I people: D Sorry, I know I haven't updated for, like, ever! And the last chapter wasn't THAT good. But I hope this one will be better.
Ember looked out her window. She had been in the stone castle for 2 years now. She was now 14 and looked about the same. She had lost the sweet charm she used to have and became sour. Ember didn't really think of running away with a prince of going back to The City of Ember, but staying with the dragon. She liked Kora a lot and would talk to her almost the whole day. She liked hearing about what it was like to be a dragon. Ember had even given up hope about a prince coming because no prince had come yet. She didn't want the prince to 'save' her, but wanted to see Kora eat him for dinner. (Told you she was sour)
Ember entered a large room with cracks in the ground showing bits of hot boiling lava. She jumped over them and went down a HUGE staircase. She smiled as she saw Kora in the corner grinning. They she knew something wasn't right. Kora hadn't smiled like this since she ate a few farmers.
"What is it?" asked Ember. Kora's smiled grew wider.
"A prince is coming!" she said. With that, without giving Ember a chance to respond Kora pushed a HUGE stone out of the way and fresh daylight spilled through. Kora tossed Ember up on her back and Kora flapped her great wings and flew up to the tower.
Ember looked across the lava far out. She could now see the end of the bridge and she could see a white dot riding toward the castle. She smiled evilly she wanted to see this. Kora glanced up and saw Ember smiling. "This is going to be fun," she said in a deep evil voice. Kora flew up by the tower and Ember got in though the wide window.
Ember watched Kora fly around the castle and breath fire. Not much fire, but enough the burn your house to the ground. Then Kora flew into the castle hiding. She wanted to take the act of surprise. The knight was in the middle of the bridge and Ember could see a cross on his shield. He looked like the Red cross Knight. Ember giggled. She had read about the Red cross Knight many times and wanted to see Kora beat him. He landing on the ground and started to go inside the castle. As Ember watched him disappear in the castle she watched Kora shuffle behide him. Ember sat in her purple chair by the window.
"FAIR PRINCESS! I HAVE COME TO SAVE Y-!" started the Red cross Knight. Ember kept on giggling. Then she heard the roar and could hear a mighty blast of fire. Ember broke out laughing. She knew he had been roasted. She ran down the winding stairs to the place where the knight had stood. There, sat a pile of ash and an unhappy looking Kora. She had breathed fire a little too much for the knight and instead of getting a knight for dinner (as a treat) she got a pile of ash.
Over the next few days about 100 knights came all trying to save Princess Ember. Even an ogre and a donkey have come to save her for some prince. But each knight, just like the other, came to the same fate, a pile of ash.