Chapter 5 - Leprechaun water.

As I stepped respectfully into the carriage I noticed that one of the bunks was already occupied by two twin girls. They both had heaps of satiny straight hair, in a honey golden color, that fell to there shoulders. They had both deep brown eyes and eyebrows, just next to there petite noses were small beauty spots that made them look very European. They were short and of an average weight, but what I noticed most was there clothes. They showed of there background, and presumably money with quaint jeans and tight fitting tops, silver earrings and expensive shoes. They seemed silly and as though they had never really been exposed to the hardships of life. They were in for a big shock.

One of them, the one in the top bunk shattered the cool, calm atmosphere by squealing..
'OHH! Your just so lucky!'
'You weealy are!' The other one wined, I noticed she had a small lisp and tried with all my might to ignore it.
'Why?' I asked wearily
'Your on the bunk above Woood!' explained the first girl.
'Which means he's your quest companion TO!' Chimed in the other.
'Why is that so great?' I asked, still slightly confused.
The girls titter to them selves, and I decided to ignore them. They were just obnoxious. As I started to clime the ladder to my bunk however the braver of the two girls informed me that he was 'teen heart throb of the year, according to pink potions magazine!' My heart sank. This meant I was going to be stuck with a teen heart throb, for who knows how long? I bet he doesn't even know how to shoot a bow and arrow, let alone what the killing curse is.
'He's an idiot' I told them, with my back turned, I could just imagine the shocked look on there faces, tears forming in there perfect eyes.
I climbed up and onto my bed.

Sitting on my pillow was a brown rucksack, it was small and inconspicuous, I tried to lift it but on the contrary to first appearances it was so heavy it almost broke my arm. I cast a weightless spell, and pulled the bag over to me. Inside there was a scroll of paper that I presumed would soon become the map, on witch we would rely to take us to the final destination! There were also some normal things, a thin sleeping bag, in a particularly putrid shade of plum, a compass and what looked to be a days supply of food. Then, as I rummaged further I came across two things that caught my eye. The first was a meticulously carved glass file, shimmering and sending little flecks of light all over the room, it was filled with a delicious looking substance, with the color of both gold and silver intertwined. I knew instantly that it was Unicorn blood, a healer for almost any illness or injury. The last thing in the bag was another glass file, this one substantially larger, in fact around the same size and my head. It contained a completely clear substance, that looked at first like plain water, but on closer inspection seemed much thicker. I popped the top off the bottle and sniffed. Warm sun speckled memory's came back of long summer evenings drinking peach nectar. It smelled almost exactly the same...almost. It smelled slightly metallic, almost like a chemical but still sweet some how. I took a small tentative sip. At first it felt as though my whole insides had been plunged into freezing, delicious water, then as that wore off i felt more refreshed than I had ever felt before. It as if I had just drank for ages and ages and couldn't even contemplate drinking anything else.

I was interrupted in my rapture by one of the twins.
'y'no, you should save that for the quest' One of them said snidely, as if they cared what happened to me on the quest.
'What is it?' I replied
'its leprechaun water!' squealed one,
'haven't you ever tried it' inquired the other?
'not until now no..' I answered, irritably.
They looked at each other and then back at me, with what only can be described as scorn. I placed my rucksack at the foot of my bed and went to inspect the neatly stacked clothes that had been under the rucksack. There were cargoes, short sleeved and sleeveless tops, shorts and a balaclava. We were obviously going somewhere warm. I wondered idly what the balaclava was for, but didn't give it much thought. I packed the clothes into my rucksack and lay down on my bed, waiting for sleep to enclose me into its tight grasp.