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An Unexpected Turn

Five Years Later

Blake and Hunter had been riding for hours before slowing and stopping. They got off their horses and immediately began sparring. The swords clanged against each other as they both blocked the others move just at the right moment. They had trained together so long they knew each other's moves without having to give it a second thought; it was as natural as their own.

Amongst the swords and sweat Blake spoke up, "So how was your time getting to know your 'princess'?"

"Her name is Elizabeth. And what's it to you?"

"Just wondering. What's she like? Do you like her?"

"She's a girl. She's fine. She talks and walks like any other."

Blake smirked, "You like her."

Hunter knocked Blake to the ground and took his sword. "She's nice." He stood up and held out his hand to Blake who took it to stand up. Hunter walked over to a rock and sat down, "We talked. She seems like…well I don't mind her."

"Wow. You do like her." Blake sat on the rock next to Hunter. "How much?"

Hunter shook his head, "Not as much as you." And seeing Blake smile caused Hunter to smile. "I go up again in a couple of weeks. They're going to introduce us to their kingdom."

"Oh. But when do you have to get married?"

The blonde looked out across the green countryside. "Well, I'm already 16. She's 14. So, maybe next year."

"Why then?"

"Her Dad wants her married. Apparently in their kingdom they believe that if a girl isn't married by 16 then she can't marry. So, I'm going to marry her before that takes place."

"So after next year…"

"Yeah. But don't worry about it because I won't be that far."

"I know, but I'll have to handle the wimpy kingdom all by myself."

"Right. I can't go with you after I'm married."

"Don't worry about it; it sounds like a you really like her."

"Maybe your girl won't be so bad."

"Oh trust me. She'll be bad. Who would want to marry someone from there?"

Hunter smiled. They sat there resting for about twenty minutes until they heard a horse come up. They both stood and got in fighting positions. But as the owner of the horse came into view they stood down. "Leanne. What are you doing here?"

"Father wanted to see your parents before…"

She pulled her horse up and Hunter went and helped her off of it. She lifted up her dress and walked to a rock and sat down. "Before what?" Blake asked sitting next to her. Leanne had become kind of like a sister to the brothers, a sister who came and visited every now and then and didn't live with them, but they were fine with that.

"I'm going up to meet Prince Cameron and spend time with him." Hunter and Blake exchanged looks. The girl looked up at Hunter, "How did yours go?"

"It could work." Blake replied knowing that Hunter would have killed him had he told Leanne about Hunter's real feelings.

"So, you think maybe…I mean I know that it's The Kingdom of Amihan, but maybe he won't be a wimp." Hunter snorted. "Come on Hunter, it's not like you guys are the only strong fighters."

"I never said we were the only strong fighters. Shane and Dustin are strong fighters and they're princes."

"Yeah, so what's the difference between Shane and Dustin and Prince Cameron."

Hunter and Blake looked at each other. "Well, for one," Blake started, "they don't have wimpy names."

Leanne stared at them in disbelief. "A name. Your reason for it is a name?"

Hunter rolled his eyes, "Leanne if you have a name like Cameron. Well it just shows that you can't fight, or at least you're a weak fighter."

"You know I think it would be funny if you two fought and he beat you."

"You're siding with him now?" Blake asked.

"I'm not siding with him I'm going against Hunter." Leanne said taking her eyes off Hunter to talk to Blake.

"It's the same thing." The dark haired boy replied back.

Leanne rolled her eyes, "Fine. Just came to say good bye. I'll see you later." And she got on her horse and took off.

Hunter and Blake looked at each other, "Cameron? She thinks that's not a wimpy name?" Blake asked and Hunter just shrugged his shoulders.

3 weeks later

Blake woke up thirsty. He looked outside and noticed it was still dark out. He got out of his head and headed out to get something to drink. As he walked through the castle he heard a door bang open and close quickly which shattered the silence surrounding Blake. It took Blake a couple of seconds to realize the door slam had belonged to Hunter's room. He took off running to get to his brothers' room which he arrived at in just a couple of minutes.

Slowly he opened the door and looked in to see his brother pacing. Now what was weird about this was he was supposed to be with Elizabeth. He had left a few days ago and wasn't supposed to return for another week. Blake looked down the hall both ways and saw no one coming so he went in and quietly shut the door. He stood in the darkness by the door while his brother paced every so often being bathed in the moonlight.

It was silent for about twenty minutes before Hunter spoke up, "Bet you're wondering why I'm here."

"Well, yes. Not that I don't mind seeing you but…" Blake stepped out of the sheltered dark and walked over closer to his brother. He didn't like the way Hunter looked. There was something indescribable about his whole appearance. "Are you okay?"

Hunter stopped walking to look at his little brother. He turned and looked out the window. "She's dead."

"Who?" But as soon as Blake said that he knew. "Elizabeth?"

"Yes."

"What happened?"

"We were…off together and…she fell off a cliff."

Blake could tell that Hunter blamed this entirely on himself, "Hunter. It's not your fault."

"Isn't it? I'm supposed to protect her. Fine job I did with that."

"Well I'm sure it was an accident."

"Blake. We were both there and she…she…I watched her fall off the cliff, I couldn't get there in time. Her Father's furious at Mother and Father. Don't blame them. I obviously need more training because I'm not good enough."

Blake didn't know what to say. He walked over to Hunter's bed and sat on it. He watched his brother kick the wall in frustration. It's not like Hunter had been in love with the girl, but he was supposed to be able to protect and he knew that Hunter prided himself in that. He slowly got up and went over to his older brother and put his hand on his shoulder. "You are good enough. You've kept me safe all these years. Elizabeth, well it's sad that she's gone, but I'm sure she wouldn't blame you for her death."

Hunter didn't speak for a good twenty minutes and only then to mutter, "Yeah." They stayed by the window looking out for the rest of the evening.