Author's Note: Sorry that I haven't been updating, but I haven't had much of a chance to get on the computer lately! But still, here's chapter five. Enjoy!
"I swear, Kori. You need to leave. Your sister will end up killing you, and the king no longer believes me when I tell him of your stories." Raven said.
Kori turned to Raven. Beastel looked at the two of them, his eyes penetrating. He moved his head slowly back and forth.
Kori's eyes went large. "But I must finish my story! I cannot leave here without it!"
"You can finish it after we leave. Come! We can start a new life! On Earth! And do not worry, Beastel will come with us." Raven said, smiling at her grand idea.
Kori brightened at this. She would love to live on Earth. It might even help with the story, as it was based there. Maybe she would find a masked boy, even...
She gave a weak smile. "Alright," she finally said, "I will come."
From beneath there feet was a scream, although not of fear. It was in anger. Blackfire.
They froze. They needed to leave—quickly!
Beastel nipped Raven's hand. They both woke from their freeze. "Kori!" Raven whispered ferociously, "We must leave quickly! Pack a bag and meet me in the drawing room! Quickly!"
Kori nodded, and ran into her small room. She picked up a basket and decided to fill it with her favorite clothes. She did not want anything that her father or anyone else had gotten for her. So there were only a large number of outfits that she had bought in a nearby store, each of them the same. Purple and slutty. Oh, well, she though, at least I won't have to pack only clothes. She put in her hairbrush, food from under a loose floorboard, and her story. She started to leave when she went by her bedside table and saw one thing that she could not leave behind—a picture of her mother. She put it into her small pack and closed the lid. Kori rushed into the hall.
On her way to the drawing room, Kori heard footsteps. They were heavy, but quick. It sounded like stomping. The shadow of her sister came into view.
As Kori backed into the wall, fearing her soon death, she felt something sharp hit her back. She turned around, and saw that behind her were two swords. She picked on up, and decided to take both so that Blackfire wouldn't be able to get a weapon.
Blackfire screamed in rage as she saw Kori. And when Kori tried to hide her basket, she lunged at her.
"Where do you think YOU'RE going!" She screamed.
Kori quickly slashed her sister across the arm with a sword. At least, she tried to. Blackfire's index finger on her right hand went whizzing through the air as Kori reeled back in horror. She did not expect that, but she was surprised to see that the sword she was holding was clean—she hadn't even touched her sister. Blackfire fainted in pain.
Kori looked up, and saw a green wolf. It stared at her with familiar eyes. They were beautiful. Before her eyes, though, the wolf changed into a person of the same color.
Suddenly, Kori knew where she had seen those eyes. They belonged to Beastel.
"Come," Beastel said in a voice much like Ravens, only it belonged to a boy, "Raven is waiting in the drawing room."
They made their way down into the room. Raven sat in a chair, waiting. She smiled.
"Kori, although you might not know it, this is Beastel. He is in his true form a turtle. I just found out."
The three of them looked at each other. And in a sudden movement, they all left the room to go into a waiting space shuttle. The only reason that it was waiting was because it needed to go to earth.
