"So I'm guessing that you're going to dance with your girlfriend there," A guess' earning a nod in response. "She's the only one that probably would be willing to dance with an amateur," Henry laughs earning a smile from the girl. "You aren't an amateur yet," She grins into her words really getting to be comfortable around the older boy. They reach a clearing with few stray branches and leaves leading towards a cliff and A pulls Henry towards the middle; away from the edge. "Alright just put your hands here," A brings Henrys left hand towards her waist "and here." She brings Henrys right hand up to her own hand as she brings her other hand to rest on the nape of his neck. "Now remember Henry, this is just the basics," A reminds "So anything other than this you're going to have to learn from your girlfriend." She ends slyly.
"Yeah yeah," The boy responds, "So tell me A, where do you go after that puff of blue smoke?"
She starts dancing with Henry when she responds "That's my magic," A begins adjusting their position and dodging Henrys feet. "It's only one type, one thing of it, but it helps me in tough situations." She answers "Well where does it take you?"
"You'll just have to find out," She says dismissing all conversation twirling. All that could be heard from their silence was an occasional 'One two three…one two three' from A and Henry. This went on for around an hour until they were both dancing in a liquid like motion only stopping momentarily for A to adjust her hood. An odd scent waved through the woods and it made the duo freeze and pull apart. Henrys hands immediately found his Long Sword and he pulled it out of its sheath. With two clicks As' wrist guards had a blade come out ending before her knuckles.
As if on silent agreement they both took a fighting stance with the two back to back. The smell grew heavy making the air feel suffocating. "Where is it," Henry mumbled tensing as leaves started to crackle and twigs started to snap. And there it was the same creature that attacked Henry all those months ago, the same creature that A saved him from.
This time though it was a pack causing Henry to freeze. Never in his life has he seen so many monsters all at once. It's a good thing A snapped out of her daze before the creatures started attacking them. It was a standoff at this point and it wouldn't stay at this stalemate forever so A grabbed Henrys arm, turned her heel and sprinted away. Consequently the beasts decided to launch themselves at the pair the second A moved. "Come on Henry pick up your feet!" A yelled over her shoulder using the hand that wasn't practically dragging Henry to hold up her hood.
Luck was on their side that day because the second the words left her mouth Henry started running with his arm still clasped in the girls hand and they lost the monsters. That was until A lost her footing and fell over the side of the cliff; I guess luck never actually liked them.
Right before A completely fell over the edge Henry grabbed her wrist and she clamped her hand back around his wrist. "A, are you alright can you pull yourself up?" The girl in question was looking down unable to pull her other arm up to hold her hood down so she was left to just stare down at the churning waters that would engulf her. It didn't help that the monsters smell came back heavier than before and none of them in sight.
While A was thinking about how to pull herself up Henry was looking along the edge of the cliff that he could see to see if there was a way that he could help his friend. There were some jagged areas and a few vines trailing down the side of the cliff.
And then the stench grew accompanied by a roar causing the duo to jerk their heads and see the furry and taloned monster. That also made the dark blue hood on A, fall. So when Henry turned back to her to pull A up he froze, and started looking at her.
A had pale skin (which was quite obvious due to what skin could be seen in the first place) with a couple of cuts on her cheek. When he looked at her eyes they were bright green with blue scattered through it somewhat reminding the teen of sapphires. When his eyes scanned her hair a her dark brown side bang was covering part of one of her eyebrows and slid into the rest of her brown hair; at the moment it was impossible to see how long it was.
"Henry," As' voice broke his thoughts bringing him back to the situation. "Henry, I'm going to need you to let go." She pleaded "Why? A, they may be coming but I can still bring you up; I am not going to let you fall." Resilience is in the teen's voice and A heard it loud and clear. Mumbling something about his stubbornness she swung with all her tiring strength and grabbed her wrist guard that blades had retraced into. A looked up towards her friends face and simply said "Run," and then a small click was heard cutting into Henrys skin and out of reflex he let go of everything including A in order to stop the pain that bloomed the second her blade hit his skin.
He screamed her name but he remember what she told him just seconds ago and did, but not in the sense that she meant. Because you see, he went down that cliff too; not caring about the beasts that were seconds behind him and went down the vines and jagged footholds ending up jumping the last few feet the small ground below him and the rest of the area is covered in deep blue water.
He wants to save his friend so, so badly and that's what he's going to do. Henry takes of his sheath and leaves it on the bank the growls of the monsters left far up the cliff and removed his blazer and kicked off his shoes. Then, well, he jumped into the water searching his not so familiar faced friend. He swam through the water for what felt like forever until he saw As' brown hair flowing in the water and swam towards it finding the body of the girl that he'd grown closer to, yet still remains a mystery to him. She's never even told him her real name! This frustration in his head, Henry forgot that his lungs started burning though he finally reached the sinking girl. Finally, Henry reached A and brought his arms around the bottom of her knees and back and started kicking his feet up eventually breaking the surface and greedily breathing in the fresh air. Don't forget the coughing as he made his way to the small piece of land.
When he reached it he heaved the girl in his arms onto the strip of land and climbed on after her checking for her pulse. "Come on A," Henry mumbled feeling her shallow beat. Henry put one hand over the other on As' chest and started pressing down attempting to get the water out of her. As' cloak was gone, her dark brown hair looking black, what didn't stick to her face was splayed out on the stone ground and her normal pale skin was a sheet of ice white. In the middle of pressing down hoping that that pushes would save her life, a puff of purple smoke wrapped around them bringing them back to the Council Room back at the castle surrounded by his family. Oh no.
"Henry who's that?" His mother, Emma questions having her own Long Sword drawn pointing at the unconscious girl. "Questions later just help her," Henry pleaded and begged after a few seconds of hesitation, "Come one save her!" And that's what they did. They put A on Henrys bed considering that he brought her there and he waited for the girl to wake up. When people and fairies were healing A, Henry realized that a gash to her forehead appeared and a cut to her clavicle where the locked that belonged to her dark blue cloak once was. That one was going to leave a small scar.
So here we are, Henry left alone with an out of commission A, who was asleep on his bed looking peaceful as if the fall down the cliff and sinking into the dark and murky water, nearly drowning and Henry having to save her never happened. "A you're really a mystery," He mumbled under his breath leaning back on the side of his bed that didn't have A on it a drifted off.