The Other Princess of Meridian

CHAPTER 4

"ELI! Wait up!"

The small girl just kept running, laughing at her friend.

Seeing his friend finally slow down, he caught up to her wondering as too what caught his young friends attention.

"Aww...we has too help it!"

"Eli its a wild animal! It'll probably end up biting you! Come on, lets head back before it gets darker," the older boy said as he reached down grabbing her wrist, dragging her away from the trapped fox.

Biting on her lower lip and turning her head back to the wonded fox who looked so sad, she yanked her hand out of her friend's grasp and ran back to the fox.

"ELi!" the boy yelled.

"you can goes! I'm helping him," Eli told her friend as she tried to pry the trap off the fox's leg.

Sighing rather loudly, the boy stomped back towards her and pushed her aside.

"HEY!"

"Why are you so stubborn! Can't you listen to me for once. Always have to argue with me every time we're together. I am the oldest, by the way ," the boy said as he struggled with the trap.

"So, I don't cares if you ares the oldest! What's dat got to do with anything?"

"It means i'm seven and your only five. So it means you have to listen to me," and then he quitely mumbled to himself, "At least every once in a while. It wouldn't kill you."

"You was being a big meanie not wanting to the help Thistle."

"Thistle? Eli, no! You are not keeping this animal!" he exclaimed as he finally got the fox's leg free from the trap, only to have the fox bite him.

"Oww..you stupid fox!" but the fox had already made its way to Eli.

"Don't yell at Thistle Caleb! He has an owwie," Eli told him, even as Caleb pouted saying that damn thing give him an 'owie' also, as she rip part of her dress to wrap around Thistle's leg picking him up in her small arms as she started to walk away.

"Eli! Wait up!" Caleb said as he rushed to her side.

"That stupid fox bit me! I can't believe you want to keep the dirty thing."

"Well, you deserve to be bitten. And sides, I keep you don't I?"

"What's that suppose to mean?"

The two friends could be seen arguing back and forth with each other before departing ways; each parting ways once reaching the bend in the road.

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"Now Thistle we has to be very quite or brother..."

"Or brother what Acelin?" Prince Phobos said, amusement dancing in his eyes as he saw his baby sister jump in the air clearly startled. " And who or what is a thistle ?"

Acelin bit on her lower lip before laughing and quickly hugged her brother.

"I missed so very much, big brother! Any toubles ith the rebels?"

Watching the small princess struggle to hide something furry and black behind her back, Phobos let a small smirk grace his face.

"Aceli..." but the ball black of fur decided that it was the best of times to escape his new friend.

"THISTLE! BAD BOY!" Acelin yelled as she raced after her new friend down the hall, completely forgetting about her brother.

"Itsss seemsss asss we have a new guesssst your highness," Cedric said as he watched in disgust at his princess' new pet, which was surely covered in fleas and other ill begotten diseases that could cause damage to her health.

"So it would seem, Cedric. Make sure Thistle is properly washed before he joins my sister in her room."

"You are allowing her to keep that... thing?"

Phobos just stared at Cedric before walking away.

" You tell Acelin she can't keep Thistle."

The threat could be heard in the young prince's voice.

'Make her cry and you shall pay.'

"As you wissh my lord."

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Couldn't help it. Had too have Caleb know Will before I her have go bye-bye.