Zaila walked into her room and closed the door behind her. The two attendants in which she had dismissed from the market place, looked like they had been waiting there for her for quite awhile. She looked at the girls, and sighed softly. "You're dismissed for the night." She told them. "I did not mean to make you wait this long." She added.
The pair both bowed their heads to Zaila, and walked out of her room in silence.
Zaila sighed heavily, and walked over to one of the windows. 'He really intends to keep me caged...even after death.' She thought to herself.

Zaila opened her bedroom window, and morphed into her full animal form. She lept onto the roof (this time remembering her bow), and stealthily ran across the roof to a nearby balcony not in use...since it was part of the guest quarters currently not in use. From the balcony, she made her way to the ground. From their she sped throughout the city's shadows and over the walls....or rather through them, since there were several places that she could sneak out of the city from.
Once she was far enough away from the city, she transformed into her half-human form....for the better hearing really...and made her way to the goblin settlement.

"Well isn't that adorable." Zaila commented, as she walked towards Beelzenef, still in her half-human form.

"I was bored." Zaila said, as she walked closer to Beelzenef. "I'm fine." She replied with a smile.

Tyrcestus nodded, and was about to say more when a wizened old man suddenly tottered in, looking absolutely abysmally sozzled.
Upon seeing Tyrcestus and Trinity however, he laughed upon seeing the look on Ty's face.
"About bloody *hic* time, my boy. Go on, go live your life free of this godforsaken place. Take any potions you want, I just can't believe you've been such a bloo- *hic* bloody *hic* door *hic* mat!"
That said, he somehow managed to fall upstairs, gave one hearty laugh, muttered something about "that lady ripping me off, I only got two holes when she promised three" and then the door slammed.

Tyrcestus was ever-so-slightly stunned.
"Well... that was... easy..."

"I'm Peter miss Lucy nice to meet you" he stretched out his hand for a handshake. "And that sounds nice having a place to stay tonight would be good, thank you. If you would excuse me for a moment" He went inside the bakery and bought a loaf of bread leaving him with a very little money left. He walked back out, leaned towards Lucy and whispered "off their rocker and greedy"

Zaila nodded her head. "I'm curious to see both." She replied.

Tyrcestus walked to the wall of potions, and opened his jacket. Inside were four vial holders.
"Hmm..."

After looking through them, he took a pale blue one.
"Ice Formula. Will instantly freeze whatever it touches. You never know."
Then a pleasant green one.
"This is rather handy... Each drop instantly duplicates whatever it touches. Only got about twenty or so drops in there, though..."
He then reached to the back shelf and took a dark purple one, which he pocketed without comment.
And finally, he reached up to the very very top shelf and took a golden vial, where the bubbles flowed freely... however, they flowed downward.
"Frobscottle. Utterly forbidden, but in case we need to -"

He was cut off by the sound of angry thumping.
"She's in here!"

He quickly turned to the back door.
Then he looked back at Trinity and winked.
"Race you."

Tyrcestus shot her a wink.
"Er... yeah!"

The next second, they were out the back door.
Tyrcestus shouted over his shoulder.
"Everyone, look, a genuine witch with a big warty nose and a magic broomstick!"

As the mob turned, confused, Tyrcestus and Trinity slipped from building to building to the outskirts of town.
"In all the magical people I've met, not one has got a broomstick. Not one. I'm starting to think it's a myth, I really am."

They arrived at the lodge, and he paid for a room for two nights.
After settling their fares with the landlord, they trudged to their room and collapsed.
"Well, we have no change of clothes, barely any money, only our wits, some magic, a cat form or two, a few potions, and an entire world to explore."
He looked at Trinity, flushed.
"I've never had so much fun in my life!"

"I'm impressed." Zaila commented. "You work quickly...even more quickly that humans."

He started to follow her into the woods. "Yes i'm sure you do, but the least I could do is bring something. After all you are inviting me to your home."

"Eeeeeyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!"
There was a godawful crunch, and the leaves fell straight out of a nearby tree.
A young witch - who was so clearly a witch you simply couldn't think anything else upon seeing her (for crying out loud, she had a big pointy hat and a broomstick with handlebars) then promptly fell out of it.
"Ow..."

She got up, then looked at the lodge.
"Eyah..."
Then she skipped merrily inside.
"Can I have a room PWEAAAAAAAASE?" she begged the lodge owner, who shook his head.
"No rooms."
"I wanna room, I wanna room, I WANNA ROOM!" she yelled, stamping her feet.
A thunderbolt promptly leapt out of the clear blue sky and incinerated the tree she'd landed in.
The landlord, taken aback, promptly apologized, and said that she could share the room with the most recent tenants, a boy and a girl...


Tyrcestus looked at Trinity. "We need a bag of gold. And maybe some clothes."

As if on cue, the door banged open - and a broomstick flew in at top speed and hit Tyrcestus straight in the chest, bowling him over the bed.
"Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh nya!!!"
A bubbly green haired young lady, about Trinity's age, bounced into the room wearing a proud black pointy witch's hat, and a set of black and green robes.
"I'm sowwy, I'm sowwy, I'm sowwy!"
She promptly noticed Trinity.
"KITTY!!"
She started stroking behind Trinity's ears.
"Hi! I'm Hexy! I'm your new roommate!"

Tyrcestus sat up, winded.
"Dear Lord... a flying broomstick... the myths... they're true..."
Then he slumped on the bed, as the broomstick prodded him.

"Because I can just tell. You've got that furry magic air about you!"
She smiled brightly at Trinity.
Then she looked over at her broomstick.
"Fweep! Back here."
Fweep obliged, and Tyrcestus gingerly got up.
"I'm ok..."

Hexy's eyes went very wide at the sight of Tyrcestus.
"Oohhhh... sorry if Fweep hurt you..."

"It's fine..." Tyrcestus replied, getting up.
"Nice broomstick."

"Thanks! I mean...yeah."

Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod he's soooooo hot ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod...

"So... er... hi!" Hexy laughed awkwardly.
Then she saw Trinity's rags, and instantly took off her hat, reached inside it, and threw her some black robes.
"You can't go around looking like that, that would be silly!"

Knowing Trinity's promiscuity, Tyrcestus hastened to intervene, not knowing how Hexy would react to a naked Trinity.
"We'll stand outside, you can get changed in privacy if you want..."