Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story except for the OC the others belong to Darren Shan the true master of horror.
Chapter 14
Half an hour later
The next time Vancha looked up he noticed that Amber was gone. He looked around to see if she was in a corner sulking or something but she was no where to be seen. Larten was in the center of the cave near their things making sure that they had everything they needed.
"Larten?"
Larten looked up and raised an eyebrow.
"Where's Amber?" Vancha asked.
Larten looked around the cave. "I do not know," he said. "I have not seen her for a while now."
"You don't think that she went after her sword, do you?"
"It is possible," Larten said. "She made that sword herself and she takes great pride in it."
Vancha hadn't known that Amber had made that sword herself, but that would explain why she had been so intent on having it with her all the time.
Vancha sighed. "I'm going to go find her," he said. "I want you to stay here in case she decides to come back while I'm out."
"Aye Sire," Larten said.
Vancha hated it when ever someone called him "Sire." Larten said it as a form of respect, whereas Amber said it when ever she was mad or upset at him or something he had done. Had she called him Sire before she left? He couldn't remember. Even if she had, why would she? What could she be mad about?
He paled as realization hit him in the face. Had she overheard what he had told Larten? That would explain her irritation towards him. But she had been unconscious the whole time, hadn't she? Vancha now needed to find her more than ever. He had to somehow explain everything to her and make things right. This was now the second time he had seriously screwed up within the last week and he hoped that he wouldn't do it again.
As he was leaving he noticed the paper laying on the ground. He picked it up and scanned it. Even though he had never learned to read, Amber had been trying to teach him, which he thought was a waste of time, he had picked up on certain words like his name, Amber's name and a few other things.
"Is something wrong Vancha?" Larten asked.
"She lied to us," he answered quietly.
"What do you mean?"
"Amber taught me a few words," he explained. "But this doesn't mention Evanna at all. So Amber lied about what this says."
Vancha crumpled the paper and threw it against a wall angrier than he had ever been. What was Amber really hiding from them? And why lie about it when they would've found out anyway? Now, more than ever, Vancha had to find Amber, and when he did, they were going to have a vary, vary long talk about everything.
To be continued.
Sorry that this chapter was so short, but I wrote this one a while ago when I was bored in school, and I didn't know how to change it to make it longer. Sorry again. -Awsomeredvampire.