~ Chapter Seven ~

Green Magic

Alanna awoke, dazed and heavy-headed. She quickly recovered from her blurry eyes and looked around her surroundings. She was in a small hut somewhere, bound with chains. She tried to sit up, but found she could barely move. She tried to use her Gift, only to feel fainty and dizzy – her chains bound her Gift as well.

She forced herself to sit up. After her dinner resentfully stayed put, and her head stopped spinning, she looked around.

"Alanna!" she spun her head around with difficulty. Cole stood there, his eyes filled with deep concern. "Are you alright?" he asked her.

"Where are we?" Alanna asked. "Why am I bound?" she demanded.

Cole laughed. "Oh, enough with the act!" he cried. His face turned from loving and concerning to nasty and vicious.

"Cole, what's the matter?" Alanna asked, worried.

"Oh, nothing's the matter, my lovely Alanna," he said. "I'm just unleashing my true self!"

A green Gift flared behind Cole. Alanna was blinded by the light.

"Cole…" she began nervously.

Cole looked towards her. He saw her; helpless and scared, with her ripped dress and messy, tumbling hair. His expression changed from nasty to concerned. "Alanna…"

He shook his head and regained his cruel expression. He walked towards her, and unlocked her chain from the wall, and picked her up. Her hands were still bound though, and her wrists hurt. He took her outside the hut, where Alanna discovered that they were on the Royal Forest. (PS – I can't remember what it's called – it's called the "Royal Forest" now!!)

Cole threw her against a tree. Alanna squirmed as he drew a dagger out of no where. Alanna bit back her urge to scream – no one would hear her, and she would show her fear to Cole.

"Cole!" she cried. "What are you doing? I'm your friend, Alanna! It's me!" she told him frantically. The more he talked, the longer she lived.

Cole laughed icily. "My friend? The only friend I have is Duke Roger!"

"Duke Roger?" Alanna breathed.

"Yes, Duke Roger." He moved forward, holding the dagger towards her chest. Alanna tugged at the chains, calling on her magic – ow! She forgot that her chains bound her Gift. She tugged and tugged – she could prevail.

Alanna let out an almighty scream as her chains burst and her Gift blasted free. A voice rang in her ears – where had she heard it before? He isn't all evil! The voice cried. Turn him back! (This is really lame I'll probably re-write it)

Alanna stood up, and felt courage pour into her. "Cole!" she cried.

A harsh blast of sapphire magic (N/A I can't remember what colour Jon's magic is!) filled up the surroundings, blinding Alanna.

"Cole!" she cried again.

Jon stood there, his sapphire eyes blazing angrily.

Alanna ran towards the body lying on the ground. "Cole!" she sobbed. "Cole." She looked up at Jon. "What did you do?" she screamed at him, outraged. "You – you killed him!"

"He's not dead," Jon snapped back. "And he was about to kill you!"

Alanna ignored him, concentrating on her magic, which was flaring with her anger and other mixed emotions.

She muttered words under her breath, reaching into the depths of Cole. Jon had hit him with hard magic, and Cole was hurt badly. She tightened her lips determinedly, ready to do anything to save him…

Sorry peoples short chapter and it's a bit of a cliff hanger people might be wondering "why on earth would Alanna save Cole?" but she just does, ok. And Ti Ti, or Mr Sesame or whoever you are, you dis'd my best bud's story, don't you dare dis mine. Everyone has there own opinions, but if you don't have something nice to say, don't say anything at all.