Episode 4 The Griffin.

Katie thought she was going to scream but she just managed to hold it in. The griffin edged slowly closer and Captain Yan Herk quietly drew his sword, this however was a mistake; the griffin leaped right at Herk beak wide open…… but mid-leap Captain Yan Herk swung his great sword and gashed the griffin’s side. The wound wasn’t deep, it was enough however to make the griffin rear up on its hind legs and screech. In the process of it all Captain Yan Herk dropped Roy so Katie had to hold him all by herself. Katie just couldn’t manage so Roy fell to the ground and cried out in shocked pain.

Yan Herk swung again, this time making a deep gash in the griffin’s side quite close to the last; that made the griffin screech once more, it was so loud that Katie felt like screeching herself. And then in a flash the griffin dashed away back into the trees. “That’s a relief.” Roy said half muttering. “We must get to the village and fast” explained Captain Yan Herk while picking up a limp Roy.

The three set off, the walk was slow although they were going as fast as they could. This was because in places the ground was very rough and stony. Katie thought of home and how she wished she was there, oh how she wished to see the friendly faces of her family again.

The journey took hours but eventually Roy cried out “There’s the village!” and Katie sighed in relief at the thought of a warm, dry bed. When they came to the village they asked a farmer if there was a healer and the farmer said: “There’s a healer at the far-side of the village just over yonder” pointing to a substantial sized house as he spoke.

They came to the house and left Roy with the healer. The healer said that Roy should hopefully be walking again in no time……

Two days later Roy was struggling off the bed in the healer’s house. From what the healer had said Roy should finally be able to walk again, today. His first step was wobbly but he soon got the hang of it. Looking around the house Roy realised that it was rather strange, familiar perhaps but he just couldn’t put his finger on it. Roy thought he could hear some strange noises coming from the room next door. He stumbled over to the door and opened it a crack. Inside he saw what he thought to be a mysterious creature-like-thing, but he couldn’t quite make it out because the room was too dark…….

By Woody