OK here it is. Not the best I've written, but that's okay.


Chapter Thirteen

The day after Salazar's near-death encounter with the killer bunny rabbit, the four woke up to a beautiful sunny day.

Godric was the first to wake. Laughing to himself at his brilliant plan, he rummaged in his bag until he found the stuffed rabbit that had come with his Muggle "magic tricks" set. He put it on Salazar's pillow, next to his head so that it would be the first thing he saw when he woke up. Godric straightened up and said loudly, "Oh no! Salazar! Wake up, wake up, there's a monster about to chew your head off!"

Salazar woke up, saw the rabbit, and sat bolt upright, screaming bloody murder. He looked over at Godric, who was leaning against the side of the tent, laughing his head off. Salazar glowered at him and henceforth decided not to speak to him the rest of the day. He got up, pushed his way past the still-guffawing Godric, and stormed out.

Helga, having woken up to Sal's scream, was already up and cooking breakfast. She looked up as Sal came out of his tent and sat beside her. She giggled. "Good morning, Sal. Have nice dreams?" She had not been in on the joke, but had guessed what had happened.

Salazar raised his eyebrows at her. His scowl melted into a smile at the sight of her twinkling eyes. It was hard to stay unhappy with ever-happy Helga around. "Let me do that," he offered, taking the spoon from her. Salazar looked over at her. "Hel?" he asked hesitantly. "Are you...afraid of anything silly to be scared of?"

Helga looked over at him like he had grown an extra head and named it Archibald. "Of course, Sal, you know that I'm scared of purple puffskeins. Don't worry, it's perfectly normal to be scared of little bunny rabbits. You're just being silly." She leaned over and kissed his cheek, and got up to collect water for the day, as Rowena still refused to go near the lake.

Salazar stared after her for a moment, then turned his attention back to the pot with a shake of his head.

After breakfast, Rowena went off to explore the area some more. Godric accompanied her. They skirted the lake area, and Godric showed her the abandoned castle he had found.
"Wow! I wonder who used to live here?" exclaimed Rowena. "Look!" She grabbed Godric's hand and ran up the hill to the entrance, where four tattered banners swung in the breeze. "A yellow badger...Helga's favorite animal! And a red lion...yours, Ric...and a green serpent...Sal's. This is odd...oh! A blue raven. My favorite. How extremely odd."

Godric nodded, speechless. "Would you look at that...I think it's time we showed this ruin to the other two, Ro."

End of Chapter Thirteen

You know, I've just realized, Sal being afraid of the bunny reminds me of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Go random danger-prone medieval knights who are not afraid of the Knights who until recently said Ni! Woot! Yeah...