Disclaimer- I don't own Kickin' It. I do own Sam, the plot, and the poems though. :)
Last Time on 'Once Upon a Knight'
"So, your mom left you something, and left you a string of clues to find it?" Jack asked as he paced back and forth in front of me who was sitting on his bed (as we where in his room) and Jerry and Kim who were sitting next to or behind me.
I nod, "Yeah."
"And we just now happened to find it, when the Black Dragon's are threating to kidnap Princess Kimberly and any other maiden of any royal position in the castle?" Jack confirmed.
"Yeah." It sounds really bad... and it is really bad.
Jack groans, "That woman has the worst timing."
"Hey!" But I laugh. She did have the worst timing with stuff when she was with us.
"So- are you crazy enough to go look for it?" Kimberly asked me.
I sighed and thought for a second before saying, "I have to. I feel like... I feel like I have to."
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"So... any idea on where we're going?" Jack asked me as we walked our horses deeper into the woods. Since the clue said I'll need a horse I've always ridden, I brought Starlight- since she's the same horse I've had since, like, forever. -And she was the only horse I had brought with me. AND she's the only horse I've ever had... I'm going to stop talking now.
Jack brought his horse, Oz, (Where he got that name, is beyond me.), who is a brown chesnut color. Jackson's always had that horse. -I think we got them both at Christmas when we where 2, now that I think about it...
"Not a clue." I say, looking directly ahead of me.
He laughs, "What does the clue say again?"
I pulled the note out of my saddle bag and read it back to him,
"'There was once a big tree you once eyed,
Remember a yellow bear, one big and wide.
Try not to cry once you see what else is hidden,
But to get there, you'll need a horse you've always ridden.'"I say, shrugging and putting it back in the bag.
"What does she mean by 'a yellow bear, one big and wide'? There's no bear's that are yellow.. the last time I checked anyway." I laughed at his joke and thought about it.
My thoughts traveled to yellow things that where related to a bear. I don't remember being obbsessed with bears at any point in my life, still, I kept thinking.
"Honey? Maybe? Honey bear? -There's no such thing as a honey bear. Maybe a grizzly bear? They like honey... I think." I say, thinking aloud.
Jack nodds but then says, "But where would we find a grizzly bear in/by a tree? And why do we need our horse to get there?-And how would be get it to not kill us?"
Then it hit me.
No, litterally.
We where walking under a tree and I forgot to duck and my head hit a low branch. When I looked up, I saw an Owl.
"Pooh Bear!" I yelled exicedly, turning my head towards Jack.
This made Jack stop his horse, and turn to look at me like I was insane. I stopped my horse and looked at him with a smile.
"What?" He asked, totally confused.
"Pooh bear! Winne the Pooh? The fairytale (I'm making Winnie The Pooh be a fairytale that was told to them as kids, only cuz it seems weird to have the TV show and movies winnie the pooh back whenever this is. :P :P) that my mom used to tell me every night! I was so obbsessed with that bear that my mom made me a stuffed yellow bear! She must have hidden it in a big tree I used to always look at!" First clue down... who knows how many more to go.
"Well, what tree? There's like a million between here and Pascal." I slouch, knowing that I had no idea what tree. "Wait- is there a spot you and your mom used to always go?" He asked me.
"Yeah, we used to picnic by this one big tree every Sunday afternoon. It's between gaintville and Pascal." I didn't realize what I was saying until I finished.
I looked at Jack and he nodded and with that, we started our horses again and ran to the tree in Honeysuckle Woods.
WOW. Did I really just not know what this clue ment a couple seconds ago?
Dismounting our horses, I look around the woods.
"Anything look familiar?" Jack asks.
Sighing, I say, "Uh... Not really."
Jack sighs, "Great."
I give him a look, "Thanks for the support, pal."
He rolls his eyes and looks around. "Okay. Where do we start? There's like a million tree's here."
I look around again but my eyes land on something carved into a tree, a couple paces away. "Wait-" Jogging up to it, I look at it. It's a heart with the initals PB + HP carved into the middle of it.
"Who the heck is PB+HP?" Jack asks, coming up behind me.
I shrug, "Maybe it's a random couple that happened to carve it into a tree." looking at the heart, I see Jack look up.
"...Sam!" Jack says, hitting my shoulder; still looking up.
"WHAT? ...That hurt."
He shakes his head and points up into the tree. It's a wooden box, tied to a high branch with a decaying rope.
"Ew." I say, crossing my arms over my chest, not moving my eyes from the box. I see Jack roll his eyes. Looking at it I see something carved on the box. But my vision is not the greatest so the only thing I could make out is an S.
...
S!
...Wow, I am stupid.
"Whoa! The bear must be in that box!" I say happily.
Jack rolls his eyes into the back of his head again, "I was wondering how long it would take you to figure that out."
"Only one problem." I say.
"It took you that long to figure that out?" Jack asks.
I hit his shoulder and he pretends that it hurts, although I'm positive it doesn't. I think I see him smile at me but I must be imagining stuff.
...Maybe that tree branch hit me harder then I thought.
"Noooo. It's tied up in one of the tallest branches. -I'm scared of hights." I say.
