A/N, well I just found out one of the YouTubers I am subscribed to on YouTube is also a FanFiction author as well. Anyway, to the story.
Chapter 34: Shadow Games, part 4
As Lilly walked to her room in the slave house, she planned the route she would take to escape. Over the dinner they had, Lilly, Anna, Haley, Pandra and Mulan all talked about how they would escape. They agreed to take different routes. Lilly was to go through one of the emergency exits at the rear of the castle. Anna was to use the only emergency exit at the front of the castle. Pandra was going to parkour over the wall to escape. Mulan was to pretend to be one of the night shift guards who patrol the city. Haley was to use a emergency exit in the right wing of the castle. Lilly thought of going the short, but heavily guarded way. Her other option was to go the long way, which would place her in the flower garden. The second option was the one picked. She knew she had to leave the house first as to not get caught with the others, so as soon as she reached her room, she placed the second bottle of water she received that morning in a small bag along with a bread roll she stole from dinner.
She waited until five minutes after lights out before she opened her window, with much difficulty. She looked around to see no guards. Jumping to the only tree near the slave house, Lilly made her way to the ground. She had known that this tree was too small to be used to escape unless you were Pandra. She crept to the castle wall and silently made her way to the garden route. Seeing the black rose, Lilly grinned as she picked the rose from the earth below it. She knew this flower could last years without nutrients from the soil and last longer without water. Placing the flower in her hair, Lilly made her way to the escape route end. Only stopping to not be seen by any shadow guards. She reached the exist she planned on using. Moving away any plants on the exit, Lilly opened the hidden door. Closing it behind her, she made her way to the end. Opening the exit to the escape route, Lilly saw a path of stone leading her to a small wooden boat. Sighing, Lilly quietly made her way to the boat. She was careful not to make any sound that would alert the shadow guards. Reaching the boat, she saw unused oars and the boat as unused as the oars.
Quietly, Lilly rowed the boat to the opposite side of the bridge of the castle. Even with one arm, Lilly made it to see Mulan crossing the bridge. Waiting for the other shadow guards and normal guards to enter the town, Lilly climbed up to see Mulan removing the helmet she wore.
"Looks like you had fun" Lilly joked.
"You try wearing shadow guard armour for twenty minutes, you wouldn't like it and the shadow guards look terrifying without their armour on" Mulan chuckled as she saw other members of the escape group silently head towards them.
"Now we have to wait for Pandra" Lilly weakly smiled as she saw Anna and Haley.
"I see her scaling down the wall" Mulan pointed to the wall of the castle.
"Can't exactly see how she is like that but I shouldn't be talking" Anna giggled as she saw the girl begin to sprint down the bridge.
"Sorry for the hold up. More shadow guards on the walls then I thought" Pandra apologised when she reached the other girls.
"Where do we go now" Mulan asked to no-one in particular.
"We need to split up and meet up somewhere. If we do that, we are less likely to meet any shadow guards since we will be smaller groups" Lilly answered.
"Where should we meet" Anna asked.
"Along different areas on the coast line. I got a plan to use Ticf's ship for our escape" Lilly grinned.
"We need to be close to be able to be seen by the person or people on the ship. Whoever is the fastest will be the furthest while the slower ones closer. My question is, who will steer the ship" Haley asked,
"I will. I steered ships and other water vehicles before" Pandra offered.
"So what order will we be picked up in" Anna asked.
"Haley, me, you and then Mulan" Lilly answered her aunt. "That is if we don't run into any trouble or distractions."
"Sounds like a plan" Mulan agreed.
The girls split up so they were all on their own. Lilly walked through a seemingly to empty street but was pulled back by someone.
"What the hell" Lilly breathed.
"You were one of those people with that man who fought that monster. Am I correct" the person asked.
"Who are you" Lilly asked as she sat up.
"I believe your friend would know me as Jullie" the person whispered.
"You're that girl whom Ticf saved when he fought Shadow" Lilly widened her eyes as she saw the person properly.
"That would be me" the new girl bowed.
"What are you doing here" Lilly whispered with a growl.
"Me and two of my friends heard about a celebration over the defeat of a psychopathic monster over a century and so in a city in Norway. We went and saw the castle that the defeat happened at. I recognised the room that was the throne room as the room Ticf and the rest of you were in when he fought that monster. We were guided to the garden where a memorial plaque was for someone whom died fighting the tyrant. I couldn't read it since most of the writing was eroded away but I knew we were in the right place. We were having a picnic at the edge of the forest when we saw that portal. We entered but we came to this. What is going on anyway" the girl answered.
"It turns out Shadow was never defeated. He now rules most of this Realm but he is having trouble conquering a few counties. Me and a few others plan on going to one of the countries resisting his rule and we plan on going to other Realms to fight with us to defeat Shadow" Lilly answered.
"Then you can have our help" the girl smiled.
"How so" Lilly questioned.
"First of all, one of your friends is on a ship. We can help with manning the ship. I know how to navigate the oceans. One of my friends can talk their way passed anything. The other friend can speak twenty six languages. Does that sound like a plan" the girl answered.
"Where are your friends" Lilly asked.
"Edge of the city" the girl smiled.
"Let's go" Lilly sighed. "They are waiting for us."
The two girls silently made their way to the edge of the city. Lilly remained quiet when the duo met with the new girl's friends. One of the friends was a boy, no older the sixteen. He had messy black hair and green-blue eyes. He was looked fairly athletic. Based on his looks, the boy looked like he came from England. The other friend was a girl, about the same age as the boy if not older. She had what looked like natural pink hair and violet eyes. She looked like she would be a very intelegent person. Based on her looks, the girl looked like she came from a Japanese-British background. The four snuck out of Arendelle with haste. Reaching the point where Pandra was to pick Lilly up, they finally had time to speak normally to each other.
"So, what are your names" Lilly asked, still not knowing the two other people's names.
"I am William" the boy smiled.
"And I am Yuko" the girl bowed.
"You already know me as Jullie" the first girl Lilly met smiled.
"Pleased to meet you all. I am Lilly" Lilly said as she smiled slightly.
They didn't of my much until they saw the ship approach them. Lolly made herself known by sending a small stream of ice and snow into the sky. The three older people looked amazed as Lilly summoned ice and snow. The ship docked at the edge of the water that was deep enough for it. Pandra looked over one of the railings to see Lilly standing on the coast with three extras behind her. Quietly giggling to herself, Pandra pushed the walk way down the side of the ship so the four on the coast could climb aboard.
"Welcome to the SS Fuck You Shadow" Pandra laughed as she allowed the four people on board.
"Pandra, might I ask what is with the noise? Lilly" Haley asked as she walked through the doors to the cabins.
"Good to see you again, Haley. I would also like you and Pandra to meet Jullie, William and Yuko. They actually have a history with Ticf, well Jullie does" Lilly hugged her cousin with her one arm.
"Charmed to meet you two" Haley grinned. "Anyway, we need to get moving. We had a shadow guard ship on our tail moments ago. And we need to get to my mum and Mulan. Get the catwalk up and we can move again."
Doing as ordered, Jullie, Yuko and William pulled the catwalk up on deck. Pandra ran up to the controls of the advanced ship and began getting the ship moving. Lilly looked behind them to see a ship behind them. She recognised it as a shadow guard ship. Looking to her right, she saw a mounted weapon. Without warning she was readying the weapon just incase the ship attacked them. Unfortunately for them, it did.
A/N, next chapter will be set during the attack. Bye.