Chapter 6 The battle
At the door Prudence turned back to the men motioning for them to wait.
"'I do not know what he has done to her; I want to go in first. Besides we do not wish to give ourselves away with the sound of clanking metal."
"Nay, lady you are not equipped to fight." Prince Leonardo said and she smiled.
"Lord Andrew?"
"Aye lady?"
"Give me your broad sword."
"Nay lady."
"Aye." Lord Andrew did as she bid despite Prince Leonardo's protests. She smiled and hefted it high above her head. Then she dropped it to the floor.
"I need not the weapons of men, I have my own." She said and was resting a hand over the lock on the door.
The prince watched as the woman muttered a spell he knew very well and the door swung silently inward. So that was it. She was an enchantress. No wonder Winterford had not been injured and yet she'd learned what she wanted to know. He glanced around to see the reactions of the others. Lord Andrew looked not a bit surprised, the king just nodded to himself and the men said not a word against her as she headed inside.
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Prudence could feel the evil; it was all about her as she mounted the stairs. She knew that she'd have to be careful if she was going to save not only her sister but herself. If she was not mistaken the powers above were enough to bring down the entire palace.
Lord Andrew waited until she had a head start and then felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking up he found Prince Leonardo standing there an odd look on his face.
"Highness?"
"Tread softly; there is a dark power at work here." The younger man said and Lord Andrew nodded not wanting to take the time to question the odd prince. Together they headed up leaving word for their men to await their return. The king was right behind them though, not caring. He kept thinking of his own son, if it were Coleridge aloft would he not want someone to save him?
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Reaching the door Prudence felt the fear and knew it was not her own. True she was scared but this was pure terror. She didn't even think as the door exploded before her.
"What the!"
"You!" Prudence growled before she'd even spotted the traitors form in the center of the room. He had been obviously about to strike the child huddled in a corner. That did it. Prudence raised a hand and sent the man flying backward into a wall.
"You." The sneer that crossed Lord Sedric's face made her skin crawl. She watched him get up and prepared to send him back again when the room froze.
"That's better." Prince Leonardo said aloud and she nodded not bothering to ask what he was for there was not the time at the moment.
"What do you propose we do?" She asked. He was already striding to the unfrozen princess in the corner.
"Highness it's alright, we're here to save you." He said gently but she didn't look up her face buried in her knees. He reached out a hand and brushed the hair over one ear. "Are you hurt?" He asked and she did lift her head then and was shaking her head slowly. He gave her a little smile and then picked her up.
Prudence watched him take her sister from the room and was glad, if this got nasty she didn't want Princess Pheona to see, she'd already seen enough.
As time returned Prudence lifted her chin and faced the man who'd killed her parents and harmed her little sister. He'd not escape her as easily as Winterford. Nay, he'd suffer all she had to offer.
"Aye Sedric, tis I." The door slammed behind her shutting Lord Andrew and the others out so that no magic could harm them. And there would be magic.
Despite her vow not to use it she had not control now, she had to destroy this abomination to the human race.
"Good, then since you have taken the brat you shall take her place.' He sneered and advanced on her. She didn't even flinch merely raised a hand and sent him flying backwards.
"Nay, you Lord shall pay for all that you have done on this night!" She said in a deceptively soft tone.
"So tis true, the queen was a spawn of an evil spirit."
"Nay, my mother was enchanted as am I My Lord."
"So the battle field will change then." He said and then suddenly he was not clad in his armor but in a black robe, one worn by practitioners of the dark arts.
Prudence also realized they were no longer in the tower but standing amid a circle of stones. She knew them, the standing circle where her mother had brought them after cach of her sisters were birthed. A smiled suddenly cracked the monsters lips as if he knew.
"That it does." She felt a sudden pang of fear, what if she could not do this alone? What if she needed the power of all of her sisters? They were too little; they'd not be much help. Suddenly she felt something change. A hand slid into hers and she found Piper there her eyes on Lord Sedric. She'd not brought Paige but had with her Prince Leo. There was not the time to ask what was going on for now they had a sorcerer to defeat.
"I believe tis time for this to truly end." The prince said and she heard him begin the chant.
"Of the shadow of the light we call to the protectors on this night." She picked up the chant, although she'd never heard it before in her life she knew its words.
"Hear our call, hear our plea,"
"Give us the strength so our foe we shall defeat!" With Piper's words the room began to glow and suddenly with them stood not only the three but Princess Paige and Princess Pheona. They all were them moving and each in the corners of the room so Sedric was in the center they each raised a hand to the sky.
"Daughters of Patience Children of the light feel our power strip your might!" Three of them chanted.
The prince just stood by watching, ready to lend his power if it was needed. From what he could see they didn't need his help. All had their power swirling about them. Their eyes glowing a white, as pure as newly fallen snow. Slowly the power from their eyes began to shoot forward into the center of the room and like blasts of the sun began to fry the villain.
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Lord Andrew hear the inhuman screaming and wanted to break down the door, but then he felt an odd presence, looking over he found the Queen.
"Highness?" He asked aghast. She said not but a word only touched her finger to her lips and waited.
***
All at once the being once called Sedric was transformed into a winged demon and began to spin. Then he was exploding in a ball of fire.
TBC
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Do you like this installment? Is there anyone still reading it? If so PLZ take the time to R&R.