He nods and I can almost see the wheels turning in his head. -I really must have hit my head.
"Here, you go up first and I'll follow you. That way, if you fall, I'll catch you." He finally says. I raise my eyebrows at him in suprise.
"Really?"
He nods, "Sure."
Trying not to look down, I eventually reach the branch. Pulling myself up onto the branch, I sigh and look down at the decaying rope covered in dirt and moss.
"Ew... this is nasty." I say as Jack pulls himself up onto the branch on the other side of the box.
"Well... Get used to it, because if this is the first clue, imagine what the other one's will be like."
I scrunch up my nose at the thought and we carefully take the rope off of the box. Once we get it off, I look up at Jack, who nods. Sighing, I pull the dirt & leaved covered box onto my lap. Jack sits the rope down on the branch next to him and slides closer to me so our shoulder's where brushing.
Gulping, I brush the dirt and leaves off of the box, revealing lettering on the top.
Samantha
Jack smiles down at me and I smile back at him. I try to not look past the smile but for some reason it seem's different then just a friendly smile. Looking back down at the box, I carefully lift the key flap, and open the box. It opens with a creak, but none-of-the-less, it opens. Inside, the objects that my mom had stored in there looked as good as new. Ontop was the yellow Pooh Bear. Black button eyes and red yarn smile and pink ears and a red-shirt that says 'Pooh' on it.
Smiling, I carefully lift it out of the box. I remember carrying this thing around all the time. Putting it in my lap, I look at the other objects in the box. Inside was a pink blanket that had 3 letters sewn into a cornner. I reconized the first and second letters, as they where my first & middle name initals but the last letter was not my last name inital. SMD
Looking at Jack, I hold the blanket in my hands. "What do you think these letter's mean? That's not my last name inital." He looks at it and thinks.
"Maybe it's your mom's madien name?"
I shrug, "Yeah. That's probably it." I hand him the blanket and the only thing left in the box was a peice of paper. Unfolding it, I read aloud,
"Samantha,
If you're reading this, you found the second clue.
I appologize for sending you on this clue search, but I knew you've never liked anything boreing.
The next clue, you will find in a place that you where it seemed like you where glued.
You and Jackson never had a bad time there and I knew by looking at you that you loved it.
In this place, is a fruit with a pit.
Use that to skip and you will find your next clue.
But, you might get a little wet.
Love,
Mamma" I smile even though I'm completely lost onto where this clue points us too.
I look over at Jack, "What do you think she's talking about?" I ask him. He shrugs and looks over at me and as soon as our eyes lock, a big smile appears on both of our faces. "I- Umm...-" Jack starts but is lost for words. As am I.
I bite my bottom lip and he slowly leans in. My eyes where about to close when we both lost ballance and fell.
The fall knocked our breath out of both of us for a second but Jack had it worse, since I landed ontop of him. -I don't weigh very much but still.
"Sorry." I appologize.
He shakes his head, "That's alright."
Our eyes lock again but before we could do anything else, we heard voices.
"I'm just saying, it was stupid to throw the bottle over the wall in the garden! Who would want a garden?"
I look at Jack and I notice that a small string of fear was in his eyes, but I'm pretty sure that was the only thing in my eyes. Quickly getting up and tossing the box into my saddle bag, I look around for the way the voice was coming from.
"I'm not sure. Who would want a gardian." A different voice says. At this point Jack is alert and on his feet.
I look at Jack again and he spots a tree and hedge and pulls me behind it. He wraps an arm firmly around my waist, and I suddenly wish I was back home. -At least with Kimberly. I squeeze my eyes shut and try to control my heavy breathing.
"Frank... It's a GARDEN. Not a gardian." The first voice says. I realize that they must be close if I can hear them so well.
Dirt from the tree must have gotten up my nose because I suddenly felt like I was gonna sneeze. Jack put a hand over my mouth and the urge to sneeze passes but he keeps his hand there.
"Yes ma'am." the second voice says.
The sound like men, so I'm not sure why one of them called another one of them a woman.
"..You haven't been the same since you got hit with that drawbridge have you?"
"No Ma'am!" the second voice says, happily. [Author's note: ;) From 'Kickin It On Our Own' :))
I can feel Jack shake his head in amusement.
"WELL. We need to find that necklace soon. My evil powers are doing nothing anymore. See?" He does something and Jack pulls me closer to him and we both stand up straighter and no sooner had he done that, a fireball flew threw the hedge, making a big black O.
My breathing starts to quicken again as I realize these must be the Black Dragons.
"Well, what are you all standing around for?! Let's keep walking!"
As soon as we didn't hear their footsteps anymore, Jack let me go.
"Do, you..." I stutter as we walk back to our horses. "Think.. those are the..."
"WELL, Well, Well. What do we have here?"
Me and Jack spin around faster then humanly possible, coming face to face to voice 1, voice 2, and a couple other goons.
Just looking at them me and Jack know who they are.
Me and Jack glance at each other.
"Black Dragons." I finish with a gulp.
Author's note: HAHA. :D sorry for the cliffhanger but I really needed to get a chapter up :) Hope you enjoyed and PLEASE review! :)
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~Max1098