Author's Note: Hello there, I'm Sprite's Amusement. I wrote this three years ago, when i was twelve and not that talented. Keep that in mind when you review so don't flame me about not being very describtive. I know it's not. If you must flame me, flame me with somthing useful. And I'm warning you that i used the word 'dumb' alot. hehe... sorry. Maybe, if i get most of my other things done, i'll fix this story, but for now, it's staying as it is. And review. If you review, i'll post quicker and am more probable to fix whatever you think is wrong with my story. That said, on with the fic.
Chapter 1
My life has been everything but boring, but today; it felt like
I had never done anything fun. I hate it when Kazul
decided it was cleaning day. It only happened twice a month, but once a lifetime seemed like once too much.
I wished a distraction would come from the castle. Like maybe a new solution to the dumb spell dumb Daystar and the Sword of the Enchanted Forest put on me. He wanted me to be polite; all I wanted was my magic to work. Well I got my wish, only now I have to be polite to someone and really mean it before I can work a spell.
Why does a cave need cleaning anyway? And why can't Kazul get some other dragon's princess to do it. Heck, Kazul could even get another dragon to do it. She's the King of the Dragons. But she makes me do it. Just because it's "good for me". But I never get to learn any new spells. The last one I learned was a week ago. And all it was was a spell on how to change a spoon into a fork. Where in the world was I going to use that? Only one time, when I'm low on silverware. But when would I be low on silverware?
"Princess Shiara, Princess Shiara," a little dragon that helped Kazul a lot ran up to me. It was really young, less than 100 years old so it hadn't decided its sex yet.
"Stop calling me a princess. I'm not. And what are you running over here for?" This little dragon is always annoying.
"King Mendanbar and Prince Daystar have sent word that they may have a new solution to the spell and you need you to came to the castle as soon as possible."
"Ok, tell Kazul I've gone to the castle."
"Yes Princess."
"Stop calling me 'princess!'" I hate to be called something I'm not, even if I am being called royalty. "If you must call me something, and not my real name, call me Fire-witch. That's what I am."
"Note taken Pri-er-Fire-witch." The little dragon looked confused.
After he had left, I got up to put the buckets away. As I was pouring the remaining water down the drain, it plugged up.
"Drat! Now I have to fix this." But I had no idea how. "I know!" I said happily. After I go to the dumb castle and try the new dumb idea to get rid of this spell, I'll make Daystar come back and fix this dumb sink. After all he's dragged me trough, he deserves to fix a plugged up sink. I smiled. I knew how much he hated to fix sinks. I made him fix one before.
I wondered if I should tell the little dragon about this, but nobody went in the kitchen except me. He didn't have to know.
When I finally got to the castle I was pretty annoyed. First I tripped in the Mountains of Morning and fell part of the way down the trail. Then I tripped on some moss and hit my head on a tree, then fell in a stream. I was not having a good day at all.
"I'm here!" I yelled when I got into the castle. It had only been a few months since the war with the wizards, so the castle staff did not include a doorman any more. It had a few weeks ago, but he got tired of all the strange things that happen in the Enchanted Forest and ran off to rescue a Princess in the Mountains or Morning (I think he got eaten).
I stared to go up the stars and Daystar met me halfway.
"What are you going to do to me now?" I asked.
"I don't know. Mother came up with this one and she hasn't told me yet."
"Well, this one might acutely work then if Cimorene came up with it instead of you."
"Hey," Daystar said, "be nice." He looked offended but I knew he really wasn't. I'm pretty sure he's used to all my insults by now.
"By the way, after this, I need you to come back to the Mountains of Morning with me."
"Why?" he asked.
"The sink is all plugged up again and I need you to fix it."
Daystar sighed. I knew he would come though. If he wouldn't I could always tell Cimorene. She would make him go. That was "good for him."
When we got to Mendanbar's study I stopped, but Daystar kept going.
"Aren't we going in the study?" I asked surprised.
