| “Yes, yes, I am ready. Let’s get back up there and help the princess.” Buzzy agreed. The two friends took to flight. They tried to hurry since they did not know what the princess might be battling, with so many Geese Police around. ——————- Chapter ——————————- Splash followed orders from Anna and knocked out the two guards watching the little monsters and their big dog. He did it by using his magic to make a giant boxing glove fist, which he then swung at the guards knocking them both out. The little draculas and their big dog all jumped up in alert. “Who are you?” One of them said. “Who cares? They’re helping us aren’t they?” Said another. “Let’s get out of here!” A third little dracula said. “Just a minute.” Anna said, grabbing the closest little monster. When she grabbed him, he pulled away sharply which caused his dracula outfit to rip off his body. Anna was shocked at what she saw. “Don’t tell the red-haired one. Please!” The formerly dressed as dracula, little person begged. Anna gasped. “You! You’re a … a … leprechaun!” She pulled away from the little man, not sure what to think? “Wait a minute. You don’t want me to tell the red-headed one. So you are not with him. What about the rest of you? Are you all leprechauns?” Another of the little draculas pulled off his disguise. “I guess the jig is up friends.” Then he looked at Anna and said, “Nay little lass. We are not with your red-haired friend. But he is the reason we are here. I suppose the wee man told ye a tale of a pot ‘a gold. I suppose he told ye it belonged to him.” Anna shook her head in agreement. “Yes he did. I trust him to be honest to me. A privledge you currently do not enjoy. So if you want to gain my trust you will have to earn it. You can go a long ways toward accomplishing that by telling me where the Geese Police have taken the bitcoin wallet?” “Their plan is to deliver it to the head of Geese Police forces. The word is that he has a way to break the password code. If he can, he will get all the riches which are the future findings of miners everywhere.” Said one of the little draculas. “I don’t think the one delivering the wallet has been given clearance to leave. You may still find the wallet with the squadron. Which if you were not aware is just about three football fields from here.” “So are all of you leprechauns in disguise?” Anna asked. “You will find this out anyway. We were once trusted deputies such as the one you met when you were given the blue pony to care for. Each of us at some point in their time left the good side for the temptations of the bad side. Of course we regret our actions now, but since we can never get back to our former positions, we have to make due with what we can do. Over time we connected and then came up with this plan. We joined up with the Geese Police because they supposedly had a way to get past the password code requirements for the bitcoin wallet. What we didn’t expect was to be double-crossed by the Geese Police. We got the wallet and when we brought it here they took us prisoner and took the wallet away. I overheard them talking. The plan is to move the wallet back to their main headquarters in a few hours, under he cloak of darkness.” “So now that you are free, what will you do?” Anna asked. “We have nothing and no where so even though we won’t get to keep the gold, er I mean bitcoin riches, we would like to help you get the wallet back. Who knows? Maybe it will be enough for us to get back into the leprechaun clan. I’ve heard of it happening.” The former little dracula said. “What’s the story about the dog?” Anna asked. “He’s just a big dog. Many believe he is a werewolf or some other kind of monster but he’s just a dog. But he’s a smart dog.” The little dracula said. “Well I guess that answers a few questions.” Anna replied. “If we can recover the treasure we will let you return it to the red-headed leprechaun and then perhaps he will consider reinstating us as leprechauns in the clan.” Said another of the little draculas. “How touching!” Came a sinsister voice out of nowhere. “Seize them!” Then an entire squadron of Geese Police made themselves visible. Anna and the little monsters were surrounded by the Geese Police. “You are now our prisoners.” “Splash, escape!” Anna exclaimed. The little blue pony took to the sky, leaving his princess behind. “Find Buzzy and Dan!” She hollered after him as he climbed higher into the sky. Splash raced across the sky headed for Castle Candi. Eventually he came upon the two friends, flying back to the spot they had last seen the princess. Splash came up to their sides and whinnied. “Hey its Splash!” Buzzy said, looking to his side as he flew. “There must be trouble. The princess must have been captured.” Dan said. “We may need some extra help. Including some specialist. Go back to the castle and bring back Ozzy, a squadron, or two, of some raptors and a squadron of the night specialist, in case we have to go in during darkness.” “The owls?” Buzzy asked. “The owls.” Dan answered. “Since the Geese Police are out in full force, we may have to go using a stealth approach. Nobody flies quieter than the owls. And if we do end up going in at night, they’ll prove to be the difference in that kind of battle. The Geese Police will travel into the dark hours, but their ability to see is greatly reduced. If they have the princess and are transporting her through the air, that will be our best chance at getting her back unharmed.” “On my way!” Buzzy replied. Then he took a turn which brought him around the opposite direction that Dan and Splash were flying. Dan and the little blue pony flew in silence with Splash leading the way. He had a better idea of exactly where the princess had last been seen. Back at the temporary headquarters of the Geese Police the bad leprechauns and Anna had been taken prisoners. The commander of the Geese Police had the bunch brought before him and forced to kneel in front of him. “So this is the infamous princess Anna. Where is your blue pony little woman? I had heard the pony was powerful with magic blessed upon him by the oldest, most powerful leprechaun. The pony was then given to the grandson of the most powerful leprechaun and the two of them fought evil for many a generations. Then for reasons unknown to all but the one that gave him away, the blue pony ended up in your hands. Now it uses its powers at your command. Is that true?’ “Who are you?” Anna replied. “You know who I am, I would appreciate knowing to whom I am speaking?” The sinister-voiced commander of the Geese Police replied, “I am the leader of the Geese Police. I brought them back to their former strength. It took me a while. I had to find the many various groups of flyers that were forced to hide so not to be found by your royal air force squadrons. You remember those don’t you? They chased my people until they were caught or escaped possible capture by going underground. I brought them back out into the light and into numbers great enough to become a feared force of flight.” “You think you have an air force that can compete with that from Castle Candi?” Anna asked smiling. “The Geese Police major advantage has always been its numbers and the size of their flyers. Even the mightiest of raptors has trouble getting as high as the snow geese and then their overwhelming advantage in size makes for a tough competitor but they are by no means unbeatable. Your numbers are still not as great as they were the last time the Geese Police tangled with me and Splash and the royal air force. What makes you think you can win this time?” The Geese Police commander smiled and replied, “Because last time they didn’t have me. My first act will be to offer to the read-headed leprechaun a trade. He can have back his precious bitcoin wallet in trade for giving me control of the blue pony.” “That will never happen!” Anna said, while the guards watching her and the bad leprechauns made threatening gestures toward the captives, causing them to all shrink back closer together. Then Anna stepped out of the closed-in group and said, “The red-headed leprechaun will never give in to ransom threats. You are just inviting the ones that will be your downfall. The smart move here is to either move on and find easier prey, or join our side, enjoy sleeping without guilt or fear, know that if you ever do have to hurt someone, it would be because they did something that forced such an action and not because you were a dirt-bag criminal.” “We don’t happen to see ourselves in such a manner, dear Princess.” The Geese Police commander said. “This afternoon we will fly you to our main headquarters. We should arrive sometime after darkness sets in. The perfect cover for our arrival.” “Are you bringing the bitcoin wallet with us?” Anna asked. “You’ll need it there if that is where they have the technology to break the password code. I’m just curious who it is you trust to carry the wallet? Because the safest way to transport the wallet is to put it on Splash. I can have him here in no time.” Next Page |   |