Rod of the Forest Part 2

"Grandad," I started.
"Yes?" he replied in anticipation.
"My father..." Grandad nodded knowingly.
"I remember something... he was white." Grandad smiled. He explained to 
me a lot about my father. What he was like, and how he disappeared. He 
figured I was mature enough now. He also told me the answers to the other 
questions I'd asked him.

This is the crucial part of my story. This is when I was captured. I 
guess Robotnik had figured I was going to be an easy target. You know,
some kind of pet. To lure others to traps and stuff. But it didn't work 
that way. Here's how it happened:

Grandad was resting in bed. I was outside, watering our crops. I heard a
hum in the distance, but thought nothing of it. A minute later, I was in
an airship bound for Robotropolis. I was panicking too much to do any 
witchcraft. There were at least 8 SWATbots surrounding me and they all had 
their lasers pointed at me. I was tense, as you could have guessed.

We finally arrived at a huge metal structure which I now know as Robotnik's 
um... quaint house. I was ushered in through a door and I found myself 
face-to-face with Dr Robotnik. I shuddered at the sight.

"Hello, little girl." he said in a forced-pleasant voice. My fear turned 
to anger. I bared my sharp teeth.
"Little girl yourself! I'm a boy!" I cried. My natural instincts kicked in
completely in the next moment. I lunged at his almost non-existent neck.
The SWATbots restrained me, unfortunately. I growled. Robotnik walked over 
to a large machine.

"This, little girl, is a hypnotiser." He said evilly, and pulled down a 
switch. A few white lights flashed in my direction. Everything went black.

I awoke to find myself still in the same place, but there were no 
SWATbots.
"What did you do to me?!" I demanded fiercely. Robotnik's eyes widened.
"You're... not under my control?" I stood, confused.
"You wish." I replied. He ran over to the hypnotiser and flicked it back
on. I used my magic to counter it. I knew I could keep it up unless I 
didn't know it was coming. Then I'd be in trouble.

Robotnik called loudly to someone. A short, long-nosed guy sauntered in. 
He and Robotnik conferenced.
"Snively, go and attend to the worker bots." he said. The little guy nodded 
and left the room. He must have had a remote, because suddenly, the 
hypnotiser came on and since I didn't expect it, it hit me.

I came to in a prison cell. I suddenly felt very jumpy, and I cowered in a 
corner.
"Wha-what did you do?" I stuttered, trying to act as angry as possible.
Robotnik laughed. I shuddered. The laugh chilled me to the bone.
"I made you put a spell on yourself. I figured you were a witch. You're now
as timid as a mouse." he said. I gasped. You cannot take spells off you put
on yourself. I watched that ugly, bald head and those eyes. It did not match 
his bone-thin body. I could fix that. Easy.

I wondered. I was under hypnosis when I cast that spell on myself. I may be 
able to undo it. I decided to give it a go. I prepared my index finger and  
pointed it at myself. My body shook as it took the magic in. Had it worked? 
I felt no more fear. It had worked! I grinned. Now for the next part of my 
scheme.

I teleported myself to just outside my cell and began to run. I pointed my 
finger behind me. It was a present to Dr Robotnik. A real nice one. I stifled 
a giggle and teleported myself to the Great Forest.

Meanwhile, at Dr Robotnik's headquarters, there was a massive uproar. I would
imagine, anyway. I'd made the bald dude fat.

I couldn't believe how much I'd seen, in 5 years! I was very proud of myself.
Ronald, I thought, you're a genius!

One problem. Ronald. I needed a better name. Rod? It had a nice ring to it. I 
decided to keep it.

It was time I went home. So I teleported myself to where my house would have 
been. It wasn't there. I broke down and cried. Why wasn't it there? I sighed 
and walked away. I walked for about 2 days non-stop and found myself in a 
small forest about 7 miles west of Robotropolis. I settled in an underground 
hideout in the forest and there I stayed. Until I was 12, that is...

It started when Antoine came tumbling into my hole.