They all walked in silence for a while as Annie walked to talk to Curtis and Maddie followed closely behind her as Ollie and Matt were left behind as Matt wanted to talk to Ollie alone.
"Is it only me, or do you seem to be annoying Maddie more than usual?" asked Matt as he looked at Ollie.
"Oh yes I am" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Really?" asked Matt in surprise as he did not expect Ollie to actually admit to annoying Maddie more than usual.
"Yes I am" said Ollie as he smiled and he nodded his head, that was the truth, he was annoying Maddie more than usual, even though he had never been annoying her before, but he was now.
"Dude, why would you be annoying her? Maddie can kill you, she will kill you, and sorry to say, but Annie and I won't be able to do anything, and well Curtis, he won't interfere" said Matt as he wanted to talk some sense into all.
He considered him a very sensible person, but with what he just said, it looked like he was losing his sensibility.
"Oh don't worry Matt, Maddie will never kill me, she might say that she would, and that she wishes me dead, but she actually doesn't" said Ollie as he smiled and Matt blinked as he wondered why Ollie looked so sure.
"Sorry to break it to you, but Maddie doesn't joke… and she is actually as crazy as you think" said Matt as they were talking about a girl who wanted to kill her own father, and rejected her own mother, Maddie was far from soft, she was very hard.
Which was why Matt was worried for Ollie, he had come to terms that Ollie was part of them now, and Ollie was actually a very cool guy, but well for Maddie, she still hated his guts very much.
"Oh I know, she still scares me as well…" said Ollie as he paused.
"She might be scary, and she might say many things, and she might wish me dead, but she doesn't actually mean it" said Ollie as he smiled.
"And just how are you so sure?" asked Matt in confusion.
"Well when we were on our way to save you, we were faced with a gorge, which split the ground in two, and we had to get to the other side if we were going to be able to reach Lilith's cave" said Ollie.
"So Annie tied a rope to an arrow, she shot an arrow to the other side which hooked on the tree, and the rope served as a sort of little bridge to the other side" said Ollie.
"That sounds very dangerous" said Matt.
"Oh it was, and it was also a very long way down, but Annie did not care at all, I didn't even know that she could be so fearless, before we could say anything at all, she held on to the rope, and slowly moved to the other side in no time" said Ollie as Matt was surprised.
He did not know just how serious Annie was about rescuing him, she did not even fear anything, it made him smile to know just how much she cared for him.
"Maddie kept on saying that the rope was not strong, and that it would fall, and she continued saying that, until Curtis followed after Annie to the other side, and Maddie was left with no choice than to follow, and then I did as well" said Ollie.
"But then something happened, and the rope broke, I didn't even know how Maddie had such fast reflexes, but one moment I was hanging on to the rope, the next moment, the rope snapped, and as I opened my eyes, I saw Maddie holding my hand for dear life" said Ollie as he narrated.
"She was panicking a lot, Annie and Curtis had gone to look at something in the distance, so they did not hear when she was calling for help, which meant that if he let go of me, I would fall and meet my end" said Ollie.
"That sounds so serious" said Matt as he could not believe that Ollie was narrating such a traumatic experience like it was nothing.
"She kept on telling me to hold on, and not to let go, and I don't know how she did it, but she managed to use all her strength to pull me up" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Can you please tell me why you are smiling? Because what you are saying does not sound pleasurable at all" said Matt as he wondered if Ollie was okay.
"Oh you are right, it wasn't pleasurable at all, I was scared out of my wits, I didn't say anything, and I tried to remain calm because if I panicked, Maddie would panic as well, and then I would really be dead for sure" said Ollie.
"I'm smiling because even though Maddie always argues with me and calls me names, she doesn't actually wish me dead, she cares for me…" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Maddie isn't that heartless, of course she wouldn't let you fall" said Matt.
"I know, and it's wonderful to know that all her hurtful words are only from her mouth, and not from her heart" said Ollie as he smiled.
"It makes me see her in a different light, she's not so mean after all, but of course don't tell her that I said that, because she will only get more defensive, and also try to deny the fact that she's not as mean as she wants me to think she is" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Mhmm…" said Matt.
"When I asked her what her reason for saving me was, she said that she did not want to become the enemy of the witch realm, if I died while here with you guys, but I know that Is just an excuse" said Ollie as he smiled.
"So is that what is making you annoy her even more than usual?" asked Matt.
"Well yes, because I know that under that tough, mean, façade of hers, there is actually a very nice person under all that" said Ollie as he smiled and Matt shook his head.
"A word of advice to you, stop deliberately annoying her, it will blow up in your face" said Matt.
"She just doesn't like you as a person, and don't ask me why, because I don't know, just tread softly with her, because believe me, you don't want Maddie as an enemy" said Matt.
"She might be really sweet and funny once you get to know her, but she can be as equally dangerous and deadly to her enemies" said Matt.
"Noted Matt, thank you for your advice, but I will be fine" said Ollie as he smiled.
"Since she doesn't want to be locked up in prison as the enemy of the witch realm, then I doubt that she would actually try to harm the prince of the witch realm" said Ollie as he smiled.
"You sound so sure" said Matt as he shook his head.
"That is because I am very sure, I will be fine" said Ollie as he smiled.
"I hope so, because I doubt that Maddie would be able to take any more of you annoying her" said Matt.
"Oh you worry too much Matt, I will be fine, Annie won't allow her to do anything bad to me" said Ollie as he smiled and Matt laughed.
"What's so funny?" asked Ollie as he could not understand why Matt was laughing.
"Well you really are in a wonderland if you think that Annie can actually stop Maddie from hurting you" said Matt as she laughed.
"Sorry to break it to you but, once Maddie has set her mind on doing something, no one can stop her, so good luck to you" said Matt as he laughed and he started to walk ahead.
"You are joking right?" asked Ollie as Matt did not reply to him as he kept on laughing.
"Matt, you are joking right, I will be safe if Annie is on my side?" asked Ollie as Matt ignored him as he kept on laughing, which made Ollie feel uneasy.
"On second thought, maybe I should stop annoying Maddie" said Ollie to himself as he nodded his head, he did not know if Matt was joking or not, but it was better to be safe than sorry, he did not want Maddie to knock him out before he realized that he had gone too far.
"What were you and that Blondie talking about?" asked Maddie as she looked at Matt.
"Oh he was just telling me about your adventure to come and save me" said Matt as he smiled.
"I see…" said Maddie as she did not know why she felt like there was something that Matt was not telling her.
"Yes" said Matt as he smiled and he nodded his head as Maddie just looked at him in suspicion.