At the door Prudence turned back to the men motioning for them to wait.
"'I do not know what he has done to her; I want to go in first. Besides we do not wish to give ourselves away with the sound of clanking metal."
"Nay, lady you are not equipped to fight." Prince Leonardo said and she smiled.
"Lord Andrew?"
"Aye lady?"
"Give me your broad sword."
"Nay lady."
"Aye." Lord Andrew did as she bid despite Prince Leonardo's protests. She smiled and hefted it high above her head. Then she dropped it to the floor.
"I need not the weapons of men, I have my own." She said and was resting a hand over the lock on the door.
The prince watched as the woman muttered a spell he knew very well and the door swung silently inward. So that was it. She was an enchantress. No wonder Winterford had not been injured and yet she'd learned what she wanted to know. He glanced around to see the reactions of the others. Lord Andrew looked not a bit surprised, the king just nodded to himself and the men said not a word against her as she headed inside.
***
Prudence could feel the evil; it was all about her as she mounted the stairs. She knew that she'd have to be careful if she was going to save not only her sister but herself. If she was not mistaken the powers above were enough to bring down the entire palace.
Lord Andrew waited until she had a head start and then felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking up he found Prince Leonardo standing there an odd look on his face.
"Highness?"
"Tread softly; there is a dark power at work here." The younger man said and Lord Andrew nodded not wanting to take the time to question the odd prince. Together they headed up leaving word for their men to await their return. The king was right behind them though, not caring. He kept thinking of his own son, if it were Coleridge aloft would he not want someone to save him?
***
Reaching the door Prudence felt the fear and knew it was not her own. True she was scared but this was pure terror. She didn't even think as the door exploded before her.
"What the!"
"You!" Prudence growled before she'd even spotted the traitors form in the center of the room. He had been obviously about to strike the child huddled in a corner. That did it. Prudence raised a hand and sent the man flying backward into a wall.
"You." The sneer that crossed Lord Sedric's face made her skin crawl. She watched him get up and prepared to send him back again when the room froze.
"That's better." Prince Leonardo said aloud and she nodded not bothering to ask what he was for there was not the time at the moment.
"What do you propose we do?" She asked. He was already striding to the unfrozen princess in the corner.
"Highness it's alright, we're here to save you." He said gently but she didn't look up her face buried in her knees. He reached out a hand and brushed the hair over one ear. "Are you hurt?" He asked and she did lift her head then and was shaking her head slowly. He gave her a little smile and then picked her up.
Prudence watched him take her sister from the room and was glad, if this got nasty she didn't want Princess Pheona to see, she'd already seen enough.
As time returned Prudence lifted her chin and faced the man who'd killed her parents and harmed her little sister. He'd not escape her as easily as Winterford. Nay, he'd suffer all she had to offer.
"Aye Sedric, tis I." The door slammed behind her shutting Lord Andrew and the others out so that no magic could harm them. And there would be magic.
Despite her vow not to use it she had not control now, she had to destroy this abomination to the human race.
"Good, then since you have taken the brat you shall take her place.' He sneered and advanced on her. She didn't even flinch merely raised a hand and sent him flying backwards.
"Nay, you Lord shall pay for all that you have done on this night!" She said in a deceptively soft tone.
"So tis true, the queen was a spawn of an evil spirit."
"Nay, my mother was enchanted as am I My Lord."
"So the battle field will change then." He said and then suddenly he was not clad in his armor but in a black robe, one worn by practitioners of the dark arts.
Prudence also realized they were no longer in the tower but standing amid a circle of stones. She knew them, the standing circle where her mother had brought them after cach of her sisters were birthed. A smiled suddenly cracked the monsters lips as if he knew.
"That it does." She felt a sudden pang of fear, what if she could not do this alone? What if she needed the power of all of her sisters? They were too little; they'd not be much help. Suddenly she felt something change. A hand slid into hers and she found Piper there her eyes on Lord Sedric. She'd not brought Paige but had with her Prince Leo. There was not the time to ask what was going on for now they had a sorcerer to defeat.
"I believe tis time for this to truly end." The prince said and she heard him begin the chant.
"Of the shadow of the light we call to the protectors on this night." She picked up the chant, although she'd never heard it before in her life she knew its words.
"Hear our call, hear our plea,"
"Give us the strength so our foe we shall defeat!" With Piper's words the room began to glow and suddenly with them stood not only the three but Princess Paige and Princess Pheona. They all were them moving and each in the corners of the room so Sedric was in the center they each raised a hand to the sky.
"Daughters of Patience Children of the light feel our power strip your might!" Three of them chanted.
The prince just stood by watching, ready to lend his power if it was needed. From what he could see they didn't need his help. All had their power swirling about them. Their eyes glowing a white, as pure as newly fallen snow. Slowly the power from their eyes began to shoot forward into the center of the room and like blasts of the sun began to fry the villain.
***
Lord Andrew hear the inhuman screaming and wanted to break down the door, but then he felt an odd presence, looking over he found the Queen.
"Highness?" He asked aghast. She said not but a word only touched her finger to her lips and waited.
***
All at once the being once called Sedric was transformed into a winged demon and began to spin. Then he was exploding in a ball of fire.
TBC
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Do you like this installment? Is there anyone still reading it? If so PLZ take the time to R&R.