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December 2005

Lady in the Woods Part II

We return to the hero a few weeks later. The evil shape shifting witch has him under her power and has been physically and emotionally abusing Tayler the Wanderer since he has come under her control.

"Roll around in the burning grass!" yelled the witch.

"Follow my orders!" screamed the witch.

She pushed Tayler the Wanderer over and kicked him in the stomach many a time.

"I am famished from giving you a beating" said the evil shape shifting witch, "Go and find me something to eat."
Tayler the Wanderer walked into the woods.
He went into some scrub-brush and grabbed something special.
He walked over to the evil shape shifting witch.
 
"What have you brought to me?" asked the witch.
"A nasty lizard creature!" screamed the witch.
"What would make you think that I would eat this, this monstrosity!" exclaimed the witch.
"You will burn!" screamed the witch, "Go, and set yourself aflame!"
Tayler the Wanderer set himself on fire. The witch cast a spell so no physical harm would come to him, but he would still be able to feel the pain from the flame.

After a couple hours, the evil shape shifting witch put Tayler the Wanderer out.
A couple days later, the evil shape shifting witch and Tayler the Wanderer were walking through the woods.

"How many confounded times do I have to tell you to keep close!?!" exclaimed to witch, "Now get over here."

Just then, a large branch fell from a tree above Tayler the Wanderer.

BONK!
 
"Wha? Where am I? What happened?" thought Tayler the Wanderer, "The last thing I remember is eating that delicious food from Faylinn and getting a dizzy feeling in my stomach. I also remember setting myself on fire. That food must have had an enchantment on it that gave Faylinn control of me. Blast it! I should have listened to my teachers about taking food from strangers."
"What am I wearing!?!" exclaimed Tayler.
"ARRG!!!" exclaimed Tayler the Wanderer, "I must get this devilry off of me!"

Tayler the Wanderer cut the strange clothing off of himself and then burned it.

"Now I must find that confounded fairy and have a little chat with it." said Tayler.
"There you are." said Tayler, "Why are you wearing those witch-like robes?"

"Ha ha." said the witch, "I am actually a powerful evil shape shifting witch. I looked like a fairy to trick you into eating the enchanted moss. Now I will reveal my true form."
Suddenly, the witches head changed into a fierce monster.

"GRRRR!" said the monster.

"Aahh!" screamed Tayler the Wanderer.

The monster was so fierce looking that Tayler had to take two steps back.
Tayler the Wanderer raised his mighty sword.

"I shall rid your fell spirit from this earth!" exclaimed Tayler.

"You cannot defeat me!" said the monster, "I am..."

Tayler the Wanderer swung his mighty sword and hewed its head off before it could finish it's sentence.
"That'll teach you to talk during a battle." said Tayler to the headless beast.
"Once again, the day is saved by my trusty blade." said Tayler the Wanderer.
"These woods are troubled by this monster no more, thanks to me." said Tayler, "Now, I must get back on with my journey."
And so he made his way back to the path and continued on.

Tune in next month for another great story.