1Okay guys, I know, Long time no read, But I'm trying my hardest to keep everything up. Don't shoot me okay? I've had this bad cold and I got grounded for three weeks. Trust me, it hasn't been going so well in my little world. But I'm here now, and that's all that matters. So lets get it started with the next Chapter! Goodies! And by the way Rachel, if Devan and Amanda sound like total Jackass in this chapter, then don't worry. We already talked about that remember?
Chapter 4: Mission: Impossible
Tera slipped the cloak over her head and straightened her hood so she could still see. "No! Don't wear your hood like that!" the person hissed. They grabbed the edge of the hood and pulled it downward. "But I can't see." Tera told the person. "Good. That means that they can't see you" The person joked. Tera thought it sounded like a girl, but she couldn't really see any features because of the baggy cloak. "Can I at least know your name?" Tera asked. She looked at her for a second then answered, "Amanda." She then opened the door and peeked outside into the hallway.
"Okay, lets go." She whispered, grabbing Tera's wrist. Holding out her glowing sword, Amanda slowly lead the way through the dark and creepy hallway. "Why do you want to kill the beast?" Tera whispered. "Because the villagers said we could keep the rose and whatever we find in the castle if we do it." she whispered back. "Has the beast ever killed anyone?" Tera asked. "Not that I know of." She whispered. "Well that's not very nice." Tera said, pulling away her wrist. "Keep your voice down!" She hissed. "Well why should you kill something that has done no harm to anyone?" Tera questioned. "It's...just business." Amanda whispered.
Tera stood shocked at what she had just heard. "You make me sick!" Tera yelled, losing all self control. "I said Shut the Hell up!" Amanda yelled back. Tera and Amanda glared at each other for a second before the sound of running, heavy, footsteps could be heard. "Oh shit! Come on!" Amanda yelled, grabbing Tera's wrist again.
As they ran down the hall, Tera's hood kept slipping down. She kept trying to fix it, but being dragged along and trying to fix her hood was not easy. "Amanda, I can't see!" Tera said, still trying to push up the hood. But Amanda didn't answer, she only pulled Tera along. But Tera couldn't see where she was going and tripped over a wrinkle in the red carpet, making her lose her balance and hit the floor. But As she tried to get back up, she heard Amanda's footsteps fade away.
Tera watched in horror as the green glow from Amanda's sword grew smaller and smaller. "Amanda?" Tera whispered, slowly crawling across the carpet. "Amanda?" Tears in her voice. But the sound of approaching footsteps made her stop dead in her tracks. She immediately she hit the floor and buried her face into the carpet. As she laid face down in the carpet, she heard the footsteps stop over top of her. She started to breath heavy as she felt something sniff her up and down. Just as she thought she was done for, a crashing sound came from down the hall and the footsteps chased after the sound.
Slowly, Tera got back to her feet and started to blindly make her way down the hall. She would occasionally stop for, what she thought, were footsteps. But finally stopped and flopped down on the musty carpet. It's hopeless. I'll never find Kiarie or Amanda. I'm screwed. She thought in defeat.
But then Tera felt a warm glow flow over her. She opened her eyes to see the familiar glow of Amanda's green sword. "I lose you for two seconds." She said in fake anger. Tera happily got back to her feet and hugged Amanda. "What are you doing?" Amanda asked in shock. "You came back for me. Only a friend would do that." Tera said, still hugging her. After a few seconds, Amanda pulled away and became serious. "Listen, we still have a mission. And if you fall behind again, I'm not coming back. Got it?" Amanda told her. Tera nodded in reply, but then stopped. "I'm not helping you steal the rose." She told her, standing firm. "That's okay, Devan is here now, so I don't need your help. I can just leave you here in the dark to cry all by yourself." Amanda said, starting to walk off.
