Fairy Ride

"W-wait! I c-can! I can take them off myself, s-stop! stop! STOP IT!" I protested, but my cries fell on deaf eyes, the ladies were ruthless! they ripped apart my clothes throughly! One of them even pinned my arms to my back! My shirt, my shoes, my trousers! they shredded everything! Luckily, they left my briefs alone.

"Pffhahahhahah!" that bastard Barney was laughing at my back, why didn't he warn me earlier!? seriously, what's this guy deal? "Hmmm" Pedro was giving me a weird look, like I was some sort of guinea pig or something, seriously these two are starting to piss me off! "He's tall.... but his frame isn't very impressive, he's a bit too skinny, have Shadowbiter train him, he'll make a good teacherfor this one," the woman, Sammie said.

"..." I try my best to cover myself , the looks everyone is giving me is kinda.... invasive, doesn't help that some of the ladies keep touching my tattoos, "Of course, Vince would love to mold you... if you don't die first, wahahaha!" Barney said, Mold me? if I don't die first? I give Barney the stink eye, he waves his hands sarcastically before winking at me, damn him, I'll pay him back for this!

"Boy, entertain us.... jump into the water," Sammie said coolly, "And if I refuse?" "I'll feed you to my pet" she didn't even hesitate with that, I open my mouth to protest again but decide to give it up, "Look Cas Jnr," Barney said, "all you have to do is swim up to that flag and get it back over here," he continued, pointing at the flag in the middle of the pool, 18m away, it was a long swim and the murky water didn't help my confidence, lord knows what's waiting for me in there.

I sighed resigning myself, I take a step, dipping my toe into the pool to get a feel of the water, "what is this?" I muttered, "Sweetwater, it makes things more enjoyable that way," Sammie said, Enjoyable for whom? This thing didn't feel right, I couldn't touch this water, it's like when my toe tries to make contact some invisible force pushes the water away from it, even weirder is the fact that my toe is clearly floating on something, just not this thing.

"if I don't get wet, then why did you tear off my clothes?" I asked incredulously, Seriously why? "It's more enjoyable for us that way" Sammie said, I nearly snapped, but Barney pushed me inside,

WOOSH

"AH-ah-ah!" I shouted, flailing around helplessly, I couldn't touch anything, I couldn't feel anything, this was stupid! I feel stupid! "Relax kid, just take your time!" Barney bellowed, trying to calm me down.

"No! things won't be interesting if he's too careful! if he doesn't satisfy me, I'll feed him to my pet or give him to the sweet sisters! at least that'll make up for it" Sammie protested, what is wrong with this woman? is she touched in the head? is she- "Woah! WOAH!" I yelled , I'm almost impaled by a pike! guess that's one of the traps Spoke about, I stop moving for a moment and try to study my environment.

It's hopless! I can't see anything anywhere, on my right is brown, on my left is brown, in front of me is brown, everything is flipping brown!

KOK

"Ow!" I rub my head, did someone throw something at me? I look back and I see the purple women gathering small stones to throw at me, Barney Is gesturing me to move on, whilst Pedro stares at me coolly.

KOK KOK KOK

"why you-"

KOK KOK KOK

"stop! STOP-"

KOK KOK

I start to panic and thrash about! I move forward ever so slightly, out of the corner of my eye I see an incoming spiky object... is that mine!? I move as far left as I can to avoid it! it misses me ever so slightly, I sigh in relief but I immediately go back to Panic mode, there's a big net in front of me and I can't move outta the way on time

"At least it won't kill me" I muttered, it caught me, it's a bit heavy but I'm strong enough to balance myself, I try getting it off me but something gets tangled up in it, it's another pike, I don't mind and just continue trying to pull the net off me, the pike continues drifting backwards.... I wonder why objects aren't under the same effect of this strange water like me? may-

BOOM!

something explodes behind me, sending me flying! did something hit the mine!? "AHHHHH" I screamed, I was flying right onto another pike! I'm dead! I'M DEAD!

"NO!" Barney screamed too, I'd be glad he cared if not for the fact I'm about to die, but before I hit the pike, I'm picked up by something long and coiled, "Everything okay master?" Dreadline asked, ah Dreadline, DREADLINE! I kiss the big beautiful bug on the head, the others on the shore looked grossed out, I don't care! He's the only one of this bastards I'm glad to see!

"Master why are we in this place?" Dreadline asked, "emmm, I need to get that flag over there, think you could help me out?" "of course! Centipedes are good swimmers! I'll have it Lickity split!" he cheered, Hmmm, Centipedes can swim? well I remember reading something like that... still this is... wait.... why did I forget about Dreadline all this while? "Master is everything okay? you suddenly look depressed!" "Ah.... it's nothing...."

I could have used him to transverse this accursed

place all this while, shit! well... I'll just make more use of him from now on, "Ah" I muttered, Dreadline is moving through the water with ease! dodging every danger we come across, it's like he can sense everything in his surroundings.

"Voila! here we are!" he chattered, I pluck the flag form the pole and we quickly turn around, so we can make our way back. I'm glad we're done with this stupid waste of time.

"Not so fast! It's too easy now!" Sammie spoke, "Miranda! Summon the Lizard leopards!" She barked.