Daystar stopped and turned around.
"No. Mother and Father got tired of the gargoyle's complaining, so we'll be working in the Hall."
I shrugged and walked after him.
"What are you doing to me now?" I asked when we got there.
"It's a spell Kazul showed me. Daystar would you go get the sword?" Cimorene said.
Daystar nodded. He made a waving gesture and disappeared.
"Show-off," I called after him. He didn't hear, but it's the thought that counts.
"Cimorene," I complained, "Kazul won't show me any new spells that are interesting or at least useful. The last thing I learned was how to turn a spoon into a fork. When am I going to use that?"
"Well, Kazul probably doesn't want to teach you anything big because she's afraid that you might get hurt from this spell."
"So, I went there to learn magic and so far the most I've learned is how boring it is to clean up a cave!"
"I'll talk to her, ok, and see if she'll let me teach you some things."
"Thank you!" I said over-joyed.
My day was getting better. Until Daystar came back right in front of me and made me fall and break a chair.
"Ow, Daystar! Did you have to do that!"
"Sorry." He said. "I didn't mean it."
He didn't sound that convincing. He probably did that because I was making fix the sink.
"I hate you." I said, not for the first time. He knew I meant it too.
"Daystar stand here and Shiara, stand here." Cimorene said. When we were in our positions, she told Daystar to put the sword on my shoulder.
"No way!" I said. "That thing is sharp and Daystar is clumsy."
"Daystar is not going to trip when he's standing still." Cimorene said.
"Mother! I am not clumsy." Daystar looked offended and this time I knew he was.
"Yes you are, now be quiet." I answered for Cimorene. Daystar glared at me, but didn't say anything.
Cimorene put her had on Daystar's arm and said,
"Power of water, wind and earth,
Turn the spell back to its birth.
Free the fire by the will of the Lord
By the power of the throne and sword."
"It didn't work." Daystar said
"But it had to have worked!" I pleaded, but I knew he was right.
"Shiara, he's right, it didn't work." Cimorene said.
I was so mad that I had to try really hard to keep my hair from bursting into flames.
"Well thanks anyway for trying," I said to Cimorene.
I started to leave, but remembered I needed Daystar to fix the sink. I turned around and saw him trying to sneak out the other door.
"Daystar!" I yelled at him.
He swore. I really knew he didn't want to fix the sink. Or maybe he just didn't want to have to walk to the Mountains of Morning, but I doubted that was it.
"Hold on," he said. "I need to put this back."
"Well, use magic." He started to wave his hand, but I stopped him. "Take me too."
He frowned, but we both ended up in the armory. I guess bringing me was better than being burned later.
"What sword are you taking this time?" I asked.
"Mother's," he replied coldly.
Cimorene's sword was one of Kazul's. It made it impossible for the user to lose, but getting hurt or killed doesn't count. I felt like making a joke, but he was mad at me enough. I didn't like that.
"Daystar," I said while he was looking for a sheath and belt.
"What?!" he demanded. I had really gotten him mad.
"Um… well, I'm sorry about what I said to you earlier. I didn't mean it." There I said it.
He looked up. "Really?" he asked.
I nodded. He smiled and went back to looking. When he found what he wanted, he waved his hand and transported us to the edge of the forest. As we left the forest, he shivered from the change. I didn't know why I even cared. We walked in silence and I was glad. I wanted to think. Why had I had to apologize anyway? I realized I didn't want Daystar mad at me. But I had no idea why. And why had I felt so happy when he smiled? I was very confused.
"There she is!"
"I told you she went to the castle!"
I looked up the trail and saw two wizards coming towards us. I glanced at Daystar and saw he was already drawing his sword.
"Daystar, what is your sword going to do against two wizards throwing spells at us?" I whispered.
"I don't know. Maybe I can use it to block spells."
