Blind Love
Chapter 3 – You are blind!
Drake's men started taking everything from the house to inside the carriages while Drake stood there watching them and giving them orders. Two of his men were still holding Angelie by her arms.
"Next stop!" he ordered as he climbed up the rock stairs and then disappeared, leaving his men to take care of everything. Meanwhile Raf was taking slow steps around the house trying to find, silently, a way to reach the stables so she could get her horse and run away as fast as she could to Camelot. The girl gasped and widened her eyes in horror as she saw a figure in the air approaching the zone she was standing at.
It was the Griffon, Raf covered her eyes so the dust lifted by the animal's wings wouldn't get in her eyes. The huge animal landed on the top of the rock she was hiding under, she heard Drake's voice approaching the zone, to the same place where the animal stood.
"Ah! My favorite pet!" he exclaimed as the Griffon walked towards him "How was the flight? Panic across the land!"
"Precisely…" answered the animal
"My plan is perfect!"
"Precisely!" repeated the animal
"Without his sword, Tyco is vulnerable!"
"Precisely!"
"And now...Excalibur is mine!" this time the animal widened its eyes and groaned as it looked away with a worried look, Drake noticed this and looked at it
"That's…the little problem…"
Drake frowned and held the animal by its neck "Excuse me…?" he glared at his pet and stared at it in the eyes "You…lost Excalibur?" he yelled, Raf's eyes widened in surprise as she heard this, to listen better she climbed up a few rocks but without being seen "How?" screamed the black haired man as he released the animal's neck
"I was attacked by a falcon!"
The man frowned "What…?" he turned around again and glared once more at the animal "My magnified beast was matched by a little flying thing!"
The beast growled angrily as it turned its back on Drake "It wasn't a little flying thing! It was a falcon!" Raf frowned at this "With silver wings…" she widened her eyes at this
"Silver wings? Oh scary!" exclaimed ironically Drake, he walked towards the animal and held its ear tightly, pulling it down so he was close to his mouth "You stupid animal!" he yelled "Where…is the…sword…now?" he asked as he moved a piece of his black hair back, that had moved forth into his eyes when he pulled the animal's ear
The Griffon looked up at him "In a place of untold danger…" Drake let the animal's ear go
"The Forbidden Forest…" he murmured, Raf's eyes widened once again and she gasped, she moved down and managed to escape that place she was at as fast as she could
"Precisely Master…" confirmed the Griffon, the black haired man held his pet's huge beak and put two fingers on it
"Have I ever told you…" he moved his two fingers up "How magnificently and totally useless YOU ARE?" he yelled as he pushed the animal's eye who screamed in pain. Ignoring the creature's pain, Drake turned his back on it and started walking away
"Excalibur was the only thing that could get me to conquest of Camelot!" he yelled, and then he heard a noise, the sound of a horse, immediately the man turned around and looked at where the sound had come from and saw Raf riding away on her horse, away from that place "NO! Not that girl!" he quickly turned around and faced his men
"You! You! And you!" he started pointing at two of his men and the metallic chicken that were still dancing "Go after the girl! And bring her back!" then by the corner of his green eyes he looked at the beast that was still next to him, he reached his hand and caught it by its fur and pulled it closer to him "And you…will take me…to Excalibur…"
Raf broke through the gates of her house, trying to control her horse that was completely scared. Right on her tail were the two men and the metallic chicken riding on…pigs. Angelie was now being taken to one of the carriages by the two men that still held her arms; she saw her daughter riding away
I pray you will be my eyes And watch where she goes And help her to be wise Help me to let go
Raf reached the place where two woodened signboards stood, one pointed to the right and said 'Camelot' while the other pointed to the left and said 'Forbidden Forest'. The girl stopped her horse and turned around to see where the men that were following were by now…not too far from her
Every mother's prayer
Raf hit on the scared horse's tail and rode towards the Forbidden Forest
Every child knows
The men were approaching her fast, Raf looked behind her scared and saw one of the metallic men pointing his arm at her, his hand changed to metallic arrows and he threw them at her. The girl ducked her head as she rode faster
Lead her to a place
