can no longer live here. This is something we must do. I wish I knew his plans. Let us gather, let us fight please let us win this!”

A meeting was called that day and all creatures sent their best leaders to help figure things out. They talked for sometime and made a plan they thought was best. In two days they would gather together at the bottom of the hill and descend on the castle to fight the wizard.

Meanwhile the Evil Wizard had not been able to leave yet. He had tried on several attempts to exit through the secret door. But the door had not opened to him. He could not pull it open so he had finally pulled the cloth off the mouth of Sam and Sarah to find out why it would not work he had to know. He had to get to their world!

“You MUST tell me. Why can I not enter your world? I have never tried before but there has to be a reason why. Tell me. Tell me NOW!” He screamed at them waiting for them to reply. But they had no answer. For they had both been thinking about it since they had heard when he left and could not leave them for good. They knew the reply but would not say.

When they had not replied he glared at them both and laughed evil suddenly. “Well if you wont tell me I will do this much. I will kill your mother right here in front of you. I will do it now. Then I will FORCE you tell me. I have magic beyond belief and it will not be hard to force you tell me what I need to know. So either tell me on your own or I will force it out of you after Sally is dead. Do I make myself clear.” Pointing his wand right at Sally making his point he waited for them to reply.

Sarah started crying again and was unable to speak. While Sam looked at her he finally spoke for the first time in a week it felt strange speaking when he had not spoke at all. “Okay.” He gasped man speaking felt strange. “I will tell you. From what we gather is that if you are not from our world you need someone who is from there that came from there to take you. So one of us would have to go with you. Sally was only able to come with us because we was taking her. So you must take someone and I think you should take me. I do not think Sarah would make it she is too much a mess. You stupid evil thing are stressing her out. She is such a fragile thing look at her crying over there. Just let us go and forget this plan it is not going to work. You will never rule our world we have forces, we have armies we have battles. We have had wars before you really think one ‘wizard’ will rule us ALL? NO way!” Sam shouted at him struggling in his ropes. Tired, hungry, thirsty all rolled up finally had hit Sam at one time making him extra angry.

The Evil Wizard laughing again. “Stupid boy. Of course I will rule I do not care for your human weapons your guns, your swords, your knives. I will win with a wand I will win with my powers. I will win because I have gaining power with every kill of you stupid humans. I know if I keep killing I will keep winning it is how I work you stupid child. So I will drag you with me them. You will be my guide to your world. So do not think about it twice of running away. Of leaving me. Tomorrow we leave. Yes tomorrow we leave. But I guess you need your stupid strength so tonight you will all get food and water. I do not want you dying on me before I get back or you dying on me before we get to the door. Haha.” The Evil Wizard left bringing back some cold food and dirty water and throwing it down at their feet before untying their arms so they could eat and drink.

The next day the forces at the castle were gathering together preparing to battle when it was dawn of the next day. They had decided it would be best to start up the mountain when it was dark and get there to begin before it was barely light. Even if it was dangerous the creatures in those forest were almost as evil as the wizard. That is where the werewolves lived and not one creature from Blue Planet wanted to be like the wizard and turn to a wolf every full moon.

Grandpa had been trying to stay brave not knowing what would happen to his grandkids, his daughter in law or any of the friends he had here on this planet. These people he looked into their eyes were the ones to befriend him on us adventures here. He had loved them so much and hated not coming back when he finally had left for good. Now he was back and the reunion was not a joyous one at all it was too harsh to think about it.

As the suns climbed the sky that day the Evil Wizard was preparing for his invasion onto Planet Earth. He had just untied Sam and was dragging him towards the entrance to the castle. Where his trusty evil dragon awaited him. Sam had tried on several attempts to yell for help. He had aimed his yelling to Sir P since that Pegasus had great hearing. But realized sadly that no one could hear him not in this part of the planet. He had guessed this when the Evil Wizard had stormed in and told him that himself.

“You stupid boy. No one can hear you. I wanted you to think you could yell your way to freedom. But this area is a sound barer. I can hear them but they can not hear you. So yell all you want for anyone to help you. No one will come. The only ones that can hear you now are you silly mom and stupid sister and they will not be alive much longer once we get back here how ever long this may take. So there! Let us go now and get to work on taking over your world!”

By afternoon Evil Wizard had dragged Sam to the door way entrance. Sam had been fighting him the whole way to not open the door. But of course the door opened for Sam and since the Evil Wizard was right there the door had let them both in.

Once inside their grandparents home the Evil Wizard had almost tortured it on sight before recalling he needed a way to get back home. “Okay you stupid child. Do you understand me? Do not tell your grandparents anything or they will be tortured like the rest of you. I will not have mercy as I planned and kill them when I see them whenever that is. Let us get out of here and leave this house for I must figure out how I will win and kill all humans of your world!” The Evil Wizard dragged poor Sam through the front door out onto the lawn. He glared up at the sun in the sky. “You only have ONE sun? Well isn’t that swell! I hope you have more than one moon? I am guessing not so. Ugh. This world makes me sick. To think of years of imaging it now it is horrible worse then I have ever seen. Does magic even exist here? I doubt so I doubt it!” Evil Wizard growled dragging Sam down the street towards the main city.

Sam had been thinking about things while being dragged along. He wanted to scream out but no one seem to notice either of them. He had no idea why this was. But he wondered if his world only had one sun and one moon if that would have any affect on the magic the wizard possessed. He did not want to suggest this but let Evil find out for himself. They reached the city in no time as the wizard seemed to be able to walk as fast as if he were flying but he had not used one bit of magic yet in this world. Not one bit had been used from the running to the going to town.

Meanwhile back on Planet Blue. The creatures had gathered and began their descent onto the castle dark at night. By morning they had reached the gates. Ready to storm it and battle out the wizard where ever he might be. Grandpa was at the head of the line with the humans mostly hiding behind the other creatures all ready to battle and rescue if there was anyone left to do so. The darkness had gathered with them as if to fight them every step of the way. As dawn approached they got ready to storm the gates.