Chapter 5
~ Friends and Foes ~
Both Lily and Isabelle awoke the next morning to loud rapping on their door. Lily was the first to open her eyes. Faint beams of sun light streamed into the room but the sun had barly begun to rise.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"Get up! Where getting moving early." Aidens voice called through the door.
"Why?" she asked groggily.
"Because we'll be camping out tonight and I wanna get as far as we can before night fall." he said.
"Fine." she replied and she listened as his foot steps moved farther down the hall.
Lily walked over to Isabelle's bed and pulled her covers off partially, shaking her. Isabelles eye opened slightly and she groaned.
"What?" she asked, speaking slightly into her pillow.
"Aiden says we have to get up and pack."
"What?" she said.
"Yeah I know." Lily said nodding.
Within 15 minutes both where dressed and packed up and headed down to the dinning area of the tavern. Everyone was there except for Derrick. They all sat down and within minutes Derrick joined them. They ate lightly and where on the road before eight. The sun had now risen and fell over their weary forms as they rode down the worn dirt paths. Jacob rode in the back and Aiden to the front. Isabelle and Lily rode together, talking and laughing as Jacob began engaging them conversation. Rena rode beside Lindel, and Zeneli and then Derrick. The whole day was spent either in silence or in intense laughter as they all shared their stories of why they had come.
Rena was a vampire halfbreed, making the journey with them because Lindel, her dragon gaurdian had convinced her too. Derrick it had turned out had come to accompany Aiden for his father thought it would bring honor to the family aswell as give him experience as far as quests and battles went. Zeneli it turned out had met Aiden when he had come to stay in his village with his father Tealen had come on bussiness. Aiden had been planning this and later on Zen joined him outside of hinde with Derrick and they had begun to gather troops. Jacob, it seemed, had been a long time friend of Aiden and had attended the secret meeting of the races. Ofcourse, as Lily would hear later, none of her people had joined the meeting. Jacobs father had decided that he wished his son to accompany him, thinking it, like Derrick, would bring their family honor and bring them higher into society and Jacob would one day marry a wealthy heiress. Though these where the dreams of his father and not his. All of them seemed sorry cases.
That night they stopped as the sun dipped behind the horizon, leaving them in the starless woods. Bright beams of moonlight however shimmered down through the folding canopy of foliage looming above their heads and they soon had a large fire going, laying out sleeping skins. Zen suddenly took out a flute and began to play. It was a sweet sound, almost magical in a way and Jacob smiled, taking out a smile deerhide drum. Lily was confused, for she had never pertaken in such an event. Lindel grabbed Rena's hand and with much fuss dragged her onto the dance floor and the upbeat tempo continued to play. Derrick wandered over and asked Isabelle to dance. She giggled and followed him. Lily smiled, not knowing if they would ask her to dance. She thought back to the times of her attending the queens royal dances. Several boys would usually approache her but she would usually dance with Haldi. What a mistake that was, she thought spitfully.
"Do you wanna dance?" Aiden's voice suddenly spoke and Lily jumped slightly at hearing him ask.
"Sure." she said, smiling up at him as he smiled back.
Aiden took her hand and began to dance with her, one hand holding her, the other holding her back, while her's rested on his shoulder. She soon found them doing a sort of slow dance crossed with swing and she couldn't stop smiling as Aiden moved effortlessly, steps fluid and precise, moving her around, twirling, spinning. She found herself caught up in his movments and found herself following him easily. It finally ended and Aiden dipped her dramatically and Lily giggled uncontrolablly as he pulled her back up.
"Where did you learn to dance like that?" Lily asked him as they went to sit back down.
"Are you kidding me?" he said, sitting by her side. "Do you know how many balls I've had to attend and how many girls I've had to dance with. Ever since of was 13 my fathers been trying to find me a wife."
"Why?" Lily asked.
" Well even though I had two sisters that did no good, especially now.My father hates almost all humans, but he's tolerant. My older sister, Gabrielle, married a commoner, and someone he did not approve of. Then my sister Idrielle, she's 15 now, she started dateing a human boy when she was 14 and now she's run away. Fathers furiouse so now he says it's up to me. God a hate him."
"You shouldn't say that."
"I know."
"I'm seriouse. You never know when they'll leave you."
