So sorry that I haven't written in a long time! I've been really enjoying
summer break after finals! (YAY!! ) Hope all of you enjoy the story so
far!!!
The Sare Forest
The forest was silent. It was hard to see because of the shadows everywhere, but the dragon king was used to moving in the dark. Van waited a moment more before he signaled for the rest of the band to move. The "band" consisted of a king, princess, ½ cat ½ human type....thing, a blonde sissy, a young, plain looking girl, and a mole man. At the present moment, Millerna was glaring Van. She had opened her mouth several times to questions Van about where they were going, but Van had silenced her with a hand signal every time. The princess was not happy.
Hitomi watched with interest as Van climbed a tree to see what was ahead. She laughed inwardly as she remembered how angry she had been when he had brought her here. But when he had apologized for kidnapping her and promised to get her home, something inside her knew that he meant every word. Plus, she might as well enjoy the change of scenery. For about the hundredth time, she looked towards the two "moons" hanging in the sky. Hitomi wondered how they could see the Earth, but the Earth couldn't see them. She mentally told herself to ask Van about that later. She then took another look around her. The lush forest was filled with all kinds of interesting plants and animals. What really struck her was that the animals looked way different than they would on Earth. These animals were also very territorial and would sometimes get aggressive. Van was always uneasy whenever he saw any of the animals, and he wouldn't let anyone near them. He wouldn't even let Allen near after Allen had begged, cried, and pleaded with him for over an hour. Van's reaction to this behavior was to threaten to gag, tie, and then leave Allen as food to all these animals. Allen (not surprisingly) quieted down immediately.
FLASHBACK
"Something isn't right in this forest. Animals aren't supposed to look like this. Maselle is up to something," said Van while the others were sleeping on blankets brought by Millerna.
Hitomi looked questioningly at Van as he continued, "I haven't been to this region before. This forest doesn't belong to Fanelia. It belongs to a kingdom called Sare. The king, Maselle, is cunning, and murderous and will do anything to get what he wants."
"Is he really that bad?" asked Hitomi.
"No. He's actually worse. I'm making him sound like a daisy compared to what he's really like," replied Van as he glared into their fire. "About 15 years ago, when I was only a child, Maselle made a treaty with Sare. You see, back then, he wasn't king of Sare. Later that night, a celebration took place to celebrate the treaty. The next day, many of the people got sick and died, including the guards in the palace."
"What happened then?" whispered Hitomi.
Van still stared into the fire and refused to look at Hitomi. "The king of Sare had all the rooms and halls in the palace checked to see if anything was missing."
"Was anything missing?" asked Hitomi.
"Yes," replied Van. "Many things were missing. Some of the things missing were stuff like maps to the layout of the entire city, the census taken 1 year before, the layout of the fields surrounding Sare, and the layout of the entire palace. These documents were very important, and the king of Sare sent out the police to find the culprit, but nothing came up. Meanwhile, Maselle decided that it was time to go back to his palace. After Maselle left, the palace was burnt to the ground with the king in it."
Hitomi's eyes opened in horror. "How? How did it burn to the ground.?"
"Some people said that they saw Maselle watching the palace burn to the ground," said Van bitterly. "But after Maselle became king of Sare, the witnesses died in ...mysterious ways."
"So you're saying that Maselle killed the king, but why would he want the country? Is there anything he can gain?"
"When Maselle took over Sare, he added a lot of land to his territory. The only country bigger than his right now is Austuria. But I don't need to worry about Austuria because Maselle has been trying to make a treaty with King Aston for years, but he refuses."
"So is this why you don't want to get caught?" asked Hitomi. "You don't want to be caught by Maselle, right?"
"If we get caught in Sare, we'll be at the mercy of Maselle," said Van as he turned to stare intently at Hitomi. "Also, I won't be able to protect you if we get caught by him."
"Don't worry Van!" came a cheerful voice from behind them. I'll protect her!
Hitomi was surprised to feel an arm around her shoulder. She looked to her right and saw Allen. She screamed as she pushed herself away. Van then hit Allen on the face with the butt of his sword, but this time, he used the excuse that he thought he saw a bird on Allen's face. The rest of the crew then woke up, and Van refused to talk about the topic anymore.