I backed away. They were talking about me and not him. Maybe they would only throw spells at me. Then I felt fire. I stepped forward. That was not ordinary fire. My ankle had gotten burned. I tried not to step on it, but lost my balance and fell into Daystar, knocking him over too.
Daystar fell just inside of the firewall, but the sword was knocked out of his hand. I landed on top of him, so he couldn't reach the sword. The wizards walked right trough the fire.
"Well, who's this?"
"It's the Prince of the Enchanted Forest."
"This is the perfect was to get back at Cimorene as well as Kazul."
"Yes, quite our luck."
"Get off of me." Daystar said in a crushed voice.
"Don't you think I would have if I could?"
I tried to move, but my burned ankle was stuck under something. The sword! It had fallen on my ankle.
"Daystar, the sword is on my ankle."
"Then move you foot to where I can grab it."
"My ankle got burned by the fire."
"But you're a fire-witch. That shouldn't happen."
"The fire isn't natural!"
"Precisely." One of the wizards said.
"How else do expect us to catch a fire-witch?"
"Yes, really." One of them saw Daystar reaching for the sword.
"We'll be taking that." He said picking it up.
He didn't realize that freed me. I rolled over and Daystar jumped up, starting to cast a spell. But the wizard was to fast for him. He stuck the sword into Daystar's side. It went deeper than the wizard wanted it to because of what the sword was. Fortunately he didn't pull the sword out. That would have killed Daystar instantly. Keeping the sword in would just delay the inevitable. Daystar fell, unconscious.
"No!" I said, surprised at the amount of terror in my voice. I crawled over to him as fast I could with my burned ankle.
"You! You almost killed him!" I was so mad. I pointed at him and a ribbon of fire shot out of my finger, totally enveloping the wizard that had the sword. He was screaming in pain and suddenly all there was left of him and his staff was a pile of ashes.
The other wizard looked from the pile of ashes, to me trying to get Daystar's bleeding to stop by pressing on the wound, and back to the ashes.
"This won't do. No, this won't do at all. But what to do with you? I know! I'll send you there! Nobody lives there! How defiantly awful. You both will never get out alive."
He started to chant and rotate his staff. I tried to protect Daystar by lying on top of him, but it probably wouldn't have helped if the wizard threw something at us. Suddenly everything around us got blurry and then clear, but the setting was totally different.
Chapter 1
My life has been everything but boring, but today; it felt like
I had never done anything fun. I hate it when Kazul
decided it was cleaning day. It only happened twice a month, but once a lifetime seemed like once too much.
I wished a distraction would come from the castle. Like maybe a new solution to the dumb spell dumb Daystar and the Sword of the Enchanted Forest put on me. He wanted me to be polite; all I wanted was my magic to work. Well I got my wish, only now I have to be polite to someone and really mean it before I can work a spell.
Why does a cave need cleaning anyway? And why can't Kazul get some other dragon's princess to do it. Heck, Kazul could even get another dragon to do it. She's the King of the Dragons. But she makes me do it. Just because it's "good for me". But I never get to learn any new spells. The last one I learned was a week ago. And all it was was a spell on how to change a spoon into a fork. Where in the world was I going to use that? Only one time, when I'm low on silverware. But when would I be low on silverware?
"Princess Shiara, Princess Shiara," a little dragon that helped Kazul a lot ran up to me. It was really young, less than 100 years old so it hadn't decided its sex yet.
"Stop calling me a princess. I'm not. And what are you running over here for?" This little dragon is always annoying.
"King Mendanbar and Prince Daystar have sent word that they may have a new solution to the spell and you need you to came to the castle as soon as possible."
"Ok, tell Kazul I've gone to the castle."
"Yes Princess."
"Stop calling me 'princess!'" I hate to be called something I'm not, even if I am being called royalty. "If you must call me something, and not my real name, call me Fire-witch. That's what I am."
"Note taken Pri-er-Fire-witch." The little dragon looked confused.
After he had left, I got up to put the buckets away. As I was pouring the remaining water down the drain, it plugged up.
