This first thing he noticed about her was her ears. So elf-like, but elf's never stray from their mountains, and the forest by Cathnas was far from any mountain. The next thing he noticed was the colour of her hair, such a unique colour, the chest of a robin was as red as her hair. She was beautiful.
"Ralphie! Ralphie! I'm back. I made a new friend. Her name is… Oh, ya it's Tintheia. Her parents are gone with mommy and daddy and Jackie. She has no place to go. I told her that she could stay with us. Is supper done yet? Tintheia is sixteen years old; she said that she was sixteen winters old. Isn't that funny? She said she would stay with us only for a little while. Oh, and her mommy and daddy are gone forever. Are ours gone forever to? She's not as lucky as me, she does not have a brother, but she had two sisters, they are with her mommy and daddy now. Tintheia can sleep on my mat; I'll sleep on the floor. Do you need me to get more berries? Do you want to know how me and Tintheia meet? I'll tell you. We meat in the bush where I was picking berries for you. Some guys who looked like they belonged to Lord Gandown were chasing her. But she hid and told me to be quiet. I don't know why they ere after her. Tintheia, do you know why they were after you? Tintheia, this is Ralphie, my brother." Jason said as if he might die any minute and he needed to tell Ralphie everything that happened.
"Umm, ahh, mmmyyyy my name is Tintheia, um I mean Ralphie, ah… I mean Ralph." He couldn't think straight. Everything was just spinning around in his head; the only thing that made sense was that Tintheia was beautiful.
"Hi. If you don't have room for me I can find somewhere else to go. It's no problem for me, I'm good at finding good places to stay." Wow was he ever cute. He has the same short dirty blond hair that Jason has, they looked exactly alike except for one small detail, Jason had dark green eyes, while Ralph's eyes were so blue that you felt like you could drown in them and never even notice. He was so cute when he blushed, and ever since he seen her he had been blushing.
"No, we have plenty of room for you here. Jason, could you go in the house and start supper please, I've already started cooking the chicken, so you can cook some potatoes with it if you want, or anything else that you would like to eat."
Jason quickly went into the house to start supper, the thought of supper set Tintheia's stomach growling, she hadn't anything to eat since breakfast this morning with her family. The family that was murdered before they even finished breakfast. Tintheia was abruptly woken from her thoughts when she noticed that Ralph was talking.
"…Jason can be a little annoying at times, but I'll make sure he leaves you alone, you look like you went through a hard day today. So, are you lost?"
"No, I'm not lost. Do you think I'm some helpless little girl? I can find my way through any forest better than you can. The only reson I came here was so that Jason could get home safely. You shouldn't let someone that young be alone in the woods! You could loose him and you wouldn't know until you notice that 'hey, there are no berries with supper today'. Or would you even care? You little brother is not annoying, he's sweet and innocent, a little angel. He's like my little sister, Syzna. You'll never notice how much you need them, how much you love them until you loose them," Tintheia said with tears in her eyes. She felt like she should slap him, how could men be so stupid? Syzna was six winters old. Tintheia thought that she was an annoying little brat, now she's gone. Tintheia'll never be able to say sorry for breaking her first bow.
"Are you threatening my brother's life? I don't think you should stay here." Ralph was worried. What if she was going to kill him and his brother, his parents would have died for nothing. They died to save Ralph, Jason and Kristina. Kristina was so young then, two weeks old. Then in the middle of the night someone came and killed her. Jason was too young to remember her.
"I'm sorry I didn't mean it like that. It's just I like Jason, and I would do anything to keep him safe. I promise you I will help you with anything you need, and I will keep Jason safe. It's impossible for me to break a promise once I've said it. There is something about you, I just cant put my finger on it… do you know if you're related to any royalty?" She could sense it from Jason but he was to young to be sure, but with Ralph there was no question he had royal blood running through his veins, not just a tiny bit, but it could be that he was pure royalty.
"That can't be. I've lived here for as long as I can remember. My family has lived off the land for many generations. I can't be related to royalty, my family has only ever been farmers. Who ever heard of a royal farmer?" Ralph was confused by her strange change in mood. He thought that she must be crazy… a royal farmer… that is something to laugh about.
Jason came out to tell Ralph and Tintheia that lunch was done, when he seen their faces he decided it was safer for him just to call them from inside the house. "Ralphie, Tintheia! Supper is done!"
"Let's not tell Jason about this, he'll get mad at me for arguing with his new friend."
Once Ralph and Tintheia went inside the house a man came through the forest. The man was none other than the scruffy man from behind the first bush. "A last you little wrench, I have found you. Tonight I will be the night of your demise,the night that I will become Lord Gandown's favorite servant. Maybe, just maybe he'll let me eat something tonight."
Well here is the second chapter to my story… so far I have only one review for my work… and I would love to thank healergirl 2004 for my first review… and would love it if you would be able to paste the mistakes… thank you so much… and if you have any stories yourself I would love to read your works… maybe I will add you into my story… lol… well I think I have a third chapter on my mind for ya… lol… well please RandR I would love to hear more of my mistakes. Also please if you can think of a title for my story I would love to hear your ideas…