Hello everyone. Sorry for the long wait. Here is chapter 36 and the final chapter of this short story. I hope that you will enjoy it. :)
After riding for a certain number of days, prince Alex and Prince Nightfly have finally arrived at the location where princess Lisa is being held hostage by a group of bandits, who are clearly looking for payback for something that prince Alex must have done in the past or they just feel that they have something to prove.
When they got of their respective ponies, Nightfly and Alex began to make their way towards the sound of someone being tortured as the two began to have a bad feeling that it was Lisa who was being tortured with the thought making Alex become increasingly angry much to Nightfly's worry as they crept forward.
They continued to creep forward until they were close to the entrance of the next room, which is where Lisa and the group of bandits are located and Prince Alex told Nightfly to hide until he gives the signal to attack and Nightfly was unsure about the plan, though, he went ahead with it while Alex made his presence known.
"Alright, let my sister go, you cowards" said Alex as he faced the bandits. "Or else, prepare to face my wrath".
"Alex?, quick get out of here, it's a trap" said Lisa as she became worried for her brother. "They are going to kill you".
"I know, sis, that is what they're planning to do" said Alex as he looked at his little sister. "I am going to get you, out of here".
"Is that so?, well, unfortunely, you're wrong" said the leader of the bandits as he looked at Alex. "Besides, you are surrounded".
"Maybe, but, I will fight you to free my sister" said Alex as he glared at the leader of the bandits. "If you dare to hurt my sister, you will regret it".
Meanwhile, Nightfly was in position to wait for Alex's signal to attack when he noticed a hooded figure, who was holding a magical staff and the hooded figure was creeping around in a possible attempt to attack the bandits, something that Nightfly was hoping would happen.
Suddenly the hooded figure appeared behind the bandits, but out of sight of them, before casting a spell that stunned most of them as Alex took this opportunity to attack them and he gave the signal for Nightfly to attack them which he did as he and Alex fought the bandits.
The fight was long and brutal as Nightfly fought off two bandits while Alex fought off three and the leader of the bandits, a male Green Macaw, was attempting to make his way to Lisa in an attempt to kill her before coming face to face with the mysterious hooded figure.
"Get out of my way, you fool" said the leader as he glared at the hooded figure. "Or I will kill you and her".
"I don't think so, Horvath" said the hooded figure as he began to cast a spell. "Hleap on Baec".
Horvath could do nothing, but, be thrown away by the mysterious hooded figure's attack and that gave Alex the chance to rescue his sister while Nightfly continued to fight off the other bandits, which was proving to be difficult as he was slowly being overpowered.
Luckily the hooded figure used his same attack on the bandits, that were attacking Nightfly, which caused the other bandits to be thrown aside by a mysterious force and Nightfly could only look at the hooded figure in shock as well as happiness at what happened.
"Thanks for the help, my friend" said Nightfly as he smiled. "I am in your debt".
"Someday, I know you will repay it" said the hooded figure as he used his mind to speak. "Though, you must do something for me".
"You can speak telepathically, that's cool" said Nightfly in his own mind. "What should I do, anyway?".
"Find the one called Diaglo, find him" said the hooded figure as he turned to leave. "He has a very special gift".
After giving Nightfly those instruction, the mysterious hooded figure disappeared into thin air, literally, before Nightfly went to help Alex get Lisa to safety as they both knew that they could still be in danger if they stay and they were soon back on their ponies as well as riding back to their respective kingdoms.
Five days passed and King Blu as well as his family came back from their visit to King Challa's kingdom with the visit being a successful one as the visit has helped strengthen the alliance between the two kingdoms and the royal family were glad to be back home with Princess Bia quickly writing a new message to Nightfly.
Speaking of Nightfly, he was still thinking about what the mysterious hooded figure had spoke to him, through their respective minds, because he wondered if this "Diaglo" person could have the same magical powers as the hooded figure, but, for now, Nightfly focused on writing a new message to princess Bia.