Chapter 11
I'm back with a new chapter! I should have posted yesterday but I had friends over, so I couldn't spend an hour typing. I should start trying to post a day before so I'm on time. So, I have a new idea, and I want an actual response on this telling me what you guys think. I'm going to have a song that fits for the chapter and put it at the beginning of the chapter. The song for this chapter is It's Time, by Imagine Dragons. That should kind of work as a hint to if you think close enough. As usual, Tytonic nailed the question for the last chapter. I have to ask you this Tytonic, how do you do it? Is it like we have the same type of writing or do you know all? This is also the chapter with the start to romance, so I hope that I get this right. Being 11, I have never kissed a non related girl, so I have extreme trouble with writing romance. I just base it off of the books, or Percy Jackson. On with the chapter!
Luxa's POV
Hope. It was the only emotion I could feel. Everyone could tell that I was happy, and they knew it probably had something to do with Gregor. If anyone asked why I was so happy, I could easily answer that if Gregor was still alive then we might have a chance of winning. That was only a half truth. Hazard knew it was for something else, and he knew why, but I wasn't worried since I knew that he didn't understand love. Howard knew, but I guess that e kind of accepted Gregor after seeing how far he would go to save us. Vikus knew, but he was like Mareth, so he kept his mouth shut. Ripred knew, but I think that both he and Aurora understand what it is like to lose a loved one, so they probably feel happy that I wasn't going to join them.
I was sitting in my royal chambers when I guard came to tell me that the search was unsuccessful. Wow, just my luck, if this keeps up, I'll end up like Ripred, snotty and sarcastic. I barely heard the guard add that the council wanted me. Probably to see what we could do to end this war. It would go up into flames and everyone would end up arguing most likely. But it would still occupy me, so I went. It was just as I thought.
After that, I went to the arena. The arena was empty; all the soldiers were off on a break. I pulled out a couple dummies to hack at. I pulled out my sword and practiced for awhile. I tried to focus, but I had my mind on other things. I was just finishing the fourth dummy when somebody tapped me on my shoulder. I whirled around to see Howard standing there, eyes alert. He told me that somebody was in the hospital, waiting for me. I whistled for Aurora and jumped up, landing cleanly on her back. She too seemed to know what was going on, so I didn't have to even tell her where I wanted to go. She landed on the hard stone of high hall just minutes later. I thanked her and started to walk to the hospital.
I didn't have to ask where to go; I just went to where the doctors were leaving. When I got there, somebody was waiting for me. My heart jolted and my hope was sparked again.
Gregor's POV
The ride was easy. All Gregor had to do was sit on Temp's back as he sped through the caves as they rode in peaceful silence. The ride was a bit long, but it was way better than walking. They were at Regalia before he could even think of something to say to Temp. A bat was flying over the wall when they were close, and it flew to where they were at. When it got closer, Gregor realized it was Krios. Krios landed in front of them, and Temp stopped. Gregor thanked Temp and the crawler ran back the way that they came. Gregor got onto Krios, who was excited that he was back. It wasn't hard to tell.
"So, what happened while I was gone?" Gregor asked Krios.
"Nothing. What could happen in three days that you wouldn't find out about getting here?" Krios replied.
The rest of the trip was silent. It wasn't a bad thing, they were happy to see each other again, but there was nothing more to say. They landed in high hall soon. People were there almost immediately, no doubt going somewhere else but seeing Gregor on the way. He was rushed to doctors, where they treated his wounds and gave him stitches, lots of them. He could barely move when they were done treating his wounds. They insisted that he lay down, but he bluntly refused. Howard was there, but he left for something almost immediately. Soon, the room was empty except for him.
A slight sound of walking came from outside, and somebody walked in. it was the person that Gregor desperately wanted to see, somebody that he had almost lost hope of seeing again. Luxa. His heart raced as she barely stepped forward, and then back again. She was over her shock almost instantly. And they walked forward until they were inches apart staring each other in the eyes. They moved forward and their lips met.
That wraps it up! The question is: What next? That's kind of hard, considering the many, many possibilities, but I have faith that someone will get it. See ya next time!
-The Firelands