"Van's right," thought Hitomi. "Something is wrong with these animals; Maselle probably has something to do with it." As Van climbed down from the tree, he glared at Millerna and mole man who were talking. He gave them a sharp hand signal for them to be quiet. Hitomi smiled to herself as she saw Allen walk up to them and start whispering with them. A few seconds later, all three of them turned and glared at Van. Van didn't notice because he was too busy looking at the sky, but his ever faithful friend did. Merle slowly crept up behind Allen and used his back as a scratching post. She then silenced his screams by sitting on his face. Millerna stood there is shock, but her attention was diverted as Van walked up to the group. As Hitomi walked towards the group to join them, she saw Van give Merle a warning look. She immediately got off of Allen and clung to Van's arm.
"Here's the plan of action. The main city of Sare is about 30 minutes away. We haven't reached the farmlands yet, but we will soon. Tonight we're going to stay at a pub to get the mole man food so that I can get the info on how to get Hitomi back. Once inside the town, put your hoods up, and don't answer if someone tries to talk to you. Let me do all the talking, and I don't want a peep out of any of you!" He looked specifically at Allen. "I will rent two rooms. 1 room's for the girls and the other for the men. After I get the rooms, everyone will proceed directly to their designated rooms except for mole man and me. I will bring you all food later. Stay in the rooms until I tell you to do otherwise, understood?"
Everyone nodded their heads silently.
"Than let's move," said Van confidently.
Lone Watchman
I know all of you are thinking, "Oh, what a pointless chapter!" But I'm trying to develop the plot so please excuse me. I know this chapter isn't as long as the others, but for some reason I wanted to make this one shorter. I'm on summer break now, so I'll be able to write a lot more chapters. I hope you all like the story so far. Thank you to all the reviewers!!! Another thing that really helped me was that in the reviews, you had a lot of questions about the plot. I tried to answer them, and your questions really helped to develop the plot. So, if you any questions or random thoughts about my story, Put them in your reviews!! Thanks so much!
The Sare Forest
The forest was silent. It was hard to see because of the shadows everywhere, but the dragon king was used to moving in the dark. Van waited a moment more before he signaled for the rest of the band to move. The "band" consisted of a king, princess, ½ cat ½ human type....thing, a blonde sissy, a young, plain looking girl, and a mole man. At the present moment, Millerna was glaring Van. She had opened her mouth several times to questions Van about where they were going, but Van had silenced her with a hand signal every time. The princess was not happy.
Hitomi watched with interest as Van climbed a tree to see what was ahead. She laughed inwardly as she remembered how angry she had been when he had brought her here. But when he had apologized for kidnapping her and promised to get her home, something inside her knew that he meant every word. Plus, she might as well enjoy the change of scenery. For about the hundredth time, she looked towards the two "moons" hanging in the sky. Hitomi wondered how they could see the Earth, but the Earth couldn't see them. She mentally told herself to ask Van about that later. She then took another look around her. The lush forest was filled with all kinds of interesting plants and animals. What really struck her was that the animals looked way different than they would on Earth. These animals were also very territorial and would sometimes get aggressive. Van was always uneasy whenever he saw any of the animals, and he wouldn't let anyone near them. He wouldn't even let Allen near after Allen had begged, cried, and pleaded with him for over an hour. Van's reaction to this behavior was to threaten to gag, tie, and then leave Allen as food to all these animals. Allen (not surprisingly) quieted down immediately.
FLASHBACK
"Something isn't right in this forest. Animals aren't supposed to look like this. Maselle is up to something," said Van while the others were sleeping on blankets brought by Millerna.
Hitomi looked questioningly at Van as he continued, "I haven't been to this region before. This forest doesn't belong to Fanelia. It belongs to a kingdom called Sare. The king, Maselle, is cunning, and murderous and will do anything to get what he wants."
"Is he really that bad?" asked Hitomi.
