Disclaimer on chapter 1
Sparks jumped from the rocks as the blonde haired girl quickly grazed them against each other. She watched as the bright sparks fell on the collected branches causing them to catch fire.
She gave out a sigh of relief before saying "good, finally, I almost thought that after that river incident they'd never spark"
After placing a small stand over the flame, she reached into her fishing bag and pulled out pair of salmon to cook.
"If you don't come back soon I'm going to eat your salmon" the blonde said aloud with a smile
She waited a couple of moments watching the cooking fish. However as soon as she heard the small bird call of a sparrow, she sat up to listen. After hearing three more simultaneous calls she sprang into action.
The blonde quickly grabbed her archery bow and climbed up a nearby tree. She waited in silence until she heard the thunderous sound of horse shoes pounding against the forest floor.
She gave out two calls to reply then readied her bow. She let out a sigh when she saw her hooded friend ridding in on horseback with three unfriendly guards riding after her.
"Always has to be something, huh?" the blonde said as she released the first arrow.
The arrow flew through the air at a high speed before hitting one of the men in the shoulder and knocking him off his horse.
"We can never have a nice quiet day can we?" the blonde commented angrily as she shot another arrow "Every single day there is always something" another arrow is shot "'Lex we have to help them', Lex we have to stop them' 'Lex , Lex, Lex'" through the blonde managed to rant out between each shot of an arrow. All the guards soon fell to each arrow. She never killed them just wounded them enough that they would retreat away from her friend. "All I would like is to have one day, just one where I can sit and relax"
"Thank you my friend" the rider said as she rode up to the tree her friend was standing in.
"Yeah, yeah," the blonde stated before dropping to the ground, "can I ask for one thing?"
"What?" the hooded rider asked as she dismounted
"A day where I don't have to fight for my life, a day where I don't have to shoot anybody"
"Done"
"I mean a day where we don't start fights in taverns, Jade"
"It's not my fault that tavern drunks can't take the truth"
The blonde sat down next to the cooking salmon. She let out an annoyed sigh before stating "I just don't know why we can't-"
"Don't even say it!" Jade interrupted
"Well it's just that-"
"No!"
"Jade"
"Lex"
Lex let out one more sigh before, "So what was it this time? Huh? Another damsel in distress?"
"Not this time Lex, this time it was a soon to be hand less boy."
"By a noble?" Lex asked
"Looked like it" Jade responded
"Damn nobles today. None of them deserve the title" Lex commented as she removed the fish from the fire
"I wouldn't necessarily say that" Jade defended
Lex handed Jade her fish on a plate and responded "ok, granted there are some that are but every town we go to has a power hungry noble strangling the life out of there town.
"I suppose you're right" Jade commented
Meanwhile-
"I'm home" the young enchantress called out once she entered her home
"I've done it!" the enchantress heard from her kitchen
"Trina?" she called
"Tori, I did it, I did it!" the enchantress's older sister exclaimed joyously
"Did what?" Tori asked
"My love potion works!" Trina shouted
"Trina" Tori stated skeptically
"No, Tori, I really did do it this time."
A reluctant sigh passed through Tori's lips before stating "alright show me"
A smile grew across Trina's face as she pulled her younger sister toward the glass vile filled table.
"Here" Trina stated handing a small vile to Tori
"Say this actually works, what exactly do you plan to do with it?"
"Did you hear about the Lord's ball?" Trina asked
"Yeah"
"Do you know the reason his Lordship is holding the ball?"
"Something about the Duke returning home" Tori replied
"Yes and also for the Duke to choose a bride" Trina explained
"So you are going to spell the Duke into marring you?" Tori concluded
"Exactly"
"Why?"
"So I can become queen" Trina grinned
"So by marring a Duke you will become queen? How does that work?"
"He is in line for the throne! Since the King has no one to take his place after his death the only one left is the Duke"
"I see and how are you going to do this?" Tori asked
"Well there are two ends of the potion the active and the receiving end"
"Uh huh"
"Now I already too the receiving side of the potion and at the ball I'm going to sneak the active end into the Duke's drink." Trina finished with a massive smile.
Later in the forest
"Are you alright, Jade?" Lex asked, as the two walked through the forest with their horses trailing behind them. "Jade?"
"…"
"Jade?"
"…"
"JADE!"
"Hmm?"
"Are you ok?" Lex asked again
"Fine why?"
"Because you have been day dreaming for the past four miles" Lex explained
"Sorry, I've just been thinking"
"About?" Jade stayed quiet, so Lex attempted to get her to open up "come on Jade we are best friends you can tell me anything"
Jade was silent for a while before starting "remembered yesterday when I was chased out of Westfairyon?
"Yeah"
"Well, as I was running away from the guards through town, at some point I was stopped by a girl. The most beautiful girl I had ever seen."
"What was her name?" Lex asked with a small curious smile
"I don't know. We didn't speak"
"So what you just stared at each other?"
"I would have said something but, a guard spotted me and I had to run."
"That's un fortunate" Lex commented
"Very, also there was one more thing." Jade started
"What?"
"She used magic"
"An enchantress? Magic is illegal in the kingdom she must know that."
"Whether she did or she didn't, she still used it." Jade said "Enchantress or not I can't stop seeing her face every time I close my eyes"
"So what are you just going to go and live out your life without knowing her name?" Lex asked
"Guess so" Jade responded
"Ok, no" Lex said as she turned to mount her horse
"What are you doing?" Jade asked with confusion
"We're going back"
"What?"
"I'm not going to let you go on the rest of your life wondering who she was. Come on we're going back" Lex said with a confident smile.
End of chapter 2
For all you Lex/Baby fans out there that read my other stories I put her in her just for you, I felt I had to. I mean com on its Baby we all love her we do. Unfortunately I couldn't fit Danni in here as well sorry.
Till next time
-Lucy