"Drat! Now I have to fix this." But I had no idea how. "I know!" I said happily. After I go to the dumb castle and try the new dumb idea to get rid of this spell, I'll make Daystar come back and fix this dumb sink. After all he's dragged me trough, he deserves to fix a plugged up sink. I smiled. I knew how much he hated to fix sinks. I made him fix one before.
I wondered if I should tell the little dragon about this, but nobody went in the kitchen except me. He didn't have to know.
When I finally got to the castle I was pretty annoyed. First I tripped in the Mountains of Morning and fell part of the way down the trail. Then I tripped on some moss and hit my head on a tree, then fell in a stream. I was not having a good day at all.
"I'm here!" I yelled when I got into the castle. It had only been a few months since the war with the wizards, so the castle staff did not include a doorman any more. It had a few weeks ago, but he got tired of all the strange things that happen in the Enchanted Forest and ran off to rescue a Princess in the Mountains or Morning (I think he got eaten).
I stared to go up the stars and Daystar met me halfway.
"What are you going to do to me now?" I asked.
"I don't know. Mother came up with this one and she hasn't told me yet."
"Well, this one might acutely work then if Cimorene came up with it instead of you."
"Hey," Daystar said, "be nice." He looked offended but I knew he really wasn't. I'm pretty sure he's used to all my insults by now.
"By the way, after this, I need you to come back to the Mountains of Morning with me."
"Why?" he asked.
"The sink is all plugged up again and I need you to fix it."
Daystar sighed. I knew he would come though. If he wouldn't I could always tell Cimorene. She would make him go. That was "good for him."
When we got to Mendanbar's study I stopped, but Daystar kept going.
"Aren't we going in the study?" I asked surprised.
Daystar stopped and turned around.
"No. Mother and Father got tired of the gargoyle's complaining, so we'll be working in the Hall."
I shrugged and walked after him.
"What are you doing to me now?" I asked when we got there.
"It's a spell Kazul showed me. Daystar would you go get the sword?" Cimorene said.
Daystar nodded. He made a waving gesture and disappeared.
"Show-off," I called after him. He didn't hear, but it's the thought that counts.
"Cimorene," I complained, "Kazul won't show me any new spells that are interesting or at least useful. The last thing I learned was how to turn a spoon into a fork. When am I going to use that?"
"Well, Kazul probably doesn't want to teach you anything big because she's afraid that you might get hurt from this spell."
"So, I went there to learn magic and so far the most I've learned is how boring it is to clean up a cave!"
"I'll talk to her, ok, and see if she'll let me teach you some things."
"Thank you!" I said over-joyed.
My day was getting better. Until Daystar came back right in front of me and made me fall and break a chair.
"Ow, Daystar! Did you have to do that!"
"Sorry." He said. "I didn't mean it."
He didn't sound that convincing. He probably did that because I was making fix the sink.
"I hate you." I said, not for the first time. He knew I meant it too.
"Daystar stand here and Shiara, stand here." Cimorene said. When we were in our positions, she told Daystar to put the sword on my shoulder.
"No way!" I said. "That thing is sharp and Daystar is clumsy."
"Daystar is not going to trip when he's standing still." Cimorene said.
"Mother! I am not clumsy." Daystar looked offended and this time I knew he was.
"Yes you are, now be quiet." I answered for Cimorene. Daystar glared at me, but didn't say anything.
Cimorene put her had on Daystar's arm and said,
"Power of water, wind and earth,
Turn the spell back to its birth.
Free the fire by the will of the Lord
By the power of the throne and sword."
"It didn't work." Daystar said
"But it had to have worked!" I pleaded, but I knew he was right.
"Shiara, he's right, it didn't work." Cimorene said.
I was so mad that I had to try really hard to keep my hair from bursting into flames.
"Well thanks anyway for trying," I said to Cimorene.
I started to leave, but remembered I needed Daystar to fix the sink. I turned around and saw him trying to sneak out the other door.