"No. He's actually worse. I'm making him sound like a daisy compared to what he's really like," replied Van as he glared into their fire. "About 15 years ago, when I was only a child, Maselle made a treaty with Sare. You see, back then, he wasn't king of Sare. Later that night, a celebration took place to celebrate the treaty. The next day, many of the people got sick and died, including the guards in the palace."
"What happened then?" whispered Hitomi.
Van still stared into the fire and refused to look at Hitomi. "The king of Sare had all the rooms and halls in the palace checked to see if anything was missing."
"Was anything missing?" asked Hitomi.
"Yes," replied Van. "Many things were missing. Some of the things missing were stuff like maps to the layout of the entire city, the census taken 1 year before, the layout of the fields surrounding Sare, and the layout of the entire palace. These documents were very important, and the king of Sare sent out the police to find the culprit, but nothing came up. Meanwhile, Maselle decided that it was time to go back to his palace. After Maselle left, the palace was burnt to the ground with the king in it."
Hitomi's eyes opened in horror. "How? How did it burn to the ground.?"
"Some people said that they saw Maselle watching the palace burn to the ground," said Van bitterly. "But after Maselle became king of Sare, the witnesses died in ...mysterious ways."
"So you're saying that Maselle killed the king, but why would he want the country? Is there anything he can gain?"
"When Maselle took over Sare, he added a lot of land to his territory. The only country bigger than his right now is Austuria. But I don't need to worry about Austuria because Maselle has been trying to make a treaty with King Aston for years, but he refuses."
"So is this why you don't want to get caught?" asked Hitomi. "You don't want to be caught by Maselle, right?"
"If we get caught in Sare, we'll be at the mercy of Maselle," said Van as he turned to stare intently at Hitomi. "Also, I won't be able to protect you if we get caught by him."
"Don't worry Van!" came a cheerful voice from behind them. I'll protect her!
Hitomi was surprised to feel an arm around her shoulder. She looked to her right and saw Allen. She screamed as she pushed herself away. Van then hit Allen on the face with the butt of his sword, but this time, he used the excuse that he thought he saw a bird on Allen's face. The rest of the crew then woke up, and Van refused to talk about the topic anymore.
"Van's right," thought Hitomi. "Something is wrong with these animals; Maselle probably has something to do with it." As Van climbed down from the tree, he glared at Millerna and mole man who were talking. He gave them a sharp hand signal for them to be quiet. Hitomi smiled to herself as she saw Allen walk up to them and start whispering with them. A few seconds later, all three of them turned and glared at Van. Van didn't notice because he was too busy looking at the sky, but his ever faithful friend did. Merle slowly crept up behind Allen and used his back as a scratching post. She then silenced his screams by sitting on his face. Millerna stood there is shock, but her attention was diverted as Van walked up to the group. As Hitomi walked towards the group to join them, she saw Van give Merle a warning look. She immediately got off of Allen and clung to Van's arm.
"Here's the plan of action. The main city of Sare is about 30 minutes away. We haven't reached the farmlands yet, but we will soon. Tonight we're going to stay at a pub to get the mole man food so that I can get the info on how to get Hitomi back. Once inside the town, put your hoods up, and don't answer if someone tries to talk to you. Let me do all the talking, and I don't want a peep out of any of you!" He looked specifically at Allen. "I will rent two rooms. 1 room's for the girls and the other for the men. After I get the rooms, everyone will proceed directly to their designated rooms except for mole man and me. I will bring you all food later. Stay in the rooms until I tell you to do otherwise, understood?"
Everyone nodded their heads silently.
"Than let's move," said Van confidently.
Lone Watchman
I know all of you are thinking, "Oh, what a pointless chapter!" But I'm trying to develop the plot so please excuse me. I know this chapter isn't as long as the others, but for some reason I wanted to make this one shorter. I'm on summer break now, so I'll be able to write a lot more chapters. I hope you all like the story so far. Thank you to all the reviewers!!! Another thing that really helped me was that in the reviews, you had a lot of questions about the plot. I tried to answer them, and your questions really helped to develop the plot. So, if you any questions or random thoughts about my story, Put them in your reviews!! Thanks so much!