Amanda quickly fell into step beside of her. "Maybe the beast did do something mean to the villagers. Maybe he like destroyed their crops or something." Tera offered. "Yeah, maybe." Amanda agreed, not really caring. "Yeah! Why else would they want to destroy an innocent monster?" Tera said confidently. "So, you going to help me or what?" Amanda asked. "I thought you said that Devan would help you." Tera reminded. "You need to help me get there. Devan is the muscle. He is waiting for us to get to the rose, were he is patiently waiting." Amanda told her. "What do you need 'Muscle' for?" Tera asked confused. "This rose is what keeps the beast alive. Do you really think he is going to leave it unguarded?" Amanda asked with a laugh. "Well, it never really occurred to me to think we would have to fight it." Tera confessed.
"Well, guess what. We do." Amanda told her. Tera let out a sad sigh. How do I get myself into these messes? Tera thought hopelessly. Then suddenly Amanda flung her arm out to stop Tera from going further. She then tapped the sword on the ground and the light went out. "What are we doing?" Tera whispered in her ear. "Shh!" Amanda hissed.
As they sat in the darkness, Tera heard light footsteps walk down the hall. "Beast?" A soft female voice whispered. When doing came, the foot steps headed down the hall and turned down another hall to the right. After a few seconds, Amanda tapped the sword again and the green light lit up once again. "Who was that?" Tera asked. "Probably Belle. The villagers say she was taken, but by the looks of things, she doesn't seem to be much of a prisoner. "Amanda answered.
With that, Amanda then pulled on Tera's wrist, signaling to move forward. But as they walked, they soon cam to a huge room with a large stair well. "I wonder where those go." Tera wondered aloud. "That probably goes to the East wing and that one to the West wing." Amanda answered. "Where is this rose at?" Tera asked. "They high West...tower." Amanda answered, soon realizing what she said. Shrugging off Tera smug smile, they headed up the west stairs.
But as they walked along the hall, they noticed how torn up it was. The marble walls had deep claw marks, the curtains looked old, word and cut up. All the pictures of one man were torn and shredded as if in anger that the person existed. "I wonder why he is so angry at that one man." Tera said, examining a torn picture. "I don't know. Now come on. This is not a museum." Amanda hissed, pulling her along.
Soon they reach a double oak door with huge claw marks. Amanda then pulled upon the door and walked inside. The room was in worse shape then the hall. The bed was torn in anger. The curtains were strung everywhere. Table and chairs where tossed and broken all over the place. "I really don't think we should do this. Something tells me that this beast is just a tormented soul." Tera told Amanda. "Go ahead. Leave. I don't care. I'm here now and I'm going through with this." Amanda said with a shrug, walking past a big torn curtain.
"How can you be so heartless! Don't you care if someone gets hurt in one of your little "business deals"?" Tera asked, following her. But she was stunned silent by what she saw. On a small table sat a beautiful rose under a decorative glass doom. Amanda slowly lifted the doom and reached for the rose. But Tera quickly grabbed her hand. "I wont let you do this to him!" Tera said in anger.
And as they stared at each other in anger, a hand grasped both shoulders and a man's voice said, "Ladies, can't we work this out?" Tera turned around to see a guy about 17, dressed in a black trench coat and a pair of black baggy pants with chains hanging off them. "Devan! Thank god! This girl wont let me finish the job." Amanda explained. With a quick tug, He managed to pull Tera away from Amanda and lifted her up by her cloak. "Now that's not very nice." He said with a laugh. "Stop making fun of me!" Tera yelled in anger. Devan let her touch the ground but kept a strong grip on the collar of her cloak.
Amanda then flashed her a victory smile and turned back around to grab the rose. Thinking quickly, Tera threw her arms up and dropped out of the cloak. She then tackled Amanda to the ground before she grabbed the rose. Devan looked at the cloak with a smile. "That was pretty clever, but you forgot that I still have two free hands." Devan said to her as he walked over to the rose.
Tera then quickly went to tackle him away from it, but he caught her and bound her arms by her side. "Did you plan on tackling us until we just gave up?" Amanda asked with am laugh. "Amanda, I though you were my friend." Tera pleaded. "I told you, It's just business." She said simply. But as Amanda walked over to the rose, a ghastly roar filled the room, and the beast of the castle stormed into the room.