The arrows hit an old tree not too far away from Raf, the arrows cut the tree's trunk causing it to fall. The blonde haired girl was able to stop the horse just in time before the tree fell on them
Guide her to a place Give a place so she'll be safe
Watching the men approaching her, Raf looked at her left and saw a small cliff with water, she guided her horse and the animal jumped towards the water, since the level of the water wasn't very high they were still able to run there but the men also jumped and followed her
Lead her to a place
Raf rode her horse up the cliff and when on land again, she tried to make it go fast but the animal was too scared
Guide her with your grace To a place where she'll be safe
The blonde haired girl reached an old and scary looking forest, mist covering that zone, the mist moved around the horse which scared it more. The animal raised its body up which made Raf fall, scared the animal run away. Raf looked around and saw the two men and the chicken approaching her, she gasped and looked at the forest
"The Forbidden Forest!" she didn't waste a second more, she stood up quickly and run inside the forest, not knowing where she was going, only caring to run away from those creatures as fast as she could. She broke branches that stood in her way and looked behind to see the creatures right on her tail. The metallic chicken didn't know how to ride his pig and the animal ended up hitting against a rock which caused the chicken to go fly, its bleak got stuck on the metallic arm of one of the men
"Hey…we are not going there are we?" he asked, the man glared at him
"Chicken!" and it started walking away with the chicken still stuck in its arm
"But I have a wife and two eggs to raise!" he whined, the man got tired of him and took him out of his arm and dropped him on the floor, then walked away with the other man, obviously the chicken didn't want to be left alone in that scary place and he followed them "Don't leave me here!"
Raf run and run through the branches and plants of the forest as fast as she could, she didn't notice that the hair elastic she was wearing to keep her blonde hair caught in the low ponytail got stick in one of the branches, when she tried to keep running, the branch pulled her hair, she screamed in pain and managed to free her hair from the elastic so she could keep running.
The young girl run out of the cave she was as fast as she could, there weren't any branches any more to stop her, she jumped now from rock to rock. One of the men was infused with metallic spike balls that stood in his arms so he easily broke the rocks that stood in his way. Raf keep running but always looked behind, she wasn't seeing where she was going, because of this she didn't notice a small branch standing in her way, her foot tripped on it and she ended up falling off a cliff, covered with water
Lucky, the water wasn't that deep but when the blonde haired girl came to the surface she was arrested in a net, she coughed trying to get her breath back. She stiffed when she heard someone approaching her from behind.
"Hey!" the person called, Raf turned around scared and saw that not too far away from her and hidden a bit in the shadows stood a boy, perhaps one or two years older than her, he had raven hair, short but spiky, his eyes were golden, he was wearing a long dark green top, wrapped around the waist by a brown belt, his shirt was blue and his jeans were also dark blue, he had dark brown boots that were mostly covered by water, in his hands was a woodened stick, the boy glared at her "That's my net…" he said as he hit softly with the stick in his hand
Raf stared at him confused, she looked at him from up to down, she keep staring at him until they both heard a sound coming from the same place the girl had fallen from. The raven haired boy looked up and around, the two metallic men fell on the water and started walking towards the two young ones. One of the men caught the metallic chicken that had also fallen on the water and was now floating on the water and threw it at the boy. The sound of a falcon was heard and the boy dodged the blade that was the chicken's beak.
A falcon flew down and flew around the two men that were now approaching the boy, they looked around annoyed by the animal and when it went away, they didn't notice that the amber eyed boy was running at them and hit them with the stick, one of the men fell onto the water, the other glared at the boy right before being hit on the face with the stick. The one that had fallen on the water emerged behind the boy but he heard it and hit the man on the legs causing him to fly for a few seconds, right when he was about to fall on the water again, a tongue coming from a rock came and caught the man, swallowing it. Raf gasped in horror and the rock burped.