Aiden looked into her eyes and she looked seriously back at him. It had happened to her after all. She had better know that by now.
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Lily lay in her bed roll, the fire still glowing. Derrick was on watch for the next two hours and her shift had just ended. She began to drift off when she heard the rustle of leaves. She lay perfectily still, slowing her breathing. Her keen ears picked up the sound of padding feet nearby and she growled from the depths of her blankets. The sound stopped and she heard conversing wimpers. They suddenly moved forward again and Lily opened her eyes to see the paws move passed her face. As they passed she slowly transformed within her bed roll and slipped out. Large, black wolf like dogs circled their group and stopped, seeing her crawl out. The largest of them turned growling to her and she barred her own teeth back at him. She growled menacingly at the dark creatures, her wolfish instincts kicking into high gear. A sudden loud war cry rung through the air and an arrow flew out of the darkness, hitting one of the creatures square in the chest. It fell with an ear deffining howl and the other 5 or so creatures exchanged scared glances. The leader growled, turning to Lily and lunged for her. Lily met him head on, sharp teeth tairing into his shouler as she flipped him. Aiden suddenly ran from the shadows where his roll had been, followed by Lydia, Lindel, Jacob and Zen, all weilding swords.
Lydia fought beside them all, strange for a girl, and within no time the creatures all lay dead upon the ground, their coal black liquidy blood spilling over the ground. None had been left spared.
"They where sent here."Zen said, his glance cold, for once in the short time Lily had known him.
"Yes."Aiden said worridly." Pack up, where moving out." he said and stalkied away, cursing.
Isabelle looked up, coming down from the tree that Derrick had ushered her into, for she was the weakest fighter of them all.
The group was soon packed and they set off through the darkness as the sun just barly began to peek over the hilly horizon. Who knew what would happen. But it didn't look good. Lily could sence it and Zen shifted uneasily as he sat in the saddle. Lily felt the over welming sence of being watched.
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"You incompetent fool!" a deep voice boomed through the halls of marble stone.
A tall dark figure stood at the end by a banner drapped by red and black satin sheets.
"I'm sorry your majesty. Their stronger then we thought. I...."
"I don't want to hear your excuses Eric, you slimy toad. All I asked was that they be stopped. Send out your best men, I said. But do you? Obviously not since I have yet to see thoughs pittiful grimling coming back with anyone at all!" the man screamed at him.
He was tall, clad in dark robes of the blackest ebony. His short obsidian locks fell just below his ears. His ears where of a deep emerald green and shone, a deep firey evil shinning deep within their depths. And his skin, which should have been tanned, as he lived in the deepest heats of the desert was patched and our white. His face was long and not even a flicker of a smile was upon his set face, his nose pointed and seeming to pronounce the rest of his features.
"Sir, I'm sorry..."
"I told you none of your excuses!" he screamed back. Anyone could tell he had an evil temper, yet if ever you where to bring it up the sentance would most certainly be death. "I just want them here. And theres a new plan. I want that elf prince, vampire and wolf alive. Kill the rest. Thoughs three are the only ones of use to me."
"Sir I don't..."
"DO IT NOW! BEFORE I LOSE MY TEMPER!"he screamed and the smaller man ran out of the room and the gaurds at the doors could be heard snickering.
The man took a deep breathe, clearing his throat and straightened his robes around him. He slowly made his way to a table in the far corner, seeming to glide over the floor, barely touching the floors of cold marble, which seemed to be the only material in wich the room, or the castle in any case, was made of. A large, dark orb sat upon the table and he bent over it, closing his eyes and wispering some undistinguished words. It seemed to be in a different tongue that sent shivers down your spine, a sort of incantitation. Suddenly a picture swirled within the murky depths of the crystal orb and his eyes opened, a mercelouse grin plastered upon his face, one of the only smiles he could muster. It focused on the three. Aiden, Lily, and Lydia as they rode down the dark road as the sun began to rise over the horizon, just coming out of the dark depths of the forest.
"Oh, you'll be mine." he hissed, looking out his window at the bleak parched desert landscape, just as the sun rose over it. "Yes you will."
{ WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I finally finished this chapter. Whats it been like 3 weeks? Gosh I really hope your all enjoying this story! And I hope you like my evil guy *evil grin* yeah I really liked him. But keep reading and thanx for the reviews wich have really encouraged me to write more :) }
Both Lily and Isabelle awoke the next morning to loud rapping on their door. Lily was the first to open her eyes. Faint beams of sun light streamed into the room but the sun had barly begun to rise.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"Get up! Where getting moving early." Aidens voice called through the door.
"Why?" she asked groggily.
"Because we'll be camping out tonight and I wanna get as far as we can before night fall." he said.
"Fine." she replied and she listened as his foot steps moved farther down the hall.
Lily walked over to Isabelle's bed and pulled her covers off partially, shaking her. Isabelles eye opened slightly and she groaned.
"What?" she asked, speaking slightly into her pillow.
"Aiden says we have to get up and pack."
"What?" she said.
"Yeah I know." Lily said nodding.
Within 15 minutes both where dressed and packed up and headed down to the dinning area of the tavern. Everyone was there except for Derrick. They all sat down and within minutes Derrick joined them. They ate lightly and where on the road before eight. The sun had now risen and fell over their weary forms as they rode down the worn dirt paths. Jacob rode in the back and Aiden to the front. Isabelle and Lily rode together, talking and laughing as Jacob began engaging them conversation. Rena rode beside Lindel, and Zeneli and then Derrick. The whole day was spent either in silence or in intense laughter as they all shared their stories of why they had come.
Rena was a vampire halfbreed, making the journey with them because Lindel, her dragon gaurdian had convinced her too. Derrick it had turned out had come to accompany Aiden for his father thought it would bring honor to the family aswell as give him experience as far as quests and battles went. Zeneli it turned out had met Aiden when he had come to stay in his village with his father Tealen had come on bussiness. Aiden had been planning this and later on Zen joined him outside of hinde with Derrick and they had begun to gather troops. Jacob, it seemed, had been a long time friend of Aiden and had attended the secret meeting of the races. Ofcourse, as Lily would hear later, none of her people had joined the meeting. Jacobs father had decided that he wished his son to accompany him, thinking it, like Derrick, would bring their family honor and bring them higher into society and Jacob would one day marry a wealthy heiress. Though these where the dreams of his father and not his. All of them seemed sorry cases.
That night they stopped as the sun dipped behind the horizon, leaving them in the starless woods. Bright beams of moonlight however shimmered down through the folding canopy of foliage looming above their heads and they soon had a large fire going, laying out sleeping skins. Zen suddenly took out a flute and began to play. It was a sweet sound, almost magical in a way and Jacob smiled, taking out a smile deerhide drum. Lily was confused, for she had never pertaken in such an event. Lindel grabbed Rena's hand and with much fuss dragged her onto the dance floor and the upbeat tempo continued to play. Derrick wandered over and asked Isabelle to dance. She giggled and followed him. Lily smiled, not knowing if they would ask her to dance. She thought back to the times of her attending the queens royal dances. Several boys would usually approache her but she would usually dance with Haldi. What a mistake that was, she thought spitfully.
"Do you wanna dance?" Aiden's voice suddenly spoke and Lily jumped slightly at hearing him ask.
"Sure." she said, smiling up at him as he smiled back.
Aiden took her hand and began to dance with her, one hand holding her, the other holding her back, while her's rested on his shoulder. She soon found them doing a sort of slow dance crossed with swing and she couldn't stop smiling as Aiden moved effortlessly, steps fluid and precise, moving her around, twirling, spinning. She found herself caught up in his movments and found herself following him easily. It finally ended and Aiden dipped her dramatically and Lily giggled uncontrolablly as he pulled her back up.
"Where did you learn to dance like that?" Lily asked him as they went to sit back down.
"Are you kidding me?" he said, sitting by her side. "Do you know how many balls I've had to attend and how many girls I've had to dance with. Ever since of was 13 my fathers been trying to find me a wife."
"Why?" Lily asked.
" Well even though I had two sisters that did no good, especially now.My father hates almost all humans, but he's tolerant. My older sister, Gabrielle, married a commoner, and someone he did not approve of. Then my sister Idrielle, she's 15 now, she started dateing a human boy when she was 14 and now she's run away. Fathers furiouse so now he says it's up to me. God a hate him."
"You shouldn't say that."
"I know."
"I'm seriouse. You never know when they'll leave you."
Aiden looked into her eyes and she looked seriously back at him. It had happened to her after all. She had better know that by now.
