[color:"#77aeff"]I put my hand up to the door.
I concentrated on the room next to Jolie and i.
There was nothing forboding next to us. I reached out with my mind...there were no evil auras there...
I smiled at Jolie, "i think it is safe Jolie, i can not feel anything evil"
We opened the door.
We came upon two people, a man and a women. They were wearing rags, and had chains around their legs.
They also had in their hands the most brillant jewels i had ever seen.
Their faces showed pure horror when they saw us.
"Don't be afraid" I told them, "We will not harm you..."
"What are your names" i asked them
"I am Geoff" said the man "and this is my sister Helen"
After Jolie introduced myself and him, he asked who these people were.
Helen started to cry...
"We were put into bondage by Aganeth"
"He keeps us in these rags, and chains, and plays with our minds, at least he kept helen and i together - we have each other"
They were hiding the gems behind their back...
Geoff looked at us and asked who we were.
We told him that we had come to find an artifact that Aganeth held.
"We know this castle like the backs of our hands" he told us.
"we steal from our master when he does not have us under his spell" Helen told us. "It is our security if we ever get out, he does not believe that we would do this. " "He pillaged our village, and burnt everything we own...that is how he gets all his servants" She started crying again.
Jolie asked if there was somewhere that might give us a clue as to the whereabouts of this artifact. "We will free you if you help us" Jolie told them. "When we leave this god forsaken castle, we will bring you with us"
Geoff told him that there was a library towards the bottom levels of the castle. Maybe we could start there...
I nodded my head in agreemet, "Yes Geoff, that would be great, perhaps we can start there, it is our only hope..."
They led us down a corridor, all the while looking around corners. There was no sign of life besides us.
We came to a door, and went through it. There ws a massive spiral staircase winding down into the gloom of the depths of the castle.
This led into a massive library. There were so many dusty, molding books on the shelves and piled on tables.
"So much knowledge" I wispered...all going to waste and decay.
I picked up one of the books, i opened it and touched the paper. It crumbled under my touch.
Hopefully not all the books are like this, or we will never find anything i though.
Helen say the look on my face. "Oh no" she said "this is just for show, the most of his important books lie in the secret chamber"
"Let me see she said...let me remember"
She started pulling books.
Suddenly there was a click, and one of the shelves swung out.
The evil of that room hit me like a slap in the face. I was thrown back by it. The others did not seem to feel it.
"Jolie i said, i can not go in that room, i will perish" "There is so much evil"
He looked at me with concern...
"I will not be long my beloved"
"I will come back as soon as i find the answers we seek." He walked into that dreadful room...
At least i could still see him.
Helen told me he would be fine.
