Chapter 6

Chapter 6 Spiders fell from every crack in the broken pi.ata. They crept and crawled onto Sir Surly's arms and legs. Snakes slithered out of the clay and down onto the ground. They hissed angrily as they circled Sir Surly's feet. "AAAHHH!" Sir Surly shouted again. "Get these things away from me." Princess Pulverizer waited for the knight to swat the spiders and step away from the snakes. But he didn't. He couldn't. He was frozen with fear.

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That was exactly the response Princess Pulverizer had been hoping for. Quickly, she raced over to the cottage and tried to free Sir Surly's prisoners. But she'd forgotten about the lock on the door. Princess Pulverizer could see that Sir Surly was wearing a key on his belt. But she didn't dare grab for it. That might bring him back from his fearful state. So Princess Pulverizer stared at the lock. She poked her finger in the keyhole. She kicked at the door. But it would not open. A small hand poked through the window bars. "Are you looking for this?" Nate Jape asked, dangling a key. "It's his extra one." Princess Pulverizer reached for the key. But Nate yanked it back inside. "You're too slow." He laughed. "Try again." Princess Pulverizer was not in a kidding mood. "Do you want to be stuck in there

forever?" she demanded. "Sheesh," Nate said as he dropped the key out the window. "Can't anyone around here take a joke?" Princess Pulverizer picked up the key and opened the lock. "Run!" she shouted as she flung the door open. "Now's your chance!" Madame Zucker, Dr. Cuspid, and Nate Jape did not waste a single second. They all ran for the door at the same time, pushing and shoving in the hopes of being first out of the cottage. Finally, the three of them spilled out, leaped to their feet, and scurried away as fast as they could, without even a nod of thanks. But Dribble and Lucas didn't leave. They stood right by Princess Pulverizer's side. "I'm glad to see you," Lucas said. "I thought we were going to spend the rest of our lives in that cottage!" "He kept threatening to slay me," Dribble added. "It was awful."

"We're lucky Sir Surly is such a big chicken," Princess Pulverizer said. "Look at him. He's scared stiff." "Wanna bet?" Sir Surly shouted out furiously. Apparently being called a chicken was all it took to shock Sir Surly out of his frozen state. The angry knight drew his sword and lunged at Princess Pulverizer. But Princess Pulverizer was quick. She drew her sword, ready to duel.

Well, sort of ready. The truth was, Princess Pulverizer had never done any actual sword fighting before. But the princess had certainly seen plenty of fights. She used to watch the boys in Knight School practicing with their swords. It didn't seem that hard. It looked kind of like dancing. Well, dancing with a sharp, pointed weapon in your hand. Which was a bit of a problem.