Sir Cadogan
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A Castle Adventure

Professor Fowl was long, gangly and had very big glasses while his friends (sometimes assistants) were completely different as they were at least 10 or 11 years old.

Tom and Ben were both quite big for their ages, but one day they were called by Professor Fowl to go on a dangerous, yet fun, adventure to go to the most haunted mansion in the world.  They both yelled so loud in excitement that Professor Fowl had to hold his telephone at arms-length from his ear.

The adventure was set to go within two weeks time.  When they were getting ready for the time of their lives, they forgot that it was the most haunted mansion in the world.  They began to rethink their decision but before they knew it the Prof was outside waiting for them in his “hover 7 seater motor bike”, as he called it.

They were at the mansion in 5 minutes which surprised them because it was in North Anglia.  Prof told them it was a super travel machine.  They got off the hover 7 seater bike and went in the mansion, the two boys became scared even when they were at least 40 feet away.  They stumbled and staggered with fright up to the front doors of the mansion.  They pulled themselves into the mansion, but when they got in, the walls were made from stone.  Trolls were patrolling.  Was it a castle or a mansion?

“Password!” some dozy eyed, fat, ugly and washed out troll said in a down-drowned voiced.

“We don’t need a password!” retorted Ben in a frightened and shaky voice.

“Password correct” exclaimed the troll.

“Hey, good – er – going mate” whispered Tom and Professor Fowl together.
The troll pointed with both his hands to two different signs, one said “Mansion” and the other said “Castle”.  They decided to go into the one that said castle.

They slithered through the certain doorway to the castle, and saw dragons and goblins and knights.  They stood there thunder struck, hearts hammering against their chests like war bombs just exploding right next to them.   “Quest seekers I see looking desperately for their quest”, came a booming voice.  They turned around and saw a knight standing there with his finger running along the smooth edge of a glamorous sword.  He had a huge chunky but deadly dagger in his other hand.

“I am Sir Cadogan, knight of all knights.  If you tell me to slaughter a dragon I shall do it in 30 seconds flat.”

They stood there with their mouths wide open as they stared at the knight.

“What?” asked the knight.
“H… h… hello”, whispered Tom.

The knight started walking off at a quick pace so Professor Fowl, Tom and Ben decided to go with him.  The knight told them that he was 72,587 years old and that was why he was the best knight ever.  When they had been walking and talking for at least 30 minutes they came across a sleeping dragon with 2 sapphires right next to his head.

Sir Cadogan leapt onto the dragon’s head and splat!, the head was rolling around on the floor.  Sir Cadogan had collected the 2 sapphires from the floor, he carried on as if he had no idea he had done it. 
“That was peeps”, he said.

Sir Cadogan lead the way again but this time to a goblin infested area with several low flying fluffy pink things.  As they saw they opened their mouths to reveal huge pointed yellow teeth.

“You’ll need these”, mumbled Sir Cadogan and he passed 50 inch swords.  They swung and swung and swung at the fluffy things and goblins.

They saw the professor on the floor with an arrow through his chest.  At the sight of this they roared and jabbed and pierced their swords into goblins in everlasting rage and anger.  They had in the end beaten the goblins, still with tons and tons of anger in them.

They walked and walked until they came to a place they recognised.

“This is the mansion!” retorted Tom.

“This is where I must leave you, young adventurers.  I must see you once soon enough”, and Sir Cadogan fled as quick as the air.  The two boys walked up to the doors and went in.  In 5 minutes they were home, but it took 10 minutes to walk back to their houses.