With a THWAP! the door was closed (and just in the nick o' time!). Fred
whirled and
couldn't believe his eyes - it was Baron Lazar of the independant Duchy of
Franken! He
was the Baronet of Phear - which bordered the Baronet of Haunt within that
Duchy. But
what was he doing here?
"What are you doing here?!!?" said Fred. "Well that's a hello-how-do-you-do for ya!" said the Baron a bit put off. "I was gonna ask you the same thing, after thanking you for helping me, but with that kinda attitude..." Fred was confused. First he found himself on a beach, then he spied this castle covered in a deep fog. Where was he? How did he get to this beach? To whom belonged the castle shrouded in fog? But all these questions were pushed aside as he saw the girl in red. ~~but that can't be...~~ thought Fred. The girl looked exactly like his sister Rowena, but (as he said) that couldn't be, because she had been dead for three years! She beckoned to him and he came close. It was his sister! And then the stench hit his nostrils. Her arms were open for an embrace, and he saw her flesh, as white as silk, as pale as death. She moved towards him and her gait was just off normal, as if her muscles weren't cooperating, as if her ligaments were stretched too tight. And then Fred knew the true nature of what he was looking at: zombie! He couldn't bear the idea of decapitating his beloved Wen and so he ran, and ran and ran. He went towards what he hoped would be safety; the castle. He soon found out how wrong he was. It seemed as if each room, each corridor held the animated corpse of some man or woman, peasant or noble. Hours had passed since he found himself on that cold beach, hours passed since he found himself within the stone and mortar of the castle. He seethed at the thought of what someone had done to his sister's corpse. He would not flee the place until he made whoever did this pay. And yet, with so many other walking dead, Fred soon became very, very weary. He knew he was in a desperate race against time to get the heavy bookcase in front of the door, a race that would only end in life or death. And then, miracle of miracles, the Baronet of Phear just happened to be in that same room. "So, how did you get here?" asked Fred. "How did I get here???" replied the Baron. "How in the bloody blazes did you get here? This is the castle of my first cousin thrice removed, the Castle Blynd. I was here visiting when that damnable fog arose, as if out the ShadowRealm itself! The next thing I know, my cousin's gone and the place is a mad house! Why, I had to cut a chambermaid's head clean off before she had a chance to eat me alive!"
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