"They are approaching my King," Mondor, head of security reported.
"Good. Get my sword. Have them shoot King Edmund. I want only King Peter. And I want him alive," Jaden, the blue wizard said.
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"Peter we need to stop a minute." a very tired Edmund said.
"We can't afford to stop." Was Peter's reply.
The rain was like grey tears washing away hope. The thunder boomed louder above them. Peter and Edmund had both taken off their male when the lightning flickered. It felt as if they could breath again. They walked faster now. Their steps were lighter. The stone table was in sight. Peter had barely walked three feet when he heard the sound of arrows being shot. He instinctively ducked down. He then heard the scream of pain. The sound of falling. Then silence.
"Ed!" he yelled running to his brother. He was lying face first on the ground gasping. His back red with the warm red blood trickling down it in little streams.
Peter gently pulled it out and turned him over.
"Go…I'll be fine." he said.
"I'm not going to leave you here to die." Peter said.
"Just promise me you'll take core of Andrew." he said.
"I don't have to. Because your going to be fine." he stated. "We'll come back for you. Just hang on."
He put Edmund into a sitting position under a tree so he could breath easier. The leaves served as an umbrella covering him. He shut his eyes and leaned back.
-------------------------------------------------Emily was at a run. Lucy was right on her heels. They had covered much ground. Emily was carrying her father's shield and the bow. The quiver rested securely against her shoulders.
Lucy carried a sword and shield she had borrowed. She was used to the weight. It felt the same as the backpack she had carried through Kenya. She knew had to use a sword. She just hoped she didn't have too.
She was running fast when she tripped. Lucy quickly flipped around before she could fall on the sword and break her cordial bottle. She looked up to see what had tripped her. She then saw Edmund. Her face was in complete worry. She crawled over to him and lay his head on her lap. It took a minute to fumble with the cordial lid. She finally got it open and let a drop fall into Edmund's mouth. His eyes burst open and he gasped. He had been almost near death.
"Lucy!" he exclaimed.
"Relax….don't speak." she said. He shot up and rested against the tree trunk. "How'd you know?"
"Emily told us it was a trap. She must've ran ahead." Lucy said glancing around.
"Emily! What do you mean Emily!" he said.
"She wandered into camp. She told us it was a trap. Where's Peter?" she asked.
"He went on." Edmund said.
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Emily lay on her stomach watching the scene in front of her. She let out a slight gasp.
Andrew had followed Lucy and Emily. Under Susan's orders that was. He hadn't stopped with Lucy. He dropped down on his stomach next to Emily. "Did I miss anything?" he asked.
Emily jumped ten feet, "No….Now keep quiet." she snapped in a whisper. She army crawled further towards the scene for a better view.
"Do you have your bow?" she asked.
"Yeah," he replied.
"Ok, take to the trees that way. Stay low. Hurry. And keep quiet." she said.
"Hey, it's me ." he said.
"That's what I worry about." she said.
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Peter was bound. They had jumped him. Bound him. He had refused to listen the lies they had told him. He was no his knees in a bowing position before Jaden and Jade.
"Say it and I won't spill your blood." Jaden was saying.
"Never!" Peter snapped back coldly.
"It's not worth it. Just do it." Jade said impatiently.
"I will...soon… I might wait till we're in front of his whole army. Imagine it sister. Feeling the power of killing High King Peter the Magnificent in front of all his loyal subjects. Then we'll have them ambushed. Then we'll have them all killed. " he said with a menacing smile.
Peter's face was stone hard. His eyes locked in a cold glare. Emily saw this. The sound of a twig breaking caught his attention. He didn't dare look in the direction of it though. He wouldn't dare.
Jade yanked the sword from her brother's grip and raised it high above her head. Emily's heart pounded. She quickly shot the arrow she had been holding in place. It whizzed past Peter's head and into Jade's thigh. He could hear the sound of it fly past his ear.
Her scream was blood curdling. She dropped Peter's sword and grabbed her leg. "FIND THEM!" she yelled. This gave Andrew the cue to start shooting. Emily ran back and forth shooting in different places to make them think there was more than two people.
"Shoot in different places. Don't let them see you." she said.
Andrew nodded," Aye commander " he said shooting a smile.
Lucy had been nearly knocked down by Emily. She saw the arrows whizzing past her.
Everyone had momentarily forgotten Peter. This gave Emily the chance to grab Lucy's knife and get to him. She held up the shield to block the flying arrows. She ran down to her father. Jade hadn't forgotten Peter though. She , despite the pain, picked up the sword.
"You shall die King Peter!" she yelled.
She gasped and let out a squeak when it went into her back.
"I think not." Emily said.
"Emily!" Peter said amazed.
She ran down to him cutting his hands free.
"The horn!" he said grabbing it off her quiver." Cover your ears."
She did so and he blew it as loud as he could.