The boy was now standing face to face with the second and last man. The man approached him and was about to hit him when the falcon came and made a noise. The boy raised the stick and hit with it on an elastic plant, from it came a trunk that hit on the man hard which sent him to fly into the water. However in the place he fell, stood a hurricane in the water that swallowed him.
The boy grinned at his victory, Raf stood up trying to release herself from the net as she stared at the boy that just saved her life from those men.
"Wow.." she released her feet from the net and put her wet blonde hair behind her ear "That was incredible! You…you smashed those creatures while avoiding those things!" she smiled "You are amazing, you…" she stopped as she looked again at him and saw him just holding the ripped net
She rolled her eyes "You're not even listening to me!"
"Great…" the boy murmured annoyed "Took me six weeks to make this net!" he caught the only single fish that the net had caught. Raf got a plant and tied up her hair with it as she put a curious but also confused look on her face
"Net…?" she murmured "You saved my life! Thank you!"
The boy looked at her with a sarcastic smile "Well…anyone can make mistakes!" the fish suddenly jumped from his hands and fell again on the water, the boy sighed in annoyance
"Ohh I get it!" said Raf "This is where King Tyco sends his graceless fools, right?"
The amber eyed boy let a sarcastic laugh escape his lips as he turned around "And now I thank you!"
Raf raised an eyebrow "For what..?" the boy turned his back on her and started walking out of the water
"For reminding me why I'm a hermit! Have a good day!" Raf reached for him and started following him
"Wait!" she said as she ran after him "What's your name?"
The boy sighed annoyed "It's Sulfus…" he keep walking away but Raf always followed him
"I'm Raf!" she introduced herself but he ignored it and keep walking "Sulfus! Why you don't look at me when I talk to you?" she asked annoyed as she stood next to him. He sighed, stopped walking for a few moments and then went back to walk, Raf widened her eyes as she understood the answer of her question without needing him to answer
"Oh…" she looked at him with pity "Oh..I didn't realize you were…"
Sulfus stopped in his tracks and interrupted her "What? Tall? Rude? That's me"
Raf looked down for a bit and then back at him "Blind…" she murmured, the boy let out a sarcastic laugh as he turned around to face her with his empty amber eyes, he had a sarcastic but also bitter smile on his face
"You know, I always forget that small detail" Raf looked once again down a bit ashamed she didn't notice this before, she knew it must be a pain for him to remind himself everyday he couldn't see anything, she sighed as she followed him again. The metallic chicken was following them and hid behind a bush but it moved away
"Whaa! Moving bush!" he hide again behind it, the falcon from before followed slowly Sulfus and made noises as if it was talking to the blind boy, he sighed annoyed and turned around to face the falcon, he knew the animal was there because of the noises it made
"Not now!" he exclaimed as he went back to walk, Raf looked up at the falcon and gasped
"Hey look! Your falcon has silver wings!" again Sulfus turned around and spoke to her with a sarcastic tone
"Really? I guess I will have to believe in you" he went back to walk but Raf stopped him
"Oh no, I'm sorry!" she said, regretting completely what she said before "I just meant that he knows where Excalibur is!" she said, Sulfus sighed and passed a hand over his forehead and hair
"Of course he does!" he began "In Camelot! You know, big castle, lots of flags" he went back to walk but once again Raf stopped him
"No! It's somewhere in the forest!" she said "Drake stole it and has taken my mother as hostage!" she looked to see that he was already away from her "That's why I'm here!" she yelled
"I want to find the sword and return it to Tyco…or my mother and Camelot will…" she looked down sadly; Sulfus stopped walking and let the falcon land softly in his arm, the falcon made noises and the boy nodded
"Excalibur is here…" he murmured "Right! We are going after it!" he said as he started walking away
"Great!" said Raf happily as she started following him but Sulfus stopped her
"Not you! Me and Aiden, we work alone!" he said as he pointed his stick towards her, Raf put her hands on her hips and glared him before she pushed the stick away from her
"Well I see no reason why I can't come along!" Sulfus chuckled
I know the sound of each rock and stone
He hit with the stick three times on a rock he was standing at, the rock started raising itself, raising Sulfus with it and leaving Raf behind
And I embrace what others fear You are not to roam in this forgotten place