"Daystar!" I yelled at him.
He swore. I really knew he didn't want to fix the sink. Or maybe he just didn't want to have to walk to the Mountains of Morning, but I doubted that was it.
"Hold on," he said. "I need to put this back."
"Well, use magic." He started to wave his hand, but I stopped him. "Take me too."
He frowned, but we both ended up in the armory. I guess bringing me was better than being burned later.
"What sword are you taking this time?" I asked.
"Mother's," he replied coldly.
Cimorene's sword was one of Kazul's. It made it impossible for the user to lose, but getting hurt or killed doesn't count. I felt like making a joke, but he was mad at me enough. I didn't like that.
"Daystar," I said while he was looking for a sheath and belt.
"What?!" he demanded. I had really gotten him mad.
"Um… well, I'm sorry about what I said to you earlier. I didn't mean it." There I said it.
He looked up. "Really?" he asked.
I nodded. He smiled and went back to looking. When he found what he wanted, he waved his hand and transported us to the edge of the forest. As we left the forest, he shivered from the change. I didn't know why I even cared. We walked in silence and I was glad. I wanted to think. Why had I had to apologize anyway? I realized I didn't want Daystar mad at me. But I had no idea why. And why had I felt so happy when he smiled? I was very confused.
"There she is!"
"I told you she went to the castle!"
I looked up the trail and saw two wizards coming towards us. I glanced at Daystar and saw he was already drawing his sword.
"Daystar, what is your sword going to do against two wizards throwing spells at us?" I whispered.
"I don't know. Maybe I can use it to block spells."
I backed away. They were talking about me and not him. Maybe they would only throw spells at me. Then I felt fire. I stepped forward. That was not ordinary fire. My ankle had gotten burned. I tried not to step on it, but lost my balance and fell into Daystar, knocking him over too.
Daystar fell just inside of the firewall, but the sword was knocked out of his hand. I landed on top of him, so he couldn't reach the sword. The wizards walked right trough the fire.
"Well, who's this?"
"It's the Prince of the Enchanted Forest."
"This is the perfect was to get back at Cimorene as well as Kazul."
"Yes, quite our luck."
"Get off of me." Daystar said in a crushed voice.
"Don't you think I would have if I could?"
I tried to move, but my burned ankle was stuck under something. The sword! It had fallen on my ankle.
"Daystar, the sword is on my ankle."
"Then move you foot to where I can grab it."
"My ankle got burned by the fire."
"But you're a fire-witch. That shouldn't happen."
"The fire isn't natural!"
"Precisely." One of the wizards said.
"How else do expect us to catch a fire-witch?"
"Yes, really." One of them saw Daystar reaching for the sword.
"We'll be taking that." He said picking it up.
He didn't realize that freed me. I rolled over and Daystar jumped up, starting to cast a spell. But the wizard was to fast for him. He stuck the sword into Daystar's side. It went deeper than the wizard wanted it to because of what the sword was. Fortunately he didn't pull the sword out. That would have killed Daystar instantly. Keeping the sword in would just delay the inevitable. Daystar fell, unconscious.
"No!" I said, surprised at the amount of terror in my voice. I crawled over to him as fast I could with my burned ankle.
"You! You almost killed him!" I was so mad. I pointed at him and a ribbon of fire shot out of my finger, totally enveloping the wizard that had the sword. He was screaming in pain and suddenly all there was left of him and his staff was a pile of ashes.
The other wizard looked from the pile of ashes, to me trying to get Daystar's bleeding to stop by pressing on the wound, and back to the ashes.
"This won't do. No, this won't do at all. But what to do with you? I know! I'll send you there! Nobody lives there! How defiantly awful. You both will never get out alive."
He started to chant and rotate his staff. I tried to protect Daystar by lying on top of him, but it probably wouldn't have helped if the wizard threw something at us. Suddenly everything around us got blurry and then clear, but the setting was totally different.