By Tsuki1 aka Moonie1
Chapter 1
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Also thanks to Andi who beta's this for me (also victim of endless nagging…eh heh
*sweat drop* sorry) And finally thank you to all the readers-your support means
soooooo much^.^ Hope you enjoy! On with the Chapter!
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The crowd roared as the Prince's arrow flew straight to the bulls-eye. He was close to
winning the contest once more. No one could beat a bulls-eye. As the last contestant
stood down, Endymion's look of arrogant satisfaction could be seen by all - yet none
couldsee what the Prince was feeling inside; he desired a true challenge.
"I can beat that shot." A voice called. Astonished gasps followed by harried
whispering ran through the crowd.
"No one can beat a bulls-eye!" A member of the crowd shouted. "Impossible!" cried
another.
Endymion raised a cocky eyebrow. Perhaps his wish had come true; though he failed
to see how anyone could beat his bulls-eye.
"Let the challenger step forward!" he declared. The crowd parted to reveal a cloaked,
hooded figure. The person walked forward and stopped about twice the distance from
the target than Endymion had been standing.
"Would you care to come closer to the target?" It was clearly obvious he was trying
to suppress his laughter.
"No, I can hit it from here." With that the lone figure raised their bow and fired. The
crowd all seemed to hold their breath as the arrow whistled through the air. There
was a loud crack as the challenger's arrow passed straight through the middle of
Endymion's arrow, splitting it in the centre and going into the bulls-eye.
While the Prince stared at the nearly impossible shot, the crowd almost immediately
started up in hushed curious whispers, questioning where this stranger had come
from. The King and Queen, along with the nobility, watched with gaping mouths.
"Quiet!!!" the Prince roared to the tittering crowd. He turned to the mysterious
hooded figure. "Who are you!? Reveal yourself!" he demanded. "As you
wish…Your Highness."
Endymion didn't have to see the person's face to know that they were smiling
smugly.
Yet another gasp along with more tittering ran through the crowd as the hooded figure
was revealed to be...
"A woman!!!" Endymion gaped like a fish. She was of medium height, slim but
extremely delicate in appearance. She looked almost ethereal as her long, plaited,
pale blonde hair shimmered in the noon sunshine.
She wore tightly fitting trousers with brown leather boots done up over the top to just
below the knee. Her sleeveless shirt was also tight fitting, displaying every curve of
her petite body. A mask covered her eyes to keep from revealing her identity. She
had a quirky satisfied grin on her face.
"Well your highness, as much as I would like to stay and chat, I have other things to
attend to." She bowed, mockingly.
The Prince, however, was not about to let her get away so easily.
"Guards! Stop her!"
The girl ran back through the astonished crowd and mounted her pale-chestnut horse
quickly and headed towards the forest. Endymion wasn't far behind her as she
galloped across the open field, jumped the fence and into the trees. The Prince
followed her on his black stallion as best as he could. The ancient trunks of majestic
trees didn't help him on his chase.
Vowing vengeance on the much too crowded (in his opinion) old wood and his loss
of pursuit, he rounded a corner to find her dismounted from her horse. Reins in hand,
she looked at him expectantly.
"I've been waiting for you…Endy."
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