A/N: Yes I know that the chapter isn't as good as it could have been. I am going to try and write more on a regular basis. Keep reading and reviews are welcome. I still don't own Aubry. I am in the process of doing that now.
"Sorry, you know when I get depressed I have low radar." Shawna finished up packing and put a stake under her pant leg and grabbed her cross. "I think that it is time for us to head out. If we leave now, we will make it by morning. Even though it is night."
As time passed, everybody said their goodbyes, gave hugs and soon were on their way. One by one Shawna and Sidney went through out the house saying good bye to all the servants and the animals. Only God knows that they will return back to a place where they could call home.
"Shawna, can I talk to ye? Privately?" Jankyn pulled Shawna over to the side. He led her to a hall that could be a mile long. "Here put this on, I want this to be a surprise."
"You have a surprise, for me. No. You didn't have to do anything…or get me anything." After looking into his eyes, she was putting the cloth over her eyes. She didn't even realize that she was doing that. He led her down the hall and then turned to the left. He led her through a door. A cold breeze hit her face and she quickly shivered to keep warm.
"Why are we out side?" She held tightly on Jankyn hand. She was starting to wonder where he was leading her. "Oh, just a little place I call, secret. Ye can take the cloth off now." As she pulled it off, she saw what could be a magical world. The colors are colors that she has never seen before. There was a path leading down into a bunch of tall hedges.
"It's a maze. It was made when my great grandmother lived here. Her husband to be created it for love. But then he quickly died, from a raid that happened…" He started to go on but Shawna cut off.
"Well that is encouraging. Telling me that I am going to be your 'bride to be' and then you'll die. That is really reassuring." She chuckled at the little joke she made. He gave her a stern stare. "Sorry." She said and felt guilty for saying that. "No, it is alright. Another woman that I had fallen in love with said the same thing. She felt safe here. She was a lot like you. Tall, brown hair, green eyes. Same humor. Then she left after she realized that she was not in love with me, but in love with somebody else."
Shawna wasn't sure of what to say to Jankyn. But she felt just almost the same as the women he fell in love with. But she wasn't in love with anybody else. You could say she liked him. She stood there in silence, in awe of the maze. "Do you want to go for a walk?" she pointed toward the path. "Let's talk."
"Are you saying you love me?" Shawna asked as they began to walk. He took a few steps and then he would sigh real loud. "What I am saying is that, yes I do love ye. But I know what makes ye safe and what makes ye comfortable. I care for ye. A lot."
"I care for you too, a lot… I like you a lot too. But I don't know if I love you. Not just yet. I just don't want to get too attached to anybody right now. Not because I don't want to. But because if I don't come back from this stunt that you wanted me to pull. I won't have anybody to mourn over me like crazy." They kept walking and turned a corner. Jankyn seemed to know the path very well. He seemed like he knew where he was going.
"No. I understand. I wouldn't ask ye to do that, unless I knew ye were going to come back. I have it all planned out. Ye will go there. Try and make Ack-rin fall in love with ye, but be careful, don't fall in love with him. That will only create problems. Now Sidney is going to go there with ye to make sure all is going to go on the right path. She is going to there to help ye possibly help ye kill him." He walked on and Shawna stood there in confusion.
"To sum it all up. I am just basically going there to marry the guy and kill him. I am rather sure that I can kill him on my own. Thanks for the support." They walked in silence. Not one word. After what seemed like 3 hours of walking, they made it to the center of the maze.
An old fashion ceramic bench sat underneath a beautiful willow tree. A small pond was giving off fog and made the ground hard to see. The moon shone brightly on the ground. The frogs were singing. If you call croaking, singing. Jankyn led her to the bench and sat her down. He grabbed her hand and held it tightly. "Have ye ever noticed how the frogs sound beautiful on nights like this?"
"Yeah, just about three seconds... Excuse me. There needs to be some slaying done." Shawna ran around a corner. You can hear the grunts of Shawna as she tosses and turns the vampire from one side to the other side of the hedges. The vampire flew threw the hedge and landed near Jankyns' feet. "Why won't you die?" Shawna sprang from the hole in the hedge and landed on top of the vampire. Her hand that held the cross burned a hole in his face from her holding her hand to his face. She brought her right hand up with a stake and then rammed it down as hard as she could. Right into his heart.
"Very impressive." Jankyn said as Shawna got up. He eyes nearly popping out of his head.
"Yeah but he isn't dead yet." She pulled the stake out and he gasped for breath. "Looks like we are going to have to go the old fashion way." She pulled his head up off the ground and you can hear the popping of his neck as she broke it. She pulled him off toward the pond and dumped his body in it. "He will start to decay in, oh, five minutes. Don't worry, he will combust soon. I think we should head out of here. We might combust with him if we don't." She grabbed his hand and they started to walk
"That was in yer words, awesome. Where did ye learn to fight like that?" He intertwined his fingers with hers.
"Oh my parents, and a lot of time being alone. I think that we should head back to the castle. I think that it is time for Sidney and I to leave for our assignment. I can't wait till I get my hands on him. Sorry lets go." She walked ahead of him and made her way back to the castle.
A/N: Hope you all like this chapter. It may have been better. But I like it.
Lisa de Lujun
