Shoot! This chapter is shorter than I expected it to be, well that's all right because the next one is very very long. Anyways to all those who commented, I have been trying to take some advice on the whole dialogue slave thing, and next chapter I tried to add in other elements so thank you all for that advice. Anyways aside from that , the next chapter will be posted on Sunday. Comment, follow, favorite, do any of that if you want
Disclaimer… hmmm…. Yeah look at the first page if you really want to sue me that badly, everything's there.
LET'S BEGIN
"Again? You have to be kidding me?"
Vanessa looked down from her Pegasus. Her mouth was wide in disbelief, it was Forde, and he was sleeping... Again...
She flew down next to him, she was going to wake him up this time and send his sorry butt back into the battle. She walked up to him, his snoring was much louder than it was last time, almost excessively loud actually... She shook her head, it didn't matter. She brought the butt of her spear up and was planning on hitting him over the head a few times, but then she saw something out of the corner of her eye. A man with an enormous axe was running towards her.
"How stupid could I have been? Was I so blindly focused on waking Forde up that I did not expect an enemy to be near?"
She jumped back as the man took a swing. She barely avoided it and brought her lance up to block the follow up.
Really bad idea.
When the axe made contact with the lance it snapped like a twig. The swing from the berserker sent her flying backwards onto the ground. She had been unmounted, unprepared, and was fighting an axe with a lance. She was at a clear disadvantage. Vanessa mentally sighed she clearly wasn't thinking today. She pulled her sword out of it's scabbard, she barely knew how to use the thing. It was all she had left though.
She gripped it and silently cursed, she had no idea how to use this damned thing. She considered running for a moment, she was probably faster than him.
"No I can't do that... He would kill Forde. A knight never leaves a fallen comrade, even if he's... Asleep... Like an idiot..."
Vanessa determined she had to fight, she brushed the hair out of her eyes so she could see clearly and got into a stance, it was atrocious...
The berserker came at her and swung his axe at her head; Vanessa ducked down and rolled to the side. She swung at his side but he merely backed away. She was definitely not skilled enough with this weapon to hit him. Still she postponed the inevitable, and the dodge fest went on for several minutes before Vanessa was hit. She evaded a strike and slashed at him, she missed and he swung his axe, this time she was to slow with her duck. The flat part of the axe caught her head and sent her sprawling on the ground.
She looked up towards the blue sky, her head was spinning. She saw the man stand above her with the axe.
"Looks like it ends here... I will never see beautiful Frelia again... I have failed to live up to my sister's example... Oh how will she receive the news?" then she surprised herself... A thought about Forde creeped into her head. "Ah, this man is going to kill Forde next... It seems like I have failed to save him.. Wait, did I say I failed? He was asleep when I needed him the most! Ugg what am I thinking. Well, I guess it doesn't matter now, he at least die while he was asleep. I guess I shouldn't hold this against him, he seemed like a nice guy for the short time I knew him..."
Vanessa stared death in the eyes, there were no tears, no pleas for mercy. She was a knight, she would die for her country. Right as the man raised his axe, a sword plunged through his chest.
"Forde is so dead; I am going to wring his neck with my bare hands when I thank the person who saved me."
And to her surprise, it was Forde who saved her... With his trademark grin on his face. The realization dawned on her. She barely uttered the words...
"You were... Awake... The whole time..., weren't you..."
"I told you it was an act, you heard the loud snoring didn't you?"
He was so dead.
Forde underestimated Vanessa's ability to pounce from a laying position with a head wound. She grabbed the front of his armor and shoved him on the ground.
"YOU ALMOST GOT ME KILLED YOU IGNORANT-"
"I had faith in you the whole time! I stepped in when I needed to."
She continued to shake him and shout at him at point blank, Forde was beginning to think the axe was a good idea now.
Fanz, Kyle and Seth watched from a distance. They were scratching their heads. Franz spoke up.
"What are they doing over there?"
Kyle's mouth was wide open in awe of the spectacle of Vanessa on top of Forde,
"Well... Your brother has either been the first man to seduce Vanessa and they are engaging in questionable activities on the battlefield right now... Or he has been the first man to drive her over the deep end and make her loose her cool... Both of which seem equally as unlikely as the other."
Seth actually cracked a smile for the first time in a while,
"Knowing Forde, it's probably a combination of the both..."
"Ahhh stop shaking me! I swear I will never fall asleep on the battle field again!"
"Forde I swear I am going to... Well I don't know what I'm going to do but it will be bad I can assure you!"
Vanessa became light headed; the wound and the shaking had been too much for her. She fell over and feinted.
Forde sighed, what was he going to do now, he thought outloud
"If I leave her here she may get killed, camp is too far away and our horses ran off. I seem to have little choice, come on Vanessa."
He hoisted her to his shoulders and brought her atop a nearby hill under a tree. He sat down and propped her against it and looked out at the battle.
"Oh they're almost done, they don't need my help. Hey, this will actually look very nice when the battle is over, maybe if I just take out my book here and..."
Forde pulled out a sketchbook and some charcoal, normally he would paint but, he can't carry around an art easel everywhere now can he?
He sketched the rolling hills and trees on the landscape for what seemed like ages... Then, sleep began to nag at his mind. He put his sketch book over his eyes and began his nap.
Vanessa awoke, the orange sun was about to set in the distance. Night was about to fall. Vanessa rubbed her head, why did she have such a nasty headache.
"Oh right, I must have passed out from my wounds when I was shaking Forde.. Speaking of Forde... Oh god almighty.. he is asleep again."
She did everything in her power to keep her cool and succeeded. She resolved to pick up Forde's little book and drop it on his sorry head. When she tried to pick up the book, one of Forde's hands clasped hers. She froze.
"Do you honestly think I'd be stupid enough to be fast asleep when there are enemies around and even worse, a sleeping Pegasus knight out to kill me. Who just happens to be right next to me?" Chuckled Forde.
She drew back and sat on the tree. She had to admit his antics were rather amusing at times.
"I see... So why are we up here anyways?"
"Well I couldn't carry you all the way back and our mounts were both gone. Sooo I picked the most strategically beautiful place to take you to. Aren't I a nice guy?"
Vanessa rolled her eyes,
"You are just trying to make up for almost getting me killed."
"Hey! I had it completely under control!"
"You expect me to believe-" he quickly cut her off.
"What did you say about my explanation for falling asleep huh?"
"... point taken..."
Vanessa looked at Forde and began to laugh. Forde raised an eyebrow at her but she kept laughing anyways. She laughed at Forde's antics and the entire situation they went through. For a moment, she felt something. A twinge in her heart stings just like how she felt around Innes, only this seemed nicer somehow, more natural. Vanessa stopped laughing and smiled for the first time that day.
"Well, Forde I appreciate you bringing me up here and not leaving me passed out on the battlefield for revenge."
He chuckled,
" You say that like I have no honor!"
"You don't sleepy head. Speaking of which, what is that book you were clutching while you were sleeping?"
"Oh!" Forde blushed, "it's nothing."
Vanessa gave him a look and tried to take it but he pulled it close.
"It's the least you could do for almost getting me killed."
Forde sighed,
"Promise you won't laugh?"
"... Fine..."
Forde tossed her the sketchbook and she opened it up.
Now what will Vanessa think of the sketchbook? O.o, anyways im sorry for the short chapter, the next one will be posted next weekend and I can assure you it will be longer. Other than that, read, review, tell your friends XDXD, if you have any suggestions or anything you want to see in the story feel free to tell me, my ears are open. Other than that I have nothing else to say, have a great week XD!