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Lily lay in her bed roll, the fire still glowing. Derrick was on watch for the next two hours and her shift had just ended. She began to drift off when she heard the rustle of leaves. She lay perfectily still, slowing her breathing. Her keen ears picked up the sound of padding feet nearby and she growled from the depths of her blankets. The sound stopped and she heard conversing wimpers. They suddenly moved forward again and Lily opened her eyes to see the paws move passed her face. As they passed she slowly transformed within her bed roll and slipped out. Large, black wolf like dogs circled their group and stopped, seeing her crawl out. The largest of them turned growling to her and she barred her own teeth back at him. She growled menacingly at the dark creatures, her wolfish instincts kicking into high gear. A sudden loud war cry rung through the air and an arrow flew out of the darkness, hitting one of the creatures square in the chest. It fell with an ear deffining howl and the other 5 or so creatures exchanged scared glances. The leader growled, turning to Lily and lunged for her. Lily met him head on, sharp teeth tairing into his shouler as she flipped him. Aiden suddenly ran from the shadows where his roll had been, followed by Lydia, Lindel, Jacob and Zen, all weilding swords.
Lydia fought beside them all, strange for a girl, and within no time the creatures all lay dead upon the ground, their coal black liquidy blood spilling over the ground. None had been left spared.
"They where sent here."Zen said, his glance cold, for once in the short time Lily had known him.
"Yes."Aiden said worridly." Pack up, where moving out." he said and stalkied away, cursing.
Isabelle looked up, coming down from the tree that Derrick had ushered her into, for she was the weakest fighter of them all.
The group was soon packed and they set off through the darkness as the sun just barly began to peek over the hilly horizon. Who knew what would happen. But it didn't look good. Lily could sence it and Zen shifted uneasily as he sat in the saddle. Lily felt the over welming sence of being watched.
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"You incompetent fool!" a deep voice boomed through the halls of marble stone.
A tall dark figure stood at the end by a banner drapped by red and black satin sheets.
"I'm sorry your majesty. Their stronger then we thought. I...."
"I don't want to hear your excuses Eric, you slimy toad. All I asked was that they be stopped. Send out your best men, I said. But do you? Obviously not since I have yet to see thoughs pittiful grimling coming back with anyone at all!" the man screamed at him.
He was tall, clad in dark robes of the blackest ebony. His short obsidian locks fell just below his ears. His ears where of a deep emerald green and shone, a deep firey evil shinning deep within their depths. And his skin, which should have been tanned, as he lived in the deepest heats of the desert was patched and our white. His face was long and not even a flicker of a smile was upon his set face, his nose pointed and seeming to pronounce the rest of his features.
"Sir, I'm sorry..."
"I told you none of your excuses!" he screamed back. Anyone could tell he had an evil temper, yet if ever you where to bring it up the sentance would most certainly be death. "I just want them here. And theres a new plan. I want that elf prince, vampire and wolf alive. Kill the rest. Thoughs three are the only ones of use to me."
"Sir I don't..."
"DO IT NOW! BEFORE I LOSE MY TEMPER!"he screamed and the smaller man ran out of the room and the gaurds at the doors could be heard snickering.
The man took a deep breathe, clearing his throat and straightened his robes around him. He slowly made his way to a table in the far corner, seeming to glide over the floor, barely touching the floors of cold marble, which seemed to be the only material in wich the room, or the castle in any case, was made of. A large, dark orb sat upon the table and he bent over it, closing his eyes and wispering some undistinguished words. It seemed to be in a different tongue that sent shivers down your spine, a sort of incantitation. Suddenly a picture swirled within the murky depths of the crystal orb and his eyes opened, a mercelouse grin plastered upon his face, one of the only smiles he could muster. It focused on the three. Aiden, Lily, and Lydia as they rode down the dark road as the sun began to rise over the horizon, just coming out of the dark depths of the forest.
"Oh, you'll be mine." he hissed, looking out his window at the bleak parched desert landscape, just as the sun rose over it. "Yes you will."
{ WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! I finally finished this chapter. Whats it been like 3 weeks? Gosh I really hope your all enjoying this story! And I hope you like my evil guy *evil grin* yeah I really liked him. But keep reading and thanx for the reviews wich have really encouraged me to write more :) }