The Hunt for Mysterical Eggs - Ch. 4

Swift's inn room


While it became darker as stars began to illuminate, Swift was able to nap comfortably after her nightmare. An eerie sound was heard at the entrance of the town trying to wake Swift up but fainted shortly.

"Whatever it is, I'm not buying any of your dirty tricks," she said in her sleep pulling the covers all over herself.

The silent night became still for a little bit as the eerie noise abruptly ended a little bit ago.

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Humthrinas, at night near the entrance


Right around near the entrance of the town, three goons showed up in shady costumes as if the trio were dressing up for Halloween to go trick-or-treating.

"Bartholomew and Grombundt, search every nook and cranny of this town to find that blonde-haired pony-tailed girl," a feminine voice came out from her that sounded familiar.

"Anything you say, your Majesty," Bartholomew bowed in a reply.

"After this," Grombundt began to ask. "Can we try to break in a restaurant and take food? I'm really hungry."

Bartholomew is annoyed with Grombundt's diet of rich cuisine ever since his sidekick was rotund.

"All you ever think about is food, food, food," Bartholomew said. "Just think about capturing this girl for once, no?"

The feminine leader was fed up with their childish behavior. She walked up to them and reminded them Swift is their main target and to never let her get away.

"Will you two home-spun idiots lower down your voices?" The feminine leader calmly reminded them. "We are trying to know where that girl is to keep her in the dungeon zoo, not wake her up just because she'll continue running thus make our capture difficult."

"Sorry, miss." The two henchmen replied in guilt.

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Inside the inn


They found the inn after searching every single part of the town, opened the door as it creaked slowly and hid in other places as if the trio were playing hide-n-seek.

Later not too long, Swift decided to have a midnight stroll. She changed out of her pajamas into her adventure outfit and grabbed her rapier from the corner of her bed. She opened the door slowly, inspected the hallway and sees that nobody is there thus looking devoid by the looks of everyone turned in for the night.

Swift stepped down on the steps of the stairs. She thought about that it is much faster for her to slide down on the rails. She hopped up onto the rails and slid down as if she is going down on a playground chute. Swift was having much delight in joy as she had fun sliding down the rail and then reached the end down to the lobby as she landed successfully and bounced on her butt for a safe landing.

The lobby was dark and dreary with nobody else around. Although it is presumed that everyone in the entire town hit their hays early. She opened the doors and went outside to get some fresh midnight air as the three goons came out from their hiding spots and decided to follow her.

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Outside the inn


Swift walked around the town seeing that all the lights in the buildings including houses have all been turned off. It was good for her because she wouldn't have to stroll through noisy townsfolk who chat about nonsense and this and that.

A night watcher guard rose up from the watch post, confronted and gave Swift a lecture about what the safety is being outside at night alone.

"Young lady," The night watcher spoke in a strict manner. "You do realize that it is midnight and children should be indoors at all costs if you know what's good for your health."

"Like my health is good," Swift replied. "What's good for my health is that I keep eating right and exercise daily," she said with sarcasm.

The night watcher face palmed himself with a hand over his face.

"I don't mean it that way," he said feeling impatient. "You need to go back to the inn until the rooster crows and the stars fade."

"What'll happen if I don't?" Swift said crossing her arms. "I'll fight the snot out of any thug who dares to mess with a small tough chick."

"Look," The night watcher said starting to get mad. "Whether you're a warrior or not, it is my duty to make sure everyone is safe. Please go back into the inn or face the iron bars for the night. What's it going to be?"

"Can I get back to you on that?" Swift answered.

The night watcher eventually gave up and retreated back to his post.

"Fine," he said leaving her no choice. "Do whatever you want!"

"If you get mauled by psychos," he warned her as a reminder. "I won't be there for you."

"That's fine by me," Swift replied and left part of the town. "I don't need anyone to babysit me anyways."

Swift quietly chuckled to herself how well she awarded herself by schooling the night watcher.

Later then, Swift found that all the shops were closed and locked up for the night. Much to her disappointment, she forced herself to head back to the inn and go back to sleep.

Just before she is about to open the door, the two henchmen, Bartholomew and Grombundt appeared out of nowhere and caught her and apprehended her.

"Hey, let go of me, you creeps!" Swift yelled furiously trying to kick them away from her.

"Shaddup, girlie," Grombundt said covering her mouth with his big hand to make her scream and muffle under his hand.

"We've been worried sick about you, Swifty," Bartholomew faking his sympathy for her. "But now you are ours!"

"Good work, men," The feminine figure said with happiness as Bartholomew then tied a bandanna around Swift's mouth to gag her.

"Swifty is part of us now," Grombundt said laughing a little but changed the subject to food again. "But I need to crave on some food right now..."

"Not right this second, Grombundt!" Bartholomew said bonking his bumbling rotund friend on the head.

Swift fore sawed the woman's real identity under the hood of the mysterious costume the woman had on. The woman removed the hood from her head and revealed that it was Miss Stempali the entire time. She had been best known for disguising herself as the evil sorceress and mastering skills in sorcery. Miss Stempali's real identity is Queen Bethrina, the sorceress of evil.

Swift cannot believe with her own two eyes that Miss Stempali had been her boarding teacher before but now she knows the true colors of her intentions. Bartholomew tied chains around Swift's wrists and her feet and propped her over his shoulder and carried her by the time Bartholomew applied chloroform on Swift putting her to sleep, left the town and whisked her far away to Queen Bethrina's castle in the shadowed mountains.