Chapter 3
A little something I found, buried under pages of school work up in some of my old discs .
Lisle nearly fainted when Arle bounded out from behind a boulder in the morning.
"BOO! Haha, the senses fading a little ma? Well, anyhow, I've got some news that ain't so jolly as I" Lisle sighed, another piece of bad news, just what the elves need.
"Go ahead"
"Well, erm, do y'know Tisme and Melou?"
"Yes" She replied warily.
"Well, they're both dead and their daughter, Wishela is captured."
"WHAT?" Lisle's eyes widened and she felt tears leaking over her eyelashes "No, No, It can't be! They were our only hope... How did this happen?"
"Um... well, Karmina figures that Melou was followed home after scouting the damages to a raid and well..." Lisle looked completely dazed, she had lost all composure, and was on the brink of breaking down.
"This is the last straw Arle..." Lisle straightened, regaining her composure, "We've got to resist; we've taken this punishment long enough." She strode off towards their hut.
"Ma? Ma, wait up!"
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An unfamiliar knock sounded at the king's door. "Who goes there? Speak your name and your reason for wanting to speak with the ruler of many lands, Dartolia."
"Its Raid Commander Ishi, sir, I've come to report on yesterday's raid"
"Very well, you may enter." Ishi entered, bowing to the King when she saw him. "Make your report"
"We only found two homes sir, they were abandoned, we think the occupants may have been part of the Northern Rebellion" Ishi was thrown back against the wall with such force that a wall hanging fell.
"ABANDONED HOMES? WHY DO I CARE ABOUT ABANDONED HOMES? TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD!" Ishi rose, trying to regain composure with a spinning head.
"Sir, I was going to save the best for last, but we found an elf's hidden home, I know it doesn't seem like much, but we think they were a big part of the Northern Rebellion, but they had gotten away. They had a cellar filled with healing potions. And the best part sir, is that we killed them, but captured their little one"
"Go on" The king was listening to the girl intently, she's wiser than most Larmonians, he thought.
"We think that she may be able to tell us all she knows and then be held up for ransom."
"We have plenty of money" let's see if she can figure it out, he thought.
"How about ransom for a surrender? Elves are very attached to their young ones, your highness."
"Yes... yes, I see" The King sat back in his chair, deep in thought, as Ishi slipped quietly from the room. Before she left however the king spoke again "Bring the elf child in here, I wish to question her"
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