Raf jumped and embraced the raising rock, she tried to climb up, Sulfus reached the end and jumped to a high cliff and started walking away
Just the likes of me are welcome here
He started walking on a trunk; the middle of it stood a small cascade
Everything breathes
And I know each breath For me it means life For other, it's death
Raf reached the cliff he had been and followed him as well as the metallic chicken masked by the bushes
It's perfectly in balance
He used his stick to touch the water and moved it up, the water moved up too, he smiled and walked between the opening he had made in the water while Raf tried to keep her balance on the trunk
Perfectly planned More than enough For this man
As Raf reached the cascade and keep looking up to make sure the water didn't fall on her, when she reached the middle of it, the water fell on her, wetting her all over again. Sulfus reached a big tree and touched its trunk
Like every tree Stands on it's own
A plant from the tree wrapped itself around Sulfus' waist and helped him reach the other side
Reaching for the sky I stand alone
He jumped in between the plants with lots of ability without falling once
I share my world My no one else All by myself I stand alone
He reached the end of the plants and was now standing on rocks. Raf was left behind and had just now reached the tree, when she jumped on the plants they started moving which made her almost lost her balance, Sulfus heard this and smirked. The girl reached the end of the plants as well and was now climbing other rocks where the blind boy stood
The leaves from the plants started leaving their places and circled around Sulfus and then back in the air, Raf smiled at the view not noticing that he was approaching, Sulfus kneeled down in front of her, he couldn't see her but for sure he felt she was there
I have seen your world With these very eyes
He stood up and walked in between some red plants that started moving, Raf followed him, he had passed between them without any problem but the girl stared at them with fear
Don't come any closer Don't even try I have felt all the pain And heard all the lies
Raf was walking between the plants, trying to relax but then the plants started moving towards her, she screamed and run, Sulfus approached a lake and he started walking on it but instead of falling in the water, water jets came and helped him up to the next cliff. Raf was running away from the plants and looked behind to make sure they haven't followed her
But in my world There is no compromise
He reached the end and walked onto the cliff while Raf was all splashed around and raised in the air by the water jets. The boy jumped onto the smaller part of a trunk from a cut tree, the roots released themselves from the land and started moving with the boy standing on it
Like every tree
He jumped and slid down a long piece of land
Stands on it's own
Reaching for the sky I stand alone
He reached the end of the slide and walked up to a place where huge purple flowers stood, he touched the stem of the flower and got on it, the purple flower's petals started moving and raised itself in the air, taking Sulfus with it. Raf reached the place and stared at him amazed as he flew into the sky
I share my world With no one else
She reached for one the flowers that stood next to her but it was yellow and when she touched it, the flower dig into the earth, she gasped surprised and then looked again for a purple flower while Sulfus keep flying higher and higher
All by myself I stand alone
Raf spun around the stem of the purple flower and it started raising into the sky just like the one where Sulfus was did, the girl only had time to grab the end of the stem, she looked down in fear as it got higher and higher. Sulfus jumped down and landed safely on the top of a rock
All by myself I stand alone!
Raf flew around and around until she reached half of the rock and let the plant go, she started climbing up. Sulfus opened his arms and let the breeze wrap itself around his body
All by myself I stand alone!
The falcon landed on his arm as Raf keep climbing up, she held on his jeans and shirt to help herself up, she sighed tiredly of all that small adventure around the forest, Sulfus knew where she was due to the sound of her shoes so he turned his face to look at her
"I stand alone too" she said as she looked into the horizon with him, the falcon flew out of Sulfus' arm and landed on Raf's, the boy heard this and turned to the animal
"Aiden!" he scolded, Raf smiled down at the animal, she giggled when the animal started snuggling in her face happily
"I just need your help this once" she said, Sulfus groaned
"Oh alright, alright…" he said as he started walking down the rock path "But don't get in trouble!" Raf smiled and followed him, both knowing a dangerous but new adventure waited for them
TBC…