I woke up, with a cold breeze slapping my face. My eyes snapped open, as I looked around. I weren't in the forest that I fell asleep in. I looked at my arms...but I had none. I screamed in fear, as I dashed to a puddle to look at my reflection. Nothing was there.

Did I die? Did I not remember? I realised I was in a castle...but not Jin's... I walked around and spotted a guard.

"Um, hello?" I asked him. He said nothing. I flinched and tapped his shoulder.

"Hello!?" Nothing. Was I invisible? Where am I!? What's happening!? My heart dropped to my stomach, as I saw the man I hated. Nick. He seemed to be very raged about something...

He suddenly screamed.

"Did any of you find him!?"

Who? Jin? Aphmau?

"No my king." The fat guard whispered. He glared at him, calmly.

"Go find him now!" Nick roared.

"Yes, my king." I flinched. Who are they after? Someone in my castle? It could be me or Barney! Fear traveled through me. I waited for a while to find out who they were hunting down.

"Ross is nowhere to be seen." Nick told himself. Ross? Who is that? Why would they want him.

"Ugh...that peasant..." Now...why would they want a peasant? Do they want to kill him? Bring him back to work? All these questions scramble in my head like puzzles, argh!

I jumped, as I felt something soft touch my forehead. It was Astro. He gave me a worried look. Maybe I was talking or something in my sleep. I pat his head and peered over to check on Barney. He was still sleeping. I a bit of sand in my mouth, as I coughed it out. I yawned, my arms trying to touch the sky. As the sun began to rise, Barney woke up.

"Hi." He groaned bluntly.

"No insult?" I growled. He said nothing, surprisingly. We packed our things and mounted our horses.

"I'll take the lead." Barney offered, as he lashed the reigns.

*****

While we were on the path, we saw this two girls by the side of the road. They were waving at us, trying to get our attention. We pulled over, and stopped beside them.

"Um, do you want to talk to us?" Barney asked. A girl with black hair nodded.

"Yes...You looked very tired... Do you want to stay in our house for a while?" We recoiled at the requests, but shook our heads.

"Oh, no thanks." I said. "We are on a quest. We are knights." The girl with brown hair seemed thrilled.

"A quest!? For what?" We explained to them about The Flare Potion and Jin's and Nick's castle.

"What's your names?" The black haired girl asked.

"I'm Sky, this is Barney."

The black haired girl said,

"I'm Jess, and this is Ashley." Ashley waved shyly.

"Well, we should get going..." Barney grunted.

"Wait!" The girls yelled, as my ears began to ring. I shook my head.

"What?" I growled, growing inpatient.

"Can we come with you? We have horses."